brian stelter bringing us up to date there from new jersey. do take care out there, brian. >> this system is moving on. now, heading off to rhode island as well as massachusetts. so let's go to meteorologist, pedram javaheri, for the very latest. and pedram, all this hasn't just been caused by ida. there is a frontal system in the mix, as well. >> that's right. the frontal system's kind of reenergizing what is left of ida here and it's really producing a tremendous amount of rainfall. and the forecast models did put top of the charts rainfall in the area but certainly, you can never forecast historic amount of rains and that is exactly what is playing out here. here is what is left of ida. you notice the satellite imagery as it kind of makes its final push across portions of the northeast and on into the canadian maritimes. and by the time we get to, say, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 a.m., it is all out of here. but before we get there, still tremendous amount of rainfall across parts of connecticut, areas of rhode island, on into massachusetts, boston inc

please welcome, brian stelter!laughter ) it seems like a waste of camera special education. nice to have you here, mr. stelter. big news today -- >> what? >> stephen: governor cuomo resigns. as a media professional, as a communications analyst, what did you make of his speech? >> well, i was sleeping. i took a nap. i slept through it. my kids get up at 5:00 a.m. by noon, i get exhausted. i saw he was about to give a speech and i thought, he's not going to resign so i went to sleep. >> stephen: you hit the hay. no way he was going to resign. you know the ideas trump was going to get carried out of the white house hanging on to the desk, i thought that was going to be cuomo. then i wake up and my wife is telling me to wake up, come see the speech. i thought he buried the lead. he went on and on and on and then mentioned he was resigning, that's bad practice. >> stephen: and then went off of that into the legacy of how new york beat covid with the implication of he led us through the covid crisis, so some of it was ab

our correspondent, who happens to be our chief media correspondent, is brian stelter. who happens to be in northern new jersey. has experienced this storm. and the rain and the flooding and the wind. brian, what's happening where you are? >> the national weather service out of mt. holly near philadelphia says there are reports that crews are running out of resources to rescue people stuck in floodwaters. so, not only are people driving out in this rain, getting caught in these floodwaters. the national weather service saying they are running out of rescue crews to help people. this is up and down the 95 corridor, don, earlier today, we saw some of the heaviest rains in maryland, in pennsylvania, near philadelphia. then, north toward trenton and into new york. and now, we are hearing about cars submerged near bridgeport, connecticut. so this is up and down one of the most heavily traveled thoroughfares in the united states and that is why it is such a severe situation. we know that in new jersey, a number of different towns have reported serious rescue situations. north

and brian stelter joins us now. his, it is flowing. this water is just flowing down the stream -- down the road here in a stream. it is unbelievable to witness. >> reporter: and the same -- i hope you didn't hear the thunder but the same state of emergency you described in new york has also been declared by new jersey governor phil murphy saying we'll use whatever resource at our disposal to ensure peoples safety. you know, what happened earlier this evening, don, closer to philadelphia severe thunderstorms and tornados ripping across southern new jersey. that was an early indication of what the storm was capable of as it moved into the northeast. there are certainly lots of viewers in other parts of the u.s. that think, you know, what's the big deal with some flash flooding? the difference i think in new york city is the city is not built for this, and it is so shocking as mayor de blasio said, stunning to see this kind of flooding happening so quickly. it happens in part because, you know, it's something that satur

and it's here to stay, don. >> brian stelter, thank you very much for that. >>> i have an update to asiana from hurricane ida's conversation. in my conversation with cedric richmond a senior adviser to former president obama, he said he had been talking with state farm about covering policy claims from those who evacuated. state farm responded saying state farm's hearts go out to all those impacted. significant additional living expenses have been and will continue to be paid in louisiana in accordance with the terms of the policy. state farm reviewsi every claim in accordance with the policy. the statement goes on to say the company is reviewing tens of thousands of claims in louisiana and other states. >>> the removal of a robert e. lee statue in richmond virginia is getting a lot of cheers but my next guest says there might be a better way to deal with our country's racist past. we're carvana, the company who invented car vending machines and buying a car 100% online. now we've created a brand-new way for you to sell your car. whether it's a year old or a few years old. we wanna bu

