Florida. Thats Sunday Morning on state of the union. I will see you Sunday Morning. Happening now, Breaking News, states of emergency are in effect right now in new york and new jersey, as millions are in danger from To Referenceal rains and rapid flooding. Rescues are underway as water pours into the streets, basements and subways. Also breaking, divided House Republicans meet Behind Closed Doors as congress is about to plunge the nation into a crippling Government Shutdown, following a new defeat for the speaker Kevin Mccarthy. Well get reaction from a key house republican, Mark Molinaro, and biden transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg. And the first codepartment pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate in the Georgia Subversion case after reaching a deal. Could the Bail Bondsman be damaging for trump . Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Right now were following multiple breaking stories. Well have the latest on the Government Shutdown shortly, but right now the governors of both new york and new jersey have just declared states of emergency because of the Flash Flooding and To Referenceal rain in that you are states. In new york city, the rising waters have flooded roads and subways, leading to calls for rescue. Polo sandoval is in brooklyn. How extensive and disruptive is this flooding right now . Reporter it was very disr disruptive, wolf. Anytime you have about a months worth of rain in only a few hours, thats a recipe for a nightmare of a day. Thats precisely what we saw. There is a break in the rain at least for a moment, but the threat of rain into the overnight hours means the State Of Emergency is still in place are are some flooding threats. Water is city ponding, with what looks like a Rushing Stream leads up for a brooklyn park. All of this eventual, and because of that break in the rain, weve seen people venture out. The torrential rains earlier this morning having a massive, devastating effect for commuters. You mentioned the Subway System partially paralyzed earlier this morning. All three major airports also having an impact, however, no closures to report at the airport. Finally, though they did have well over a dozen rescues that had to take place during the peak of the storm, wolf, we have not, according to authorities received any reports of fatalities or injuries as a result of the storm. Polo, to new yorkers feel they got enough warning . Reporter new york city mayor adams is feeling some criticism, and taking questions from reporters earlier today about the advance notice. The city responding, saying it is confident during the initial Travel Advisories issued yesterday, that should have provided residence of new york city with some time. However, that criticism still does remain. Many people would have liked to have seen that State Of Emergency in place, perhaps even allowed some of the students to remain at home today. School officials responding to that, saying it did not seem appropriate temperature. Wolf . Those pictures are devastating, indeed. Polo sandoval, thanks very much. Well have much more coming up later this hour, including my interview with governor hochul. Stand by for that. We want to be to Breaking News in congress. A shutdown promising to be very, very painful for millions and millions of americans. Mel melanie, House Republicans, i understand, have been meeting for over an hour. Have they made any progress . Reporter theres no breakthroughs as of this moment. And really there are no magic wants. No progress thus far from House Republicans. They have been meetinging almost two hours, actually Behind Closed Doors where copy copy tried to lay out the options. The first option is to pass the house gop stopgap bill which failed already once. They can accept the senates plan, probably wont do that until sunday or saturday, but that has ukraine money, which is probably a nonstarter for a lot of the republican conference in the house. They can put whats known as a clean stopgap bill on the floor, no addon provisions, just a temporary measures to keep the lights on for a bit of time while they try to do the longterm spending bills. The final option is to shut down the government. Theyre working through the options, they dont have a cons consensus. They are trying to find a path forward. In the meantime, its created some republican tension inside the gop. Take a listen. Unfortunately, a handful of people, and in particular a party of one, matt gaetz, have chosen to put his own agenda, his own personal agenda above all else. Theres only one person to blame for any potential Government Shutdown. Thats matt gaetz. Hes not a conservative republican. He as a scharlata reporter theres no plans to avert a shutdown and tensions within the gop are at an alltime low. A lawmaker that just emerged Mark Molinaro of new york is joining us. Is a shutdown now inevitable . How do you explain this is happening to the millions of americans who will go unpaid and lose so many other key government functions. I think thats important, wolf, to start with. There is simply no excuse. There could have and still can be averted, but there are members both within the republican conference, and quite frankly there are even democrats unwilling to cross over the line in order to, in this case even today, support a shortterm Funding Mechanism that focused on Borders Security and confronted the massive