just look around. this digital age we're living in, it's pretty unbelievable. problem is, not everyone's fully living in it. nobody should have to take a class or fill out a medical form on public wifi with a screen the size of your hand. home internet shouldn't be a luxury. everyone should have it and now a lot more people can. so let's go. the digital age is waiting.

top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." it is always good to be with you. i'm victor blackwell. today the country honors the civil rights champion dr. martin luther king jr. at an event in the nation's capitol, president biden

highlighted what his administration has done to try to bring americans together and ensure racial equality, but his call for unity comes as he faces growing questions about the classified documents that were found at his home and his washington office. this weekend, the white house announced five additional pages of classified material that were found at president biden's house in delaware. that brings the number of classified documents in total found at his home and private office to about 20. let's bring in cnn's legal affairs correspondent paula reid. let's talk more about these five pages, what the president's attorneys are saying. >> well, victor, these five pages were among previously disclosed material located at the president's wilmington residence. initially his attorneys said this was one single page and it was found in what was described as an adjacent room. now they are saying this is six pages and it comprises multiple documents. as you just said, we're now at a total of approximately 20 documents with classified markings, and these include top

secret documents. ten of these we know were found at the president's former office here in d.c. the rest at his wilmington home, and the question many people have right now is, well, is this it? i can definitively say, we don't know because multiple sources are told cnn that there are other locations that they still could potentially search. after that initial discovery at his office, the president's lawyers decided to look specifically at locations where they knew documents were shipped during the 2017 transition. now there are other locations that could potentially be searched. the u.s. attorney in chicago didn't want to wait for an exhaustive search of every location before recommending this to a special counsel, but now that robert hur is overseeing this, who would do other searches? they are moving at what appears to be a slow pace. would this be federal investigators and hire outside investigators? these are all big questions now, victor, that are being mulled as

we speak. >> paula reid, thank you. congressional republicans, they want the visitor logs from biden's home in wilmington, delaware. cnn's white house correspondent arlette saenz is with us now. there was a problem though with responding to that request. explain. >> reporter: well, victor, house republicans are eager to launch investigations into president biden's handling of classified documents, and one thing that house oversight chairman james comber has been asking for is he wants more information including logs of who exactly came and went from that home in wilm wilmington, delaware, but the white house and both secret service also says those logs simply don't exist. the white house counsel saying in a statement, quote, like every president across decades of modern history, his personal residence is personal. the counsel added, but upon taking office, the president restored the norm of tradition by keeping visitor logs and publishing them regularly after the administration ended them.

the secret service also noted that while they cleared people to go into the home, they are not keeping a long-term record of who exactly went into that wilmington residence, but this all comes as the administration has been facing mounting questions over their handling of the situation involving classified documents and more questions about their eagerness or uneagerness to share some of this information publicly. bob bauer, the president's personal attorney has said they are limited in what they can share because they don't want to compromise the integrity of the investigation. these are all questions the special counsel will be pursuing as this investigation gets under way, but for president biden's part even as the questions swirl, he is trying to keep businesses a usual, moving forward with their messaging, yesterday spending the day down in atlanta, speaking at ebenezer baptist church and today attending an event honoring dr. martin luther king jr., and he

talked about his legacy as well as the vision of unity he's hoping to project to the country. >> we face another inflection point in our nation's history, one that's going to determine what this country looks like several decades from now. you know, this is a time for choosing. will we choose democracy over autocracy or community over chaos, love over hate? these are the questions of our time, but i ran for president trying to answer them, and dr. king's life and legacy in my view shows the way forward. >> reporter: challenges going forward for the white house in the coming months is trying to get these types of mentssages across, especially as the president could launch a re-election bid in the coming months, but certainly this conversation about the classified documents is really what has dominated so much of the news over the past few days. the white house is hoping at some point, they will be able to turn the page on that. >> arlette saenz for us at the

white house. arl arlette, thank you. house republicans are stopping just short of calling for new york congressman george santos to resign. you know him. he's the one who lied about his education and his work history, and his family history, so much. over the weekend, in an interview, house oversight committee chairman republican james comber called santos a bad guy. cnn national politics reporter eva mckend is with us now. so republicans now, i guess bad mouthing him, but they're not actually doing anything more than that, at least not yet. what can you tell us? >> they aren't, victor. what i can tell you is the democrats are taking this fight right to his district. new york congressman ricky torres will be meeting are residents. torres and goldman have been leading the charge here. they sent a note to republicans asking who knew what and when? a superpac expressed concerns