. >> here's cnn's brian stelter with more. >> the only thing that will save gavin newsom is voter fraudright sounding all too familiar. fox news star tommy larin deefg deep into voter fraud conspiracy. >> pay attention to the voter fraud going on in california because it will have big c consequences for that state. >> she's directing that at gavin newsom who is fighting to keep his office in next week's recall election. >> the ballot harvesting that democrats will do -- >> reporter: this is an emerging story line on fox, a prebuttal to the election. it's the big lie playbook from d.c. to sacramento. let's be clear, there's been no evidence of widespread voter fraud, but the trusted voices on fox like tucker carlson have been issuing veiled warnings for weeks. >> noncitizens can vote. >> reporter: as the old saying goes, history never repeats itself but it often rhymes. trump's tactics last winter now seem to be applied to the recall with newsom's chances of surviving looking pretty good, fraud is presented as an excuse to explain away any future republican loss. the leading gop candidat

i want to bring in brian stelter. brian, you heard randi there talk about her last post and how there's been essentially this digital trail throughout her travels there with her fiance that abruptly ended in late august. what was the role that social media has played. >> right, and the images were seen on the screen of this happy young couple living a dream life. in the pandemic era, this idea of going out and renting or buying a van across the country, it's a fantasy for so many young people, and gabby petito was living that fantasy. and yet, some of what we learned in recent days challenges that dream that was posted on instagram, some of the reports about the cup possibly fighting, some report from observers who said they saw a dispute in the relationship. so we see these beautiful images from instagram being contradicted by the ugly reality. because of social media, the timeline here is very clear and the timeline is key. both police and armchair investigators have a very detailed timeline. as randi said, that last

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good old brian stelter says it's not media bias, is hollowed out newsrooms.ulie: i think people just aren't doing reporting anymore. i think everyone reports what they see. whatever happened to cold calls and real journalism? when fox goes on the air with an actual reported story and they investigated and there is a huge outcry, then we go ahead and retreat stories that are being covered by the rolling stone without doing any old-fashioned journalism like, i don't know, seeking out your own sources or doing something like that. first of all, i want to know where the twitter bands are. this book and instagram and twitter can down so hard during the trump administration for falsehoods being out there on social media regarding the covered vaccine and covid virus and those people were taken off, and bandit, some suspended permanently. why hasn't rachel maddow then banned from spreading this propaganda or this conspiracy theory that's up there and nobody is taking it down or censoring her? >> kayleigh: i think i know the answer, drew holden summed this up perfectl

more tonight from cnn's media correspondent -- chief media correspondent brian stelter. >> the only thinghat will save gavin newsom is voter fraud. >> reporter: that's a new narrative on the right that's sounding all too familiar. fox news star tomi lahren diving deep into voter fraud conspiracy. >> pay attention to the voter fraud going on in california because it's going to have big consequences not only for that state but for upcoming elections. >> reporter: she's directing her warning at the democratic governor of california, gavin newsom, who is fighting to keep his office in next week's recall election. >> the ballot harvesting that democrats will do -- >> reporter: this is an emerging story line on fox. a prebuttal to the election, baselessly claiming the democrats can only win if they somehow cheat. it's the big lie playbook flown from d.c. to sacramento. and let's be clear. there's been no evidence of widespread voter fraud. but the trusted voices on fox, like tucker carlson, have been issuing veiled warnings for weeks, which are false. >> non-citizens can vote. >> reporter: as t

