The domestic box office for "Avatar: The Way of Water" surpasses $538 million.

 Avatar: The Way of Water is seeking to clinch its fifth weekend at the top of the domestic box office with another solid weekend-to-weekend hold over the holiday season. The epic science-fiction sequel's cumulative domestic gross is now $538 million with a $7 million fifth Friday. It's not holding up as well, but it's still outperforming the first Avatar, which had made about $500 million by the same point.

By Sunday, the movie will have made more than $550 million domestically, and by the end of the extended four-day Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, it is anticipated to have reached $566 million. The Way of Water is expected to increase by roughly $29 million over the typical three-day weekend and $36 million over the four-day holiday period, just 36% less than the previous weekend. The movie has raked in almost $1.7 billion worldwide, making it the most successful release of 2022.

While it is currently behind Top Gun: Maverick domestically ($718 million), the long-awaited sequel, it will surpass The Lion King remake's lifetime earnings ($543 million) by Sunday, moving it up to number 13 on the all-time list. The movie recently surpassed The Dark Knight ($535 million) to take over the 14th spot in domestic box office history.

The second place will go to Universal's M3GAN, which is holding remarkably well for a horror film thanks to excellent reviews and enthusiastic word-of-mouth. After a second Friday gross of $4.8 million, the sci-fi-tinged creepy doll movie is projecting a three-day total of about $17.5 million, with a strong 42% weekend-to-weekend decline. The movie is anticipated to collect more than $20 million over the extended four-day window, bringing its overall domestic gross to just under $60 million. That's a commendable outcome for a movie that supposedly only cost $12 million to make, and it adds another bragging right for Jason Blum's Blumhouse Pictures.

Older viewers are supporting Sony's A Man Called Otto, which stars Tom Hanks in the title character and is an adaptation of the best-selling Swedish book. Hanks recently starred alongside an older target audience in the musical drama Elvis. With a $4 million opening day in broad release, the movie is anticipated to earn $14 million during the long weekend, bringing its domestic running total to more than $20 million. Surprisingly, by Monday, A Man Called Otto will have outperformed star-studded Babylon from filmmaker Damien Chazelle.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, another release from Universal, will take the number four position. Released over a decade after the original Puss in Boots, which itself was a spinoff to the hit Shrek franchise, the sequel added $3 million on its fourth Friday, and is looking at a $16 million four-day finish. But most notably, the film will pass the $100 million mark domestically some time in the next few days. The top five was rounded out by the latest Gerard Butler action vehicle, Plane — a movie whose meme-ability can only be challenged by M3GAN. With $3.5 million on Friday, the movie is looking at a four-day finish between $10.5 million and $11.7 million. With a reported production cost of around $20 million.

The Way of Water won't even come close to matching its predecessor, which is still the highest-grossing movie of all time worldwide, but it is doing well thanks to a lack of rivals and sincere viewer enthusiasm, so its performance will last for at least a few more weeks. Visit this page to watch our interview with Hanks, and follow Collider for additional news.

Using his mother's gun, a 6-year-old shot a teacher in Virginia. The incident demonstrates how weak secure storage regulations exist nationwide.

 A week after a six-year-old boy in Newport News, Virginia, stole a gun from his house, carried it to school, and shot his teacher, residents and authorities are still trying to figure out how the child obtained access to a loaded rifle.

Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones told CNN that the city must address a number of issues, including "how a 6-year-old was able to carry a pistol (and) know how to use it in such a premeditated fashion... The guilty parties will answer for their actions. I can guarantee that.

Police are looking for explanations as they look into the circumstances leading up to the incident on January 6 at Richneck Elementary school, which left a 25-year-old elementary school teacher named Abigail Zwerner wounded. According to the city's police chief, Steve Drew, Zwerner has been listed in stable condition since Saturday despite the fact that her injuries were previously considered life-threatening.

The youngster, who was taken into custody right away after the shooting, was being checked at a hospital and was subject to a temporary detention order, according to police on Monday. The mother of the child, who may be charged at the conclusion of the investigation, legally acquired the gun that was reportedly used in the incident, according to Drew.

