good tuesday morning, i'm erica hill. >> and i'm jim sciutto.

very busy tuesday morning. right now president biden is facing questions over how he handled classified documents when he was vice president. his attorneys found those documents from his time as vp in a private office and we should note turned them over immediately to the national archives. attorney general merrick garland calling on a u.s. attorney to now investigate any potential damage. we will discuss the impact and also how this case differs from former president trump's handling of classified documents. all this as the president wakes up this morning in mexico. immigration of course a top priority as cnn learns new details about the president's plan now to curb the surge at the southern border. plus evacuations under way in several parts of california as deadly storms slam the state. intense flooding leading to mudslides, power outages. check out this scene. this is in santa clarita. first responders you see there rescuing people from submerged cars. as this have morning we know at least 14 people have died as a

result of these storms. that's where we begin this hour. dramatic video of even more rescues coming in, look at that basket swinging there. helicopters this is in monterey county where the coast guard had to pull a couple and their dog to safety after their house became an island, just surrounded by the rapidly rising river. >> when i woke up in the morning the water was probably 4 feet lower than when this all happened and i told my wife, we better get ready, and we started backing and getting ready, and we were looking out the window and we saw the bridge go and when that bridge went there is no way out. >> downtown santa barbara is also getting a record amount of rainfall, more than 6 inches, with more on the way today. take a look at what all that water is doing, turning creeks into rivers, raging rivers. ellen degeneres posted a similar scene from her own backyard in

monte montecito. >> we're going unprecedented rain this. creek next to our house never flows, ever. probably about 9 feet up. we are ready to evacuate. be nice to mother nature. >> cnn's kyung lah and camila bernal is getting a look at the damage. i wonder if you can describe the conditions, one of the features is how quickly the waters rose. >> reporter: how quickly and how rapidly it's constantly changing in part because of this, we're just starting to see another deluge down here in ventura county and i want you to take a look at where i am, jim. this looks like it's a river. this is in part the ventura river, but i'm standing on the 101 freeway, the ventura river rose so rapidly and it brought all this, all this mud and water. it is completely shut down eight

lanes of freeway, four lanes on this side, four lanes on the other side and this is just one closure here on the freeway. there are multiple closures up and down because of all of those emergencies that the fire department, that the chp has had to respond to. they haven't been able to even start to think about handling this type of infrastructure problem because they have lives that they need to save out there. so what we are seeing are evacuations. there have been communities like montecito told to immediately evacuate, leave now was the message from the fire department. there have been some 200 rescues conducted by the -- 200 incidents that the santa barbara fire department says that they have had to respond to. seven of them being swift water rescues. they are urging people that if they don't have to go anywhere, if they are safe in their homes, to try to not go anywhere,

especially as southern california sees yet another rainy day, jim. >> wow. it is really something. camilla, you are further north in santa cruz county. what is the situation where you are this morning? >> reporter: well, same kind of warnings. authorities telling people do not drive because a lot of the streets look like what you're seeing here. i mean, this is a residential neighborhood and imagine opening your front door to all of this standing water. and it's part of the reason why authorities are saying you cannot drive because all of the streets look like this. i talked to a resident yesterday who told me, look, i wanted to put sandbags in front of my house and they tried to put as many sandbags as possible. that did nothing because there is so much water. many of them have lost a lot already because the water going into their garages, into their homes and they tell me, look, it's just the physical part of it and the rain and the water, but it's also the financial aspect of it because a lot of

these things are just ruined because of the water. even cars have been left stranded. so you're seeing this in every single neighborhood as you're walking. there's 32,000 people in the county that are under evacuation orders and the county telling me there could be more. sheriff's deputies are working around the clock with loud speakers telling people to get out of their homes. many people listening to those warnings, others saying, look, i just want to stay inside of my home and do as much as i can from here, but it is a very dangerous situation no matter how you look at it and they're expecting more rain over the next ten days. so they're telling people, look, maybe it's not raining right now, but all of it is just not over. jim, erica? >> camila bernal, kyung lah, be careful with how quickly the water is rising. thanks so much. overnight cnn has learned several classified documents from joe biden's time as vice president were discovered in a private office last fall. >> that's right. his own attorneys discovered those documents.

