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. good to be with you, i m katy tur, former vice president mike pence is putting up a fight. a moment ago in minnesota, he told reporters he is pushing back on special counsel jack smith s subpoena requiring him to testify about january 6th. pence is citing the speech and debate clause, something normally reserved for sitting lawmakers. my fight is on the separation of powers. my fight against the doj s subpoenas very simply is on defending the prerogatives that i had as president of the senate to preside over the joint session of congress on january 6th. for me, this is a moment where you have to decide where you stand and i stand on the constitution of the united states. yesterday if you were with us, you would have heard former federal prosecutor paul butler tell us that argument, that speech and debate clause would be a good academic paper for a law student but not as good of an argument in court. after all, pence was not a legislator, technically. he was vice presi
live in the cnn newsroom. we begin with a series of deadly storms have unleashed a massive flooding across the central and northern portions of the state. mandatory evacuations are underway where a levy breached earlier this morning. california national guard says this is just one of more than 50 rescues near the breached levee off the river. the 10th to strike california this winter. we are joined from monterey county. give us the latest. reporter: we learned a couple minutes ago there are more than 90 rescues in this tiny town, which is incredible just to see how concentrated the neighborhoods are and to know there were over 90 rescues in a few hours is amazing. we also learned local authorities are bringing engineers to figure out the best fix for the levy that has been breached. that is why we have this water all the way around us. around midnight the water came over a particularly vulnerable part of the levy and came to the lower point of gravity over here to the middle
happening now, joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy can just wrapped up their first high-stakes talks on raising the nation s debt limit. mccarthy telling reporters moments ago that he thinks he and the president can find some common ground. also tonight, mourning in memphis, as tyre nichols is laid to rest three weeks after he was brutally beaten by police. we ll take you inside the emotional funeral and the urgent outcry for police reform. and cnn is in the trenches with ukrainian soldiers on the eastern front, as officials in kyiv warn that russia is gearing up for maximum escalation of the war. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. stories. important developments in the debt limit showdown right now. joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy just wrapped up a very high stakes meeting at the white house. their first face-to-face since mccarthy won the gavel. our reporter is on c
plus, the new abortion bil case that is setting up alar bells and we will fill you i on a texas wrongful deat lawsuit that could have chilling effect on anyon accessing abortion care in the lone star state. and former texas state senator wendy davis who famously filibustered an anti-abortio bill on the floor of the texas capital will join me to explai where the fight for abortion rights goes next and later, and our serie celebrating her story, simon said sounded the legendary misty copeland, the first blac woman to become principa dancer at the american balle theater. how misty copeland changed the face of l.a. and opened door for other dancers of color you are watching some orange and we have a lot to tal about. what did former president trum mostly defenders is one of his most biting critics. according to the associate press, former vice president mike pence ripped into his former boss at what is typically a lighthearted event the great iron dinner hailed last night in wa