we will have more on the massive atmospheric river barreling through the west coast and just a moment, but first a michigan mother takes the stand in the first case of a parent accused of being criminally responsible for their child s role in a school shooting. plus, defense secretary lloyd austin apologizes to the american people for keeping his hospital stay for cancer treatment a secret, including from president biden. this as the u.s. readies a military response for the drone attack that killed three u.s. soldiers in jordan. but we begin tonight with a monster pacific storm bringing what s described as a fire hose of rain to parts of california. more than 15 million are under flood alerts tonight. this powerful system is the first of a one-two punch. another atmospheric river is coming in the days ahead. cbs s carter evans reports tonight from a hard-hit long beach. speed to dramatic rescues today in southern california as floodwaters rushed in. hey, a boat is in the wa
mother takes the stand in the first case of a parent accused of being criminally responsible for their child s role in a school shooting. plus, defense secretary lloyd austin apologizes to the american people for keeping his hospital stay for cancer treatment a secret, including from president biden. this as the u.s. readies a military response for the drone attack that killed three u.s. soldiers in jordan. but we begin tonight with a monster pacific storm bringing what s described as a fire hose of rain to parts of california. more than 15 million are under flood alerts tonight. this powerful system is the first of a one-two punch. another atmospheric river is coming in the days ahead. cbs s carter evans reports tonight from a hard-hit long beach. reporter: dramatic rescues today in southern california as floodwaters rushed in. hey! a boat is in the water, they are coming. reporter: a swift water rescue team saved this man trapped under a bridge in orange county. and i
delayed his election as speaker. in brazil hundreds of arrests an insurrectionists stormed the capitol over the weekend, including the presidential palace, parliament and the supreme court. fueled by false claims by trump allies in the u.s. and others over the country s election results. imitating what happened here on january 6th. also this hour, i will be speaking to arms services committee chairman jack reed and former u.s. ambassador to russia john sullivan about the u.s. support for ukraine as house republicans threaten to cut aid to ukraine. and nbc news can chief white house correspondent kristen welker is at the border as president biden makes his first trip to mexico since inauguration. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. kevin mccarthy s long list of concessions to that faction of far-right lawmakers who put him through the public humiliation of 14 failed speaker votes last week could cause problems for his conference today and the next two years
what do you think are the chances you can get an acquittal? i would not comment. reporter: she was detained on february 17th. prosecutors claiming she was carrying two vaping cartridges with about .07 oil a crime in russia that can carry a sentence of up to ten years in praise colony. the u.s. considers her being rong wrongfully detained. wrongful detention is unacceptable where ever it occurs. the united states government, at the very high e est levels is working hard to bring mi miss griner as well as all wrongfully detained u.s. citizens safely home. reporter: her trial starts as tensions between the u.s. and russia have reached a boiling point. not just over rusrussia s invas of ukraine. the u.s. is calling for immediate release of former marine paul whelan who was sentenced to sf years. they also said the trial was not political. the facts say a prominent athlete was detained in possession of prohibits substances that contained drugs. reporter: after about
You see her there, the 85yearold grandmother recounting her harrowing experience. Her daughter was by her side translating. Yoesh shed lifshitz said hamas stormed her kibbutz and abducted her on the back of the moto motorbike. Each captive had their own doctor. There are huge, huge network of tunnels underneath. It looks like a spider web. When she first arrived, they told them that they are muslims and theyre not going to hurt them. And that they shared they ate the same food that hamas was eating. Hamas has now released four hostages as israeli troops gear up to launch an assault on gaza they say by ground, sea and air. The Israeli Military says it struck more than 400 targets across gaza in the past day killing hamas commanders and fighters. More than 200 hostages are still believed to be inside gaza. And as we learned from israels president overnight, that includes 30 children. Go to erin burnett she joins us live in tel aviv. Erin, to you, incredible to hear those details of how t