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
attorney bragg for giving donald the opportunity to come in to tell his story. knowing donald as well as i do, understand that he doesn t tell the truth. it s one thing to turn around and to lie on your untruth social. it s another thing to turn around and lie before a grand jury. i don t suspect she s going to be coming. after decades of screwing over creditors and employees and lawyers and the american people, how rich would it be if an extramarital affair with a porn actress is what finally sinks donald trump? also tonight, leonard leo played a large role in pushing the courts to the far right. now, he thinks the rest of american society needs a hard right turn. but he has a fundamental misunderstanding of why the right is losing the culture wars. and tonight, state of disunion. how political powers being wielding in states with one-party control. in tennessee, republicans are using it like a club. and attacking the lgbtq community. but it s a much different story in
we report with breaking news i california and the deadl weather situation unfoldin there. another atmospheric river is slamming the state, bringing millions under flood alerts. several roads washed away, communities cut off an evacuations ordered. that threat is not over, mor rain is expected this weeken and northern california, eve more snow in fact in the sierra s let s go to nbc steve patterson, he is joining us from sanger california that is in the central part of the state. steve, welcome and what it s like there yes the central part of the state is taken a lot of this water, take a look at this community here one of the communities tha really sort of dodged a bullet here alex, take a look here th river running through rushin water, all of this though was part of that river yesterday this entire communit waterlogged water coming ove this bridge. we just saw workers plot a massive log from the strea here it was clogging things up and they worked to shore thi up but it c
the beat with ari melber starts now. happy friday. happy friday, nicole. hope you enjoy your weekend. it s been quite a week. welcome to the the beat. i m ari melber here on the beet both beet. up top, there are a lot more developments in the unprecedented story that broke last night. if you have been busy, you maybe didn t hear it. the new york times dropping this bombshell news that donald trump is likely to be indicted in new york. tonight trump s lawyers acknowledge a key point in that account. the d.a. has indeed invited donald trump to testify to the grand jury. this isn t hypothetical. this isn t some day. this is next week. an invite to testify next week according to trump lawyers. they are in florida over the weekend discussing strategy, taking this as a real thing. seriously, they tell nbc news they have no plans to meet with the manhattan d.a. mr. bragg. so, let s get some clarity up top. there are many stories we cover we say here is this thing and here ar
welcome to insided in. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing another very busy news day with us. an invitation. prosecutors ask donald trump to testify before a grand jury. it is a big indication they could be close to charging the former president for his role in buy ing asilence of a porn star mistress. do not expect his one-time boss to show. knowing donald as well as i do, understand he doesn t tell the truth. it s one thing to turn around and to lie on social. it s another thing to lie before a grand jury. i don t suspect he s going to be coming. plus iowa today, superpac at the ready. ron desantis sends signals he s running for president. a new report for the biden economy. more people looking for work, bigger paychecks. numbers show more resilience, yet so much good news feeds worry about inflation and rate hikes. up first for us, prosecutors on the doorstep of what would be a history-shattering possibility. a criminal indictment against the former p