about santos prior to the election. as for house republicans, they are clearly trying to keep their distance. take a listen to congressman comber. >> look. he's a -- he's a bad guy. this is something that, you know, it's really bad. he's not the first politician unfortunately to make it to congress to lie. you know, it's pretty despicable, the lies that he told, but at the end of the day, it's not up to me or any other member of congress to determine whether he can be kicked out for ly lying. if he broke campaign finance laws, then he will be removed from congress. >> you heard there from a powerful member of the conference. he chairs the house oversight committee and he said he hasn't even introduced himself to santos. so even those lawmakers like comer who aren't explicitly calling for santos to resign suggest they have very little appetite to work with him, which of course, can make things difficult on political.

i would say a space to watch is an organizing strength of residents in the district. they continue to be fired up about this. >> we will certainly watch it. i know you will too, eva mckend there for us from washington. thank you. amy stoddard is the associate editor for politics, and scott jennings is with us, and harry litman is a former federal prosecutor. welcome to you all. scott, let me start with you. short of evidence of violation of campaign finance laws, is the republican response to george santos just going to be boo hiss for the rest of this congress? >> well, the democrats -- at least two democrats i think have already filed an ethics complaint with the ethics committee, and it would be my hope that the ethics committee would take that up and the republicans would support that. i think what the republicans want is some kind of a official proceeding here that laid out

what he did. we know he lied. we know he's a despicable person. we know he's kind of a cha charlatan, but a lot of people are looking for, did this guy break actual laws? so if he did, and it's proven that he did or the ethics committee finds that he probably did, then all of a sudden, you can make the case for taking the next steps. short of that, the people who will deal with it next are the voters who now know everything they need to know about this person to turn him out of congress. that happens at a minimum, but it strikes me that given state and federal investigations going, probably an ethics committee investigation going, we'll find out what george santos did, and congress will have all it needs to get rid of him. >> there are about a half dozen or so new york republican congressmen who are saying we don't need to wait for the ethics investigation knowing that he's lied so much about his presentation to the voters of new york's third that he cannot serve them effectively, that

they are calling for him to resign. what is the political cost for kevin mccarthy, or house republican leadership as he stays on capitol hill? >> well, it's interesting. they've definitely changed their message, victor, in the last few days. first, they wanted to avoid the question. mccarthy said george santos has a long way to go to earn trust and he's before the ethics committee, and you can tell that their language is getting more -- it's getting a little more desperate because they continue to come in every 36 hours. "the washington post" is reporting he has business ties to a russian oligarch. there are so many questions about where he has gotten his money, and how he funded his campaign. so these revelations seem like they're going to continue, and this will be untenable for republicans. that's why you are hearing them basically reject him now rhetorically. those investigations in the ethics committee, state and federal, they take a long time. so the interesting thing about

calling for his resignation is that george santos is defiant. he has no interest in -- i don't know what it would take for them to convince him to step down. so for now, he remains an enormous distraction unless speaker mccarthy can find a way to get the ethics panel to accelerate their probe and make revelations sooner rather than later so they can try to push him out. >> more than losing his seat if he's found having violated these campaign finance laws, harry, what else does he potentially lose here? >> his liberty. so jail, for fraud. i agree with everything scott and a.b. have said, but i think the drum beat will get very strong if they have something concrete. it's unlikely to come from the ethics committee unfortunately because one of the things that republicans did was really weaken it, take a couple of people out. they seem in no hurry to put it

up to full staffing, so that's not really an effective mechanism, but he certainly seems likely to have violate campaign finance laws. that's not again, a crime, but it could result in federal election commission proceedings and a finding against him. they go pretty slow, but as a.b. said, we have both state and federal authorities looking at him. you can lie a lot, it turns out to the public, but once forms come into play, you're in trouble, and the $70,000 he lent his campaign, when he didn't have a dime. he made up everything about his money, and that seems like ripe area for fraud including the russian oligarch angle "the washington post" reported this morning. when that happens, it's not automatic expulsion even if he's convicted, but i think the drum beat will get so strong they'll pull the rug out completely. could take a few months.

