video. >> an intentional act. >> and the protesters have moved all the way down there. >> democracy is not there without freedom and freedom is not there without freedom of the press. >> this is cnn. the fbi goes after fifa. arrests happening right now over corruption allegations involving the world football's governing body. in houston, texas, severe storms batter parts of the u.s. and mexico. and in iraq, a sectarian twist in the battle to retake a major city from isis militants. >> hello, everybody. great to have you with us. i'd like to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this "cnn newsroom." the center of corruption investigation for years, but now

senior officials will be facing charges. the u.s. justice department has set to announce charges against fifa and up to 14 people are being arrested overnight. cnn's justice correspondent evan perez joins us now. evan, what are your sours at the doj telling you? >> we're told up to 14 officials are now facing charges in an indictment that's going to be announced today in brooklyn, new york. this is, as you pointed out, a long running case. the fbi has been investigating fifa for now about three years. that's only the most recent investigation. fifa itself has investigated its own self internally and always found that there was nothing wrong. and so now the fbi is deciding that they're going to bring charges against senior officials at the organization. we expect that these arrests are being made in zurich and elsewhere. we know officials in other parts of the world are also being charged in this investigation.

the fbi had the benefit of the help of one of fifa's own. there's a former official who was wearing wires as he recorded conversations internally with fifa officials in the last couple of years. that's part of the investigation. that's been ongoing and as you pointed out, this is a major, major announcement. this is something that a lot of people have been asking about and wondering about from this organization. there's an election happening on friday. the long-time leader of fifa is expected to win re-election on friday and this, obviously, clouds that. we'll see whether or not this indeed does happen. some of those officials who are gathering in zurich this week, included today, are now going to be under arrest by authorities and expected to be facing extradition to the united states, john. >> so explain the legalities of all of this. the fbi is a u.s. organization, fifa is a world governing body

based in another country. how does the fbi and the department of justice actually carry out these arrests? what's the legal basis here? >> that's a great question. and certainly one that people have asked about. what right does the united states have to investigate a world body like this? and here is the simplest version of this. the united states is still the largest -- essentially the largest funder of the world cup because u.s. networks pay the highest tv rights, the highest value tv rights for the world cup. and so a lot of those deals are transported in the united states in u.s. dollars. they're negotiated in oou new york. that's the jurisdiction that -- that's what the u.s. says gives them jurisdiction. these charges that are being brought are going to be related to things that are against the law in switzerland because some of these people are in switzerland, so they have to follow swiss law. so you'll have charges such as money laundering and wire fraud.

these are things that are comparable to u.s. -- i'm sorry, between u.s. and swiss law. but it is something that's going to be a very difficult thing because now we face the prospect of having to deal with swiss courts, swiss judges that are going to have to approve extradition for these people that are now being charged. >> clearly, they think they have some good evidence if they've moved ahead with such a dramatic news this is a big story. we'll continue to follow it now. evan, we thank you for the latest details on that. now to our other breaking news, in northern mexico where relentless storms have killed 31 people, several others remain missing. in houston, texas, about 1 1 inches, more than 27 sent meters of rain fell from monday night into tuesday. rivers and creeks overflowed their banks turning them into swamps. the flash flooding forced drivers to abandon their cars. 13 people were killed in this

mexican border city when a tornado ripped through within seconds. this powerful storm system spawned a tornado to the north in ohio. a security camera captured the moment it tore through a parking lot. two people were injured and a number of cars were damaged. the rain eased on tuesday, but more storms are expected throughout the week, especially for oklahoma and northern texas. this disaster has brought houston, texas, to a stand still with the rising waters covering roads and damaging many homes. cnn's ed lavendera has the latest now from texas. >> more than 10 inches of rain in a matter of hours drown parts of houston in a sea of chaos. >> it was bad. it was bad. you know, we tried. we tried to push the water out from the kitchen to the -- to the sliding back doors. and as soon as we made it back, it was already full. >> city officials say motorists left about a thousand cars stranded on the city's roadways, traffic was snarled.

