one step forward on immigration, two steps back. the house leaders as a bipartisan compromise on border security will be dead on arrival in the republican- controlled chamber. president joe biden says the u.s. strikes of iran backed rebels have been successful and will continue. what is next in the u.s. response to rising tensions in the middle east? we will discuss. california grapples with extreme weather, as heavy rain and strong wind brings power outages and potentially deadly flooding. leiva from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. we begin this hour in washington, where u.s. senators unveiled details of the highly

anticipated border bill on sunday. it could dramatically change u.s. immigration law for the first time in decades. senate majority leader chuck schumer said that he will take the first procedural step, today. house speaker mike johnson says it will be dead on arrival, tweeting, quote, i have seen enough. this bill is even worse than we expected. the $118 billion bipartisan package would empower the u.s. to significantly restrict illegal migrant crossings at the border. it also includes critical aid for ukraine and israel. u.s. president joe biden says he strongly supports the deal. more now from cnn's priscilla alvarez following joe biden on the campaign trail. >> reporter: president joe biden brought his general election argument in nevada on sunday as he tried to draw a connection between his administration's accomplishment, and what voters are feeling in the state. it is an important estate as the president stares down

november in 2020, especially important as polls showing close contests nationally between president biden and his republican opponent. of course, all of this happening as news broke of a deal that was struck in the senate to address the u.s.- mexico border. only minutes before, the white house releasing a statement saying the following, quote, for too long, going back decades, the immigration system has been broken. it is time to fix it. he goes on to say we have reached an agreement on a bipartisan national security deal that includes the toughest set of border reforms in decades. i strongly support it. white house officials had been involved in the ongoing talks to make mortar major border policy changes. including new emergency authority which would give the president of the ability to shut down the border if certain metrics are met, while also expediting the asylum process. all of this is still up for debate. senate leader chuck

schumer plans to set up a floor vote this week, but already, house speaker mike johnson is coming out against it, saying that even if it were to reach the house, it would already be dead on arrival, meaning that the future of this deal is very much up in the air. lesila alvarez, traveling with the president, cnn. we are looking ahead to nevada's state run democratic primary on tuesday. u.s. president joe biden is in the state, rallying supporters, by touting his economic accomplishment in office, saying that he is someone who can get things done in contrast to republican presidential candidate donald trump. >> in 2020 i thought everything this country stood for was at risk. i think people thought i was being hyperbolic about that. they would say, joe, what do you mean our democracy is at risk? what do you mean we are in a battle for the soul of america? well, they may not have understood but the people understood. they don't say that anymore. just think back to the mess

donald trump left this country in. the pandemic is raging. the economy is reeling. look at how far we have come because of you. trump will not be in nevada's state run for public in primary on tuesday. so, that vote will be nonbinding. the state republican party, which is controlled by trump loyalist has opted to award its delegates to -- two days later through caucuses instead. his republican opponent, nikki haley, who will not be eligible to be awarded any delegates. she is speaking to supporters in south carolina, explaining why she is a much more qualified candidate than trump. take a listen. >> trump lost in 18. he lost in 2020, he lost in 2022. how many times do we have to lose before we realize there is something wrong with that picture? you've got to acknowledge the fact that he cannot win a general election.

you can vote for him all day long and he can come out of this primary, but he will not win a general. >> natasha lindstedt, professor of government at the university of essex joins us now from colchester in england. thank you for being with us. >> nice to see you. >> the bipartisan border bill was released on sunday evening. president joe biden saying it will make america safer, and that doing nothing is not an option. but, republicans are set to reject it at the direction of donald trump. house speaker mike johnson, insisting the bill is dead on arrival. why are conservatives doing this after complaining that the biden administration isn't doing enough to prevent chaos at the southern u.s. border? >> for republicans, immigration is one of the most important issues that will help them do well in the election, with republicans and other conservatives. if you go to see any kind of

right-wing media, fox news, et cetera, you see that they are focusing on immigration that it is out of control and all kinds of people are coming into the country. with all kinds of immigration issues and they cannot have this issue resolved. if this issue is resolved that does not bring the rallying cry, bringing people to the polls that republicans need for this election. we have found in the 2022 midterms, fox news is focusing constantly on this caravan of immigrants that were supposedly coming up from latin america and bringing diseases and all other kinds of problems, then they never focused on the caravan again. for republicans, they feel that if they resolve this issue, that will take away one of the biggest things that galvanizes republicans, and those that are fearful of the immigration issue, to vote for republicans on election day. >> who will the voters likely blame if republicans block this

