we ll also celebrate the day as new congress unfolds because i love the description with all the babies. you re absolutely right. before we go to break, torrential rains causing massive flooding and mudslides in washington state. got video here that was uptlood vine, a hillside actually breaks loose and knocks a home off of its foundation blocking the only road in town. red cross opened an emergency shelter for 200 residents affected. coast guard is on stand by. let s go straight to bill karins for more. that was an amazing scene. in the olympic mountains. to the west of the seattle peugeot sound region. it was the mountainous areas that got the worst and the mudslide threats continue today. they think the threat will go down as we go throughout the next few days. let s talk about the threat to the east. we that have cold which is dangerous important,ly deadly. but first a mini snowstorm. washington, d.c. already reports