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around the world, i'm bianca nobilo. >> i'm max foster joining you live from london. just ahead on "cnn newsroom." >> it's house after house that has been flooded. >> it's great living on the river. not so great living in the river. we were expecting a flood, but not like this. >> we're cooperating fullfully. >> i'm wondering why the vice president of the united states had classified documents outside the hands of the intelligence community. >> this is an investigation of joe biden and that's where the committee will focus. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. it's wednesday, january 11th. 9 a.m. here in london, 1 a.m. in ka california where officials and

residents had to clean up and dig out of mudslides. there's more massive winter storm heading to the state. >> we're not out of the woods. we expect these storms to continue at least through the 18th of this month. we expect a minimum three more of these atmospheric rivers in different shapes and forms depending on different parts of the state. >> these images from space show just how massive the storm was. wave after wave hitting the west coast. later meteorologist britley ritz will update you on what to expect. >> before we get to britley, california's governor says as least 17 people have died. millions are under flood threat and nearly 17,000 customers are without electricity at this hour. homes across central and southern california are damaged as officials say approximately 150 to 200 flood reports came in. the extreme flood and rainfall led to other issues, like this sinkhole opening up in los angeles. firefighters rescued two people

after their cars fell in. the. and the city's union station was underwater, too. passengers had to use golf carts to get around. meanwhile, northern california has seen record snow pack and whiteout conditions causing authorities to close the roads. kcra reporter has more from california. >> reporter: the rain is coming down here in colfax, but the real issue is further north i- le 0 has been shut down for several hours because of the whiteout conditions. we're standing in front of the i- le 0 east on ramp in colfax. they're still blocking that with road closed signs and cones. definitely a large situation out here, and this is why. there's a lot of snow on the road which crews are trying to take care of. you could really see the snow coming down hard on tuesday. that snowfall caused whiteout conditions closing i-80 between

colfax all the way to the state line. it's been closed for several hours and we spoke to a lot of travelers who were parked nearby ready to go when the interstate reopens. >> we've been here since 2:30 and keep checking the weather report and it's saying two to three hours. we're holding off for another hour and then back. >> reporter: i reached out to cal trans for an update but they're not sure when i-80 could reopen. we'll send it back to you. meteorologist britley ritz joins us now. britley, give us the latest on all of this. >> thanks, max and bianca. a lot of this rain has started to die down, but the problem is we have wave after wave back up into the pacific that's going to roll back on to shore. not nearly as heavy as the past few waves thankfully but still, mind you, our grounds are completely saturated so whatever

rain comes in will cause more of a problem. looking at scattered showers and pushing inland, but that's off into the pacific. another wave of moisture. here it comes. that is expected to push up into northern california where the heaviest of the rain is expected in the upcoming days. over the last two days, southern california really got hit hard. here we are in the last 48 hours off to the east picking up 10 plus inches of rain. ventura, 18.78 inches. t since january 5th. the dark blue, that's the moisture that's going to push up onto the coast line within the upcoming 24 hours. atmospheric rivers, you've heard that thrown out. several areas of low pressure that come off the southeast side of asia, and as that pushes in with the jet stream we get in all of that deep subtropical moisture. so that's exactly what's happening, and here you are over the next seven days pulling in

more moisture. wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday doing the same thing. seeing the greens and the blues, that's heavy moisture that gets pushed onto the northern california coast line and all the way down into los angeles once again by the end of the week. it's not just rain, it's snow, too. the so we do have flood watches posted from reading to fresno and north of l.a. where widespread flooding is expected once again causing multiple mudslides and landslides. the rivers and creeks start to rise, too. the that rain falls down and it's got to go somewhere and the rivers come right back up. the celinas river at near speckles, we are expected to hit major flood stage by wednesday into thursday. that's just over 28 feet. when that happens, we're talking about nearly 40,000 acres of agricultural land within the va sin knit at this that's going to be flooded. we have to keep that in mind. above-average rainfall expected

