the only thing i regret about my life was hiring local talent. if i knew about upwork. i would have hired actually talented people from all over the world. instead of talentless people from all over my house. top of the hour, this tuesday. i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, we re following these deadly storms pommeling the california coast. rescues underway in several parts of the state. you see the video here, mudslides and flooding. the impact is just massive. power knocked out to more than 230,000 customers, a number of roads are closed, some highways just impassable. and 14 people at least we know have died. we re going to take you live to california for the very latest. the pictures are incredible. plus president biden is facing questions this morning over his handling of classified material while he was vice president. this after his attorneys discovered documents, some classified, in a private office, those attorneys then returned them to
dire and so desperate. would we ll see how the fthree leaders talk about this this afternoon. but back at home for president biden, this a huge political liability for him. it absolutely is. m.j., appreciate it. thank you. joining me now, democratic congressman vicente gonzalez of texas who joined president biden on his trip to the u.s./mexico border over the weekend. good to have you with us. good to be here. as you know president biden was criticized about the trip that he didn t meet with any migrants while visiting that center in el paso. do you believe it was a mistake for the president? no it was a very effective productive day on the border for the president. he got to visit the border and meet withrd boor patrol and customs agents on or border. got to discuss detailed processes of what migrants go through and got to see what trade and drugs that are being