cnn's senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid joins us with more. tell us exactly what was found and then how they were handled after they were found. >> let's go back a few years, the beginning of this story. 2017 to 2019, before he is president, after he is vice president, biden is an honorary professor at the university of pennsylvania. he has a d.c.-based office and a couple weeks ago, november 2nd, his lawyers went to clean out that office and they uncovered fewer than a dozen classified documents. now, we are told they handed those over to the national archives, the archives took possession of them. the next morning the justice department was notified and the attorney general has tapped the u.s. attorney in chicago to do this, do a damage assessment. it's interesting because he is one of the two trump-appointed u.s. attorneys still serving, the other one in delaware overseeing the investigation into hunter biden. >> that was garland's choice. >> exactly. it's a strategic choice. now, the biden team says they are fully cooperating with the archives, with the justice department, but, jim, going

forward a lot of questions. first of all, why are you sending attorneys to clean out an office that's been dormant for a few years? why are you sending them a few days before a critical midterm? and why didn't you get out in front of this before the news media got ahold of it? a lot of questions, still a lot of reporting to do. >> paula, there's all of those questions that we need answered. based on what we know now, though, we have seen it already, as soon as this broke this is being embraced by some republicans as, oh, the irony and, oh, isn't this great. look at what president biden was doing. these are not exactly apples to apples. there are some similarities, but walk us through what is and is not the same about this event and the documents discovered at this office and what was found at former president trump's home in mar-a-lago. >> it's a great question. i was surprised in speaking with the former president's legal team last night i expected they would be giddy over this but instead i got a slug. they think that the biden matter

helps their defense. they are saying this is what we've been talking about, overclassification of documents, how difficult it is to keep track of all of this these, particularly when you leave office. they think this helps their defense. so far what we know from the biden team is that these two matters are sle different, that mar-a-lago is a much more complicated investigation. for example, the volume of material we are talking about, fewer than a dozen documents versus hundreds of classified documents. the level of cooperation, the biden team says they are fully cooperating. we know trump really would not cooperate fully with the government, only turned over many of these documents when subpoenas were obtained. he is also under investigation in addition to the questions about classified information for possible obstruction. a lot of differences based on what we know now but i caution there is a lot more reporting to do and a lot of unanswered questions here about the biden matter. >> paula reid, thanks so much. all right. so where does the law stand on all of this? what happens now? joining us now michael moore,

partner at moore hall in atlanta. good to have you on, michael. >> good to be with you. thank you. happy new year to you. >> to you as well. all right. so there are differences here, but picture yourself as one of trump's lawyers now defending him in this documents case. even though part of that is an obstruction case, not just the handling of the documents, as a practical legal matter does it help his defense team? >> well, it's going to help in some way because it gives them one argument. i don't think it's conclusive for him, but i think the argument will be made, look, you have to treat this the same way and this is something that happens and it was accidental as we all transitioned, one, from the vice president's office, me from the oval office for my client from the oval office and that's the argument they will make. at the end of the day i don't think they will overcome the case but that's what they will say. >> paula in pointing out the u.s. attorney based in chicago was a trump-appointed attorney who merrick garland put on this

to oversee what's going on with the biden documents. she called it a strategic move by garland. do you think it's the right move? >> i think it's good that he is out having somebody review t we'd like to consider the department of justice apolitical. i mean, look, it is ultimately going to come down to a question of intent. it's like having two people stopped on the interstate and going through a road construction zone and one says, you know, mr. officer, you are crooked and you are involved in a cover up and you hate me and the law doesn't apply to me so there you go. and the other driver says, look, i'm sorry, i did not notice the speed limit change and i want to cooperate with your stop, i will help you. guess what, driver number one is going to get a ticket. so it's how they handle it. how did they handle it? the problem for the trump team is their handling of this case from the beginning has been abysmal and so that's what's going to come back to get them in the end. it's always how you handle something, it's the cover up,