the city's emergency management director described the scene as a mad house. even houston's popular galleria mall took on several feet of water. across the state of texas, flood victims have had little time to react. quickly trapped in walls of water, like alisa renee ramirez, a beloved high school student and homecoming queen. days away from graduating, she is driving home from her senior prom when flood waters washed her car off the road. >> she did the right things, she called 911, she called her father. but it was just too much and too quick. >> oh, my god. we have a whole bunch of water. >> after the rains, matthew and will used their kayaks to navigate their southwest university neighborhood where dozens of homes took on three to four feet of water. they strapped on our camera to show us the damage. >> flooded? >> yes. >> how many inches? >> cars abandon on the roadways

was a scene common all over the city. >> one, two, thee, four -- five cars. five cares and a whole lot back there. >> they say they've never seen their neighborhood like this. >> hey, they're coming our way. >> and first responders improvised, as well. they fire rescue teams turned massive public works trucks into temporary ambulances to respond to 911 calls in the neighborhood, pulling several residents out who couldn't escape the flood waters pouring into their homes. ed lavendera, cnn. >> danny perez joins me now on the phone from houston. he's a spokesman for the texas department of transportation. what's the latest advisory at this hour for everyone? >> things are looking better on our roadways. we started out overnight, the night before with about 45 different locations with high water. and right now, we're down to about nine. so things have significantly improved. we are keeping an eye on the

storm that is way north of us. but we're making sure that a lot of our maintenance folks are gone out and make sure we have debris clear of the inwill want lets and make sure drainage is flowing and our pumps are working great, so if we get@ruined of storms, we're ready to go. >> danny, it's been incredible looking at some of the images, especially the thousands of cars which have been abandon on the side of the road. how is the cleanup? >> things are working fan. we're making sure we're getting vehicles moved out of the way and making sure that we're keeping the -- all the inletting and everything clear. that's the important thing. if we have another storm that comes through, we want to make sure things are proper and making sure we're getting folks safely where they need to go. it was just one of those storms that came through, a lot of rain at one time. it's overwhelming, the entire system bayous and making sure we're prepared and we're ready

to go. >> danny, thanks for the update. a mother and her children are among the people missing in this disaster. laura mccomb and her son and daughter were swept away when water carried their cabin downstream during a storm on saturday. laura called her sister as the home was moving and she told anderson cooper about that conversation. >> a little after 1:00 in the morning, she called me and said i just want you to know, the ceiling has caved in and the boat -- the house is floating down the water and tell mom and dad that i love them. i love you and pray. >> i'm trying to imagine what was going through your mind while she's telling you all these things. it must have just been terrifying. >> it was surreal, but the strangest thing about it is she was so incredibly calm.

which you don't -- you're not calm in these types of situations. and i had been calm with her that evening and i would say that it's -- it was a sign of her faith in god, god and her faith were so incredibly important to her. >> she has deep faith? >> she has deep faith. >> and i think she was, at that moment where she knew she needed to be there for her family. she knew what was coming. and she was ready to accept that. >> laura's husband, jonathan, survived the flooding, but was seriously injured. he is now in hospital. move on to iraq where the government has launched a major counteroffensive against isis. sunni tribal fighters and via militia fighters are surrounding the city of ramadi in anbar province. correspondent barbara starr

reports. >> as sapd storms rolled in, iraq said it launched a major military operation to take back ramadi. >> we were pleased to see today that the iraqi government announced the beginning of the mission to retake ramadi and to drive isil out of anbar province. i think that is a clear indication of the will of the iraqi security forces to fight. >> far different from defense secretary ash carter when he spoke to cnn. >> it is very concerning that they showed that failure of a will to fight -- >> after watching the chaotic final moment before ramadi fell, top pentagon officials remain skeptical. u.s. military officials say so far, the iraq units are just conducting probing attacks against isis. isis, for its part, is improving

its battlefield tactics. calling in fighters from syria, using snipers and suicide bombs in new ways taking tunnels to get into ramadi and breaking off fortifications. >> they are gaining intelligence from reconnaissance. they are understanding the capabilities of the iraqi security forces to include coalition air power and they are adjusting their tactics to counter that. >> moving in small groups, making it harder for u.s. war planes to find them and staying off social media. >> they've seen that there can be operational consequences to essentially live sweeting or live posting regarding their operations. >> if the iraqis are going to win, they will need help. these sunni militias are already beginning to move into position. but it is the sunni tribes of anbar that they're focusing on, looking for ways to provide them with more weapons.