. >> reporter: cnn's brian stelter reports the hosts are tested twice a week but they were tested an extra time this week because of the vice president's arrival. a white house official says vice president harris, who was received two doses of the moderna vaccine, did not interact with sunny hostin or ana navarro before the show. but one medical expert says this could have been a close call for the president and speaks to the risks she and the president are often faced. >> any time you're around so many people from so many parts of the country on a daily basis, you are potentially exposed to that virus every single time. >> and dr. matthew is critical of how the show handled this. >> i think the ball was dropped somewhere. why did these anchors not know about their test before the show began? especially on a day when year interviewing vice president harris. >> reporter: those were among questions we posed to publicists for "the view" in emails and phone messages. when were the tests done, why did the hosts not learn about the results until the show was on the air live? was there a br

. >> joining me now is brian stelter who anchors "reliable sources" on wednesday.ships with men and probe her conservatorship? >> the word "the times" uses is surveillance, which is the word that conjures up privacy violations. brittney spears was constantly surveilled by her family members and these business partners who are making a lot of money from her and that's the core of the argument in this new york times documentary. one of several projects coming out the next few days leading up to wednesday. he says the impression he rere received working with brittney spears for years was she was essentially in prison. >> the walls were around her. the word control really gets to talking here, pamela. how was the biggest star in the world controlled through this legal conservatorship system and through these individuals who were wielding over her. that was what the new york times reported on and netflix and on tuesday, we are seeing all these reports coming out. it's the best example of journalism competition being a good thing for the public. different people are comi

. >> brian stelter joining us now. so what more do we know about that chatter? what is being said, brian. >> with thele maga media universe and figures like donald trump are not encouraging people to goo-- to go to saturday's ra. so that is a big difference from january 6. what we're seeing in some cases are the figures, the trusted figures on the far right saying don't go, it is a trap. here is an example from a prominent qanon, saying the fence soo reinstalled and do not go to the fbi rally. notice the fbi rally. it is a setup, it is some sort of government plot. and donald trump is taking a similar tone. in an interview with the federalist, he said the rally on saturday is a set up. he said to the website that it is a set up. so it is another example of a very different tone heading into saturday. but we also see online is a diffusion of the extreme and dangerous rhetoric seen before january 6. whereas there needs to be a physical event to organize it all in january, these extreme radical ideas but ashli babbitt being i martyr and january 6 is a just cause, it

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and that distorts the entire debate. >> brian stelter and former congressman barbara comestock. last word to you, congresswoman, really quick. >> yeah. i was going to say politically it makes no sense. as brian pointed out, even though there's not loud minority of people who are in the republican party who oppose this, the public at large supports the vaccines and getting vaccinated. so politically, particularly in swing states, in swing districts that republicans want to win, they should embrace the right public health message, do what governor justice and governor hogue season doing. these are people both in red and a pretty blue state. republicans who are governing, focusing on the public health. i would mention it's distressing to hear the women talk about not being vaccinated when we're hearing stories about, for example, in mississippi where several pregnant women were dying and then leaving their babies who were born prematurely without a mom. let's get back to the sensible public health here and do what's right. i mean, i think that's a pro life thing as republicans. you

so we do want to go to brian stelter who is in new jersey. ooked through this overnight. what did you see and what is it looking like this morning from where you are? >> reporter: yeah, kaitlan, i'm a weather geek, so whenever i get the chance to check this out, i do. this is not like your average storm. this was not like your average hurricane remnants, either. this is an extraordinary amount of water into maryland, pennsylvania, new jersey. let me give you a sense of the regional aftermath that we know right now. we know in frederick county, maryland, schools closed due to floods. rivers rising in maryland and pennsylvania. lancaster county, pennsylvania, roads closed right now. if you go into new jersey, you showed the tornado damage earlier near philadelphia. now we're seeing incredible amounts of flooding in and around philly. pictures of schuylkel. what we're seeing in philadelphia is not the worst of it yet. more water will be pouring into center city and university city, other parts of philadelphia due to these floods, these flood wate