likely obstructive conduct at the end of a case. >> it's a great comparison. part of the case against trump is obstruction, is legally the handling, but you know that this decision -- we know that this decision form merrick garland hs politics involved. he's got to make a case and realize he would be charging a former president here. so in that sense if you are the ag now, i'm going to put you in those shoes, does this make you more wary of charging him? >> it doesn't make me more wary. the attorney general is charged with following the facts and the law so he's going to apply the law equally but applies it to a set of facts and those facts will be determinative in this case. i mean, look, the efforts to claim that no political faults, nothing about charging a former president enters into the calculus, that's just nonsense. of course it does. ask yourself how many special

prosecutors you have around the united states right now or how many special grand juries are screening to consider a case in states like georgia. they are thinking about it because it's huge. it's a big deal whether or not this is going to become how we do things. do we charge presidents? do we charge former presidents with crimes? i think his move is the right thing to do. i think he's going to be -- there are going to be people who claim there's politics in it, people who claim it's a conspiracy. you have a whole party in congress who their entire premise is based on charging lies and conspiracy theories and all that. if that's the case that is nonsense, but that's where we are at. he's going to be charged but he did the right thing by getting out in front of this and asking the u.s. attorney to review the documents. >> it's important to follow the facts and is the question should a former president be charged if the facts are there or is the question does the law apply equally to everyone in this country which is also going to be part of this moving forward. michael moore, great to have you with us. thank you. >> great to be with you all. thank you. amid sharp questions over

those revelations about these classified documents president biden tried to stay focused on his summit in mexico city where he's set to meet with the canadian prime minister this morning. >> and of course the focus there, migration. we are learning the biden administration is planning to roll out new measures in an attempt to curb surging migrant crossings at the southern border. cnn's mj lee is live in mexico city. so, mj, what is the plan? >> reporter: well, jim and erica, we are continuing to see the biden administration search for ways to try to get a handle on the migrant situation at the u.s. southern border. this of course is going to be a huge topic of discussion at the north american leader summit that is going to take place this afternoon when the president meets together with the leaders of canada and mexico. and you're right, that the administration today is announcing the announcement of the launch, excuse me, of a new vir tut platform. this is basically being

described as a one-stop shop for migrants who want to figure out whether they have a legal pathway to get into either the u.s., mexico or canada. they are also announcing building of physical centers that can really provide a resource for these kinds of migrants and what o administration officials are saying is that all of this goes to show that it's important that there be a coordinated effort not just coming from the u.s. but that there is a partnership between the u.s. and its partner countries. i will say, though, there are some questions being raised about how effective some of these new measures could be, including this virtual portal that hasn't been built yet or launched yet so it could be several months before we know the actual details but keep in mind that according to advocates and experts some of these asylum seekers that go straight to the border before first applying for asylum in the proper legal way, they do that often out of desperation because the situation they are trying to escape and get away from back at home in their home countries is

so dire. so one concern is that putting in sort of these requirements, that could end up deterring and preventing some of these people from going through the proper pathways and then they will ultimately get rejected at the u.s. southern border. but, again, this is going to be a huge topic of discussion at this summit that is going to happen this afternoon and we are continuing to see the president trying to get a handle on and fix what has become a big political liability for the president. >> mj lee, appreciate it. thank you. all right. coming up next, sources tell cnn that the husband of a missing woman did some pretty darn disturbing internet searches, including this one, how to dispose of 115-pound woman's body. why investigators are now searching a trash facility. plus i have some new reporting this morning on the war in ukraine. senior u.s. officials tell me there has been a, quote, substantive change in the type of weapons and capability of weapons the u.s. and allies are sending to the front lines in ukraine.

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significance of those searches? >> reporter: well, they could end up being very significant, it's still early on in this investigation, but as you were saying much of that search and that investigation shifted from the home in cohasset to two facilities, one last night at a trash facility in north boston. that's where investigators, jim, spent hours combing through some of the garbage there looking for more evidence in their case. in addition to that yesterday late afternoon/early evening they also spent some time sifting through the rub badge at a dumpster outside of walshe's mother's home searching that facility as well. all of this as sources tell cnn that investigators also found very disturbing internet searches that walshe had conducted following his wife's disappearance, which included how to dispose of a 115-pound body, and also how to dismember

a body. incredibly disturbing details about this case, which we also heard yesterday in court during walshe's arraignment where prosecutors laid out what they say investigators found at the home. >> he is on surveillance at that time purchasing about $450 worth of cleaning supplies, that would include mops, bucket, tops, tyvek, drop cloths as well as various kinds of tape. blood was found in the basement area as well as a knife by also contained blood. during a time frame when he didn't report his wife and gave various statements that allowed him time to either clean up evidence -- >> reporter: and we should also tell you that we reached out to the district attorney's office talking to them this morning, jim and erica, expecting to get some more information possibly about their case. that should be happening later today.

