martha stewart, a picture of perfection, and she is under investigation by the feds. it was shocking. indeed. tune in, the final two all-new episodes of many lives of martha tua tonight 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific only on cnn. hello, everyone. thank you for joining me. we begin this hour with several developing stories. severe storms are sweeping into california. an atmospheric river is inundating the state and expected to bring heavy rain, hurricane-force wind gusts and potentially life-threatening flooding. nearly 40 million people are under flood watches right now and evacuations are underway in some areas. we have live coverage of this major storm. also, new developments at the u.s. southern border. republican governors from more than a dozen states showing their support for texas. the state is feuding with the federal government over the border crisis and access to the border itself. texas officials refusing to tear down barriers despite a u.s. supreme court or
begin this hour, with the rising death toll from the tornado outbreak that has ripped across much of the south and midwest just minutes ago, officials in illinois confirmed for more storm related deaths, the overall death toll over the last 24 hours now jumps to 21 lives lost more than 50. tornadoes have been reported in seven states. in the south and the midwest. the state of emergency now blankets, much of arkansas and the national guard is rolling into devastated communities. there are reports of at least a dozen tornadoes touching down in the state. these images are of the hard hit town of wynne, arkansas, and that s where we find cnn s derek van dam. jim i was just talking to my crew a moment ago, and the scene behind us reminds us of being on the set of a major blockbuster movie. i mean, just look at what we have with this destruction coming out of wynne, arkansas, that is a church steeple that was blown off by this tornado. look at the incredible damage in front of tha
i am josé diaz-balart, and you can reach me on twitter and instagram @jdbalart. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on a special two-hour edition of andrea mitchell reports live at dnc park in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and the key state showdown, and john fetterman and mehmet oz hours away from the debate, and then we will show you the action-packed debate between ron desantis and charlie crist. and then king charles telling the new prime minister, sunak, to start forming his government. good day, everybody. i am andrea mitchell live in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. tonight democrat, john fetterman, and republican, mehmet oz, facing off in their only debate for control of a seat in the senate. and fetterman s memo says the tv studio is oz s comfort zone. this guy is a media savvy performer that literally built his career and fortune by playing to the cameras as a daytime tv host. john is going to win this rac
send the nation into a fall, which raises prices for everyone if we do not cut social security and medicare. i ain t going to do it. there you go. thanks, bud. thanks, joe biden. thanks, biden. he did it again. thanks, biden. desantis doesn t have a lot of control. you can say thanks, biden. ron desantis airport is really bad, but miami airport? come on. that s part of the joke. this shows mika s humor. she knows that desantis it s not his airport. miami-dade. yeah. south florida, miami-dade. but it s not-not but that s the joke. you blame the hurricanes and iran, thanks, biden. the level of stupidity reaching new highs. incredible. president biden, that was him right there, speaking with staffers at the democratic national committee headquarters in d.c. yesterday with the message that republicans would,. thanks, desantis. if they take over congress in the upcoming midterms. you blame somebody for something that they have nothing to do wit
are warning this winter could be extra hard. not just for covid, but for flu, and now a childhood respiratory virus that s going around. it is an important message and we re going to go to the white house when he begins speaking. speaking of the president and midterms, biden is going to syracuse this week. yes, syracuse, yes, new york. yes, new york, in the last two weeks before the midterms. he s coming here because as blue as new york is, some of the congressional races are looking a little more purple. after a haywire redistricting process, new york has more congressional battlegrounds than nearly any other state in the country. even the democratic campaign chairman is locked in a dead heat, forcing the house campaign arm to spend a lot of money to defend its own chief from republican michael lawler. it s not just malone in westchester. nine of new york s seats from the tip of long up to pew kip see are in play and now the governor s race is tightening. kathy hochul, once