we're not exactly 100% sure what went on during this encounter, but our chief media correspondent brian stelterhe social media influencer aspect of this. what can you tell us for folks who are just getting caught up on this case? >> over the summer this young couple was living a fairytale traveling throughout the western united states, taking many photos and tiktoks along the way. and once gabby petito was reported missing, that trove, that archive of documentation, of social media status updates became evidence in this case. and i think one of the things that is so striking tonight, jim, as we wait for word from the local authorities and from the fbi is that so many digital detectives, social media sleuths tried to join this case. they helped raise attention and draw national press to this story, and they tried to figure out if there were clues out there, which, in some cases, may be very helpful if the fbi's able to follow up on tips, in other cases it can be quite harmful or troubling when you've got police in florida trying to calm people down as they search for the fiancÉ. so we have this

more from brian stelter. >> it's being built up, january 6th redux. who's even heard about it? >> reporter: pro-trump media power players are trying to spin away saturday's rally and the former president is telling fans that it's, quote, a setup, basically advising them not to go even though the organizer of the rally is a former trump campaign staffer. >> we have a largely peaceful crowd. >> we don't know how many people to expect. >> reporter: it might be a dud but the pro rioters rally has succeeded in stirring up support on the far right. if the big lie was that trump won the election, then this is the big deny, december sperate s to deny the violence of january 6th. a new poll from the public religion research institute outlines how republican views of the riot are strongly influenced by media diets. those who trust fox news and falsely believe the election was stolen are way less likely to blame trump for the insurrection. >> the antifa riots were hundreds of riots and we're supposed to worry about january 6th? >> and that was a gop congressman. that's what trump tv viewe

but all around the world right now, you are hearing jim acosta and brian stelter dancing in the streetsack and we have something to talk about in the next six months, and you have a new book deal, you brought him back in away and cnn is excited. and i would say, bring it on. >> greg: i want to be roasted. emily. good to see you got your real estate license. >> my theme is presidential. >> greg: you are like a hot topic real estate agent. anyway, you sell gothic houses. anyway, thoughts, cares? >> i just keep thinking, i miss that guy. two of you and the banter, the president you have in the white house, everything we've been told is actually alive. because of that, 13 service members have died, we've surrendered after a 20 year war and we lost $83 billion worth of equipment in the future is probably more bleak than it's ever been for those who remain here. and he always leaves us with these concise points and stuff to talk about for a long time. >> greg: it's weird, kat, because some of the stuff when you read it doesn't sound funny until it comes out of its mouth. >> i was reading it i

greg is so tiny, brian stelter gave him a nickname, the invisible enemy.tor told you, gutfeld, size doesn't matter. it's what you do with it that counts. and you have done a lot. more than any of us. mostly because you are so old. you have had more time to do stuff. but also because you are such a hard worker. and as they say, when you don't have talent, you have to make up for it with hard work. so way to go, buddy. give it your best. and when your best isn't good enough, just do what i do -- at a movie clip to make it funnier. >> i am kind of a big deal. >> jesse: now that is comedy. stealing other people's material. kind of like what greg does with scott adams. speaking of comedy, and everything is funny, gutfeld. no your audience. your cackle kind of reminds me of kamala. >> -- a good idea and you're like yeah. [laughter] >> let's start with the positive. [laughs] really interesting question [laughs] >> jesse: read the room, dude. covering up your insecurities would comedy is wet stand-up comedians do. that is not you. you know, you don't do stand up b

he's had more rolls than brian stelter on thanksgiving.hor of the new book "the respondent" actor greg ellis! she's like your favorite sweater -- soft, warm, and riddled with moths. fox news contributor, kat timpf! and finally, his style of comedy is no laughing matter. writer and comedian, joe machi! all right i'm going to the only person here that still living in california, greg. do you think larry elder is a sneaky white supremacist? >> let me get this straight, the white man is saying that the black man is the black face of white supremacy? >> greg: yes! >> okay, guy from compton, having lived -- it's like he's been drinking the woke cola for too long. if i'm against -- i want the recall to happen. i don't think it carries on him. he has decimated california. it's like this, likely seen see them from companies living in this era where woke capitalism, where companies sell products to people who pretend to hate a social justice -- it's like communism, capitalism. gavin, look, he's a pretty fellow, good looking chap. not doing him very