again, at this point walshe has just been charged with misleading police. we will see if that changes in the near future. also i pointed to a friend of ana walshe on the phone, a man by name of peter kirby, he told me as you can expect they are extremely devastated by all of the developments they have been hearing about in the news. he said at this point their focus is on ana's three small children. jim, erica? >> your heart goes out to those kids. jason, thank you. overnight on capitol hill speaker kevin mccarthy passed one of his first tests as leader of the new gop-controlled house. did he manage to get skeptical moderates to vote to approve a rules package that had led -- that had a lot of concessions for gop hardliners. >> among those new rules allowing, of course, just one member to move for a vote to oust the speaker. cnn's melanie zanona live on capitol hill this morning. republicans also released the names of their new committee chairs last night. what is on deck today, melanie?

>> reporter: well, the house gop conference is meeting right now for the first time since kevin mccarthy was elected speaker. there is definitely a sense of relief that they finally were able to elect a speaker. in fact, sources tell annie greer they kipd off the meeting playing a bad lip reading video of kevin mccarthy and matt gaetz's floor fight. in a good mood, a sense of celebration but there is some lingering concern among members, particularly the moderates, about what concessions that kevin mccarthy had to agree to in order to get the speaker's gavel. while some of the concessions were spelled out in the package that passed last night some were not. we're told that nancy mace is planning to stand up in the conference meeting today and demand to see a list of every promise that kevin mccarthy agreed to. we as reporters have been pressing mccarthy when is he going to release this list? he has not said or answered those questions. we do know based on our reporting that one of those handshake deals that kevin mccarthy agreed to was adding more house freedom caucus

members to committees. now that they have elected their committee chairs they will begin to populate those committees and make those assignments in the coming days. once that happens then the chairs get to elect their subcommittee -- the subcommittee chairman, whoever gets the gavels, but we are expecting people like marjorie taylor greene, george santos, paul gosar to get committee assignments despite their history of controversial remarks and behavior and kevin mccarthy has reiterated he plans to kick some democrats like eric swalwell and adam schiff off of their committees. a battle ahead when it comes to populating the committees, guys. >> no question. melanie zanona, thanks so much. still ahead, new cnn reporting on how the u.s. is substantively changing the type and extent of weapons it is send to go ukraine and how russia may be giving ukraine a window, perhaps, of opportunity to push back. we will have those details coming up. ant to have confidence in the nutritional drink you choose. try boost glucose control®. it's clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levelss

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this just into cnn, sources telling cnn that the u.s. military will soon train ukrainians on the patriot missile systems here in the u.s. >> oren liebermann standing by at the pentagon with more on this. what more do we know about those stateside trainings. >> the training will take place at fort sill which is where the u.s. conducts its own training on patriot missiles near oklahoma. the ukrainians will begin training on the patriot missile systems according to two officials familiar with the matter that training could begin as soon as next week. you see the urgency on getting them trained up on this complex

aerial defense system as quickly as possible. bringing them in and getting that training going allows them to get it on to the battlefield as quickly as possible. crucially there is no timeline for how long this takes. defense officials said last week it will take several months. the pentagon is working on accelerating training on patriot missiles in any way they can to make them get out there faster. there no definite answer on how much it can shorten the training on what is a complex aerial defense system. they are not going to telegraph to the russians when this system might be ready and in theater. crucially as we have heard from two u.s. officials training on the patriot missile system could begin as soon as next week on the complex system, this will take time, erica and jim, but crucially the process is about to start. >> all right. getting things started. that is the key. oren liebermann, thank you. also new this morning, two senior u.s. officials tell me that there has been a substantive, quote, substantive

