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evacuation orders in california as excessive rainfall leads to raging flood waters. the fresno county sheriff joins me in a few minutes. new legal woes for donald trump, the former u.s. president is considering whether to testify before a grand jury about his alleged role in a hush money scheme. a look at what's behind the second largest bank collapse in u.s. history, and how it happened in just 48 hours. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >> another atmospheric river has been pouring massive amounts of rain and snow on california, at least two people have died in powerful storms battering the state. and the weather prediction center put parts of california in the highest warning level possible for excessive rainfall with the worst of it out along the california central coast.

officials issued warnings for 10,000 residents, including these folks, who say the rain is unprecedented. >> go up there check on the scene in case they need a ride down to the senior center. never seen this much water here in kernville. >> they told us we need to leave, so we did. >> more than 40,000 homes and businesses are without power right now. meanwhile, president biden has approved governor gavin newsom's request to declare a federal state of emergency. cnn's nick watt is in central california with more on how residents are dealing with the storms. >> reporter: water everywhere, causing chaos across central california. some 25 million are under flood warnings. the kern river usually runs about six feet. it's up over 17. snow is the issue up at altitude. >> it was a quick -- lost control but caught that bad boy.

>> reporter: in socal they're rushing to build some sort of road for 450 households, this is their only way out. springville's pleasant valley road anything but, in my 40 years, never seen it like that, says a man who shot these images, a major artery in oakland close at rush hour, nearby a peet's coffee warehouse roof collapsed, killing one. >> longtime employee, beloved by everyone. >> reporter: around 25 times the volume of water that flows in the mississippi is flowing through the air. this is the tenth atmospheric river to hit california this winter. low pressure from the north meets moist air near hawaii, they call it a pineapple express. sounds fun. it's not. essentially a fire hose aimed at the state usually famed for its sunshine. throw in a couple of other winter storms that dumped a couple of year's worth of snow on some upland areas, and this is the result. today's storm is a warm one, so

along with all this rain, some of that snow is melting. the residents of fellton flooded in january once more told to evacuate here and elsewhere yet more upheaval. >> now we have to go home, pack our stuff and leave once again when we were just able to come back a couple weeks ago. >> reporter: good news, all the water this winter is significantly rolling back the years long drought suffered in the west. bad news, yet another atmospheric river is forecast to hit the state early next week. some places in california have had more than a foot of rain dumped by just this system alone. this little farming town, about six inches so far, and look what has happened. and it's not over. here, this town, is not going to stop raining until the middle of next week. nick watt, watsonville, california. >> and joining me now is fresno

county sheriff john zanoni, thanks so much for being here with us. to start off, how bad is the flooding you're seeing in your area right now? >> well, we're seeing significant flooding in our area. it's mainly along our keens river corridor, which comes from pine flat lake, and then extends down through the city of breedly all the way down to the fresno county line into tolari and at some point it actually heads out west towards the city of kolinga and western fresno county. >> we're just showing some pictures of the flooded rivers right now. it's really dramatic. i know some people in your area have needed to be rescued. walk us through some of the situations folks are finding themselves in. >> well, what we've really noticed is individuals are out there, and especially near the keens river area near wonder valley, cal fire had to conduct

a rescue earlier today with the use of a boat because what we're seeing is with the excessive flooding homes are becoming surrounded by water, which really leads those residents no way to get out without having emergency crews come in and rescue personnel, extract them. earlier near yokuts valley, former early known as squaw valley, our office used a swift water rescue team used a small boat to rescue three elderly women from a residence that became trapped and surrounded by water. one of those women was over 100 years old. they're okay, they were able to get out near friends homes and resting comfortably this evening. but it's been a busy day. >> we're showing pictures of that. we're seeing the water, it's running so fast, if you get caught up in that, you know, it could be deadly, luch mess if you're 100 years old, gosh.