all the way through the 19th. you heard the governor say that. that's what's expected. you see northern california. expect another 4 to 6 inches of rain on top of what we've already experienced. the rivers and the creeks and the mudslides start to become a big issue. also, the snowfall. that system pushes east wafrd and we wind up with heavy snow across parts of the rockies, which is really beneficial to when it comes to filling up the reservoirs like lake mead. max, bianca. >> you are so good at what you do, britley. thank you so much for joining us and explaining it, britley. >> there's good news to this as well. the plus is the rain has been helping refill california's drought-stricken reservoirs. they're gaining more water in the coming days as britley was saying. the two largest reservoirs, shasta lake and lake oroville are still below where they should be by this time of year. the state's overall reservoir is 81% of the annual average. we're getting new

information about the classified documents discovered at a private office joe biden used before becoming president. a source tells cnn exclusively that ten classified documents were found covering topics including ukraine, iran, and the u.k. >> the records are from 2013 to 2016 twwhen he was u.s. vice president. president biden says he was surprised to learn the documents were in that office. >> when my lawyers were clearing out my office at university of pennsylvania, i set up an office from the secure office in the capitol after four years of being a vice president, i was professor at penn, they found some documents in a box in a locked cabinet, or at least a closet. and as soon as they did, they realized there were several classified documents in that box and they did what they should have done. they immediately called the archives. >> republican james comber said

they'll investigate why the classified items were found in mr. biden's former private office. cnn's phil mattingly has more on the developing story. >> reporter: president biden on the world stage but grappling with a serious problem back home. the high stakes leadership in mexico overshadowed by biden's handling of classified documents. ten classified documents discovered in november in a personal office no longer in use. among documents a source tells cnn, intelligence memos and topics involving ukraine, iran and the u.k. >> we want this to be a gathering place. >> reporter: at the university of pennsylvania biden center. the white house in a detailed monday night statement saying the white house counsel was immediately notified. the national archives recovered the materials, quote, the following morning. the justice department also

notified triggering a review from u.s. attorney john lausch. the investigation has been completed and submitted to merrick garland without echos of the case tied to biden's predecessor. >> upholding the law means applying the law evenly without fear or favor. >> reporter: donald trump's failure to overturn documents leading to an unprecedented fbi raid. as trump held on to hundreds of classified documents. didn't turn them over when asked. then only turned some of those documents over before more were found all as he continues to attack the ongoing criminal investigation, actions that drew this response from biden in september. >> how that could possibly happen, how anyone could be that irresp irresponsible. >> reporter: biden facing his own sharp criticism. >> when you're living in a glass house, don't throw stones.

>> reporter: writing for, quote, an immediate review and damage assessment as questions grow about why the information didn't become public for more than two months. >> they knew about it before the election, didn't say a darn thing until after the election. >> reporter: as democrats start to rally support in the face of an expanding political problem. >> the president's handling this the way that he -- the way that he should. he's disclosing it. he's letting the archives know. law enforcement is aware. >> reporter: and after more than a day of not answering any questions related to what happened back in washington, d.c., the president did address those ten classified documents saying he was surprised when he was briefed by his lawyers about the existence. doesn't know what they are or how they got there but he did make clear he and be his white house are determined to cooperate fully. they hope that the inquiry that is underway by the justice department will be over soon and at that point they'll be able to share more details. the president making clear when it comes to classified

information, he takes it very seriously. obviously in this case a lapse and one that doesn't seem to have a lot of information about as this continues to play out. phil mattingly, cnn, white house. as phil reported, donald trump's alleged misfailure led to annual fbi search of his home. his former vp mike pence is trying to compare that with recall biden's case and says he sees a double standard. >> when the american people see president biden receiving one form of treatment with the discovery of classified documents that were retained after he left the office of the vice president and they see president trump treated in an entirely different way, again, the handling of classified materials ss a very serious issue for our nation and we ought to take it seriously, but there ought to be equal treatment under the law. >> as republicans prepare for that investigation, new house

speaker kevin mccarthy is planning to make good on his promise to remove key democrats from their committee assign nmts congress and put republicans in their place. >> house democrat eric swalwell who has served on the house intelligence committee calls mccarthy's plan, vengeful. >> their plan is to take me, adam schiff and johan omar off and put three others back on. i think you see that is an uneven, vengeful approach. they can try and do what they want to do, but i think the voters see this is nothing more than one side trying to take the best of the other side off the field in a very vengeful way. >> meanwhile, some house republicans are concerned about the behind the scenes deals with hard right conservatives that helped kevin mccarthy become leader. the gop and political leaders are not ready to admit