change in the type and extent of weaponry the u.s. and its allies are providing to ukraine. sources tell me the latest aid package includes weapons designed to give them more offensive capability including taking back territory from russia and believe that kyiv sees a window to regain that territory before russia is able to regroup. >> u.s. and ukrainian officials also say russian artillery fire is dramatically down, nearly 75% in some places and the latest sign of struggles for moscow. here with me now to discuss the importance of all of this, retired marine colonel mark anthony. colonel, good to have you on this morning. >> thanks for having me on the show. >> first of all, i want to get to some of these changes in weapons that the u.s. has been providing, u.s. and its allies have been providing ukraine. top of the list most recently bradley fighting vehicles which also have an anti-tank capability as well as more

capable missile and rocket systems. the deputy assistant defense secretary laura cooper said on friday they are positioning ukraine to be able to move forward and retake territory. is this meant to give them more of an offensive rather than defensive capability? >> what you're seeing is across the board support. they're sending patriot which is an air defense weapon and it will help protect ukrainian cities from russian missiles, you're also seeing these armored vehicles, not only from the united states but also nato allies, bradleys, wide variety of others, m 113s, mraps and also a lot of artillery support. additional artillery systems, the m-109, 105, more ammunition, more kinds of rounds. so a wide ma right of support that will not only enhance their offensive capabilities but also help their defense. >> tell us about the timing here

in the war as we near the one-year anniversary of the invasion. i'm told that these weapons are in part designed to fit the battlefield in these more wide open territory, tank and artillery battles, but also there is some concern russia will at least attempt to regroup and ukraine needs these weapons now in effect to fight back. is this a crucial moment in the war? >> well, every moment in the war has been crucial in its own way. this is a new challenge, that is, that ukraine now is gaining strength and will be trying to reconquer territory, the initiative is clearly on their side. on the other hand the russians have been this -- which was chaotic but has produced more soldiers on the front line. i think what you're seeing in the u.s. aid package is a recognition that this is going to be a long war. we're providing equipment that will take many months to come online, to get the ukrainians trained up on it, but we're willing to invest that amount of time because unfortunately it looks like this war is going to go on for quite a while.

>> do you sense, for instance, in this new cnn reporting about russia possibly running out of some artillery, ammunition, et cetera, because their strikes have decreased in frequency in recent days and weeks, do you see russia as weaker today? is there an opportunity here or have we just entered a war of attrition in the east, right, which is just, as you said, going to be long and brutal? >> well, unfortunately it is going to be a long and brutal attrition fight in the east. now, the fact that the russians are firing less artillery is a good sign, it means that they have burned through a lot of their stocks. they are getting some ammunition apparently from like the north koreans and probably refurbishing some of their older ammunition but are not firing at the same rate as before. the russians aren't going to run out of artillery ammunition, they are not going to stop shooting but they will shoot less, that means they can shoot at fewer targets, that's good

for the ukrainians. on the other hand, as we noted, the russians have more troops on the front line, their mobilization has produced more personnel, that is strengthening their position. i wouldn't be surprised if the russians also tried to go over the offensive, particularly in the donbas area. >> final question, if i can, on china. the u.s. conducted a war game that just csis i should say conducted a war game that showed how potentially devastating a conflict over taiwan would be for taiwan, for the u.s., for japan. does that cause pause in the minds of, well, president xi jinping about potentially launching an invasion? >> we certainly hope so i mean, one of the things that we hope is that these kinds of war games will show everyone how destructive a war could be and, therefore, adds to deterrents and makes conflict less likely. we also hope that this will show the united states what it can do and its allies like taiwan to strengthen deterrents, to make

wars even less likely and if a war were to occur, to make it shorter and bring it to an end more quickly. >> yeah, i mean, you look at that list there of the potential costs, i mean, dozens of ships, thousands of troops on all sides, just a devastating prospect. colonel mark cancian, thanks so much. >> thanks for having me on the show. still to come, fisher price issuing an urgent recall reminder for parents after at least 100 infant deaths have been connected to their rock and play sleepers. what you need to know. stay with us. with upwork the hiring process is fast and flexible. behold... alall that talent! ♪ this isis how we work now ♪ i was always the competitive one in our family... 'til my sister signed up for united healthcare medicare advantage. ♪w, uh-huh♪ now she's t a whole team to help her get the most t of her plan. ♪wow, uh-huh♪ with coverage that's better than ever for deal... ...visn... ...prescriptiodrugs and more.