>> they're the ones who have to get in the fight and win the fight. >> the battle to retake ramadi, highlights, again, the bitter divide in iraq. the iraqi government is relying on shiite militia from iran. but ramadi, the capital of anbar province, is sunny territory. sunnies and shiites have been at each other for years. so what's in a name? cnn military analyst lieutenant general mart hurdley joins us from florida. the on us says the code name is unhelpful. others say it's failing to represent the interest of iraqis. in the bigger future, do you see this as a significant problem? >> i think it is unhelpful, john. they could have thought of a

better name than that and i think some of the iraqi generals should have probably brought that to their attention. i know the chief of staff of the iraqi army is a sunni and he's a very good soldier. i just think this one kind of got away from him a little bit and it's just not good for the atmospherics of this operation in my view. >> when you look at sort of the issue of the politics surrounding all of this, if the sunnis have no confidence in their own government and i know it's just the name of an operation, but it's a very inflammatory name in some ways, then at best, they'll fit on the fence or maybe even take up with isis? >> well, one of the things that i'd suggest is the government should be doing everything they possibly can to generate trust with the provinces. this is an area that i was knee deep in when i was in northern iraq. and not to compare that to the western provinces because there is slight differences. but we were continuously trying to get the central government to

expand their reach out to the northern provinces. and it was often a failing proposition. you gain trust in a government by showing that you're for all the people, not just the ones on the capital. it is a combined leadership now in the central government with the shia prime minister, with a sunni deputy prime minister and with kurdish representation, too. you want to take every opportunity you can to generate trust that is a government for all iraq. and, again, not to beat the dead horse, but this does not show that you're trying to generate trust. in fact, it is a little condescending to the people you're trying to defend. >> very quickly, in military terms, the iraqi government says ramadi will be liberated soon. what's your assessment? >> that's ambitious. they may liberate and take

military actions in the town. but, again, i define liberation as quite different, perhaps, than what some of the leaders in iraq are seeing it as now. it's certainly one thing to get armed military forces or militias or sunni tribesmen to defeat isis or fight isis. it's another thick to completely liberate. to me, that means getting police forces back and operational, getting the government operation al. it's the clear hold and build element where you can certainly clear with military forces, but you have to hold with security forces and then build with the government. you've got to get toss in place. >> thank you so much. let's return now to our top stories. charges are being announced against 14 senior members of the world governing body of soccer's fifa. so alex, explain to us exactly what details do you know about

these charges. >> john, very sketchy details right now. potentially this is something that could blow wide open the fifa presidential election happening this friday which determines who is going to be ahead of the governing body for the world's most popular sport. joseph setblatter, when he succeeded the president wod been in charge the decades before that. it seems this is a foregone conclusion. he has one challenger for president, but blatta is the overwhelming favorite to be re-elected as president of fifa. now we hear the swiss police, in plain clothes overnight raided the hotel where all the top officials of fifa, football's

governing body are saying and 14 have been arrested and this is all connected to the fbi's investigation into corruption at the highest levels of the game. cnn understands from swiss police they were ordered to conduct the raids at the request of the federal authorities. hopefully therein been cooperation between the swiss and u.s. authorities. there is a particular extradition treaty between the two nations. the "new york times" reporting that although people can't be extradited from switzerland to america on tax charges, criminal charges do work in that case. we have yet to find out which of these fifa officials have been amongst the 14 arrested. although we understand setblatter himself is not one of them. he's been accused of cronyism, those closest to help hipg him maintain power.