concessions. >> after its unprecedented coverage of kevin mccarthy's battle to become speaker, cspan is asking for its own permission to offer its own feed. during special events like the election of the house speaker some independent cameras are permitted. cspan says the network has not heard back from mccarthy's network yet. >> that's a hot topic, isn't be it? >> yes, we will watch the space. in illinois j.p. pritzker has signed a bill banning the sale of assault weapons and he said his administration would keep fighting to eliminate gun violence. the new law will require existing owners of semi-automatic to register their ownership. just ahead on the program, chaos at one of the busiest rail stations in paris as a man with a homemade weapon went on the attack.

we're live in the french capitol with the latest. plus, cardinal george powell, who was convicted of child sex abuse and spent time in prison before he was acquitted, has died. we're live in rome. investigators searching through the trash come up with some possible clues in the disappearance of a massachusetts woman. dose of ubrelvy quickly stopops migraine in its tracks within 2 hours. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. most common side effecects were nausea and tiredness. ask about ubrelvy, the anytime, anywhere migraine medicine.

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jeginvestigators in the u.s state of massachusetts have found clues in the case of a missing woman from massachusetts. >> jason carroll picks up the story. >> reporter: investigators processing potential evidence collected after hours of searching through garbage late into the night at this trash transfer station north of boston. law enforcement sources told cnn materials found included a hacksaw, bs torn up cloth material, what appears to be blood states. the norfork district attorney not commenting on the specifics of what was found, only to say the search resulted in a number

of items which will now be subject to processing and testing to determine if they are of evidentiary value. sources also tell cnn investigators found disturbing searches on brian walsh's internet records as they looked into the disappearance of his wife, which included how to dispose of a 115 pound woman's body and how to dismember a body. walsh is being held on a charge of misleading investigators. he pleaded not guilty. prosecutors described chilling details during his arraignment of what they say investigators found at the family home in cohasset. >> during that time we found blood in the basement. blood was found in the basement area as well as a knife which also contained blood. >> walshe not commenting and the office says she wants to comment on walshe's defense. >> mr. walshe has given several interviews. we have consented to searches at

his home. we have consented to searches of his property. >> reporter: brian walshe said he last saw his wife new year's day. a friend of the couple said last time he saw them there was nothing out of the ordinary. >> we had them, celebrated, toasted, what you do over new year's. >> reporter: the 39-year-old mother of three wasn't reported missing until january 4th when her workplace said she didn't show up. this as investigators discovered walshe made purchases at a home depot on january 2nd. >> he's on surveillance at that time purchasing about $450 worth of cleaning supplies. that would include mops, bucket, tops, tvex, drop cloths. >> reporter: anna walshe's friends say they fear the worst. >> she would not go a day without speaking with her husband and children.

that's very out of character. >> reporter: another update on the investigation. the norfolk district attorney's office said they were wrapped up the processing of the walshe's home. at this point the investigation very much focused on the items that were found in the trash. investigators will be trying to see if they can get a match and trying to see where it leads them. jason carroll, cnn, cohasset, massachusetts. we are following a frightening story out of paris where at least six people injured when a man attacked them with a homemade weapon. >> this happened a few hours ago at one of the busiest rail stations in the city. the interior minister says that the suspect has been neutralized. >> melissa bell is in paris. it sounds like a frightening experience for passengers there. >> reporter: you can only imagine the scene here, max and bianca. 6:42 in the morning. i'm showing you the part of the station that's been cordoned off ever since the attack took place. we've been finding out more details from france's interior

minister that's just been here. the head of paris police as well giving some of the details that we now have. one of the most extraordinary things is this is an attack that lasted for a minute. between 6:42 and 6:43. what we know is the man was wielding some kind of homemade blade, not quite a knife says the french interior minister, but some blade he went on the ram rampage. managing in that moment to wound six people. the first critically, someone who is now between life and death we're hearing, and the other five hurting them as well before he was mute trallized, not killed, neutralized, shot by off-duty policemen who had been carrying their weapon as a result of a change in the law since terror attacks in 2015 that allows off duty policemen to be carrying. in that single minute he wounded six people and was taken down by the off duty police officers.