bill? do american voters take notice of who is responsible for killing off massive reforms like this? >> i think if you were to look at republican voters themselves, they may feel like they are in agreement with mike johnson, that the bill is not tough enough. they might be feeling that only filling in for border security is not enough, and giving much more to ukraine is too much. so, they may be in line with the republican narratives. for democrats, immigration is not the biggest issue. they are focusing on other things and they will continue to be angered by the way that republicans are behaving, particularly in the house on issues that are important to everyday americans. the fact that they are basically paralyzing congress so that it isn't doing anything. the big question is, how does this play with independence? it is hard to know. we do know that for independent voters, the most important

issue is really the economy and not immigration. but, immigration is important to some of them. they may feel this is a ploy by republicans and is not really helpful or they may be in line with the republican viewpoint that it is not strong enough. a new nbc poll shows donald trump leading president biden by a wide margin on the issue of border security. 57% to 22%, despite trump threatening to block this border security bill that would apparently fix most problems at the border. the same nbc poll also shows trump narrowly beating the president in a hypothetical rematch, 47-42 percent, despite the economy improving and solutions being offered to solve border security. why can't democrats get their messaging right on these achievements that appear to be going unnoticed.

what more do they need to be doing? >> they definitely need to be improving their ground game. to be selling the message better. as you mentioned, the economy is actually doing much better. insulation has cooled, they added 353 -- 353,000 jobs in january. unemployment is at 3.7%, under 4% for two years in a row. the stock market is doing well, grosses is a 4.2%. they don't seem to be able to communicate this because there are still issues when people go to the grocery store, to buy groceries, it is still too expensive and it is difficult to buy or sell a house. but, we are seeing signs of the polls are improving. surveys are improving for biden on this front. 35% think the economy is doing well, now. that may not sound great, but that is a big improvement from a few months ago when it was only 28%. so, the trend is moving upward. and we are also seeing biden focus on issues that might be

important to the democratic base, such as reproductive rights and they are focusing on ads that look at the harsh abortion laws in the state of texas, for example. he will have to do a lot to get out several demographics that have really soured on him, particularly hispanics, key in the southwest, of course, african-american voters, and young people. he is not doing as well with young people. though they may not end up voting for trump, they may not come to the polls. democrats have an uphill battle ahead. but, trends are moving in and up uphill direction. on the other side of the political equation, nikki haley is still out there working very hard in actual fact. she is up there against donald trump. nobody else seems to want her in the race, except for the donors and supporting her. how much longer can she keep plugging away, do you think? >> great question. i wonder if she will have to put her campaign ended after south carolina.'s estate she

ought to win but she is down by 35 points in the polls. she may want to carry on because you never know what is going to happen with trump. will something happen that means he will no longer be running? i think that is unlikely but you never do know. he has a lot of court battles coming up. it may be that it is personal, she seems to get under his skin, so if she keeps staying in the race, that leads him to lash out. it may lash out in ways that alienate female or more moderate voters in the pelican party. but, i would expect that she would drop out after south carolina. she claims that she won't. we will have to see what happens. >> natasha, thank you so much. appreciate your analysis. >> thank you for having me. in the u.s., hundreds of thousands of people are without power after a storm lashed california with heavy rain and strong wind. some cities are reissuing

evacuation orders for low-lying areas, and at least one regional airport says it shut down because it's airfield is flooded. in the meantime, california's governor has declared a state of emergency in nearly 15% of its counties, and the national weather service says flash flood warnings are in effect for parts of los angeles and surrounding areas. local media tells cnn, areas north of san francisco are submerged in at least 2 to 3 feet of water and officials are urging residents not to travel unless they are getting out of harms way. joining us now is cnn meteorologist karen maginnis with the latest. what are you seeing right now? >> rosemary, i cannot understand just how powerful and impactful this will be across a broad swath of california over the next 24 to 48 hours. and i want to read this as i show you images along the north bay, down trees and down power

lines, we have water rescues, we have had hurricane force wind at times earlier in the day. this is an image, just to the south of san luis obispo, 25 miles, or a gentleman's car is swamped, and cal fire has offered him a ladder to get away from that vehicle which is clearly going to be swept away by these floodwaters. this came out, what i am about to read, a flash flood warning just about 30 minutes ago. they are saying the flash flood warning is out for santa monica hills, hollywood hills, the cities of malibu and beverly hills, southwestern portions of california, until 9:00 a.m. local time between 5 to 8 inches of rainfall has already occurred. life-threatening flash flooding and landslides will be produced by heavy rainfall. this is a particularly dangerous situation. it certainly is. we only see a handful of days

