the 105-year weather event flooded the new york subway system. drivers in the tri-state area were trapped from highways to side streets and they ve suspended their service between washington and boston today for the entire day. new york governor hochul speaking earlier about the devastating impact. even the morning after we are still uncovering the true depth of the loss. the human loss, simply in their cars, in their homes and basements succumbed to the brutal ravages of a brutal storm. this is the first time we ve had a flash flood event of this proportion in the city of new york and outlying areas. the president also, of course, issuing that statement. he will be speaking momentarily. the flooding also swamping the philadelphia area in bridgeport, pennsylvania. this dramatic rescue by boats of people and their pets just hours ago, and a major blow to roe v. wade. the supreme court refusing to stop a texas law that went into effect tuesday night in effect banning all ab
over with the capitol insurrection committee set to start its work tomorrow. plus, tokyo now bracing for a typhoon with the olympics in full swing. cnn spoke to one group of olympians who might be happy about this news, the u.s. surf team. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. and we begin this hour with our health lead as the pandemic spirals out of control across the united states again. the nation s largest city, its largest state, and one of its largest federal agencies all announcing today that vaccines will become mandatory for government workers. this started with new york city mayor bill de blasio ordering city employees to be vaccinated by mid-september. california governor gavin newsom followed suit requiring proof for all state employees and healthcare workers. then this afternoon, president biden confirming that the department of veterans affairs is requiring all healthcare workers to get the shots. the orders come as doctors and public health experts cont
pm in history. with one of our closest allies facing a new level of political chaos on top of the worst economic disaster in a generation, what s at stake for a new prime minister? and what about britain s impact on the global economy or its support for ukraine? we ll go live to london and check on reaction here in just a minute. plus a federal judge reveals donald trump may have provided a paper trail leading to crimes of obstruction and conspiracy. coming up, the lies trump swore were true, even when his attorney, john eastman, told him that wasn t the case. and whether that could prove once and for all that the big lie was a crime. and finally, if you stopped worrying about covid, this winter could come as a rude awakening. we ll tell you about the new variants out there and whether so-called covid immunity can stop them. but we start overseas, where liz truss came into office just 44 days ago, promising to help turn the british economy around and provide relief for
i m ana cabrera in new york. repeating it doesn t make it true. one day after the house committee investigating the january 6th attack voted to subpoena the former president and its sweeping probe, donald trump is unleashing calling the panel names and once again falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen. saying nothing about whether he will actually comply with that subpoena. what we do know, the committee has reviewed thousands of documents, videos conducted hundreds of interviews and an investigation now laid out for all of america, explosive revelations leading up to and on the day of the insurrection. more about that in a moment. first cnn exclusion sievely obtained more video of the day of attack. never before seen footage taken by nancy pelosi s daughter. a documentary filmmaker on january 6th. here is speaker pelosi before the siege. we re going to walk down and i ll be there with you. we re going to walk down to the capitol. if he comes here they told him
this sunday, we begin with the january 6th committee come preparing for its next public hearing on tuesday, after meeting with a key witness in the investigation. former white house counsel pat cipollone testified before the committee, behind closed doors for nearly eight hours, and a videotape and transcribed interview on friday. last night, the committee revealed some bombshell details. if you treat a statement saying cipollone provided critical testimony, quote, reinforcing key points regarding donald trump s misconduct. the panel also says he cooperated key elements in testimony for former white house aide, cassidy hutchison. we could learn more in to state hearings will focus on possible piloting white nationalist groups and trump associates. stewart rhodes, the founder of the alt-right group, the oath keepers say he s willing to testify before the panel, as long as it is live, in a public setting and his lawyers are present. and donald trump s troubles extende