Story. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in is the Situation Roo this is cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Flooding Disaster. See, Thats Miguel Marquez joining us right now. Half of the confirmed deaths are in New Jersey where you are tonight. Whats 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 were 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. Were 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 couldnt rush straight to the street. I wanted to go to the fire escape. Reporter in New J
hour with the cast of in the heights. this is american voices. hello, everyone. i m alicia menendez. donald trump has been out of office for over 140 days now, yet the damage he s inflicted on democracy continues to be revealed. new reactions tonight to news from the new york times that his department of justice subpoenaed the communications records of lawmakers and their families, including a minor. illinois congressman raja krishnamoorthi called for attorney general merrick garland to clean house. i was a little disappointed quite frankly that we learned about this secret subpoenas of intelligence community members from apple and not from merrick garland s justice department. they need to also show that they are cleaning house and that they come clean with any other secret subpoenas or investigations or inappropriate targets. the justice department s internal watchdog is launching an investigation into federal prosecutors use of secret subpoenas to obtain recor
Heights. This is american voices. Hello everyone, im alicia menendez. Did know trump has been out of office for over 140 days now, but yet the damage shes inflicted on democracy continues to be revealed. New reaction to news from the New York Times that his department of justice subpoena the Communications Records of lawmakers and their families, including minor. Today, Illinois Congressman Raja krishnamoorthi called for Attorney General Merrick Garland clean house. As a little disappointed. Quite frankly that we learned about this secret subpoenas and intelligence from apple and not from Merrick Garlands Justice Department. They need to also show that they are Cleaning House and that the come clean with any other secret subpoenas or investigations. Or inappropriate targets. The Justice Departments internal watchdog is now launching an investigation into federal Prosecutors Use of secret subpoenas to obtain records from apple. Concerning to california lawmakers on the house intelligenc
hello, everyone. i m alicia menendez. donald trump has been out of office for over 140 days now, yet the damage he s inflicted on democracy continues to be revealed. new reactions tonight to news from the new york times that his department of justice subpoenaed the communications records of lawmakers and their families, including a minor. illinois congressman raja krishnamoorthi called for attorney general merrick garland to clean house. i was a little disappointed quite frankly that we learned about this secret subpoenas of intelligence community members from apple and not from merrick garland s justice department. they need to also show that they are cleaning house and that they come clean with any other secret subpoenas or investigations or inappropriate targets. the justice department s internal watchdog is launching an investigation into federal prosecutors use of secret subpoenas to obtain records from apple concerning two california lawmakers on the house intell
increased 93% in the first two months of this year alone. we re going to talk with congressman tim ryann who chaired that hearing in just a moment. in the senate leaders from the fbi, national guard, pentagon and homeland security testified in another joint hearing on the deadly insurrection at the capitol on january 6th. d.c. national guard major general william walker testified that it took the pentagon three hours and 19 minutes to approve the capitol police chief s frantic call for immediate assistance. we want to be clear, were you able to immediately receive approval from the secretary of the army and the secretary of defense to deploy the national guard on january 6th? no, sir. in an event where everybody saw it it should not take three hours. now all of this comes as president biden signs off on a plan to lower the eligibility for who can receive relief checks in the package taken up by the sflat. the president is striking back against the governors of texas and