some observers told by the well for more let's go to our correspondent in caracas all specially in kath thanks for joining me u.s. president donald trump has said that sending military to venezuela was now an option how will that go down with them under a cap. well we have seen that mother or aunt has been leading military exercises exercises in the past week you have spouted strings and militia that supporters government other leaders and other us government have called upon their supporters just on the country against an imperialist strike against but it's clear out now the opposition has seen this as a show of power in front of the nation to demonstrate my lost control over the military because in the past year we have seen small revolts from the military against mother of and yesterday activision general and then as well as in the asian you flecked it against what he called a dictatorship we saw leaders other active members follow suit so what could happen if there is an american military intervention depends on how strong those grants are of the military actually is because of what

wouldn't find them alive here, but if we are not on top of the search, authorities will stop looking.ty kathery effort is slow. there has been lots of rain inst the la4 hours, and the firefighters are returning to areas hoping that with the extra water it might have displaced the d and they can recover more bodies. every so often they find something. a body bag is flown back to waiting families. the events of this past week are still hard to process for elena. she was to bece a grandmother. when the dam clapsed, that dream ended. her daughter, son, and pregnant daughter-in-law were killed when a wall of sludge slaed into the hotel they were staying in. her ex-husband and his wife died with them. elena spells out their initials. >> and they were thrown i don't know where. they died from cranial trauma. that was the coroner's verdict. i don't know if it wk a slow or quath. katyngthe family's mournis all the harder because they have not found all the bodies yet. in the distance, the search goes on. katy watson, bbcews. laura: so much loss and grief in brazil. don mccullin has trained his camera

with that, let me yield to our vice chair, kath lynn clark. ms. clark: thank you, mr. chairman -- katherine clark. ms. clark: thank you, mr. chairman. and good morning to all of you. while the president may be content holding the government hostage, democrats are moving forward. and focusing on the challenges that are on the top of the mind of american families. democrats are focused and hard at work on our for the people agenda. just last week transportation and infrastructure committee held a comprehensive hearing on investing in roads, bridges, mass transit, ports, airports, schools, water systems and energy grids. just yesterday my colleague, rosa delaura, introduced the family act, which would -- delauro, introduced the family act, which would provide 12 weeks for family leave, protection for workers who take leave. and the natural resources committee has had three climate change hearings just this week. one happening right now is the impact of climate on tribal communities. for the first time, deb holland, a congresswoman from new mexico, will be presenting the t

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. >> all right, kaths any kathy park thank you very much. >> katie fang oigis a prosecutor. >> ten counts prosecutors say there are four victims. these allegations date back 30 years. but based on what we know of the evidence. >> how challenging of a case is this? >> typically it is a he said/she said case.of a case is this? >> typically it is a he said/she said case. which can be difficult to prove. but based upon the fact that at a minimum there exists a video of an alleged sex act between r. kellyanne one of the vehicle and one of the the victims,ing it corroborating evidence and that is what you want. you usually don't get that you usually get their testimony as the victim against that of the defendant good he even at all speaks if he even testifies in court. so the existence of at least one video, of aavenatti says perhaps there is another video. >> and there are a lot of people wondering that there were videos before. but this one you can clearly see his face. is that the difference this time especially if you have more videos? >> yeah, and kind ever of disturbing that that is the w

. >> thank you, kath >> dylan dreyer also didn't win the lottery. >> >> i showed youhe snow last halfnd rapids, michigan. now this is southwest. look at this, icy conditilys especin the mountains outside of san diego of all places and also in las they saw some flurries that covered the strip out there. ng to torm system is g continue to move east as we go through the day today. we do have winter storm watches, winter storm warnings in effect for the southwest even across partsf nevada aswell. there is still snow falling, and this will develop into a bger storm system as it moves eastward. there will be two sides to the system, a warmer side and colder side. looking at the warmer side going into tuesday a wednesday, the threat for flash flooding will be a good possibility especially through arkansas, moving into ennessee, moving up into kentucky. this will last through tuesday night and through wednesday and this will covtinue to east ourough the middle of the week. the northern side be snowier. we'll get to that in a little bit. that's a look across the country, a peek out your window

. >> the fourth hour with you and kath. >> collin quinn. >> we're drinking margaritas at 10:00. >> highoakland )s havenscourt >>> good morning. it's 8:56. i'm kyra clapper. a live look at a middle school where teachers are picketing again. they're taking a little break. this is the second day of oakland teachers strike. classes are in session this morning. they're being staffed by substitute teachers. we did hear most classrooms yesterday were empty. >>> some 3,000 teachers walked off the job yesterday. they're demanding a 12% pay raise over three years. the district says it's stretched thin already and the demands cannot possibly be met. the strike is affecting some 35,000 students. >>> happening now, teachers organized a rally for 11:30 this morning. our pete suratos is monitoring the situation and listening for breakthrough in contract talks. we'll have the latest in the midday newscast. we're posting updates as we get them to our twitter feed. >> in other news, producers for empire suggest that jussie smollett's character won't be a part of the remaining shows. tied to a staged atta