amount of spending that americans want us to confront. There are members like myself working hard, because we understand the impact. A Government Shutdown is in no ones best interests, and it is a mistake to get engaged in the tha thea theatrics. Is it a mistake for Kevin Mccarthy not to work with democrats to find a bipartisan compromise . The speaker is in the same position. You still have to get to 218 votes. Yes, bipartisan solution is ultimately what will happen. And anyone who thinks that the end result isnt going to be bipartisan, i have a bridge in new york to sell you. The truth is the strongest position for us has always been to confront the massive am of federal spending that frankly, the democrats, one party, snuck into the company and drove up the economy, and confront border security. There are those of us willing to work, certainly as i was, across the party aisle to deliver on a result. Im just hopeful we can mold some consensus now and avert a shutdown. Some gop hardliners say they will vote for Remove Mccarthy from the speakership if he goes out and works with democrats. Is the speaker placing his job ahead of keeping the job open . No, i think the speaker is trying his best. By the way, hes invested a lot of energy to try to bring us together. I was engaged in a number of conversations over the last seven days. But some shortterm views here, we cannot get through the consideration of a budget plan without having the government continue to function for the american people. Again, i think anybody who makes this personal is doing a disservice not only to theyselves but the people they represent. This has to be a government that confronts federal spending and also address the massive crisis at our border. Congressman ken buck says this failed vote in the house was in effect, and hes using these word, a vote of no confidence of mccarthy. All of the theatrics and escalating rhetoric, there are businesses all across america, farmers and families who just want us to get to a solution. Hes wrong, but what is right is weve got to find our way to delivering at least some message where we consider and respect taxpayers. Were willing to confront federal spending, and quite frankly, the people we respect deserve that from us. As you know, millions of americans could lose Food Assistance benefits. You know firsthand how these programs can be to families, and the impact of losing them will have an enormous impact indeed. Are they being prioritized enough . Thats exactly right, wolf. Thanks for saying so. I grew up on food stamps. I have lived through Government Shutdowns. At the end of the day, we have an obligation to provide for our most vulnerable. At the very least, that is one reason, that and funding our military, paying our Men Aim Women who sacrifice for our country, those are the reasons to find shortterm funding, and longterm commitment to drive down spending. We better, better do that for them. And children, of course, especially deserve to have food every day as well. Congressman molinaro, thank you very much for joining us. Thanks, wolf. Wee get the Biden Administrations take when Pete Buttigieg will join me later this hour. Just ahead, the significance of the first guilty plea in Georgia Election subversion case, as a Trump Codefendant now agrees to work with the prosecutors. Nor Dianne Feinstein is honored as a trail blazers. Barbara boxer, her former colleague, joins us to discussing feinsteins extraordinary career and legacy. Were following this hour. A first in the Georgia Election subversion case. A Trump Codefendant, the bails bondsman scott haul, just pleaded guilty to five counts after reaching an agreement with prosecutors, and agreeing to testify and cooperate with them. Lets get more with elli hoenig. What could the District Attorney fani willis learn from scott hall that would help her case. Anytime as a prosecutor you have a large multidefendant case, youre hoping to flip one or more of those defendants. What that does is gives you as a prosecutor, and eventually a trial jury, an insider, a guy to say i was in on this criminal conduct, i am guilty, and heres what the other people did. He was part of the attempt to breech voting equipment, which is one of the most significant schemes alleged in this case. Do you think more codefendants will following his lead and flip, as they say . There does tent to be a domino effect. First of all sydney powell, she is charged with being part of that same scheme to breach the voting machines. Theres no indication that scott hall had any direct contact with donald trump, however, prosecutor are have charged this as a large overaveraging conspiracy. So this could hit on all 18 codefendants. Several codefendants have tried to move their cases. First mark meadows, and now jeffrey clark, and three fake electors. Ultimately, should we expect everyone to be tried in state court . What will that look like . It certainly looks that way. It looks like all the Removal Efforts have failed and probably will fail on appeal. I dont think they have much of a chance of getting this decision reversed on appeal. Donald trump we learned yet, hes not even going to try to get his case moved over. I think that may have been been a better exercise of discretion by the lawyers. Ken chess brother and sydney powell are set for trial next month, and the other 17 down the line. Elie honig, thank you. Thanks, wolf. Cnns