>> yes. >> i know some of the folks you've encouraged to evacuate, they decided to stay put. so are you worried you'll have to go back in after them later when the conditions possibly get even worse and a rescue is harder to pull off? >> yes, that is always a concern that we have when conditions get to a certain point we would like people to sort of self-evacuate and move out. but at this point we don't have anybody under an actual evacuation order. all we have are areas that we call under evacuation warnings. that's basically telling people, hey, you need to be prepared to leave at a moment's notice so have your stuff in what we call like a go bag or a small bag ready to go if you need prescriptions and things that are essential, have those ready to go. so if we come and we have to actually evacuate, you can go at a moment's notice, which reduces your risk, and the risk to safety personnel that are there to help.

>> yeah, i mean, the pictures we're showing of the flooding that you and others have been posting are so awe inspiring, there's another danger, a sign of the times, that some folks are out there, trying to take pictures or video, like those for social media, and then they're potentially endangering themselves and others. >> yes, we've seen some of that, some folks are out there taking these photos, you know, trying to see what the action is, what's going on. but really, what the message we want, we've been trying to send to people all day, since yesterday afternoon through today is don't put yourself in a situation where you're going to need to be rescued. don't create a problem. because we have a lot of emergency personnel out there. but we need to make sure that they're available for actual rescues, and people that are, you know, in distress. don't put yourself in a bad situation and create an emergency. >> yeah, absolutely.

looking at the sort of what we've been seeing in the last, you know, couple of weeks, i mean, california is not -- you know, it's used to seeing both drought and flooding. but how unusual is the extremity of the weather that you're seeing these days? >> well, this is a very unusual situation. we probably haven't seen anything like this here in the central valley since 1997. and then prior to that we'd probably go back to the winter which was 40 years ago this career, the winter of 1982 and 1983. but this year, the snowfall has outpaced any of those prior years. our local ski resort up here, china peak, at the top of the mountain they're reporting over 600 inches of snow, which is 50 feet or more of snow have fallen during this year. >> yeah, it's just incredible. fortunately things have kind of slowed down right now, but you're far from out of the woods. there's more rains expected next week, along with potentially

more snow melt. how worried are you about the one-two punch? >> we're very concerned. here in fresno county we have our emergency operations center open and the sheriff's office here has been working with local agencies, local government. we've been working with cal fire, we've been working with our own office of emergency services along with the california office of emergency services, and we've declared this, you know, an emergency. so we've gotten resources from the state of california, which is going to help, but we're going to have a little bit of a break in the action we think sunday into monday, and then looking at the weather forecast we're going to be right back at this again come monday afternoon through tuesday all the way into wednesday. so we are very concerned. >> yeah. >> and it's with the rain is one thing. but also looking at the snow that is -- the record snowfall below 5,000 feet that's going to melt as a result of this rain is

going to multiply the problem by five to ten times. >> yeah. you're far from out of the woods as i say. listen, all the best to you and your team as you try and keep folks safe and hopefully they listen to all of the warnings that you're putting out there. fresno county sheriff john zanoni, thanks so much for being here with us. >> thank you for having me on, have a good night. so now to the americans killed in mexico. and take a look at this new video cnn has obtained. it was taken by one of the four americans who were kidnapped. now cnn located it, driving in matamoros just after they crossed into the country. the fbi has set up a digital tip line for their investigation. and mexican authorities concede the case is very confusing. we have a reporter following the story and he has more detail on how the killings unfolded, the latest arrests and repercussions

from the mexican government. >> reporter: mexican authorities arrested five people in connection with the kidnapping of four u.s. citizens in the town of matamoros. the four u.s. citizens were abducted on the 3rd of march after they crossed into mexico to go to a doctor's appointment. they were in matamoros for almost four hours before they were abducted by the cartels according to new video analyzed by cnn. they were located four days later. but two of them were found dead. the two survivors returned to the united states on tuesday, and the bodies of those killed were repatriated on thursday. the u.s. ambassador to mexico ken salazar said on friday. salazar urged the united states and mexico to fight crime in the area. >> translator: these cartels that wage so much power in that area must be dismantled.