making residence as safe as a doughnut rolling past brian stelter's office. poor little doughnut.ut people don't want to replace the police. 51% of whites support replacing the police and giving the city council the authority to do so, 42% of black voters support the same measure. that's the kind of talk that gets the media to call you with the black face of whites primacy. a year after defund the police became a rallying cry, it's not black citizens who want to end the police. it's dumb woke white people. like the media says if you want to know what black people vic about cops, ask white college grads from safe neighborhoods. >> tyrus: are you going to do that? is there a white safe minnesotan in the house to explain this [bleep] penny? >> greg: the secret racism of the white liberal. they said this in the poll because they felt that's how they should react. >> tyrus: it's not even racism. it's stupiddism. i've been around enough white people. i've done some investigating. i spent some time in the ranks. i notice that when things are really good, they don't want anybody around. t

the democrats had such high hopes for her but she is disappointed them more than brian stelter's letdown keep her spirit down. >> [laughs] [laughs] [laughs] >> all right. >> [laughs] what do you want to know? >> i want to give you the opportunity. >> greg: you know, i'm sorry but her laugh is like a smooth glass of fresh milk if you are lactose intolerant and end up with explosive diarrhea. that's what her laugh is like in many ways, kayleigh. your expertise. why is she failing so badly? >> kayleigh: may i circle back? >> greg: oooh. how about that. >> kayleigh: going to answer. i don't circle back. i have an answer. she's failing so badly because she doesn't know how to communicate. she has hired people who are professionals and strategic medication but nothing she does and strategic. afghans are falling from planes, she laughing. the borders on fire. she's laughing. this woman will never be the next president of the united states. mark my word. you can rollback the tape if i'm wrong. >> greg: we will. what about you, kat? do you have advice for this woman? she is in a lot of trouble an

according to cnn author john blake "whiteness is as inelastic as brian stelter's waistband."nds to accommodate new members if they have "the right look. to the left makes more sense to have a black white supremacist and their ideas possibly being bad. somehow i am guessing no actual white supremacists were cited in this piece. what's the solution? according to people like blake it's reparations. this isn't about abolishing oppression. if it's a -- it's a one-way transaction. if whiteness includes black, asian and hispanic people, what does that term even mean? if whiteness includes people of all races, maybe it's time for a different word, like american or human. from the race baiters will lose their cushy jobs and we know what color they are really into. america is getting browner and blacker about white supremacy is getting worse. does that mean rachel dolezal is a grand dragon? all right, zuby, is there any hope for society at all? using racism all the way down? >> this is one of the worst things my home country of the u.k. is currently importing from the usa. there's grea

. >>> hey, i'm brian stelter live here in new york and this is "reliable sources" where we examine theand we try to figure out what is reliable. this hour, how low will they go? gop media were to lie about the california recall result. we'll have an analysis from l.a. >>> plus

more tonight from cnn's chief media correspondent brian stelter. >> we will worship together. we will have congregational singing. and we can do that without the government interfering. >> reporter: this was den for pastor and radio host bob inurt last octave suing colorado over mask mandates and capacity limits in state churches. >> we were so thankful that a federal court would recognize our god-given right to worship. >> reporter: now his fans are praying for his family. he died last week after contracting covid-19. his show is on hiatus. and this kind of thing keeps happening. "the washington post" counted four conservative talk show hosts who died after battles with covid over the summer. inurt would count as the fifth. >> i'm not taking it. come on, are you kidding me, mr. anti-vaxx? jeepers. >> reporter: that was long time florida radio host marc bernier after his co-host asked if he would get the pfizer vaccine. bernier referred to himself as mr. anti-vaxx. he died last month. back in february, christian radio broadcaster jimmy de youyoung espoused anti-vaxx ideas. >>

