Story. I m wolf blitzer. You re in is the situation roo this is cnn breaking news. Let s get right to the flooding disaster. See, that s miguel marquez joining us right now. Half of the confirmed deaths are in new jersey where you are tonight. What s the latest? reporter: yeah. It is just incredible how much water was dumped in this area and that power of water. I want to show you what we re looking at right now. This is the river near new brunswick. This was a part right in front of us. It is about 10 to 12 feet over flood stage. It has started to come down ever so slightly. We re just passed high tide here. But these rescue workers here have a long way to go. Raging flood waters throwing across parts of the northeast tonight where active rescues continue. Officials estimate they have received calls in the thousands from people needing to be rescued from extreme flooding. The water was raised so high, i couldn t rush straight to the street. I wanted to go to the fire escape. Reporter:
complicated for the democrats overnight when senator joe manchin issued a harsh statement slamming progressives for trying to, quote, reengineer the economic and social fabric of our country. while progressives slammed him for failing to negotiate in good faith. so this morning, intense negotiations continue on the hill. they will continue meetings with key members of congress. but if manchin won t deal on that big human infrastructure bill and progressives vote for the smaller, hard infrastructure bill, joe biden s agenda could fall victim. i want to go to the white house. great to have you. on a wild and incredibly important day, let s start with the pressing issue. are we going to avoid a government shutdown at least for now? reporter: every indication is we will avoid a shutdown. both chambers teed up votes on a continuing resolution able to fund the government into december. but just like doing your homework late, when you wait this long, any little thing could trip up
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fighting to stay on the ballot, donald trump is trying to keep his name from being removed from yet another state s primary election. plus ukraine in mourning. details on the extent of the destruction following the largest air assault i by russia so far. now joe biden is responding when it comes to additional aid. and the u.s. west coast is still getting slammed sbi high waves and coastal flooding. the holiday forecast, just ahead. we begin in oregon, which could soon become the third state to ban president trump from the ballot. at any time in the hours ahead shs the oregon supreme court could weigh in on 14th amendment case filed this month by a liberal group. they want trump removed because of his role in the insurrection. but in a rare development, trump s lawyers find themselves agreeing with a democrat. the case should be tossed on the procedural grounds of the ballot access laws. several other states are already considering the issue. paula reid takes a closer lo
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