>> cnn has not confirmed that connection to the russian oligarch. i want to make that clear. let's turn to the biden documents drip, drip, drip here. now the house republicans, the request for visitor logs at the wilmington home that the white house counsel, the secret service, they say they don't exist. scott, is there an explanation beyond just partisan politics, why chairman comer is so interested in these visitor logs from the wilmington home, but didn't ask, isn't interested in any visitor logs from mar-a-lago? >> well, his explanation is that donald trump is being looked at seven ways from sunday on his documents, and joe biden really hasn't been looked at at his at all. that was the explanation. >> there's a special counsel investigation though. >> i'm sorry? >> there's a special counsel investigation now. so the explanation for not asking for them in the trump document case is the same explanation as one would expect for the biden case, but there is

a request outstanding. >> here's the reality. what they ought do is request everything from both people at both sites. why did these documents leave either white house? who had access to them? how secured were they or unsecured as they were in both cases and play it right down the middle. there's nothing wrong with that because ultimately, the oversight committee shouldn't exist. it's just a punishment for the other party. at the end of this, we have to do something legislatively, and it strikes me that one of the things we're going to have to do is clamp down in the wall on how these documents are getting out of the white house when someone leaves the white house, and then, you know, if they do get out, what happens. there's clearly some cleanup. they ought to play it down the middle, victor, and request everything from both. as you pointed out, i don't know how those two things are going to play off of each other, but at the end of this, congress ought to act. >> a.b., we've heard from the

senator of michigan. she said this is embarrassing. we've heard from congressman clyburn that says they should cooperate, and republicans investigate trump. how aggressively do you expect or are we seeing republican -- democrats rather will defend this president? >> well, the problem for democrats is you can hear in language like embarrassing is that joe biden has served in public office for most of his entire life, longer than most people we have in public service. he should have known better. he ran on his competency, and the competency of his team, and the idea that a former vice president would have classified documents surfacing at multiple locations is a huge political embarrassment for the white house, and that's why it's very hard for democrats to do anything but say they support

this special counsel investigation because there's really no excuse for someone like joe biden to have turned up documents on the loose in different locations including his home. so while the department of justice has not found any evidence that the president knew that these things ended up in his possession and that obviously intent is directly tied to whether or not this is a crime, it is still easy for republicans to whatabout this, and say these things are the same thing, and everyone in the department of justice came down too hard on president trump. this is a really bad problem for the white house. not so much legally, be you in terms of the political optics and their shifting responses make it difficult for them. >> let's turn to the legal question. we just had paula reid on talking about this now headline question of, who should conduct searches moving forward? the special counsel at the white

house went to the wilmington home to try to facilitate handing over the document that was found, five additional pages were found and now he's a witness potentially. so harry, to that question, who should lead the search? should it be the fbi? should it be the president's attorneys there at his home? >> at this point, it should be the special counsel, but two really important points here. first to scott's notion of playing it down the need to un have been there in these situations. you tend to think there's the white house or the executive branch. there are three different entities when something like this happens, and they retreat to their corners and they are at arm's length. the doj is one, the white house is one, and biden's personal lawyers are another. this has the, you know, unfortunate slow drip of a scandal, but that's because there often are no right answers. you think if we give this right now to the doj do we have to keep it quiet? if we don't, will the doj be mad

at us? it's very complicated. that's one. and then second to a.b.'s point, it's true it started out, mistakes were made. that happens, and it did start out with this feel of, oh, is it a possible scandal, and these revelations come out and people begin to talk as if, oh, maybe he's 5% or 10% as guilty as trump. so important to remember not until we have evidence of any criminal against biden and copious evidence with trump, the solution does need to be the same. it's policy, but it's important to resist this notion of some false equality or comparison between the two. >> context is important. whataboutism is not helpful in this case. harry litman, a.b. stoddard, scott jennings, thank you. the sun is finally out in california. that's good news after days of mud slides, heavy rain,

flooding. the road falling apart here. there are people, especially the officials who are worried about extreme weather. we'll talk about that next. and way too close for comfort at jfk airport. a delta pilot slams on the brakes during takeoff to avoid crashing into an american airlines plane. that's next. tomize your car insurance... so you only pay for what you need! whoo! we gotta go again.n. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty liberty liberty♪ ♪libeberty♪

an all-star menu of delicious subs. like #8 the great garlic - rotisserie style chicken, bacon and garlic aioli. i've tasted greatness. great garlic though - tastes way better. can't argue with that analysis. try subway's tastiest menu upgrade yet.