. >>> hey, i'm brian stelter live in new york. this is "reliable sources."r nikole-hannah jones on fox's hypocrisy and what she's doing to call out censorship of her 1619 project. >>> plus, the ceo and cofounder of subtext, chris beck, with criticism of facebook and twitter, quote, driving people crazy. >>> and brand-new report about the britney spears reckoning. what could this multi media moment for the pop star mean for her continuing fight for freedom? >>> and first a story that continues to affect everyone in america. there's a gathering storm. most of us can feel it in the air but is it being reflected on the air?

i want to bring in brian stelter in new jersey. he's joining us in our breaking news because there is a state of emergency in new jersey for northern new jersey, southern parts of new york state. >> the rain is for the first time we talked all night and morning, the rain is slowing down here. there i am concerned about connecticut, rhode island and massachusetts. we got reports from yale in new haven, the campus is completely in the dark and power outages and floodwaters getting into the dorms at yahle. the problems in connecticut and 95 in connecticut and floodwaters and submerging cars on i-95. the story shifts north ward and you have so many rescues underway in new york and new jersey. that's what we are hearing throughout our local reporting. there are rescues ongoing. people trapped in cars and homes. we knew there was going to be heavy rain in the knorth's on this day. the amount of rain coming down overwhelms the infrastructure, i was thinking don, about one of the debates this summer. one of tdebates been about infrast infr

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i'm john avlon in for brian stelter. we are live in new york and this is "reliable sources." next hour, devin nunez is going after journalists in court and the questions surrounding the murky legal funding of his lawsuits. >>> also a tv exclusive. we'll show you a new nyu study that shows just how much information dominates your news feed on facebook. >>> and ken burns has a mohammed ali. >>> the afghanistan war ends just days before the anniversary of 9/11. and back in afghanistan, many are stranded with their families past the evacuation deadline. here at home there has been a fierce debate of president biden's handling of the withdrawal. with us is atan zeem. spencer ackerman and the author of the great new book "reining terror." and michael dalynyc. and the author of the upcoming book "new york's finest." let's go to the region first, aisha, what are you hearing from your reporters still on the ground in afghanistan? >> what i'm hearing is they're really scared. i talk to them on the phone almost daily. they send me whatsapp messages. i wake up every morning and they're c

more tonight from cnn's chief media correspondent brian stelter. >> january 6 redux, but who's even heard about it? do you know anyone who's actually attending this? >> reporter: pro-trump media power players are trying to spin away saturday's rally. >> the hysteria has reached such a pitch. >> reporter: and the former president is telling fans that it's, quote, a setup. basically advising them not to go. even though the organizer of the so-called justice for j-6 rally is a former trump campaign staffer. >> we've got a largely peaceful crowd. no one is going to be bringing in a weapon who's going to be part of our crowd. i can assure the police of that. >> reporter: the police are not assured. >> we don't know how many people to expect. >> reporter: it might be a dud, but the pro-rioter rally has already rattled the capitol and succeeded in stirring up support on the far right. if the big lie was that trump won the election that he really lost, then this is the big deny, desperate attempts to deny the violence and the shame of january 6th. but here's the thing. it's working. a new poll fr

now this big deal has vanished like food left on a tray in a hotel hallway two doors down from brian stelter'sa long way for a joke. since she took office, she has not held once a low press conference and she is no longer doing one-on-one interviews. what a powerful display of feminism. and you know hillary is sitting at home in a robe drinking a bud and washing harris on tv and going "are you [bleep] kidding me?" what one shouldn't be surprised. this is what it happens when you are chosen only based on intersectionality instead of competence, but the dems are in a fixed. bidens numbers are dropping and kamala harris' are worse. the vp at 35% approval, 54% disapproval. that's insane. for a vp just seven months in, harris is points underwater. if she sunk any lower, she would qualify for shark week. and she hasn't done anything memorable. it is a rare feat to be both invisible and unpopular, which might be why her secret service code name is "silent but deadly." she is the human version of carbon monoxide. but maybe it is a strategy. the more you see of her, the worse it gets, so keep her under