what we've been hearing from the anti-terror investigators here in paris, they're waiting for more details to see whether they will be seized of this case. they've confirmed to cnn that could be longer because the attacker has been moved and it will be longer to be spoken to and speak to investigators about what his motives may have been. max and bianca. >> melissa, what a situation. lucky the police were there. >> absolutely. somebody, melissa was saying, off duty. also the fact these six stabbings took place in a minute in the station. >> yeah. we'll be back with melissa to get more details. cardinal george powell sr., first cardinal to be convicted has died. he died of cardiac arrest following his hip replacement surgery in rome. >> he was a former archbishop of melbourne, sydney, and served as

a vatican worker. he was convicted of abusing 13 choir boys. he served 13 months in prison before australia's high court acquitted him. cnn's barbie nadeau is joining us from rome. how are people reacting to this? >> reporter: well, you know, the people who support the leg gag si of george pell, that includes p pope. he took over as a treasurer in 2014. but the other side of the coin, of course, is this conviction of clerical sex abuse. he died an innocent man in the eyes of the australian high court but he was also accused of covering up, knowing about errant priests and pedophile priests within australia who were under his charge, and that's something that's going to stick with him.

the legacy is complicated. we're talking about crimes that happened in the 1990s, and his acquittal was shocking. his conviction was shocking, his acquittal is shocking and his legacy is going to be very much tied to the clerical sex abuse scandal in australia and the sex abuse coverups from here in rome at the vatican, max. >> barbie, thank you very much, indeed. we're going to keep across that as well. very mixed legacy for a lot of people. brazil's justice minister and supreme court justice are vowing to prosecute everyone responsible for the attacks on the buildings. they have detained 1500 people. of those 527 have been arrested for allegedly participating in sunday's storming of congress, the presidential palace and the supreme court. the brazilian president has criticized the police in the capitol after hundreds of supporters were able to breach

those buildings. and controversial kick boxer will remain in romania. the judge ruled they should be held for 30 days as romanian authorities investigate their alleged involvement in human trafficking and rape. andrew tate is known for his viral online rants expressing misogynistic ideas and he advocates violence against women. allen weisselberg, the former chief officer for the trump organization has been sentenced to 5 months. he had to pay over $2 million in back taxes and penalties that he owed. still ahead, prince harry is hitting back at claims that he was boasting about the number of taliban members that he had killed in afghanistan. plus, dozens of ukrainian soldiers are heading to the u.s.

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welcome to "cnn newsroom." i'm max foster. if you are just joining us, let me bring you up to date with our top stories at this hour. at least 17 people are confirmed dead after recent storms in california. residents should be prepared for more severe weather in the coming days. at least six people have been injured at paris's central train station after a man attacked people with a homemade weapon. officials searching for the motive. the u.s. president is back

in washington after meeting with north american leaders in mexico. the issue of migration loomed large over the summit and joe biden says that he's going to push congress to take up his proposals for improving the situation at the southern u.s. border. his administration plans to curb migrant crossings by creating a virtual one-stop shop to help migrants find legal pathways to the u.s. and by building brick and mortar centers in mexico where migrants can get similar information. president biden is on both sides of this immigration debate and says he rejects both of those extremes. >> this has been the greatest migration in human history. we're trying to make it easier to get here but not have them go through that god awful process. we can do more than merely just make legal immigration more stream lined, but we can also do

it by preventing people from wanting to have to leave in the first place, by helping their communities, in fact, better their circumstances. the pentagon confirms it will begin training ukrainian troops on the patriot missile system as soon as next week. 90 to 100 soldiers will visit fort sill in oklahoma. the program will take months. >> let's bring in cnn's claire sebastian with the latest. claire, kyiv has been wanting to train and have access to patriot missiles to improvtheir air defenses. what's the significance of the fact that they're now going to have the opportunity to do that and also potential repercussions if russia views the u.s. helping in this way as increased involvement in this war? >> i think that has been in the calculus throughout the past ten months when it comes to the u.s. weapons division. they have always tried to calculate the benefit to ukraine versus the risk of russia seeing this as an escalation. russia has made it clear it will