it's a job that we need to do together with the mexican government and respecting mexico's sovereignty. >> reporter: the border region between the two countries has been controlled by various criminal organizations for years. while u.s. tourists are really the target of kidnappings and murders, more than 100,000 people have disappeared in mexico in recent years, mostly local and migrants who were heading towards the u.s. southern border from central america and whose bodies have never been found. this week the mexican government has come under fire for failing to rescue so many of its own citizens while these four u.s. citizens were located in a matter of days. for cnn, this is stephanopozz ebon. the department of public safety says drug cartel violence and criminal activity poses a

safety threat to anyone who crosses into the country right now. based on the volatile nature of cartel activity and the violence we're seeing there, we're urging visitors not to travel to mexico at this time. the u.s. labor market is stronger than analysts expected. friday's jobs report shows 311,000 positions were added in february. that's far more than predicted. president biden touted the figures another improving economic factors. here he is. >> while we still have more to do, and there may be setbacks along the way, inflation is now down 30% from what it was this summer. gas prices are down more than $1.50 since their peak. at the same time take-home pay for workers has gone up. >> but the jobs figures did little to calm the markets which were rattled by the swips collapse of the silicon valley bank. its demise marks the second largest financial failure in u.s. history. the lender was a big player in the tech start-up world and as

matt ebegan reports it's not clr how much money the bank will recover. >> reporter: it has more than $200 billion in assets. that makes this the biggest collapse of a bank in the united states since washington mutual back in 2008. now, the fdic has seized control of the bank. they say that depositors will get their money. some individuals and start-ups have more than that in the bank and it's not clear what's going to happen to them. how did this happen and how did it happen so quickly? look at this dramatic decline in the share price of the parent company? it dropped 60% yesterday alone after the bank warned they need to rapidly raise cash. that appeared to spark a panic and a run on the bank, this the also a symptom of the federal reserve's interest rate hikes designed to tame inflation. we know that these rate hike

spikes tend to break things in financial markets. they also hurt the value of tech start-ups, like the ones this bank caters to. all this is rattling investors, the market, the dow closed down 350 points, 1.1%, after a selloff yesterday, investors are wondering is this a canary in a coal mine or a one-off? >> u.s. officials are trying to tamp down fears of other banks meeting a similar fate. >> federal regulators are paying attention to this particular financial institution, and when we think about the broader financial system we're very confident in the ability -- in the resilience of the system. >> and he went on to say that the treasury department has the tools necessary to deal with any other incidents that may come up. former president donald trump plans to huddle with his legal team at mar-a-lago this

weekend to weigh his options, and decide whether to appear before a new york grand jury next week. that's according to a source familiar with the matter, manhattan prosecutors invited trump to appear before the grand jury investigating hush money allegedly paid to adult film star stormy daniels. jessica schneider has more on the story. >> plain and simple. >> reporter: in what would be an historic case, alvin bragg one step closer to bringing former president donald trump in a running investigation. >> look at the facts in the law and let the investigation and justice and what justice requires, you know, will dictate how much time we take. >> mr. president -- >> reporter: prosecutors are now giving trump the chance to testify before a grand jury investigating his alleged role in that $130,000 hush money payout to adult film star stormy daniels days before the 2016 election to cover up their alleged affair a decade earlier. since potential defendants in

new york are required by law to be invited to appear in front of a grand jury it all indicates a decision on whether to charge trump could come soon. >> it's one thing to turn around and to lie on your untruth social. it's another thing to turn around and lie before a grand jury. so i don't suspect that he's going to be coming. >> reporter: trump's former attorney michael cohen meeting with prosecutors again friday. he was sentenced to three years in prison in part for his role, paying off stormy daniels, and then getting reimbursed by the trump organization. that reimbursement would be at the heart of any case brought against trump. prosecutors could charge trump with falsifying business records, for improperly recording his repayment to cohen. that would be a misdemeanor. prosecutors could also charge trump with a felony for falsifying business records in connection with violating campaign finance laws. it could be a risky case to proceed with. >> if the prosecutors' plan is to address their case on michael cohen, that's a big gamble.