not flossing well? then add the whoa! of listerine to your routine. new science shows it gets in between teeth to destroy 5x more plaque above the gumline than floss. for a cleaner, healthier mouth. listerine. feel the whoa! do you struggle with occasional nerve aches in your hands or feet? try nervivenerve relief from the world's #1 selling nerve care company. nervive contains alpha lipoic acid to relieve occasional nerve aches, weakness and discomfort. try nervivenerve relief.

in one second, sara yes! will get a job offer somewhere sunnier. relocating in weeks. weeks? yeah, weeks. gotta sell the house. don't worry, sell to opendoor, and move on your schedule. yes! request a cash offer at opendoor.com i'm a vegas hotel. i know what you're thinking - it's cool, i don't want anything too serious either. just a fun, spontaneous thing. i'm looking for someone who will let loose. dress up a little. see a show. order the steak and the lobster. some people say i'm excessive, but who cares. i'm just looking for a saturday to remember, and a sunday by the pool. think you can keep up? my most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger.

the latest storm to pummel california is slowly tapering off, but around 8 million people are still under flood watches. the threat of flooding and mud slides is much higher now because the ground is so saturated from the waves of storms. now the severe weather has killed at least 19 people over the past few weeks, and massive flooding has left several communities underwater. officials say heavy rain triggered at least 400 landslides. cnn's natasha chen is in california. a bit of relief in sight. that's good news, but some areas as we see are still feeling that

impact. >> reporter: yeah, victor. the rain has stopped right now, but there's still some strong winds in various places, and we are standing near state route 37 here that had been closed for quite some time. just reopened, all lanes by one, and i'm told that's because that one lane is still flooded. not only did they get more rain overnight, but it was high tide. just one example of the issues the crews are dealing with throughout the state. dramatic helicopter rescues in california. emergency crews rescued this woman while fighting high winds and heavy rain. the unrelenting storms have left california reeling with deadly floodwaters, washed out roads, and mudslides. >> by some estimates, 22 trillion to 25 trillion gallons of water have fallen over the last 16, 17 days. >> reporter: in the state, around 8 million people are

still under flood watches, and thousands have been forced to evacuate after atmospheric river events left whole neighborhoods looking like lake b, but some a choosing to ride out the storms. >> we just got our power back two days ago, and now it went out. we're firing back up the generators to keep our refrigerators and freezers cold. >> reporter: several rivers have overflowed including the salinas river. the large amounts of rain saturated the ground and caused roadways like this one to break away and slide down a cliff, and in los angeles, a downed tree crashed cars in a parking lot of a shopping mall. >> it came down, and then there were four cars over there and they got hit. four people were in one car. two of them were able to get out okay. the other two, we had to help them out, but no injuries. >> reporter: one community got inventive installing a zipline to cross the rushing waters

after a bridge rushed out. >> we live in the woods. you got to be prepared. >> reporter: in belmont, part of a hillside came down into a neighborhood, and in fairfax, a mudslide displaced people. >> i heard thunder. it was not thunder. it was the hillside giving away behind the two flats behind us. trees went into their bathroom. it was coming down this broad about this deep. all mud flow. >> reporter: the sierra mountain region in northern california saw up to 3 feet of snow in some places. the heavy snowfall left highways treacherous. >> kind of wishing it would quit for awhile. i'm tired of it. >> reporter: and that feeling of being tired of it is certainly what we have been hearing from residents we've talked to all weekend, including one woman who lives here in nevada when she said she wakes up every morning, just crossing her fingers that a tree didn't just come down in her neighborhood, and that her house hasn't flooded, and so

it's this constant worry because of storm after storm over the last three weeks, and they are looking forward to getting drier. >> natasha, thank you. you heard the man saying he wishes it would quit for awhile. well, it will. cnn meteorologist tom sater joins us now. when is this break coming? >> okay, victor. well, we have rain today. it is lightening up, but there was a terrible landslide in the berkeley area, and flooding in the san diego area. once this system today moves out into the four corners region, we'll get a break until maybe wednesday night, thursday. that's mainly for the pacific northwest. after that, we're high and dry. finally, our watches are slowly whittling away. there will be river flooding, but i really think that maybe by tonight or early tomorrow morning, we will not have to see these flash flood watches anymore. they're going to be lifted. since friday, we have had 8 1/2 to 15 1/2 inches.