. >> reporter: cnn's brian stelter reports the view's hosts are usually tested for covid twice a weekse of the vice president's arrival. a white house official says vice president harris, who's received two doses of the moderna vaccine, did not interact with sunny hosten or anna navarro before the show. but one medical expert says this could have been a close call for the vice president and speaks to the risks she and the president often face. >> any time you are surrounded by so many different people from so many parts of the country, on a daily basis, you are potentially exposed to that virus every single time. >> reporter: and dr. matthew is critical of how the show handled this. >> i think the ball was dropped somewhere. why did these anchors not know about their tests before the show began? especially, on a day when you a a are interviewing vice president harris. >> those are among the questions we posed to publicists for the view. why did hosts not learn about the results until the show was on the air live? they have not gotten back with us. i did reach anna who is also a cnn po

next week we can do joy reed versus nichole wallace or we can do brian stelter versus breanna kellerrning zoo girl from the am radio show in yakima washing washington. >> she's not even on the list, she y doesn't qualify. the woman, not joy reed, the other one on msnbc is so loathsome, i am proud to say i have never uttered her name since i met her in 1999 when she was jeb bush's flack. she was nasty and stupid then, she's worse now. >> this might be the greatest segment. i see you guys looking at me with - - >> i'm just amazed by the expertise that you both have about the cnn programs. are you the only people in america who watch these shows? [applause] >> you make the point, the people who watch those shows are dumber than - - >> they watch it because it's so damn funny. it's funnier than late night comics. tucker we gotta roll, thank you so much for participating in our inaugural debate. >> and we're still friends. >> don't go away, we'll be right back. got a couple of bogeys on your six, limu. they need customized car insurance from liberty mutual so they only pay for what they n

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let me bring in brian stelter and jeremy diamond for more on this.out what you're learning has happened. >> this interview with the vice president has been derailed because of the covid tests and the positive results. now maybe they'll be able to interview the vice president remotely. but obviously it's a concern whenever the vice president is around folks who have tested positive for covid. that is why there are so many tests. when you're on a show like "the view" on abc you're getting tested before you go into the studio. so the host, you know, receives their rapid test and apparently live during the program, during the hour, they receive their positive test results. now, we know there are lots of these positive cases among vaccinated people, most folks never even show symptoms. that's one of these situations with anna and sunny, feeling just find, but it turns out in their nose is a little bit of covid so they were having to leave the set. it does derail the vice presidential interview as a result. this interview was on the books for weeks, kate,

he's had more rolls than brian stelter on thanksgiving.hor of the new book "the respondent" actor greg ellis! she's like your favorite sweater -- soft, warm, and riddled with moths. fox news contributor, kat timpf! and finally, his style of comedy is no laughing matter. writer and comedian, joe machi! all right i'm going to the only person here that still living in california, greg. do you think larry elder is a sneaky white supremacist? >> let me get this straight, the white man is saying that the black man is the black face of white supremacy? >> greg: yes! >> okay, guy from compton, having lived -- it's like he's been drinking the woke cola for too long. if i'm against -- i want the recall to happen. i don't think it carries on him. he has decimated california. it's like this, likely seen see them from companies living in this era where woke capitalism, where companies sell products to people who pretend to hate a social justice -- it's like communism, capitalism. gavin, look, he's a pretty fellow, good looking chap. not doing him very

cnn's brian stelter says that the area isn't used to getting this kind of severe weather. >> reporterty, counties that are not built for this, not equipped for this amount of rainfall this fast a appeared of period of time. of course we're talking the remnants of ida that has been soaking the united states. and the same kind of infrastructure problems we saw in louisiana we are now seeing in new jersey and new york. earlier today tornadoes south of where i'm located closer to philadelphia, but in new jersey, we saw tornadoes also in annapolis, maryland. so multiple twisters kicked up by remnants of ida. but the biggest story as you said is the flooding. 4 inches of rain in many areas and more localized 6, 8, 10 inches of rain in some neighborhoods. and that is why we're seeing so many pictures of cars submerged of people needing rescues. and those rescues are still happening right now in different stretches of the 95 corridor. anybody who has been to the northeast knows the 95 corridor up and down from boston to new york to washington, that is really where the focus of this rain has b

