how do i have my kids here? how do i have my elderly mother live here where i carry her out of her house? a powerful storm in the west dumping a dangerous am of rain on millions of residents putting dozens of california communities under a state of emergency. we ll take you there and cnn weather center for the latest. and republicans descend on iowa. a stop on the road to the white house. ron desantis had to say to keep voters there. who wouldn t like to work a four-day workweek. how it s working out. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin this hour with a deadly storms pounding california. millions are under flood alerts as heavy rain and melting snow combine in the latest round of intense winter weather in the result of another atmospheric river. officials issued evacuation warnings. more evacuations were ordered in the past hour. the sheriff is urging residents to stay clear of waterways and avoid all unnecessary travel. they worn o
atmospheric river is raising water levels and leaving a trail of destruction. a levee breech iach is forcing evacuations in monterey county. governor newsom has declared a state of emergency. we can t live like this. how do i live like this? how do i have my kids live here or my elderly mother live here? mike, a lot of people are trying to reassess how much longer can they endure this. reporter: right. you know a couple people made the decision to leave just a few minutes ago. we saw them coming out on national guard convoys because they couldn t wait any longer. we re here just over the santa cruz line in pajaro. you see acres of farmland that are now underwater. if we push in looking north, the farther you go, the closer you get to the pajaro river. a levee in the river failed around midnight local time, which is why you see all this water flooding this strawberry farm that s on either side of the railroad tracks. we want to jump to drone video of neighboring watsonvi
questions, ladies and gentlemen. raise more questions that we wouldn t have to be dealing with if they had simply secured maggie s phone on june 8th when they got it, we wouldn t be here. so we do know from the timeline that alex left the property at 9:07. were they killed before he left? y don t know the answer to that. i don t know the answer to that. we do know if he was in the house when the shots were made down at the kennel, that he would not have heard them. we had decibel testing from mr. sutton. they were angry with mr. suttons test, not angry, challenged his conclusion on many things, they didn t touch his acoustic testing. didn t doubt that, haven t challenged that. if he s in the house, and shots are ringing down at the kennel, he doesn t hear them. he doesn t hear them. now they say that sometime after 8:44, and they peg it 8:48, 8:50, that is when paul last responded to a text from this friend of his, they ignore the fact there had to be clean-up. buster testifi
jesse: he still says he didn t do it but a jury of his peers disagree, alex murdaugh found guilty of murdering his son, paul and wife, maggie and sentenced to life in prison. a stunning fall from disgraced attorney and only practiced law in tiny south carolina but they were the law. that is until alex went from lawyer to defend her. the judge tearing down that dynasty. your family, including you have been prosecuting people here in this courtroom and many have received the death penalty. probably for lesser conduct and the question is, when will it end? when will it end? and it has ended already for the jury because they have concluded that you continue to lie and lie throughout your testimony. jesse: the judge had this chilling, actually warning for the convicted murderer. i know you have to see see pl and maggie during the nighttime when you sleep. i am sure they come to visit you. and i m sure all day and every night. jesse: na in the end it was the team that
white house with more on this, hi, lucas. lucas: it adds trillions to the national debt with $31 trillion and interest payments on the debt next year could one day approach the size of the defense budget. let that sink in. now here is house speaker kevin mccarthy adding more c conte. we ve only paid $9 trillion in interest. so he s going took us 80 some years to happen in less than ten years. lucas: let s take a look at biden tax proposals which would add more to the national debt. 25% minimum tax on people with 10 100 million plus dollars. 39.6 capital gains tax for people making over 400 grand. 28% corporate income tax, 4% stock buyback tax and 3. 8% surtax on investment income. late yesterday reports circulated that the white house will approve drilling in alaska. no final decisions have been made and anyone who says otherwise is wrong. now 3 years ago as presidential candidate as president he said he would never approve any drilling projects. no more subsidies f