many sections of california have picked up a foot and a half of rainfall. in sierra nevada, 250% above their average. this system today kicks into the four corners. it's good to have snowfall, and they have had it in the rockies but let's get down to the southwest. however, this will blow up into the snowstorm, and i should mention there is severe weather in cedar rapids. we could see another round of severe weather as we get into wednesday. so the snow map up into the northern plains into the rockies, but here's the atmospheric river, and wednesday night into thursday, it's not going to be nearly as powerful as the last ones. after that, mother nature is finally shutting this off. since the day after christmas, we knew for three weeks we were going to have a problem, and look. from the 21st through the 25th, below average, west coast. what's been staggering is the number of tornadoes. since christmas we have had over 100 tornado reports.

that's, like, half the days of this year already have had a tornado. 11 states from colorado to illinois, it's just been tremendous this kind of activity from this surge of energy and moisture with this atmospheric river. hopefully we will not see another one this year. >> ewe got that warning in ceda rapids. and the break out west, tom sater, thank you. an american wrongfully detained in iran is on a hunger strike now, and he's written a letter to president biden pleading for help. we've got that story for you. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. contestants s ready? go! only pay for what you need. jingle: liberty. liberty. liberty. libererty. this thing, it's making me get an ice bath again.

what do you mean? these straps are mind-blowing! they collect hundreds of data points like hrv and rem sleep, so you know all you need for recovery. and you are? i'm an investor...in invesco qqq, a fund that gives me access to... nasdaq 100 innovations like... wearable training optimization tech. uh, how long are you... i'm done. i'm okay. i'm feeling better. body pain? headache?

nope. all in one and done. cuh-congestion? better. cough? fever? better. mucinex all in one relieves 9 symptoms in 1 dose. it's not cold and flu season. it's always comeback season. if your moderate to severe crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms are stopping you in your tracks... choose stelara® from the start... and move toward relief after the first dose... with injections every two months. stelara® may increase your risk of infections, some serious, and cancer. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms, sores, new skin growths, have had cancer, or if you need a vaccine. pres, a rare, potentially fatal brain condition, may be possible. some serious allergic reactions and lung inflammation can occur. feel unstoppable. ask your doctor how lasting remission can start with stelara®. janssen can help you explore cost support options. the pepperoni on panera's new toasted baguette.

is sliced a little thicker. to hold more flavor. so when fresh mozzarella melts over it... that detail... will be big. try the new toasted baguettes from panera. one dollar delivery fee on our app.

hi, i'm lauren, i lost 67 pounds in 12 months on golo. golo and the release has been phenomenal in my life. it's all natural. it's not something that gives you the jitters. it makes you go through your days with energy, and you're not tired anymore, and your anxiety, everything is gone. it's definitely worth trying. it is an amazing product.

there are now several investigations to find out how two jetsn a runway at new york's jfk airport nearly crashed into one another over the weekend. the quick action by an air traffic controller prevented the accident. cnn's pete montine is with us now. i was on a plane at jfk this weekend. what happened here? >> reporter: well, the good news here, victor, is that this disaster was avoided, but really only with seconds to spare thanks to the quick action of that air traffic controller, that keen eye, and also the quick action of the flight crew on board that delta airlines flight. i want you to look at the animation here from flight radar 24. it shows that delta airlines flight taking runway 4 left at jfk friday evening.

when an american airlines 777 pulled out onto the runway in front of it. that delta was accelerating for takeoff. i want you to listen now to the air traffic control recording where you can hear the urgency in the air traffic controller's voice. listen. >> [ bleep ]. cancel takeoff plans. delta 1943, cancel takeoff plans. >> rejecting. >> reporter: a rejected takeoff, something pilots often only do in the flight simulator. they realized these planes came within about 1,000 feet of each other which is not all that big. these planes are hundreds of feet long. this is known as a runway incursion in technical terms and these happen hundreds of times a year according to the faa, although rarely ever this close. now the faa and the ntsb are investigating. they will, of course, want to hear the cockpit voice recorder, especially from the cockpit of that american airlines 777.

