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>> live from cnn center, this is cnn news "room" with kim brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. horn 12 million people under flood watches in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas. the risk of flash flooding is high with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. extreme weather forced a search and rescue mission as several hikers were swept off their feet by a flash flood. one person is still missing. let's talk more about this with derek van dam. potentially dangerous situation for many. what is t...

So theres no training behind this. Theres no standard attack in any of this. So, actually, we can see it going any way. But i think the i think the longer it goes on without violence the more likely there wont be any. Welcome back, everybody. Im john vause at the cnn center. Im natalie allen. Thank you for joining us. Weve been here several hours with this breaking news out of australia. And we will continue to bring you the latest now. And wed like to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Wed like to give you the update now. A gunman is Still Holding an unknown nu...

There are none. they're very dishonest people. in fact in covering my comments, the dishonest media did not explain that i called the fake news the enemy of the people, the fake news. they dropped off the word fake. and all of a sudden the story became the media is the enemy. they take the word fake out. and now i'm saying oh, no. this is no good. but, that's the way they are. so i'm not against the media, i'm not against the press. i don't mind bad stories if i deserve them. and i love good stories. >> so, dylan, let me turn to you. out of what the president said this morning and listen, he's...

Trump and his transition on schedule and under budget. earlier this week, the "washington examiner" reported that he is looking to cut federal spending. two 20%, that would rock numbe numbers. 66% say they feel optimistic about the u.s. economy. here now with reaction, the special assistant to the president-elect, boris boris. and anthony scaramucci. i know this may sound crazy but on time, under budget. washington. right? >> he's the man. he's very disciplined.

Looking at politics here on this tuesday. as far as democrats are concerned, you have hillary clinton, she's in iowa where in four months voters will head to the caucuses in the first test for those candidates. i have brianna keilar live in des moines with hillary clinton. and looking at the latest numbe numbers, in that state for the first time with bernie sanders, what's she doing to try to punch through that? >> reporter: it's really about organization and to look at what hillary clinton has had on the ground game. it's really surpassed what bernie sanders has done from day one. more volunt...