them neville. former president obama just wrapped up a rally with democratic senate candidate john fetterman in pittsburgh. mr. obama will team up with president biden for another rally later this afternoon in philadelphia, and former president trump stumping later as well for senate candidate mehmet oz and gop gubernatorial candidate doug maas try january know. we ll have full cover coverage with lauren wright standing by in philly, bryan llenas on former president trump hitting the trail, but first, rich edson on the democrats rolling out their big guns, and he is live in pittsburgh. hey, rich. reporter: hey, good afternoon, arthel. it is a wealth of former presidents here on the western part of the state. president obama just finished here close to the university of pittsburgh where he s trying to turn i out voters, college students, folks in the area to vote for john fetterman for u.s. senate. also campaigning for the house candidates and the governorship that s also up
good morning. buenos dias and welcome to cnn this morning, saturday, january 14th. i m boris sanchez or as amara called me earlier, sorbi. i think i said sorez. close enough. i like that better. sounds like a dinosaur. a mixture of sorry and boris. are you my boris saurus, sound like a dinosaur. welcome, everyone. thanks for being with us. appreciate your starting your morning with us. great to be with you as always. we begin in the southeastern united states where recovery efforts are under way after severe storms killed at least nine people thursday night in alabama and georgia. at least 37 tornadoes were reported with one twister wrecking parts of selma, alabama, a historic american city known for its role in the civil rights movement. seven of those confirmed fatalities were in neighboring atauga county, alabama, where the storm caused widespread damage to homes and businesses. it was scary, and i thought about you said it was coming, and we just didn t know exa
buenos dias. good morning. saturday, january 14th. welcome to your weekend. i m boris sanchez. good morning. i m amara walker. you are in the cnn newsroom. and we begin this morning out west where more than 25 million people across much of california s coastline are under flood watches this weekend. only two to four inches of rain are expected today. keep in mind, recent storms which have already killed at least 19 people have left the ground extremely satch-related catch rated, many the could lead to floods and mudslides. residents should be cautious venturing out in today s storm. we are not out of the woods yet. the threat to communities remains and waters will continue to rise even after these storms have passed. very heavy snow is also in the forecast for the sierras with an additional 3 to 6 feet of fresh snow expected through monday. the big concern is in northern california where officials are worried massive flooding could cut homes on the monterey penins
in kyiv insist the battle is not over yet. we have a live report from ukraine and i ll talk to the ukrainian ambassador to the united states about the state of the war. also tonight, president biden faces a growing crisis right now. with a special counsel now in place to investigate his handling of classified records. we re learning more about documents that were found as the white house fails to explain its delay in revealing key details. and new scenes of devastation in the southeast. the death toll rising after dozens of tornados including a powerful twister that pounded selma, alabama. we re getting official updates on this disaster and the rescue and recovery operations that are now underway. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. and we begin this hour in ukraine. and the stunning video just into cnn. a huge explosion in the eastern town of soledar at a building apparently occupie
it isn t just because opec plans to cut oil production. more on the refinery issues in the u.s. that are also contributing. and what we just heard from the president. also this morning, we re following the growing scrutiny of hershel walker scrambling to respond to another bombshell just 33 days out from the midterms. the daily beast reports that the staunchly antiabortion former football star not only urged a woman to have an abortion in 2009, but he also had a child with her, casting doubt on his insistence that he doesn t know who she is. it s a story nbc news has not confirmed and one that walker is also denying saying overnight, quote, there s no truth to this or any other daily beast report. now he s out with a brand-new ad about his mental health battle. we ll talk about that and the rest of the story with the daily beast reporter who broke it all. that s where we start today. yamiche alcindor is in georgia. also joining us, the daily beast reporter who broke the sto