they will also be paying very close attention to the radio calls here. was that american airlines 777 actually cleared to cross that runway? you need to get an explicit clearance from air traffic control to do so, or was it told to go someplace else? a lot of confusion here it seems, victor and the insult to injury here is it could have been so much worse. >> so the delta flight had the, you know, the aviation team terms. you're the pilot. they had the right of way, and it was the american flight that veered into the path, yes? >> reporter: this is something that investigators will have to figure out, and it's not up to us technically to say. although there was some radio chatter at the end there where the american pilots were, like, wait. were we cleared to cross that runway, and the air traffic controller said, we'll pull the tapes and go back to the recording and listen. there's going to be a lot of investigation here, and they'll want to talk to the pilots involved and also the cockpit voice recorder. were the pilots distracted?

did they think they were going someplace they weren't? there were warning signs, but did they ignore them? >> scary. came too close. thank you, pete. just hours after celebrating their team's national title win, a uga football player and a staffer were killed in a car accident. what we're learning about what led to the crash and how the team is honoring them. can we even afford this house? maybe jacob can finally get a job. the house whperer! this houseays use realtor.com to see homes in ur budget. retor.com. to eh their home. she's feeling the power of listerine. he's feeling it. yep, them too. it's an invigorating rush... ...zapping millions of germs in seconds. for that one-of-a-kind whoa... ...which leaves you feeling...

ahhhhhhh listerine. feel the whoa! (vo) when it comes to safety, who has more iihs top safety pick plus awards, the highest level of safety you can earn? subaru. when it comes to longevity, who has the highest percentage of its vehicles still on the road after ten years? subaru. and when it comes to value, which popular brand has the lowest cost of ownership? lower than toyota, honda, or hyundai? subaru. it's easy to love a car you can trust. it's easy to love a subaru. with a little help. and to support my family's immune health, i choose airborne. unlike some others, airborne gives you vitamin c and so much more. it's an 8 in 1 immune support formula. airborne. do more. i'm sholeh and i lost 75 pounds with golo. i went from a size 20 to a size 6. before golo, nothing seemed to work. i was exercising for over an hour every day. it was really discouraging. but golo's so easy, the weight just falls off.

♪ ♪ mom! mom! every day can be extraordinary with rich, creamy, delicious fage total yogurt. hey, man. you could save hundreds for safe driving with liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance... so you only pay for what you need! whoo! we gotta go again. only pay for what you need.

♪liberty liberty liberty♪ ♪liberty♪ if your moderate to severe crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms are stopping you in your tracks... choose stelara® from the start... and move toward relief after the first dose... with injections every two months. stelara® may increase your risk of infections, some serious, and cancer. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms, sores, new skin growths, have had cancer, or if you need a vaccine. pres, a rare, potentially fatal brain condition, may be possible. some serious allergic reactions and lung inflammation can occur. feel unstoppable. ask your doctor how lasting remission can start with stelara®. janssen can help you explore cost support options.

♪ ♪ a bunch of dead guys made up work, way back when. ♪ ♪ it's our turn now we'll make it up again. ♪ ♪ we'll build freelance teams with more agility. ♪ ♪ the old way of working is deader than me. ♪ ♪ we'll scale up, and we'll scale down ♪ ♪ before you're six feet underground. ♪ ♪ yes, this is how, this is how we work now. ♪

a dual american iranian citizen started a 17-day hunger strike today. it's in protest of america's failure to get freedom for him. siamak namazi is appealing to biden in an open letter to spend time each day thinking about him and detainees. kylie atwood joins us from the state department. chiky kylie, ghive us the story. >> reporter: namazi was detained seven years ago. the u.s. says on bogus claims, but he has been wrongfully detained in iran for more than seven years. he's been in evan prison. he has been interrogated and tortured by the iranians, and he is writing to president biden this week because this week marks seven years since there were five other americans who were wrongfully detained in the country that were returned to the united states, and at the