>> reporter: some argue it's straightforward. >> he paid money to keep her quite. took the money, laundered it, hid it in the papers of the trump organization, and ultimately it meant that the trump organization paid tax on something and filed an income tax return that was false, and in new york state law that's a felony. >> reporter: several key people have already testified before the grand jury, incoming former top white house aides kelly ann conway and hope hicks. trump has repeatedly denied any affair with stormy daniels or any involvement in the payoff. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no, no. >> reporter: and a spokesman blasted the da's investigation saying the manhattan district attorney's threat to indict president trump is simply insane. for the past five years the da's office has been on a witch hunt, investigating every aspect of president trump's life and they've come up empty at every turn. and now this. trump has already said he will not leave the race if he's

indicted, and legally he wouldn't have to since there's nothing barring presidential candidates from running if they're charged or even convicted. trump, of course, would be the first ever president ever indicted and this isn't the only case trump is facing. he's also under investigation in georgia for allegedly working to overturn the 2020 election. and then there's special counsel jack smith who's investigating trump for trump's role in january 6th, and also trump's handling of classified documents after he left office. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. still ahead, italy's coast guard rescues hundreds of people at sea amid a huge uptick in migrants crossing this year. we'll head to rome for a live update. german authorities are working to understand why a 35-year-old german national opened fire in a jehovah's witnesses center. more on the investigation after the break, please stay with us.

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and escorted it to shore. it also says the italian navy was -- rescue operations to rescue more than 1,000 boats. more than 2,000 migrants and 41 boats arrived at the island within 24 hours earlier this week, the later influx comes nearly two weeks after more than 70 migrants were killed when a boat broke up off the coast of kalabria. let's go to contributor barbara nado who joins me live from rome. this influx seems unusual. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: well, it is unusual. you know, with these 1,800 people now involved in rescues all across the mediterranean over the last 24 hours it's going to bring the number close to 20,000 arrivals this year so far. by march last year there had only been 5,000, 6,000 arrivals. a huge number of people are trying to make it and looking at ever larger boats, this boat

that had 500 people on that it was eescorted to shore. all of these rescues put pressure on the rescue operations, the coast guard has to call in the navy. there is not any ngo boats out there right now assisting in the rescue. that's because the government has really clamped down on those. so we're just looking at unprecedented numbers for this time of year. it's still winter in the mediterranean, kim. >> yeah, it's a problem other european countries are also struggling with, obviously france and the uk just made a deal to help tackle the issue. so take us through what was agreed there. >> yeah, and that deal is going to be particularly important with all this influx of people coming into italy. they agreed to build a detention center on france to help -- to stop people from trying to cross the channel. now, a lot of of the people who are arriving in italy are not intending to stay. many are trying to reach family in other parts of europe and in the united kingdom. when you look at this agreement that the uk and france have put into place a lot of that is

going to affect the people that are arriving in italy right now. kim? >> thanks so much barbie nadeau in rome. ukraine is honoring a decorated military hero who died on the front lines. still ahead an emotional farewell for an offificer who spent his entire adultlt life fighting this ukraine.

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in a deal brokered by china. they will also reestablish trade and security pacts. take us through how this came about and what it will mean for both countries and the region. >> reporter: we've seen efforts in the past to bring a reconciliation in the past to no avail. talks were held in 2021 and 2022 led by iraq and the sultan of iran, with no success there. this latest deal comes after five days of intensive talks in beijing, mediated by the chinese government. and we had high-level delegations from iran and saudi arabia taking part in these talks. that deal was signed on friday. and this is a lot more than just a reinstatement, a reopening of their embassies. this is, as you mentioned, a security corporation agreement

that will be brought to the fore after being signed back in 2001. also we'll be seeing iran and saudi arabia now closely cooperating on technology and trade, a framework established back in 1998. they also both agree to commit, not interfering in each other's internal affairs. we'll see counterterrorism, drug smuggling, and money laundering, this is a wide-reaching agreement between two countries that have been at odds for the last seven years. this is a significant development. and of course china playing a key role in mediating these talks, these efforts, a big shift considering the fact that the gulf has long been considered under the sphere of influence of the united states. the u.s. government as well supporting previous efforts led by iraq and oman. this will be a huge development for the region. we've heard from iran's foreign minister saying this is a big step not only for the two countries but for the muslim world as a whole and for the