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angeles was the target of a bomb threat. passengers' luggage was screened after landing, but nothing dangerous was found. the group was responsible and it comes one day after ten on her threats remain for international and domestic flooirts flights bound for a number of east coast u.s. cities. afghanistan's government says all four militants involved in an overnight attack at an upscale neighborhood in kabul have been killed. the taliban claimed responsibility for the hours-long battle between surges and forces. a hotel own dollars by the son of afghan's former president was the intended target, but the interior ministry says the hotel was not breached. we go to russia now and moscow is flexing its military muscle to blame 12,000 troops in a surprise drill in the country's northwest. russian media report that hundreds of artillery pieces are heavy weapons. even cruise missile res involved. the exercises might be a

response to european military drills led by norway. nato, not happy with russia's latest maneuver, saying more transparency is needed. >> we don't see any immediate threat, but we are concerned, for instance, about the increasing number of exercises which russia is conducting. because that gives us no notification, increases transparency, predictability. of course, increase tess possibility that incidents, accidents spirals out of control. >> china says it will expand its military activities in the south china sea, a move which could escalate tensions in an already jittery region. china outlined its strategy on tuesday. beijing says among other things, it will switch from air defense to both offense and defense. the news comes just a week after

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are being made in a corruption investigation of fifa. the u.s. justice department plans to announce charges wednesday after a three-year fbi investigation. football's governing body has been at the center of corruption probes for years. powerful storms have killed 31 people in the southern u.s. and northern mexico. several others are missing. huge amounts of rain have caused flash flooding and damages thousands of homes. the storm system is expected to bring more rain throughout the week. iraqi forces and militias are staging major offenses against isis in two key provinces. it was said on iraqi tv the liberation of anbar is imminent. others are working to cut isis supply routes. afghanistan's government says all four militants who attacked an upscale neighborhood overnight have been killed. the taliban claimed responsibility. the gunmen were targeting a hotel owned by the son's afghanistan's former president.

no civilians or security forces were killed. it has been one month since a deadly earthquake devastated nepal and the nation is still struggling to come to terms with the impact of the loss. the 7.8 magnitude quake struck in late april, killing more than 8,000 people leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. in 2012, cnn susan runs a home. she was months away from opening a permanent home for the children. a few years ago, susan serandan was so compelled by the story, she became a producer of a documentary surrounding the work. susan and farasha join me now. susan, what have you seen over the past few days? what has had the biggest impact

on you? >> in the general sense, watching the news in the united states, i expected there to be nothing standing and nothing going on, but now i think people have responded very well. it's very heartbreaking when you see people that have to not take their houses apart because they're unsafe. so what looks like something that's safe now has to be taken apart brick by brick, which is what happened to the new home that we were building here. it was almost finished and now it's all -- the structure is up, but everything has to be taken apart. and so i think that's -- you know, you see the spirit of people that they're surviving and i think after the monsoons and by the fall tourism can come back. and i think they're ready for that. and i've been going around, there's still some very lovely places that are open and a lot of historical monuments, you know? but we had a -- a lot of film that looked like just everything was leveled and there is a lot of destruction and it's very

sad. but there's a spirit now of everyone rebuilding. and so we're trying to start at square one again and get some fund to go take our cnn hero. maybe you could help her, actually, cnn. >> maybe we can. i want to ask, the film which was made about her work was essentially, apart from being a great documentary, it was a good fund-raiser and the money from that film was being used to build that permanent housing for those kids. how much damage has been done and how long do i think it will take for you and do you have any plans to recover? >> i think, like, whatever, like, money i got from cnn and whatever money was freezed, we were making the home, i think most -- were damaged because all the walls were up. because we have four different buildings. so three buildings got damage. so, like, we have to start again. so we have to raise more money to start again because we have to make the structures and everything. because it's on top of a hill as well as to be safe for the kids.

and most probably by next year we would like to do opening because it was a dream project and it was a big project for these kids because they haven't gone to the place. and so i'm very saddened to see the home, like -- you know, we have to rebuild. but i'm really happy that my kids are safe. that's most important. i think i can't rebuild a life, but i can rebuild that home. >> the fact that it went down without anybody in it, and the contractor has been wonderful. he's volunteering to do everything at cost and there's a very beautiful spirit about the rebuilding of the home. and if anybody wants to help, where do they go to? they go to -- gofundme.com/pushpa nepal. so anybody that's listening on your fabulous channel will know how to help her. >> now, pushpa, for you, how heartbreaking was it to get so close to having this building ready to go and how are the kids coping right now?

