the el nino conditions in the pacific promomise new rain stararting totoday. heavy downpours swamped streetsts in san diegogo. stranded dririvers were abandon their cars and flooded roads and intersections. >> i saw cars going through it, so i thought, oh, i'm fine, until i felt my car slightly lift off and then i felt all the water and then i was, like, i can't move, i can't move. >> water poured over a wall into a san diego parking garage leaving cars under water. >>> catastrophic floeds in two dozen illinois counties. water is receded along some parts of the mississippi river. the flooding is blamed for at least 25 deaths, though, in illinois and missouri. health officials are warning about hidden risks from sewage and other pollutants in the water. >>> well, it didn't take long for critics of president obama's plan to curb gun violence in the national rifle association says the proposal for expanded background checks was right for abuse. the president had tears streaking as he recalled the massacre at the sandy hook elementary school, but his speech was al