out of the year where we see an excessive rainfall risk that is the high level and that is this area around los angeles and long beach. we go throughout the day, this high risk, we could see as much as 10 inches of rainfall. one of those cities could be pasadena, that could produce substantial flooding. this puts a lot of people in danger. the area right now under the flash flood warning i just told you about, included in that but you can imagine that the first responders across the region are really battling and staying alert as to what is going to happen over the next 24 to 48 hours. this is so dangerous, this being the atmospheric river which will and eight california, produce heavy rainfall in the low-lying areas, the mountains are looking at higher than normal snow levels. you are going to see between 2

to 4 feet of snow fall when all is said and done. i will be back at the top of the next hour, with more updates on this very dangerous situation. >> we appreciate that, karen maginnis. the pentagon has released a new video of the u.s. strikes against houthis in yemen. we will have more on that. plus, what biden is saying about the strikes, next on cnn newsroom. we are still waiting for the final results from el salvador's election, but the top candidate supporters are already celebrating. we will tell you why.

to u.s. defense officials tell cnn airstrikes in cnn -- syria and iraq over the weekend destroyed or damaged 84 out of 85 targets. they also say a preliminary battle damage assessment indicates no iranians were killed. the strikes were in retaliation for a drone attack in jordan which killed three american soldiers. u.s. central command released this new video of the weekend strikes in yemen. the u.s. and uk struck 36

targets that they say were involved in attacks on international shipping. reporters, traveling with u.s. president joe biden, asked if the airstrikes against iran backed groups in the middle east are disrupting their operations. >> are the strikes working, mr. president? >> yes. >> elliott joins us live with more on the situation. good morning. with so much going on, what is the u.s. secretary of state expected to focus on? >> he's got four broad objectives as a part of this trip since the october terrorist attacks from hamas. he is trying to ensure there is no escalation of the war, which is still very focused on israel and hamas, but as we have been

seeing, has been heating up around the region. in particular, the northern border between israel and southern lebanon, where israel's most powerful proxy, hezbollah, has been extending fire with israel pretty much since. israel saying it has hit more than 3000 hezbollah targets since october the seventh, and also, more than 50 targets inside syria. there are concerns that could still boil over into a full- blown war, and obviously, concerns and the rest of the region, to. that is why we are taking in all of these countries as part of the trip. as far as the war in the gaza strip is concerned, his main objectives are to try to push along this idea, this framework which was thrashed out in paris last week, which would see around about a six week pause infighting in exchange for a number of hostages that have been in captivity after being abducted in the attacks on

october the seventh for over 120 days, to try to facilitate this framework agreement. seeing hostages released for about three times the number of palestinian prisoners along with this six week pause and then have other favors phases that would see more hostages released and palestinian prisoners including idf soldiers, and also the bodies that hamas is holding, to. that hostage issue is key to the other name main issue, on secretary of state blinken's agenda is to get more humanitarian aid into the gaza strip and to get that humanitarian truce or some kind of cease-fire in place inside the gaza strip. it is a very tall order, and he has his work cut out if he wants to return to the united states with anything of substance, because of course, there are concerns that the escalation is not within his power to stop, and we seem to be at an impasse as far as this hostage deal is concerned with hamas insisting that israel not

only cease-fire but that it withdraw completely from the gaza strip before it will entertain a hostage deal and prime minister benjamin button yahoo saying they will not released thousands of terrorists, in his word, or do a deal at any cost. that seems to be a bit of an impasse as well. but, secretary blinken is in the region and he will be hoping to at least achieve some things, and to that end, there is some optimism. >> many thanks. dahlia joins us now, she is a senior fellow at the ucla center for international relations. good to have you with us. >> thank you. tension is building in the middle east with the u.s., syria, and iraq with attacks in retaliation, this as u.s. coalition strikes continue on targets in yemen in response to militants attacking ships in the red sea. what is your assessment of the u.s. retaliatory strikes? will they escalate or contain