According to a CNN analysis, it was the first shooting at a US school in 2023, highlighting the urgent need for tighter, more uniform legislation nationally requiring adults to safely store their firearms out of the reach of children and anyone who are not permitted to use them. It also demonstrates a lack of public education regarding gun owners' obligations to store their weapons securely stored away from ammo, according to the experts.

According to a paper published on Tuesday by the RAND Corporation, a public policy research group, evidence reveals that secure storage and child access restriction legislation are helpful in lowering shootings among youth. The research urges states lacking such legislation to take them into consideration in order to lower the number of juvenile suicides, homicides, and unintentional injuries and fatalities involving firearms.

According to Cassandra Crifasi, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who researches the impact of gun laws, "unsecured firearms in homes and cars are feeding our much bigger and much more prevalent gun violence epidemic in the US."

In addition to keeping yourself and your family members safe at home, she advised, "it's vital to frame the issue as making sure that the firearms you possess don't fall into the hands of those who shouldn't have them and might use them to harm other people."

School shootings, which are now more frequent in the US than any other nation, have a traumatising impact on many communities across the nation. According to a CNN study, there were 60 shootings at K–12 schools in 2022.

However, shootings at schools with a suspect so young is rather uncommon. There have been three prior incidents where the suspect was as young as six, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database, which analyses shootings in American schools going back to 1970. These incidents occurred in 2000, 2011 and 2021.

According to data by Everytown for Gun Safety, a prominent non-profit group specialising in gun violence prevention, hundreds of kids in the US still have access to firearms every year and mistakenly shot themselves or another person. According to data from Everytown, there were 301 unintentional kid shootings in 2022, which led to 133 fatalities and 180 injuries nationwide.

An eight-year-old kid accidently shot two children while playing with his father's rifle in Florida last June, killing a one-year-old girl and injuring another. Sheriff Chip Simmons of Escambia County said the father left his gun in what he believed to be a secure holster in the room's closet. Then, in July, in Arkansas, a five-year-old kid accidentally shot and killed an eight-year-old boy, according to investigators.

Experts argue the strictest laws have punishments.

Safe storage regulations and child access prevention laws varied significantly from state to state in terms of their specific provisions.

Secure storage rules often specify requirements for how the firearm must be stored, including whether it must be loaded, unloaded, or isolated from ammunition. Child access prevention laws are more flexible, generally saying gun owners must not knowingly store their guns in a place where a child could gain access to them, according to Crifasi.

It's a slightly more accommodating regulation in that it might let a gun owner keep a gun however best suits their needs, according to Crifasi. "You're not necessarily breaking the law as long as you don't willfully believe a child may acquire that gun," she said.

She continued, "The issue with many child access prevention legislation is that there isn't enough explicit advice on how guns should be housed in a way that is safe and secure.

According to research by Everytown, eight states have regulations requiring owners to safeguard their firearms, while 23 states and Washington, DC, have laws governing how firearms should be stored. According to Everytown, there are child access prevention statutes in 15 states and Washington, DC, which usually indicate that someone will be held responsible if they did not safely store a handgun accessible by a kid.

Most recently, Illinois approved a law last year requiring the Department of Public Health to establish and administer a safe gun storage public awareness programme. More states are exploring some kind of secure storage legislation.

A loaded, unsecured firearm that is left by an adult in a situation where it could imperil a kid under the age of 14 is considered a misdemeanour in Virginia. The law also states that it is forbidden for anyone to let a child under the age of 12 to operate a firearm without their knowledge.

Rarely, parents of children who have access to firearms in the home are prosecuted. For instance, CNN previously reported that a Florida mother of three was charged with manslaughter last June after her two-year-old son fatally shot his father in their house while he was in possession of an unlocked firearm.

When an unauthorised person, such as a youngster, obtains access to a person's firearms and uses them to hurt themselves or another person, very few people are actually held liable, according to Crifasi. People being accused and sentenced to fines or even jail time is incredibly uncommon.

According to paediatrician and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Injury, Violence, and Poison Restriction Lois Kaye Lee, research demonstrates that the most stringent legislation for secure storage or kid access prevention are also the most successful.