be a consequence if the patriots are supplied and they will be a legitimate target. they are unnerving russia. one of the key parts of the strategy since the beginning of october has been this ariel assault on ukraine's infrastructure. the patriot would be another level of defense over that. of course, it will take several months. several months is an expedited time line for training. >> let's talk about that because obviously days are very consequential in this war. we're seeing russia make some tactical gains in donetsk as well. how problematic is it going to be for ukraine's survival or ultimate victory, the training program? it usually takes around a year, doesn't it, or more? >> right. >> it's going to take many months to have this done. >> they'll miss the winter which is very important. it's minus 10 or so. this is the critical moment for ukraine. president zelenskyy has made it clear, time is not on his side. he said in his overnight address just last night, they need all the help they can have, even

more important, they believe russia is preparing, regrouping for a new offensive. this is why you're seeing in the new package of weapons, not just the patriots, but the bradley armored vehicles. things that help them not just defensively but offensively and push through the russian lines and avoid the bloody battle like we're seeing around bakhmut. prince harry pushing back saying he was not boasting about the number of soldiers he killed in afghanistan. the duke of sussex accused the british press of stripping away his stories into a salacious headline ahead of his book's release. >> the last few days have been hurtful and challenging. not being able toll do anything about those leaks that you refer to. perhaps the -- not perhaps, without doubt the most dangerous lie that they have told is that i somehow boasted about the

number of people i killed until afghanistan. if i heard anyone boasting about that kind of thing, i would be angry, but -- but it's a lie and hopefully now that the book is out people will be able to see the context. >> prince harry claims in his memoir he killed 25 people while serving in afghanistan, describing the taliban insurgents and how he was trained to see them as chess pieces. >> those figures will presumably read the book and look at the context now. i think the issue when we were speaking to military members, just the fact that he had released the number 25. >> from my assessment the point in the british media was he was boasting. it was simply that divulging this level of tee tail about any military operations is not the done thing. that can increase the risks to persons seeing it and to british troops. >> it wasn't just the british

media covering it. >> it wasn't, not that you would necessarily know that from what prince harry said on the late night interview which was received so warmly in the u.s. >> he looked comfortable, didn't he, in that setting? >> yeah, very much so. obviously it was quite a soft interview as you would expect in those kinds of circumstances, but i think this transparency and, you know, discussing his own therapy and being quite vulnerable is received well in america and they see it as being brave and him having the courage to do something different. >> yeah. he is trying to change things. we'll see what comes out of it. people can now read the book, of course. it was all based on leaks, which is harry's point, a lot of these stories. now trading is set to begin on wall street in a few hours. the u.s. futures markets give us an idea of how things are looking, and here they are. they are up. so they're all in a quite buoyant mood but only slightly. the dow rallied 186 points

despite a warning from fed chair powell. meanwhile, as investors wait a key inflation report due this week, there's already some good news for consumers. online shopping prices are going down. matt egan reports. >> reporter: hey, max and bianca. this is encouraging news. online prices fell more than 1% in december from the year before. that's according to adobe analytics. now these are actual price drops. we're not talking about prices going up at a slower pace, we're talking about them going down. now what's funny is that during normal times this wouldn't be noteworthy at all because for many years online shopping was the land of falling prices. it was basically immune to inflation. and then covid hit. online shopping demands surged as people stayed home. supply had trouble keeping up, especially with all those supply chain headaches and all of that sent prices soaring throughout

much of 2020 and 2021. online prices just kept rising. it was very unusual. now online prices in the united states are down four months in a row, and this is evidence of online shopping moving back towards normal. also easing supply chain trouble and cooling inflation across the u.s. economy. now a lot of this was driven by deep discounting around the holidays. in fact, the biggest price drops were all in promotional categories. computer prices down 16% year over year. electronics 12%. toy prices, 7% lower. i know my toddler is going to argue this means he should get 7% more toys for his birthday, and i don't know, maybe he's right. anyway, what's also encouraging here is that inflation is slowing in non-promotional categories as well. for instance, grocery prices, of course they're still soaring.