this war? >> i think it is somewhere in between. it is clear that the u.s. response attempted to be calibrated to show that there would be responses to attacks on u.s. forces, especially in this case with american deaths. but, there is a desire to avoid wider escalation and a direct conflict with iran. attacks remain within iraq and syria, and not within iran itself. i think there is this attempt to be calibrated and controlled, but of course, the unpredicted ability of these exchanges is increasing. it is quite a dangerous situation. >> u.s. officials are vowing further action against iran backed militants using a multi tiered response. what might that actually look like? >> it is hard to know. i think the assumption is that there will be cyber activities, the type of activity that we may not see as publicly. we can expect more of the same,

let's remember that even earlier this month, the u.s. was already attacking high- level targets in syria and iraq. the u.s. killed a major militia had in baghdad, the capital of iraq which created a for lot of friction with the iraqi government. i think these responses will have to up the game beyond that. i am assuming they will try to target some essential militia heads, but i think there will be an attempt to strike a balance and not lead to a wider conflict, especially getting iran into direct conflict with the united states. it is very hard to contain and keep this calibrated, and that is the constant worry that the u.s. is now engaged into france directly, which is not something it had intended to do with this horrible war starting over four months ago, now. >> iran is saying, itself, that

it will respond, but does not want a war with the u.s. so, what is iran trying to achieve, here? how much control does it actually have over these malicious? >> that is the question everybody keeps asking again and again. there is no perfect answer. it is clear that iran funds and supplies arms and training to this wide array of militia groups, but it's relationship with each of them is quite different. it's main goal is to disrupt and deter and keep the fight against the regime itself, it is playing a dangerous game, it has been very disruptive, and there are a few militias, especially the houthis but also others engaging in unpredictable behavior. it is not clear that iran has full operational control over all of these types of exchanges, it is very easy to see how this could get out of hand, and how this could escalate, even if unintended. >> iran says these u.s. airstrikes made it hard to find

a political solution. could the strikes become an obstacle between israel and hamas or might they provide an incentive to bring this war to an end? >> i think ultimately, the end of the war will happen for diplomacy, not through these military exchanges. this type offor tat was happening even before the gaza war. certainly, every day this war continues, it heightens the risk for further escalation. but, ultimately, and this is why presumably secretary blinken is in the region yet again, working very actively with regional partners to try to at least put a temporary pause into this war. the u.s. is still not backing a permanent cease-fire which is what most of the region would like to see, but really to end this war there will have to be summed up the medic solution. the only release of hostages to date happened for diplomacy at the end of november. it cannot happen soon enough. this war is so devastating, even if we can keep it contained and controlled and

not see an all out regional war. it has already been extremely costly in gaza itself, and of course, the wider region is already absolutely in turmoil. i think there is a desire to try to lower the temperature, and get some kind of cease-fire and release of hostages as soon as possible. >> dahlia, thank you so much for being with us, appreciate it. >> thank you. dozens of people were killed and several others injured in israeli airstrikes across gaza in the past 48 hours. this video obtained by cnn shows the destruction of a mosque in central gaza on sunday. at least 14 people were killed there. this comes after another israeli strike killed at least 17 people on saturday. the israel defense forces say they have rated the southern gaza offices of a hamas military leader, brother of a

key hamas leader. israel claims is the mastermind of the october 7th attacks. the idea said the raid targeted a compound which served as a facility for hamas to train terrorists for the attack. in the meantime, jordan and the netherlands say they airdropped aid to a gaza hospital on sunday. the royal jordanian air force worked with the dutch air force, to successfully deliver medical supplies to a jordanian field hospital in northern gaza . the jordanian armed forces say the aide was delivered using gps guided parachutes. ukraine's president says his country needs a leadership reset. volodymyr zelenskyy has admitted to an italian media outlet that he is looking beyond just changes in military command as teacher considers replacing state leaders.

he did not elaborate on who may be out of a job. for now, zelenskyy is considering whether to dismiss his army chief following a failed counteroffensive in eastern ukraine. still to come, deadly wildfires asleep three chile. we will have the details on the dangerous conditions firefighters and the public are facing. namibia is swearing in a new leader after the death of its president. we have more, after the break.