where are they staying? >> yes, it was really heartbreaking to see, you know? because now we are staying in a field where i can see my home. now we are living where i can see the new home, which is under construction. it is really sad but, you know, i tried my best and i give my 100% best. but it's out of my hand. it's all because of the nature and everything. but to see my kids, you know, we told them that the house have gone down and everything. the structure is still standing. still we have hope and we have prayed that, you know, we will rebuild and things will turn out to be beautiful. some ways, yes, it's heart broken, but it's out of my hand. i never have the time to stand back and cry, you know, because things are just -- wonderful years for me, ten years of experience. but negative took a second to calm down. so i have hope that i can stand again.

>> what we have to do now is the kids -- you know, the monsoons are coming so there's a lot of pressure to try to find a place that will be dry and can take care of them in the rented place. but, you know, the rent is up there, too. so there's an in between state that's going to be difficult, but they're all in really good spirits and they've been staying out and playing soccer and doing all the things that kids do and -- and they love each other and they take care of each other and they love pushpa. so they're -- considering the trauma that they've been through, i think they're in really good spirits. we were nervous because the pictures, when we called right away to see them under plastic and so many people are just trying to sustain themselves in tents and under plastic. but when the monsoons come, of course, it will be -- if you've ever tried to camp for months and months and months in a monsoon, then you understand. >> and the monsoons are only a couple weeks away. they're in for some tough times ahead. susan, pushpa, we appreciate you

being with us. and gofundme is where people can give them some money. we'll put that up on our website, as well. >> thank you so much. we appreciate that. >> we'll take a short break here. but when we come back, the heat wave in india has claimed more than a thousand lives. more on the soaring temperatures, just ahead. introducing the first ever gummy multivitamin from centrum. a complete, and tasty new way to support... your energy... immunity... and metabolism like never before. centrum multigummies. see gummies in a whole new light. what you're doing now, janice. blogging. your blog is just pictures of you in the mirror. it's called a fashion blog, todd. well, i've been helping people save money with progressive's discounts. flo, can you get janice a job? [ laughs ] you should've stuck to softball! i was so much better at softball than janice, dad. where's your wife, todd? vacation. discounts like homeowners', multi-policy -- i got a discount on this ham. i've got the meat sweats. this is good ham, diane.

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if you're just joining us, this is our breaking news. the u.s. justice department is set to announce corruption charges against up to 14 officials of world football's governing authority. some of the f i fa officials are being arrested overnight in zurich and elsewhere around the world. the gathering in the swiss city for an election that could give sepp blatter his fifth term as leader. the charges are a result of a years-long fbi investigation. jason was detained ten months ago. the u.s. government and the post

call the charges absurd. the proceedings ended after about two hours and the next trial, date unknown. the case comes at a delicate time as five other western powers tried to reach an agreement on iran's nuclear program. charter communications has proposed a three-way merger with fellow cable and broadband providers time warner cable and brighthouse networks. if u.s. regulators approve the deal, there will be three million fewer subscribers that comcast. the deal values time warner cable at backside 79 billion. they promise faster broadband and wider public availability of wi-fi. more now on the deadly heed wave in india. this weather pattern may stay around longer than we thought. we have more on this. we thought it was going to end in the next couple of days, but you're saying it could be longer than that.

