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cnn newsroom. hello, i'm bianna golodryga. a powerful winter storm is related to two storm-related deaths. i'm victor howell. and we have this video of waters rushing through springfield in central, california, and the weather is getting worse by the minute. >> residents are being urged to get to higher ground for their safety. parts of interstate i-80 had to be shutdown because of failed water pumps. and we go to nick who is there on the scene for us. what is behind you there? >> well, since we have last spoken, we have moved from felton to santa cruz, and what you are seeing here...

what the heck is that? those are the bad guys. are they friendly? the 10g network, only from xfinity. one giant leap for mankind. the top of the hour this monday. i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm erica hill. this morning the white house is refuting china's claims that they had illegally flown balloons in china airspace ten teams. the white house is calling that allegation flat out false. it is coming on the heels of the u.s. shooting down three unidentified objects over the last week. >> and it is not known if they have connections to the three others after the shot down surveillance balloon....

But what about biden? can you see the democrats at least dipping toe into the race? >> well, that is so per. >> and so that is disturbing, because you do have consistent polling that people do not want biden to run again because of the aging. and so, it is not working for him in the center or on the left. so you think that you are getting a direction, and in the past, when you can't wait to wear one of these. the challenge came from a singular figure that is not part of the mainstream, and bernie sanders from the left, and i mean, 2016, from the left, and bill bradley from the center. there is...

Australia. had issues with other countries but been there with the united states throughout war in iraq, afghanistan, intelligence-wise and counterterrorism. so to have a blowup in the first call as commander in chief is significant. >> thank you very much. bring in white house correspondent sara murray. what are you hearing? >> a lot of things similar to what greg just said. tense call between donald trump and australian prime minister after a long day of dipping toe into diplomacy. fifth call and may have been fatigued but curt, ended call abruptly and took issue with agreement about refugee...