time, siamak was in an iranian jail, and he wasn't part of that group. so he's reminding biden of that. biden was the vice president at the time during the obama administration, and here is his ask to biden at this time. in this letter saying, quote, in the past, i implored you to reach for your moral compass and find the resolve to bring the u.s. hostages in iran home. to no avail. not only did to we remain iran's prisoners, but you have not so much as granted our families a meeting. all i want, sir, is one minute of your day's time for the next seven days devoted to thinking about the tribulations of u.s. hostages in iran. now a national security council spokesperson called it outrageous that iran continues to detain americans for political leverage, said they are working tirelessly to bring siamak and two other americans who are currently wrongfully detained in iran right now, back

home, but of course, the relations between u.s. and iran right now are quite hostile. efforts to revive the nuclear deal are on the back burner. those have been ongoing, but they haven't succeeded over the last year and a half over the biden administration, and we've seen very, very critical statements and actions from the biden administration against the iranian regime as they have violently cracked down on those protesters in the country. so not necessarily a good omen in terms of u.s./iran relations, but siamak's family is asking the biden administration to look beyond that and do whatever they can to get him home. >> all right. kylie atwood for us at the pentagon. thank you so much. state department, i should say. there at the state department. cincinnati bengals and the buffalo bills, they will face off again for another game in just a few weeks since the last time they were on the field, you know, when that happened. damar hamlin, he collapsed after a cardiac arrest. we'll have a preview of what is set to be an emotional matchup. that's next.

's this young sub from jersey, brimming with confnfidence. and meatballs. itit had a lot of attitude- for a rookie. and a lot of pepperoni. the subway series. the greatest menu of a all tim. (vo) give your business an advantage right now, with nationwide 5g from t-mobile for business. unlock new insights and efficiency, with leading ultra-capacity 5g. t-mobile for business ha 5g that's ready right now. ♪ ♪

charlotte! charl! every day can be extraordinary with rich, creamy, delicious fage total yogurt. for adults with generalized myasthenia gravis who are positive for acetylcholine receptor antibodies, it may feel like the world is moving without you. but the picture is changing, with vyvgart. in a clinical trial, participants achieved improved daily abilities with vyvgart added to their current treatment. and vyvgart helped clinical trial participants achieve reduced muscle weakness. vyvgart may increase the risk of infection. in a clinical study, the most common infections were urinary tract and respiratory tract infections. tell your doctor if you have a history of infections or if you have symptoms of an infection. vyvgart can cause allergic reactions. the most common side effects include respiratory tract infection, headache, and urinary tract infection.

picture your life in motion with vyvgart. a treatment designed using a fragment of an antibody. ask your neurologist if vyvgart could be right for you. my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... the tightness, stinging... the pain. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majority of people saw 90% clearer skin even at 5 years. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®. ask your doctor about tremfya® today. i'd like to thank our sponsor liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. contestants ready? go! only pay for what you need. jingle: liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.

when a truck hit my car, the insurance company wasn't fair. i didid't t kn whahatmy c caswa, so i called the barnes firm. i'm rich barnes. it's hard for people to k how much their accident case is worth.h barnes. t ouour juryry aorneneys hehelpou the insurance company getenwasn't fair.ity y cablele.

i didn't know what my case was worth, so i called the barnes firm. llll theararnes rmrm now the best result possible. ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ single car crash that killed a university of georgia football player and team staffer this weekend. two others were injured when the car crashed hours after the football team celebrated their national championship win. cnn's sports anchor coy wire joins us now. coy, this was supposed to be the best time of his young life, their lives, and then this happens. what more do we know? >> it certainly was, and seeing the faces and the smiles during that parade there in athens, victor, you're absolutely right. this was a big moment, but devin

willock, 20 years old, we know he was ejected during sunday's fatal single car crash. he was pronounced dead at the scene. a uga staff member, chandler mccroy was driving at approximately 2:45 in the morning. the vehicle went off the road, hit a couple of power poles, several trees, according to police. the two other passengers in the crash were identified as 25-year-old warren mcclendon who received minor injuries, and 26-year-old victoria bowls who had more serious injuries. declared for the nfl draft earlier that day on saturday. willock played for all 15 games. lacroy was a recruiting analyst. willock, he re-tweeted a tweet of a man who was with his grandson at the parade, and he