region, and saying that iran is actively seeking to establish and improve diplomatic relations with the rest of its regional neighbors. >> then nada, finally president biden was asked what he thought about this. what's been the reaction from the u.s.? >> reporter: well, we've heard former white house spokesperson saying the u.s. government welcomes this reconciliation between saudi arabia and iran, has welcomed any efforts to mediate peace and establish security in the region. now we've already seen efforts in the past by iraq and oman, those were supported by the united states. however, the u.s. was not involved in this latest round of talks. according to kirby, they were kept fully aware of the progress being made over the course of the last week by the saudi government. but look, this is clearly a sign of china's expanding diplomatic presence, influence, as well as perhaps its economic intentions and goals in the middle east

region, a region long under the sphere of influence of the u.s. government. and it is a signal that saudi arabia now is willing to work closely with one of the u.s. government's key adversaries, namely china. this is a huge development on that front. but of course the u.s. government has also been focused on ensuring there is stability in the middle east, particularly when it comes to yemen, the rift between iran and saudi arabia has played a key role in deepening that conflict since 2015, both sides throwing their support, their backing behind opposing sides. this is perhaps a shift closer towards establishing peace in yemen. >> thanks so much, nada bashir, appreciate it. ukraine says russia's regular army is starting to replace wagner mercenaries near bakhmut. ukraine has been holding onto the city despite months of attacks by the mercenaries, recruited from russian prisons.

kyiv is attributing the change in frontline personnel with a public feud between the military and wagner's boss, wagner is opening recruitment centers in more than 40 cities, following his comments last month that wagner would stop signing up prisoners. the u.n. human rights office still slammed the practice on friday saying it's concerned wagner is now doing the same thing in the occupied parts of ukraine. in kyiv ukraine has bid its final good-bye to a fallen hero who died fighting in bakhmut. as ivan watson reports, the late officer made his name in the military at a very young age. >> reporter: funeral for a fallen warrior, an honor guard, and thousands of mourners gathered to remember junior lieutenant dmitro cutsabaylo, better known as da vinci, the youngest battalion commander in the ukrainian army, killed this week in the battle for bakhmut.

a months-long deadly test of wills between the russian and ukrainian militaries over a small city of questionable strategic value. this is how ukraine is honoring one of its fallen heroes, and also proof of the terrible cost that the ukrainian military is paying in the battle for bakhmut. in 2021 ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy officially declared da vinci a hero of ukraine. on friday the president paid his respects to da vinci's surviving family members accompanied by the prime minister of finland. mourners gathered on their knees around da vinci's coffin in the square in central kyiv where in 2014 da vinci then just a teenager joined thousands of demonstrators in a bloody battle against ukrainian security forces. they ultimately sent the country's pro-russian president

fleeing to russia. soon after da vinci joined a natio nationalist militia and fought for years in the donbas region before formally joining the ukrainian armed forces. many of the people attending da vinci's memorial never met the young commander face to face. >> he lost his life for us, for me, for my children, for my family, and we want to live good life, and i am here to celebrate his life and to say final respects to him. >> reporter: what did da vinci fight for? >> for ukraine. for freedom. for us. >> reporter: this woman knows the stakes all too well. your husband is fighting in bakhmut right now? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: there is a price for freedom, she says, one life dies so that other lives may be born. though only 27 da vinci knew the risks he was taking.

i'm ready to go to victory with you, he told his troops, and if need be to give up my life for you. nearly everyone in ukraine has lost something since russia's invasion one year ago. a war in which far too many have made the ultimate sacrifice. ivan watson, cnn, kyiv. the u.s. and european union say they will soon begin talks or to resolve a lingering trade dispute over american-made electric vehicles. those negotiations were announced following friday's one-on-one meeting between u.s. president joe biden, and the european commission president. sourcing of raw materials for electric car batteries like nickel and lithium. the u.s. currently offers tax credits to certain suppliers of those materials, but not those from europe. here's what the eu chief said after her meeting. >> we have agreed that we will

start work now with a clear goal. the goal is to have an agreement on critical raw materials that have been sourced or processed in the european union, that these strategic supply chains are able to access the american market as if they had been sourced in the united states. >> meanwhile workers across france kept up their pressure on the government over its proposed pension reforms. they continue to block fuel deliveries from two french refineries calling for the strike to go on until thursday, and in a letter to the unions president macron refused to agree to their request for a meeting saying reform must go ahead. unions are planning more nationwide marches today. cnn's jim bitterman has more. >> reporter: if the demonstrations against pension reform look familiar it's because you've seen them before. nearly every government since

