storms threatening the west coast. 17 million people across california and nevada are under flood watches. the storm is known as an atmospheric river, basically a fire hose of water. the big concern, flooding from rising rivers and melting snowpack. the ground is already saturated from weeks of heavy rainfall. look at oakland. parts of the interstate shut down because of flooding. east of oakland, the roof of a dollar store collapsed from the wait of the rain on top of the snow still there from earlier storms. the store said to be a total loss. the good news, no one was hurt. evacuation warnings are in effect for five central california counties. officials are telling people to move to higher ground now. we re covering this from all angles. nick watt is just outside san jose. let s go to we ll start with nick. nick, what are you seeing there? reporter: victor, we re seeing a lot of water here in felton. we re a little bit up river from santa cruz. as you can see, if you
cnn newsroom. hello, i m bianna golodryga. a powerful winter storm is related to two storm-related deaths. i m victor howell. and we have this video of waters rushing through springfield in central, california, and the weather is getting worse by the minute. residents are being urged to get to higher ground for their safety. parts of interstate i-80 had to be shutdown because of failed water pumps. and we go to nick who is there on the scene for us. what is behind you there? well, since we have last spoken, we have moved from felton to santa cruz, and what you are seeing here is an earth mover trying to build a makeshift road. this road was washed out at 2:00 a.m., and i m afraid to they i was up and about that time, the rain was biblical. just washed this road away, and you see the gas lines are still there, and there was until 30 seconds ago a forlorn palm tree over my shoulder, and the earth mover just pulled it down and emblematic of what is happening in california
public outreach to state officials to try to get them to overturn their election results. the gop electors are on the governor s certificate. i m not going to get into a political debate. reporter: the investigation also discovered a nearly 23-minute phone call between someone at the white house and john eastman on the same day the conservative attorney wrote a now infamous memo laying out how pence could block the certification of the electoral college vote. state election officials ignored or violated state law in order to put vice president biden over the finish line. we know there was fraud. reporter: the call came after eastman emailed a trump assistant that he wanted to talk to trump to update him on our overall strategic thinking. trump latched onto this theory and used it to press his reluctant vice president in the days leading up to january 6th. mike pence is going to have to come through for us. reporter: the committee is also calling for lawyers
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a storm on the west coast bringing rain and snow to the region. also some heavy snow expected in the four koerns, but the bigger story it s been two years without any snow in some parts of the northeast. but the storm on the west coast could change that. eric van dam is tracking all of it.