Senior JusticeCorrespondent Evan Perez is working the story. Tell us what youre learning. From prosecutors in the Justice Department is that this railroader from the i. R. S. Stole the information not only of donald trump, but also thousands of some of the most wealthy americans, and leaked that information to a couple of different News Organizations. In the case of the former president , the tax returns obviously have become a being deal in the last few years. New york times has been very prominent is publishing a lot of details. Theres no indication, no accusation that the News Organizations did anything wrong. Propublica has also done some important work, highlighting what they want were i. R. S. Tax documents that highlight the lack of payments of taxes by some of the wealthiest people in this country. According to the Justice Department, this carries a charge up to five years. The name of the contractor is charles littlejohn, from the suburbs of washington. He stole this information while working for the i. R. S. We have the document right here. Thanks. Well have a lot more coming up on this, and all the Breaking News. Stay with us. Youre in the situation room. The power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. And thats a good thing . Great in my book who are you . No power . No problem. Introducing stormready wifi. Now you can stay reliably connected through Power Outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery backup to keep you online. Only from xfinity. Home of the xfinity 10g network. The United States senate has lost the longestserving female member in its history. She was just on the floor yesterday casting a vote in the chamber where she served for more than three decades. Democrats are sharing very emot emotional. She was a trail blazer, a great friend, and worked on everything from National Security to the environment, to gun safety, to protecting civil libbers. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I want to address the chamber for the purpose of speaking with Great Sadness and emotion about the loss of our great senator, our senior senator from california, senator Dianne Feinstein. I do so, as i said personally, as a friend, neighbor and fellow san franciscan. Today we grieve we look at that desk, and we know what we have lost. Joining us is impart bra boxer, who was elected with Dianne Feinstein during the socalled year of the woman. Thank you for joining us. Well show the historic night when you both were elected to the senate side by side. How are you reflecting in the loss of your how re reflecting . We made history together. Wow her i wouldnt have won my seat. I was hardly known. I represented a small district in northern california, and she had, you know been an incredible mayor. She was beloved. She ran a great race for governor, didnt make it, but people loved her. She had an easy time winning. I, on the other hand, was an asterisk, and she grabbed my hand and she never let go. We faced discrimination, and she could have easily said, barbara, youre on your own. People would say i can vote for one woman, but not two. Then they would say, well, i can vote for two women, but not two jewish women. He faced it all. We stood up to it. It was something else. I have something to show you. They called es thelma and louise. We really had a bond. Even though we disagreed from time to time, we never let it come between us. She was a really good friend. I understand, senator boxer, you spoke to Senator Feinstein on the phone recently. Can you tell us a bit more about that conversation . What did she say . Yeah. Well, i called her at the request of a really close friend of hers, to find out how she was. Everybody has been worried about her, as you know. So i started off, i said, well, tell me how are you doing . She said, no, you tell me how youre doing. Then i said, well, what do you think youre going to be doing . Railroad going to keep on working . She said, you know, i really have to go. I want you to call me when youre in the bay area, and well have lunch. She didnt want to talk about, you know, the idea of her stepping away, even though she was not well, and she knew it, but her sense of responsibility was so strong. She served on judiciary committee, and if she had left, the republicans said they would not replace her, so she felt an obligation to stay. I would say, knowing her as well as i do, she voted, and then she passed on. I want her to rest in peace. She worked all her life to make life better for people. Thats thats the test for me, anyway. So, so important. I know its hard to sum up her decades of Public Service, but what do you see, senator boxer, as her biggest achievement . Okay. Well, i think she has a legacy that twofold. One is the way that she opened the door for women in politics. Believe me when i tell you, it was almost impossible. Because of her grace and her strength and her leadership, people said, oh, maybe women can do this. She kept that up, you know, her whole career, opening up doors for women. Secondly, of course, her legacy of her work. The only Assault Weapons ban. Sandly it only lasted ten years and we were not able to extend it, but it saved countless lives. Im hoping maybe in her memory that the senate will step up and pass the Assault Weapons ban. Wouldnt that be something . Also, she worked hard to create protection for our beautiful desert here in california. People w