welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i m whitney wild in for christine roman. a dangerous new storm system headed to the west coast with heavy rain, mountain snow. the pacific northwest will get it first. california gets it tomorrow. right on the heels of the storm that shut down a stretch i-70 in colorado for nine hours leaving drivers stranded. meteorologist chad myers is live in the weather center. chad, these storms have millions of people under alerts right now. there is no relief. there are still two more in the west to come on shore monday into tuesday. the storm that was in denver has taken its energy and focused it down here near lake charles. bumpy weather in houston and beaumont. we ve had two to four inches of rainfall and snow in the high sierra. more snow, more rain and flooding. flash flood watches for rising rivers in parts of california and then when you get up to the higher elevations, winter storm warnings are posted. i m
santos is facing scrutiny after admitting he lied. and now federal prosecutors are getting involved. plus, more troubles for southwest airlines. the airline cancelled thousands of flights again today. also this morning, a new round of russian missile strikes targeting ukraine s energy grid, officials say it appears to be one of moscow s largest attacks to date. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, december 29th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. congressman-elect george santos is now under investigation by law enforcement for the lies he told regarding his background and experience. an essex county district attorney who is a fellow republican called revelations about santos is nothing short of stunning, quote, if a crime is committed in this county, we will prosecute it. santos lied about his college or personal life that could land santos in hot water. dan coleman is calling for investigation into campaign fraud after a business that s
Good morning, everyone. It is monday, march 20th. Im alex witt alongside ayman hol mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. Today they will hold the first hearing into the meddling of the president ial election. James comey and Admiral Mike Rogers are likely to face questions on the series of tweets that the president sent on saturday morning a couple weeks ago. And two days ago accusing president obama of ordering a wiretap of his phones at trump tower. Comey reportedly requested that the Justice Department issue a denial shortly after the president made his accusations but has avoided public statements ever since. On friday the department of justice provided the House Intelligence Committee with any relevant material to the president s wiretapping claim. The chairman of the committee, republican devon nunez and adam schiff say there was no evidence of surveillance at trump tower. Joining other hardranking republicans and democrats alike who have seen novidence behind President Trumps claims. Ye
Practices that steal american jobs. The first year in office, he did not make any major trade moves. However, the exodus of a number of people from the white house like gary cohn and Rex Tillerson may pave the way for the president to move on the tariffs. Joining us this morning is Washington Examiner and writer phil wegmann. Good morning. Lets start off with trade. What does this do . We are seeing the United States made a move and overnight china has made a move slapping the tariffs. What does this do to the relationship with the two countri countries . They both need each other. You look at china. The u. S. Needs them with north korea to denuke. What does this do for the relationship . It shows the casualties on trade are more widespread than industries here and there. Like you said a moment ago, this will have Significant Impact on markets here in the United States here in the United States, but international relations. China is our best friend when it comes to getting north korea
In a few minutes. Cnns Kaitlan Collins is at the white house with more for us this morning. Reporter the president has been on quite a roll this morning, continuing that tweet storm from over the weekend, continuing to talk about mexico, saying their border laws are more effective than those in the United States, even though that conflicts with something he said just recently saying that mexico is allowing too many people to pour into their country, causing them to come to the United States as well. Were seeing the president continuing with these, as you saw just there now, saying that daca is dead because democrats didnt care, but then seconds later says that everyone is hopping on the daca bandwagon. Anyone crossing over illegally now would not be eligible to qualify for daca, so that is an important thing to note there. But overall what were seeing is much different language from the president on daca than what he has said in the past. And look at just this, what he said just yester