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fisher-price issuing an urgent recall reminder to parents. this is about a sleeper that they had on the market, this is

a quote, too, from the consumer product safety commission here noting babies continue to die. >> that's alarming words for any parent to hear. it is the rock 'n play sleeper which was initially recalled in 2019. the product has been connected to at least 100 infant deaths reported. cnn health reporter jacqueline howard joins me now. jacquelyn, how are these sleepers dangerous and do we know how many are out there? >> we do, jim. so i will say that what's been happening, we know that deaths are due to infants rolling over on to their sides or on to their stomachs while in the sleepers unrestrained. here is a timeline of what's been happening, the original recall from fisher-price came in 2019 on april 12th, 2019. it was reannounced just yesterday and in the reannouncement it was noted that there have been about eight additional deaths reported since 2019. so those deaths happened after

the original recall. you asked about the number, jim. in total this recall impacts about 4.7 million sleepers out there. in total there have been approximately 100 deaths reported in connection to the rock 'n play sleepers. so the take away message here for parents out there who might have rock 'n play sleepers, stop using them immediately. you can contact fisher-price to get a refund or a voucher. and then there's also a message for store owners. it's illegal to sell or distribute these rock 'n play sleepers. so this is an urgent reannouncement, really, for consumers and store owners out there right now, jim and erica. >> yes, such an important reminder of this recall. really appreciate it. thank you. the largest school district in the state of washington is going after some of the world's largest tech companies. seattle public schools filing a lawsuit against the parent companies of social media platforms, including facebook,

instagram, tiktok, snapchat and youtube, alleging those platforms have a negative impact on students' mental health, claiming, too, it has hurt the ability of the schools to fulfill their educational mission. joining me now is donie o'su o'sullivan. they say they are violating a public nuisance law in the state of washington. the school district, the largest in the state is actually asking for damages here from these companies. how are the companies responding? >> well, the companies are responding as you might expect, they're saying we don't have that much of a problem here. we saw this over the past few years, particularly with that facebook whistleblower about 18 months ago when she came out and showed that facebook, instagram had done research into the damage their products were doing to children. i just want to show you some of the statistics. teenagers' use of social media, the percentage of teens who are using these apps almost constantly, almost -- almost a fifth of teens using youtube, almost constantly, 16% using tiktok almost constantly.

it's very possible that those numbers are actually a lot higher than that. >> as the parent of teenagers i would say they probably are higher. >> also just to show you this statistics on social media usage among children, right, what is interesting there is you see 32% kids between the ages of 7 and 9 are using these social media platforms. 38% 8 to 12. mostly social media platforms claim if you are under 13 you are not allowed to set up an account. >> listen, there are plenty of ways to get around that even when you have limits, as a parent when you have limits on your kids' phones they can figure out how to get around it. what struck me is the 13 to 17 year olds, we are looking at high school. if people don't have high schoolers, kids mostly have their phones in schools because they have apps for schoolwork. they are also on these messaging apps all the time and they're spending hours on these apps. that's what the issue is with the school district. they're saying that all this time online is furthering mental

health issues and we don't have the staff to deal with it. >> yeah, and not only the staff, i mean, i think this is such a relatively new phenomena, right, the fact that we are all glued to our phones, it's only over the past decade or so. i certainly know that i don't always feel fantastic when i find myself scrolling on instagram, seeing how fantastic a time everybody else is having. so who only knows what impact that is going to have on teenagers and children and what we have heard from psychologists and other experts down through the years s you know, this is going to take years or generation to really figure out actually what are the effects of this here. >> right. >> so what i think this lawsuit, you know, does is it sort of puts down a marker and says, look, we want to put this into the public discussion. >> yeah. >> who knows, they might get some interesting stuff through the legal discovery process as well. >> it's a great point as one of our colleagues said earlier the benefit to lawsuits sometimes is you get information. >> yes.