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films by firefighters driving through flames in central chile, as that nation battle devastating wildfires. at least 112 people have died and a state of emergency has been declared. tens of thousands of acres have burned, but francis is calling on people to pray for the dead and injured. listen to this heartbreaking story from a man looking for his family. >> translator: this advanced very quickly. the issue of the fire advanced very quickly. i came here with my brother at 1:30 a.m. and i discovered two bodies. one was my mother, and the other was her partner. a third body is missing. i am making a public call. if anyone has any information on anastasia elizabeth toriano diaz, she is 14 years old. at 1:30 a.m., as i mentioned, i tried arriving as soon as possible because my mother wasn't answering. so, i came here and found those two bodies, and one is missing.

my sister is missing. >> there are currently 151 active fires burning across chile. patrick has details. >> reporter: residents run for their lives in chile. firefighters waved them forward, away from the ferocious flames burning behind them. witnesses say it was a terrifying night >> there was smoke. the sky turned black. the wind felt like a hurricane. it was like being in hell. >> reporter: neighbors returned to find their homes gutted. workshops ruined, and bodies lining the streets. >> translator: you go upstairs, there is nothing left of my house. nothing that you can see. my neighbor burned to death because he did not want to leave, to abandon his house. >> reporter: many of those who did evacuate were trapped in

traffic jams on highways, with burning ashes raining down in their vehicles. officials say it is one of the deadliest wildfires on record in the country. many fires are still active, with tens of thousands of acres of land burned in the south and central parts of the country. chilean president has declared a state of emergency and played additional military units to battle the flames. a curfew is in place in some towns, to allow authorities to focus on battling blazes and bringing in emergency supplies. but, the losses are just beginning to be counted. the popular botanical garden has been raised. some areas near it have yet to be reached by emergency services. >> reporter: so far, into the middle of nowhere, we need them to come and remove the bodies of our relatives.

that is all we ask. >> reporter: authorities say extremely hot temperatures are complicated conditions to fight the fires. at least one person has been detained so far in connection with the blazes. officials say he was doing welding work, when a fire broke out and spread to nearby glatt grasslands. routes from el salvador's election are being counted, and preliminary results show the country's strongman president is taking a commanding lead. he announced himself the winner, hours ago. he has faced little organized opposition in the race, and he has extremely high approval ratings, due in part to his crackdown on violence and criminal gangs. human rights groups accuses government of having detained and tortured innocent people that he defends his record, comparing the mass arrest to chemotherapy, to cure the, quote, cancer of the gangs. he is responding to critics who

say he is antidemocratic. >> translator: they say salvadorans are oppressed, that salvadorans don't want emergency measures, that salvadorans are afraid of the government. on this night in total freedom and total security in the safest country in the western hemisphere. don't be scared of me. i am just a politician, an official. believe in the salvadoran people. police and protesters clashed in senegal on sunday, a day after the country's president announced he will postpone a vote for his replacement. pro-democracy demonstrators set up barricades in the city of the car. president desalle has put that

on hold, saying the candidate list must be cleaned up first. opposition groups call it a, quote, institutional coup. protesters say they fear democracy is at stake. >> translator: we are only defending ourselves to key metals with the constitution, with the newspapers, with the population. he does everything he can to put us in a difficult position. i repeat it once again, we are not fighting for a simple cause, we are fighting for freedom. in the coming hours, lawmakers will debate whether to hold the election in august, or whether to keep desalle in power until then. in namibia, the former vice president has been sworn in as the country's new leader, just hours after the president died while receiving treatment for cancer. the new president appealed to the nation to remain calm and collected as some pay tribute to the late president.

>> he believed inequality, he believed in peace, for all these qualities. i remember him for all these great things that he has done to serve our country, he has played a great role in namibia. joining us now from nairobi is larry, good to see you. we are hearing two very different stories playing out in africa. one peaceful transition of power and another with a lack of transitional together. what is the latest on both stories? >> reporter: that is right, rosemarie. a significant weekend for democracy on the continent, starting with developments out of senegal, where the president shocked the nation by postponing the elections. first, namibia rightfully

earning international praise this morning for a peaceful transition, just hours after the president dying while receiving treatment for cancer. his deputy being sworn in as the interim president of namibia. he says he will not be running in the election in november, he intends to only serve out the term. he said his dream has been achieved, so a sign of stability and maturity in the democracy of that southern african nation. his vice president, now, will be the ruling party candidate in the november election. so, she is on track to be the nation's first female president if all goes according to plan, according to the constitution so far. that is contrasted with senegal or the president made the shocking decision on saturday. there is some back onto this. the constitutional council recently excluded a number of prominent opposition candidates from being on ballots, and at

least one opposition party asked for the election to be postponed but many see this as a constitutional coup. they think that he does not have that authority to postpone the election which is why you saw these protests in the streets. people who are upset about that decision, and report at least one opposition candidate being arrested out of that. media outlet has had its signal cut off, signs of true democratic backsliding in one of the most stable democracies in west africa. here he is, announcing his decision. >> translator: for my part, my solemn undertaking not to stand in the presidential election remains unchanged. i will initiate an open national dialogue to create the conditions for free, transparent, and inclusive elections in a senegal which is at peace and reconciled. >> reporter: in a few minutes,

we should be hearing discussions on whether they can hold elections in august. so far, great concern from the african union, from the community of west african states, from the eu and usa, a new date should be set as soon as possible. >> thank you for that report. appreciate it. after the break, average in hong kong after football superstar leonel messi stays on the bench during a friendly match. that story and more, after the break.

