hello, everyone. i m alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. right now dangerous storms are battering california with relentless rain, deadly flooding. there have been dozens of water rescues, and thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes. 34 million people are under flood watches as the storm pushes south. at least 16 people across the state have died in this recent outbreak of storms. in central california a 5-year-old is missing after being swept away in flood waters. a crew suspended the search when the weather became unsafe for the rescue teams. heavy rainfall led to this rock slide in fresno. boulders and debris forced highways across the state to close. firefighters in ventura county rescued a 70-year-old man after rising flood waters trapped him inside his suv. the onslaught of rain is turning streets and creeks into these raging rivers that you see on your screen with some seeing more than a month s w
anchor of a news program in 1976, and her journalism career spanned more than five decades. walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family. but there is also joy and celebrations around the world as countries are starting to ring in the new year. we re counting down until 2023. but it s worth noting, the biggest bash, new york city, always, of course. new york city, come on. it s happening in new york city. gloria is in new york city, is in times square, has been watching people walk in to get ready for tonight. 13 hours, 14 hours, 15 hours early. tell me everything you re seeing right now and why these people have this level of enthusiasm. there s nothing like new york city on new year s eve, and there s no place like times square. i know it sounds like a hard sell, but these folks were here, they re committed. look at them. they re sitting down, taking it easy. i even spotted a couple of people napping. they have several hours to go until the party star
i am in the west. i m mehdi hassan filling in for my good friend ali velshi. i want to start this morning with a little bit of a quiz for you. do you know where and when he went to college? do you know if you attended college? do you know where he worked? do you know if you are jewish or not? of course, you know all the answers to those questions. for republican congressman elect george santos, there have been tough questions, we really tough questions. over the past couple of weeks, he s been caught lying in spectacular and fantastical fashion about each and every one of those things and more. george santos did not attend or graduate from any institute of higher education. he did not previously work for citigroup or goldman sachs. he did not found an animal rights charity. he tweeted that, quote, 9/11 claimed my mother s life. five months later he, tweeted a conflicting statement saying his mother died only five years ago in 2016. we don t know when exactly george santos s m
and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline. something wasn t right at her house. i saw a lot of police cars. that woman was a fighter. she would never leave her daughters. she would never do it. michele ran the home. she was very proud about how she was able to make ends meet. lloyd helped with the kids. they re wonderful girls. they re amazing. the end came much too soon. she s motionless. and i m concerned. there appeared to be a body hanging from a banister. from first look it would appear as though it was a suicide. but then they looked closer. it appeared that there was a struggle. my gut was telling me there s something wrong here. did someone want michele dead? was someone else willing to help? at that point we re shell-shocked. a bond forged in blood. did you cry? we called it the lie and cry conversation. betrayed by blood. what are you hoping for? some conversation between the two of them about the death. we have a
something wasn t right at our house. i saw a lot of police cars. that woman was a fighter. she would never make her daughters, she would never do it. michelle ran the home. she was very proud about how she was going to law it helped with the kids. they had wonderful girls, amazing. the end came much too soon. she and i m concerned. there could be a body hanging from the banister. from first look, it appears that it was a suicide. but then they looked closer. it appeared there was a struggle. my gut was telling me, there s something wrong here. did someone want michel dead? was someone else willing to help? at that, point a bond forged in blood. we had the conversation. betrayed by blood,. what are you hoping for? some conversation between the two of them of death and we had video surveillance and i didn t like what i see. are you theorizing the darkest scenario? yes. evil. the long road to ballerina, the cascade of roses. it beg