. >>> hey, i'm brian stelter live here in new york and this is "reliable sources" where we examine the story behind the story and we try to figure out what is reliable. this hour, how low will they go? gop media were to lie about the california recall result. we'll have an analysis from l.a. >>> plus, what is everybody getting wrong about the abortion law in texas? we'll go live to austin for a fact check on that. >>> and we are at the 18-month mark of the pandemic. what is the two-month cycle and why is delta such a media dilemma? we have covid insights that you won't hear anywhere else. >>> but first, how news sources should be covering a critical point in biden's presidency. he is facing some serious headwinds right now. these headlines tell that story. he is coming off the afghanistan withdrawal, and now this may be the single most important month of president biden's tenure, between afghanistan, booster plans, vaccine mandates and the infrastructure plan. 3.5 trillion is the shorthand heard on tv news. but today senator manchin says he won't vote for a bill that is that big. so we

cnn chief media correspondent brian stelter joins us now. allison called it drama.y as that all happened, good on him for keeping the show on and eventually getting to the vice president, but tell us about what happened there. >> yeah, it was one of the craziest moments on live tv in the covid era, all due to two positive covid tests. this was of course a big moment for the vice president. she was supposed to be appearing for the first time on the view in person, a big deal for her vice president si, and it was scrapped. she had to appear remotely in a different room out of an abundance of caution, given that two of the co hosts were in the studio earlier in the hour when they found out they were testing positive. allison, you texted me earlier, how often are the co hosts of the view tested for covid. the answer is usually two times a week, but they were tested an extra time this week because of the vice president's arrival, so that's why they were waiting on their rapid test results. they suddenly received the results, and they were pulled from the set. i think wha

. >> our friend brian stelter, he is an anchor of variety of sources. waking up to the same thing we all are here which i imagine is quite a sight to see. tell me what you're seeing where you are. >> reporter: the weather is playing tricks on people. it is so pleasant out, so calm, the sun is shining. that's what happens when major storms roll through. you're going to have a beautiful day in the northeast. there is a lot of recovering to do, and a lot of river flooding, john and kaitlan. in gloucester county, this is new jersey, a major tornado sweeping through a subdivision. you simply do not see tornadoes like this in the northeast. we'll show you what some of the local residents said afterwards. >> the train, when i stepped in the house, i saw my furniture, whew. >> the garage door, i heard this rattle. my daughter ran out and said, get in the house. >> instantly, everything just -- you could hear -- the lights were flickering. it completely wiped out. >> reporter: again, a serious tornado, tornado emergency declared in new jersey at the height of th

>>> hey, i'm brian stelter live in new york. this is "reliable sources." we examine the story behind the story, and we try to figure out what is reliable these days. >>> this hour nikole-hannah jones on fox's hypocrisy and what she's doing to call out censorship of her 1619 project. >>> plus, the ceo and cofounder of subtext, chris beck, with criticism of facebook and twitter, quote, driving people crazy. >>> and brand-new report about the britney spears reckoning. what could this multi media moment for the pop star mean for her continuing fight for freedom? >>> and first a story that continues to affect everyone in america. there's a gathering storm. most of us can feel it in the air but is it being reflected on the air? in the words of "peril's" co-author robert costa, what happened in afghanistan is not i storm of american politics. the peril remains. donald trump is not the end of the story, he's still trying to reclaim the election by claiming it should be decertified and planning another rally tonight. what does that tell us about 2024? it tells us t