>> i think so, yeah. the monsoons look like they're trying about three to five days behind. that siply brings cooler regions over this programmed of the world. we peak with temperatures into the mid 40s celsius. mow the numbers have gone from 600 over the past 24 hours to 1100 and then you see the chicago heat wave of 1995 in there, as well. but here is mother nature's air-conditioning right here. this is the current position of the monsoonal moisture. two days ago we should have been at this point and beyond that, the 1st of june, we would get to the southern portion of india. but the extreme heat taking place right here across the central and eastern corner of india where temperatures are at their hottest. that's where the majority of the fatalities are occurring. look at the temperatures in the heat index the next 24 hours. that is about 122 or so fahrenheit. remarkable attempts. very, very dangerous and it

looks like this is going to continue for a couple of days across this region. it doesn't show. relief. 42. the average 47. beyond that, you need the monsoonal rains to cool things off. that is certainly what they've been seeing across the u.s. state of texas whe a major drought was in mays years ago. now you see scenes out of houston, texas, harris county, the third largest county in the united states taking on a tremendous amounts of water. look at the radar, showing you the establishmented rainfall over the past several days, pinning the pictures of upwards of over 300 me the millimeters. this amount of rainfall in that amount of time is something you would see on the other of once every 25 to once every 50 years depending on the location. that makes this so much more impressive. you look at the forecast the next coming couple of days, another few inches of rainfall especially around houston. portions of oklahoma getting in on about 100 plus millimeters or four inches of rainfall. john, you look at this long range outlook, this is for next week into the latter portion of

the week. this is above average rainfall right there over eastern texas, well above average rainfall across the northeastern u.s., as well. but that's a concern because about 150 rivers are at or above capacity for flooding. >> ain't over yet. thanks. malaysian media are reporting border security guards are expected of being involved in human trafficking. some local residents are part of the trafficking scheme. this comes after 139 shallow graves were found near the border with thailand. authorities expect this site was a detention camp used to hold migrants. >> we were taken in army trucks to the bottom of the mountain. where the malaysian authorities said they had found a human trafficker's camp. this was a significant

development. last week, they vehemently denied there were any. >> but we're still going, are we? >> yeah, yeah. >> the order was given and we began the climb. yesterday, the malaysians came clean, admitting there werelty least 28 of these camps where traffickers held thousands of migrants, persecuted bermese and we followed in their footsteps. men, women and children forced up and down this trail. the track is rough and it's very steep. you can see it's well used. there's litter all over the place. and it's difficult to believe that local people and members of the authorities didn't know that there were hundreds of people living identity here. the camp took shape from a distance. such was its size. it wasn't easy to hide. a bamboo jail that stretched

across the mountain clearing. but further details were hard to come by. >> how many people do you think were kept there? >> i'm not sure. >> not sure. we've been given a few seconds to walk through the camp, but i think this is the wrong name for this place. it's more like a village or a prison complex. there are cells, rung with barbed wire and watch towers and food, water, storage facilities. there's even a cage were people were kept, i presume, because they tried to escape. clearly, it was a place of real cruelty, where hundreds were held for the purposes of extortion. to earn their release, the victims' family members had to pay a ransom of $2,000 to $3,000. later, we spoke to a young rahinga who was held for seven months in a jungle camp.

>> translator: brokers told our relatives to send the money and beat us while we were on the phone. they're very bad people. there's little to eat here. some people starve. many are sick. >> cherut managed to escape months ago, but many prisoners never leave. up in the mountain, forensics teams have begun examining 37 graves or burial pits. and on the earth's surface, we saw bone fragments of someone's jaw. >> one man didn't have any money to pay the ransom, so the brokers beat him. they handed him over to the camp guards and said you can finish him. the guards took a rope and hanged him. i saw it. >> reporter: it is an odious business and it's gone on for years. but the authorities here in malaysia and neighboring

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laverne tony and personal assistant myron johnson administered foreign substances to induce his premature death, that the indisputable king of blues was poisoned. >> they didn't see him for a week before he died. they want to know and they want to be at peace. >> king's doctor ruled the 89-year-old died from a series of strokes affiliated with diabetes. but the investigation prompted an autopsy to be conducted. so far, the coroner says there's no evidence to substantiate the allegations. >> you don't have what you need. >> earlier this year, the daughters accused the business agent of elder abuse and neglect. but a judge says the women lacked evidence for the claims and dismissed the claims. >> today was not the final chapter in the b.b. king story. >> it is an ugly post script scene too often in celebrity deaths. michael jackson's death spurred

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