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covid cases as the divide between the vaccinated and the vaccine-hesitant grows ever more stark. now, we do begin in western europe where large-scale rescue efforts are under way after torrential rains triggered devastating flash floods in germany, belgium, and the netherlands. some rivers are still rising. the death toll has climbed to at least 125 people with hundreds of others still unaccounted for. bridges have been washed out. homes and businesses destroyed. entire villages inundated. germany has been hardest hit with more than 100 people killed and the heaviest rainfall in a century. the country s president warning the time to battle climate change is now. translator: only if we take up the fight against climate change decisively will we be able to keep extreme weather conditions such as we are experiencing now in check. take a look at this house in eastern belgium, collapsing as floodwaters rush by. you can see people on the roof waiting to be evacuated. ....
this is according to multiple officials involved with the covid origin s review that we have spoken with. this has been a team effort. to be clear, this does not mean they believe the virus was engineered in a lab or was intentionally released. but rather it could ve been studied in a lab and escaped accidently. though. this is a dramatic shift from a year ago when democrats publicly downplayed the so-called lab leak theory. but it is important to note that the view that the lab leak theory is deeply credible is what some senior national security officials view from an intelligence standpoint. most scientists who study coronaviruses and who have investigated the origins of the pandemic still say the evidence strongly supports a natural origin for the virus and that it s unlikely scientists were studying the virus in a lab and it leaked out. scientists who have found strong genetic evidence the virus came from animals say they want more access to what china knows about t ....
welcome, everyone. dramatic-rescue efforts underway, across western europe, as catastrophic floods sweep through parts of germany, belgium, and the netherlands. at least 125 people are dead, and hundreds of others, still, unaccounted for. bridges have been washed out. thousands, left homeless. and entire villages, washed underwater. in the coming hours, germany s president will visit the state, one of the country s hardest-hit areas. and have look at this. this house in eastern belgium collapsing, as the floodwaters rush by. you can see, people on the roof waiting to be evacuated. belgium announced it will hold a national day of mourning for flood victims, on tuesday. in the netherlands, dutch officials have just ordered 10,000 residents to evacuate the city of venlo, about 40 kilometers north of where these pictures were taken as the river there is rising faster than expected. cnn s melissa bell is in the disaster zone with more on these historic floods. reporter: ....
i m kim brunhuber, and this is cnn newsroom. international rescue efforts are under way in western europe after torrential rains triggered devastating flash floods in germany, belgium and the netherlands. some rivers are still rising. the death toll has claimed to at least 150 people, mostly in germany, with hundreds of others still unaccounted for. bridges have been washed out, thousands left homeless. and entire villages inundated. rescue crews in germany have evacuated about 700 residents after a dam along the river broke friday night. now, take a close look at this individual know from the city in eastern belgium. after a week of torrential rain a barge was seen sinking in the flooded river. and in the netherlands, dutch officials have ordered thousands of citizens to evacuate the city of venlo. reporter: on the streets of germany, some residents tried to pick up the pieces, some just going through the motions. so many people are dead. and police are searchi ....
also tonight, the harrowing images in florida. a private passenger jet coming down on i-75, hitting a vehicle on the ground, bursting into flames. we re not going to make the runway. we ve lost both engines. the pilot reporting losing both engines before going down. at least two people killed. victor oquendo standing by. president biden furious over questions raised about his age and memory, and the special counsel s report clearing him of criminal wrongdoing over his handling of classified documents. the president insisting his memory is fine. the white house today trying to control the damage over what is already a campaign issue. mary bruce at the white house. here in new york city, late word on the search for a teenager accused of shooting a tourist inside a store in times square. authorities identifying the alleged shooter, a 15-year-old from venezuela dressed all in white. aaron katersky with new reporting. tracking a new winter storm taking aim at the n ....