i mean, just look at the price of eggs. but online grocery inflation is easing. now all of this sets the stage for thursday's highly anticipated government inflation report. that report is expected to show that inflation remained way too high in december but that it did cool off for a sixth month in a row. now if that happens, that, of course, would be more encouraging news on the inflation front. max and bianca. a new report finds americans spent more time stuck in traffic last year, but it is still less than pre-pandemic levels nationwide. the average driver at that time was 51 hours in 2022. >> the three most congested u.s. cities, the time wasted behind the wheel was much worse, 155 hours in chicago, 134 in boston, 117 hours in new york. still ahead, uganda announces the end of it's bowl

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the u.s. is officially ending its covid-19 vaccine mandate for the military. secretary of state for defense formally rescinded it after president joe biden signed the national defense authorization act requiring its dismissal. the number of covid deaths in china is far beyond what beijing is admitting. even as it was winding down the zero covid policy, this video shows a crowd of people lined up outside a crematorium in shanghai. in some cases demand is so high

that the person who uploaded this video says there were even scalpers holding spaces. meanwhile, the world health organization expressed its concerns about china's levels of immunity and what it could mean for the rest of the world. >> china's a very big country with 1.4 billion people. more than 1 in 7 people on this planet live in china. it's a very big concern for us. even a small event in china is a big event elsewhere in the world. a small change in the epidemiology, small change in the hospitalization rate results in a lot of people getting sick, a lot of people getting ho hospi hospitalized. >> beijing has stopped issuing ordinary visas to japanese. japan and south korea's foreign ministers both protested china's decisions calling them extremely regrettable. a major step. uganda has formally declared the

end of its ebola outbreak. they have 42 consecutive cases of no new cases. the virus has killed 582 people since the outbreak started in september. for more we'll go to larry madoa who joins us live from nairobi, kenya. this is good news, larry. >> reporter: it is good news, max. they're getting congratulated for having ebola under control in 70 days and declaring the outbreak over in 113 days. why did it achieve this success in such a short time? uganda was extremely vigilant making sure anybody who came into contact with a positive case of ebola went into nor quarantine for 21 days. everybody with a suspected case was within an ebola unit until

they were symptom free. they are very grateful, the community, for having cooperated. this is what the health minister said a short while ago. >> the structure we have in place, the most important people in this are the communities, the popu population. >> reporter: this was uganda's eighth ebola outbreak. when i spoke to the minister in november when i was talking about the outbreak, she mentioned every time they have the ebola outbreak, they learned something. that is why they're so grateful this happened so quickly and there was a huge concern about the potential for global contagion that's here in the

region, tanzania and people who may have traveled interna internationally, anybody with a positive ebola diagnosis did not leave the country. they had travelers being screened at certain airports, that didn't play out. uganda did not export ebola to the rest of the world. a big moment and proved that they can handle these problems, health emergencies in a way that gets the approval of the international health community. >> larry, thank you. it's an age old question. are there other forms of life on other planets? nasa says it has spotted a potentially earth-sized planet with light. >> there are lots of caveat. >> yes. >> it's just the right distance from a star that liquid water might exist. it might want to be habitable there may have similar positions

for life. >> i'm playing an alien sound effect. >> they're probably watching right now. communicating back. still to come, the golden globes are back after scandal over lack of diversity. details and controversy over the winners of this year's awards.

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amidst calls of racism. the report found there were no black members in the voting body. very few members were there with foreign obligations. they have announced reforms. >> let's take a look at this year's top winners. collin farrell won for the banchis. best actress for everything everywhere. >> angela bassett made history when she won best supporting actress for "black panther wakanda forever." >> welcome. >> "white lotus" has been playing endlessly in my house.

my wife discovered it last week and has watched all of them. >> can you see -- >> well, no. no, i generally don't like what she watches. maybe i should. >> i think maybe you should. >> by the way, it has been voted best television series. here's more from the creator. >> we went out with the show. we wanted to do it, me, jennifer, everybody passed. i know you all passed. you all passed on this show so, yes, it's very gratifying to have this moment. >> meantime, "the the game of ts and the big winner of the night was the fable, best motion picture drama. >> i haven't watched any of them. >> i haven't either. >> candy maker marcs has a new

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