>> i think that may be exactly what happens. certainly something for us all to think about because there is no handbook for adults and the kids. >> certainly not. >> donie, appreciate it. thank you. all right. still ahead, we are live to georgia where they're celebrating a second straight college football championship and, boy, it was a big win. whether or not the word dynasty is too soon, we will have a look, next. ♪ when you see thihings differently, you can be the differerence. welcome. capella university looks at education differently. our flexpath learning format helps you control the pace and cost of your master's degree. make your difference with capella university. did you know you can get discounts on your meds even if you don't have a medicare prescription drug plan? it's true. all you have to do is gto singlecare.com typen your prescription, and then present the coun to your pharmacist.

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. a little bit of good news on your tuesday morning. damar hamlin has been transferred to a buffalo hospital. he's recovering faster than doctors expected. >> faster than anyone. the bills star has been tweeting appreciation for all of the support he's received. but his doctors say it is too soon to talk about a return to football. coy wire joins us now. even to raise that question, his potential return to football, given where we were just a few days ago. it is remarkable. give us latest on where things stand regarding his recovery? >> just have some huge wonderful news coming to us and i expect it to come within the coming hours. i just spoke with michael

hughes, senior vice president and chief administrative officer of collida health who tell me doctors are finishing tests here at buffalo general to determine whether there were any pre-existing conditions that caused the cardiac arrest and there is optimism that that was not the case. rather the collision was the cause. mr. hughes tells me that the hospital plans to release a written health update within one to two hours and we may see a photo of damar with his new friends here at buffalo general who he has already said have made him feel at home. there is also optimism that hamlin will be healthy enough to be released from buffalo general within 24 to 48 hours. and even more good news, mr. hughes tells us that hamlin's parents flew up to pittsburgh after leaving cincinnati where they were with their son. but they then flew to buffalo and they're currently en route from bills facilities here in buffalo. they will arrive at buffalo general here and be reunited

with their son any moment. >> wow. >> i mean, this is what we all need on a tuesday morning. coy wire, appreciate it. especially that update that you just got. thanks for bringing it to us. well they've done it again. and let me tell you, speaking of good news, if our atlanta teams had their way, this is a big, big deal. >> they're fight still fighting. >> the georgia bulldogs celebrating their second national church after crushing texas christian university last night. >> with the play action and bennetts down the middle and he's wide open. touchdown, dogs! >> there were a lot of touchdowns. it was a big win. 65-7. it means, georgia, among other things, finishes the season at a perfect 15-0. andy scholes joins us now.

i mean, two in a row. it has been a while since alabama. last one to do that. are we talking a dynasty here. the quarterback is graduating, but what do we think. >> guys, georgia is stock full of four and five-star talent on their team. so this is not last we've seen of them. they're the first team ever in the playoff era to win back-to-back champions and first to do it in college football since alabama since 2012. and like i mentioned, what kirby smart is building there in georgia is so impressive. something special. and now tcu scores to make it 10-7 last night. but from that point on, i mean it was just all dogs. they scored 55 straight points. quarterback stetson bennett, this was a story. after being a walk-on at georgia, he left to go to jones county junior college so he could play and after one year he

returned to georgia to be a third string quarterback and last year he won the job and the rest is history now, right. he led georgia to back-to-back titles. coach calling bennett the greatest dog of all time. he paused game in the fourth quarter so bennett could get a standing ovation as he came out of the game. georgia winning by the biggest margin in playoff history last night. 65-7. >> that was special. i'll remember that for the rest of many life. >> he just told me he loved me and just a journey that we've been through together. just seeing everybody who was here from when i go the here and they're still here, and we're back-to-back -- i don't know. >> we wanted our kids to play without fear. and all year i told them, i said we ain't getting hunted. we're doing the hunting and hunting season is almost over. we only have one more chance to hunt and we hunted tonight. >> and pretty cool.

georgia stocked full of talent and all kind of four and five-star players. but a guy that was a walk-on,stetson bennett led them to two straight championships. >> quite a night. go dogs. andy scholes, thank you. still to come, a month's worth of rain in 24 hours, the dangers facing much of california this morning. high pr . now available in cinnabon® bakery-inspired flavor. learn more at boost.com/tv

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