the presidency of jack shirak in 1997 has tampered with france's retirement system. some have succeeded in making changes but it remains one of the most complicated systems in europe. french president emmanuel macron like predecessors has run into fierce opposition trying to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. strikes are growing by transportation, energy, and even garbage workers. despite what seems like a logical approach to reform. in a country where the average life expectancy has now increased to the age of 82 years old, it seems reasonable to expect that with france's pay-as-you-go retirement system that in fact the retirement age would have to increase as well. after all as it stands now if you retire at 62 it means collecting pension benefits for, on average, 20 years, and the money has got to come from somewhere. but it's not that reasonable to

everyone. >> we are going on an unlimited renewable strike as long as thi >> reporter: economists will explain that while people are not especially happy with the present system any further meddling with it is viewed with suspicion and anger. >> anything that would move you away from it would be seen as a social regression. also, there is the problem in france to be honest that people are not very happy at work. >> reporter: therein lies a real danger for the government beyond the retirement age issue, that the demonstrations and strikes expand to include all kinds of social and economic grievances. >> there is a feeling of many people that the president is too aloof. they may feel that the only time he listens is when he sees that citizens are on fire. >> reporter: for now at least there doesn't seem to be an indication that signal has been received. gym bittermann, cnn, paris. investigators in germany are

working to understand why a 35-year-old man opened fire at a jehovah's witness center on thursday night. six people, four men and two women were killed, another eight were injured including a woman who lost her unborn child. hamburg's interior minister said the crime was unlike anything the city had seen. >> translator: it is the worst crime. the worst crime in recent history of our city, and it is most likely due to the very fast and determined intervention of the police that there are not more victims. >> police have identified the suspect only as philip f., a german national who shot himself as police closed in. they say he was once a member of the jehovah's witnesses and apparently didn't leave on good terms. a major u.s. oil company could begin drilling in the arctic if the biden administration approves the controversial willow project. critics and supporters are both speaking out, we'll have details just ahead, stay with us.

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signatures to a change.org petition. >> in order to stop willow people need to know about willow. >> reporter: 20-year-old elise josie, a senior at the university of california berkeley. >> it will not impact the world but the amount of carbon emissions it will emit we will see an increase in frequency and intensity of natural disasters. >> reporter: conoco phillips willow project would be located in northwest alaska on the national petroleum reserve. federal land roughly the size of indiana. the project would tap as much as 600 million barrels of oil but it would take years for it to make it to market. it's messy politics for president biden, pitting his climate promises against the desire to produce energy at home and lower gas prices. the project would release as much planet warming carbon emissions per year as adding 2 million gas-powered cars to the

road annually. that's according to a -- her family lives near the site and she recently traveled to washington to protest outside the white house against the willow project, despite its economic benefits. >> we've been held in an economic hostage situation. we either choose our health, our children's health, or being able to have plumbing and infrastructure and running water. >> reporter: negru's family has also lived in the region for generations. he supports the project. his nonprofit represents two dozen native communities, corporations and local governments who say the project would be an economic boon, and help the u.s. wean off of foreign oil. >> the economics that a project like this would bring into the region mainly to the north slope burrow to maintain taxes and

maintain first world conditions. >> reporter: the arctic is warming three times faster than anywhere else on the planet. >> we cannot keep drilling if we want to address climate change. >> reporter: we expect a decision from the biden administration as soon as next week. as for the proposed willow project conoco philips tells cnn it will create good union jobs and the project has undergone a comprehensive regulatory process for nearly five years with extensive public input. rene marsh, cnn, washington. a man convicted of a murder that happened nearly three decades ago was sentenced on friday. paul flores had been found guilty last year in the death of kristen smart in 1996. on friday he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison without parole according to cnn affiliate ksby, smart's mother and father were in court. >> as the judge pointed out, it's a sentence, but it doesn't bring back your loved one. from that aspect we don't have

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