had a picture of willock standing next to his grandson. he even let him wear his championship ring, and he said a big thanks to him. he didn't have to do that. he said you went out of your way to make him feel special, and you made his day. so that was the final hours before willock lost his life, along with lacroy. >> his grades were good, always had a smile, such a good person, a huge loss. let's turn now to college basketball, university of alabama, a player is off the team, charged with murder of a 23-year-old woman. tell us about that. >> police arrested darius miles, 21 years old, he is in custody charged with capital murder in connection with a shooting that took place around 1:45 in the area known as the strip. tuscaloosa authorities were called to a scene, found a young woman dead inside of a vehicle as a result of a gunshot wound. the tuscaloosa county sheriff's office said the only motive

appears to be at this time a minor altercation, they called it. the driver says two suspects opened fire after some words were exchanged. driver fired back, police were able to identify two suspects, after talking to witnesses and checking video surveillance. one of the two suspects was reportedly hit but has nonlife threatening injuries. police identified the two suspects as darius miles and 20-year-old michael lynn davis. >> let's turn to something uplifting now. buffalo bills, they played the cincinnati bengals, coming up next week. of course the first time since damar hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field. and, listen, damar hamlin, the pictures we're seeing of him and his teammates are posting on social media. just fantastic that it has happened so soon after that tragedy. >> you know, and they have that huge nail biting victory over the miami dolphins in the wild card round of playoffs, and it looked like they were emotionally drained, you know, because the week prior they were riding high, getting the

positive health updates, damar hamlin, seeing the big smile, holding up the heart hands, flexing, showing that he's coming back, but they did go through that emotional lull this past playoff game, and you mentioned now, in next week's divisional round, victor, they will play those cincinnati bengals again, and we heard tre-davious white for the buffalo bills who says he has images of his terrifying scene when he saw his teammate's heart being resuscitated on the field by the paramedics, when they look at the field and see the opposing helmet again when they meet in buffalo is going to be an emotional roller coaster of a journey before kickoff begins. >> coy wire, thank you so much. as we have been discuss, damar hamlin's remarkable recovery is largely credited to the medics quick reaction on the field. ahead, we're going to take you behind the scenes of the nfl where first responders can turn a tent into an emergency room in just a moment. at go better...to.

hey! like your workplace benefits... and retirement savings. with voya, considering all your financial choices togetherer... can help you be better prepared for unexpected events.s. for a brighter financial future. thanks. ahh pretzel and mustard... another great combo. (voya mnemonic.) voya. well planned. well invested. well protected. there's always a fresh deal on the subway app. like this one! 50% off?! that deal's so good we don't even need an eight-time a-star to tell you about it. wait what? get it before it's gone on the subway app! ew. gotta get rid of this. ♪ tell me why ♪ because it stinks. ♪ tell me why ♪ i don't know i've washed it so many times. ♪ tell me why ♪ no you tell me why i can't get rid of this odor. ♪ have you tried new downy rinse and refresh. ♪ it doesn't just cover up odors, it helps remove them

3x better than detergent alone. guess the odor went bye bye. no, that's not us. sorry. rinse odor away with new downy rinse and refresh. mass general brigham -- when you need some of the brightest minds in medicine. this is a leading healthcare system with five nationally ranked hospitals, including two world-renowned academic medical centers. in boston, where biotech innovates daily and our doctors teach at harvard medical school and the physicians doing the world-changing research are the ones providing care. ♪ there's only one mass general brigham.

i'd like to thank our sponsor liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. contestants ready? go! only pay for what you need. jingle: liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.

as a business owner, your bottom line is always top of mind. so start saving by switching to the mobile service designed for small business: comcast business mobile. flexible data plans mean you can get unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable 5g network. with no line activation fees or term contracts. saving you up to 60% a year. and it's only available to comcast business internet customers. so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities.

would have turned 94 yesterday, and the nation is paying tribute today to his life and legacy. >> happy martin luther king day. [ applause ] ♪ just the other day i heard an ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ >> you see the crowds there at the 16th annual mlk d.c. peace walk and parade, and martin luther king jr. memorial in d.c., a more somber scene there. ♪ we shall overcome we shall overcome ♪ >> the crowd singing "we shall overcome" as they remember dr. king's speeches and writings which are still very relevant today. events honoring dr. king. some have a tradition of volunteering at food banks or service organizations as a part of a tradition of helping others. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. if only there was a way to