welcome back, everyone. the pga tour has canceled the final round of the pebble beach pro-am tournament in california because of extreme weather there. they declared 30-year-old winton clark the winner of the tournament. clark shot a course record 62 move into the lead on saturday.

it is his third career tour win. the final round of play had been originally postponed until monday, but because of the ongoing severe weather, pga officials canceled out of an abundance of caution. hong kong's top sport officials says the government made repeated requests for leonel messi to play in sunday's match, but, he never entered the game, and this was the reaction. >> fans mood when the superstar failed to take the pitch. a group of local standouts, hong kong government said the events organizer owes fans and explanation. the organizer denied any knowledge that the world champion will not play. into miami's coach said lionel messi and another player set out with injuries. kirsty lou was there at the match. >> reporter: here in hong kong,

no show on the pitch for the argentine superstar leonel messi, and fans are disappointed. what was initially cheers in the stands at hong kong stadium turned into jeers, boos, and even chance of, where is lionel messi? and refund, refund, refund. 40,000 fans in hong kong clamored for the opportunity to see leonel messi play with into miami for a preseason friendly against a hong kong squad. this was miami's first ever international tour. its co-owner, david beckham also here adding to the football star power. when leonel messi failed to get up off the bench, the mood in the stadium soured and fans have been leaving, crushed and disappointed. joining me now is a super fan here in hong kong, a lot of people are disappointed tonight. how are you feeling? >> disappointed, just like everyone is. very disappointed. i really wanted to see him play, even for five minutes.

>> reporter: really disappointed. you named your son after leonel messi. you paid for the ticket. how much? >> like $2300. hong kong dollars. >> reporter: that is about us$300? >> yeah. very disappointing. most people are feeling that. the disappointment started from yesterday, i think, with the training session, because that is not cheap either. that was $100. then, today, we saw the signs, right? he was not on the substitute list, actually, and he was dressed in full tracksuit. so, we were praying for good, but expecting the worst, a little bit. >> reporter: i'm so sorry, thank you for joining us. the hong kong government were really hoping that an event like this would turn hong kong into a hub to drive tourism and help to rebuild the economy,

but for all the fans showing up tonight it was never about the economy, it was always about the beautiful game. it was about football, seeing their hero on the pitch kristi lou, cnn, hong kong. fifa says the 2026 world cup final will be held at the metlife stadium in new jersey. the five-week tournament will play out in the u.s., canada, and mexico, kicking off in mexico city on june 11th of 2026. for the first time in its history, this world cup will feature 48 countries, up from the usual 32 that participate. still to come, surprise announcement, special performances, and historic moments. unexpected highlights from the grammy awards, when we return.

the biggest night in music lived up to its name with the biggest show of the year on sunday. the 66 grammy awards honor the best music of the last year with performances from artists at the top of their game. the crowd gave a standing ovation for chit tracy chapman for a rare public performance. she, and the country artist lou

combs, performed her hit, fast car which he covered last year. the big winner of the night was taylor swift, who one album of the year for the first time. she is the only artist to win the category that many times, surpassing paul simon, stevie wonder, and frank sinatra. that wasn't the only good news for taylor swift fans. drawing her acceptance speech for her 13th grammy, she announced her 11th album, tortured poets department will be released april 19th. it was available for preorder online, when swift posted the album cover online after her speech. the album follows years of massive success from her last original album, midnight. new recordings of her old work, and a record breaking world tour. wrapper, killer mike was arrested sunday night after winning three grammy awards. the performer, his legal name is michael render was arrested

for an altercation that happened elsewhere and was booked on misdemeanor battery charge, according to the los angeles police department. later on sunday, they said he was, quote, in the process of being released. his grammy awards were for best rap album, best rap performance and best rap song. thank you for your company, rosemary church. cnn newsroom continues next.

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