According to Lee, one of the authors of the 2019 study, states that hold gun owners criminally accountable for any infraction have lower rates of firearm mortality among children under the age of 14.

"In some states, like Virginia, they are misdemeanours, whereas in other states they are crimes. When examining firearm deaths among youngsters, the penalties and amount of restriction are different, and that seems to matter, at least according to our findings, Lee said.

Experts feel that public education is essential.

Public knowledge and education on secure storage of firearms is a crucial component of all gun safety laws, including those preventing child access and requiring secure storage, according to experts.

Because of the politics surrounding firearms, Annie Andrews, a professor of paediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina and an authority on preventing gun violence, said, "We don't have any robustly funded public education campaigns so that the general public understands the risks of children being around unsecured firearms."

Andrews, a physician, stated that recently she has concentrated on making it more normal in her workplace to inquire during examinations with parents of children about the presence of firearms in the home and whether or not they are securely secured.

Parents who admit to having firearms in the house but not securely storing them are given complimentary gun locks, according to Andrews. In order to decrease the frequency of these catastrophes, paediatricians, school districts, public health departments, and our lawmakers must all collaborate.

A child's desire to learn from and explore their environment is a natural part of their development, which is why their parents or other carers are in charge of making sure those areas are secure, according to Dr. Kelsey Gastineau, a paediatrician and public health researcher with a practise in Nashville.

Gastineau is also a proponent of the Be SMART initiative, which aims to mainstream discussions about secure firearm storage among adults and educate them about it. Moms Demand Action, which has been advocating for gun control measures since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, started the campaign in 2015.

BE Smart volunteers have lobbied school boards to adopt secure storage notification policies in places like Texas, California, and Arkansas. According to a statement from the campaign, as of December, more than 8.5 million children "will live in a school district that requires schools to teach parents on the necessity of secure firearm storage" in the 2023–2024 academic year.

Giving individuals a place to go and a way to seek for something they can do is crucial, according to Gastineau, because "when these shootings happen, there's so much sorrow, there's so much tragedy and terror that can ripple across communities."

Trump boasted, whined, insulted Joe Biden, and threatened to sue the lawyer interrogating him during his deposition in a defamation case.

 During a deposition last year, former President Donald Trump had time to brag about his own successes, lament the nation's "broken" judicial system, and attack President Joe Biden.

E. Jean Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist who also accused the former president of sexual assault in a separate complaint, filed a defamation claim against Trump on October 19 and demanded that he be deposed in that regard.

On Friday, a portion of Carroll's and Trump's depositions were made public.

According to the documents, Trump is as aggressive as usual: He attacked Carroll twice, misinterpreted her remarks once by saying she claimed "rape was sexy," and answered Roberta Kaplan, the opposing attorney, incoherently.

For this report, Kaplan declined to comment.

The former president started bragging about Truth Social when the opposing counsel inquired about the number of followers he had on the network, which is a social media equivalent to Twitter.

He asserted that over the previous few days, Truth Social had been "number one ahead of TikTok, number one ahead of Twitter, number one ahead of Instagram, and everyone else."

The ratings show that Truth Social is popular, he said.

What ratings Trump was referring to is unknown. Around the time of Trump's deposition, Truth Social's number of unique visitors was declining by two months, according to a November analysis from TheRighting, a business that tracks trends in right-wing media.

According to the data, the platform saw a decrease in users from 4.02 million in August to 2.95 million in October.

Carroll's attorney concentrated on one of Trump's comments made in a Truth Social post from October 12, 2022, in which Trump termed the rape allegations against him "hoaxes."

Kaplan questioned the process of creating the statement in a number of ways. Before having a lightbulb moment in the middle of his deposition, Trump emphasised that it was a Save America remark, making reference to one of the former president's fundraising platforms.

This was a Save America statement, which is actually very intriguing because it is saving America, discouraging others from acting in this way, and attempting to save — it's one significant component of saving America.

The attorney enquired as to whether Trump prepared the statement from October 12 himself and whether it had been reviewed by anyone. He sees a chance to criticise the president here.

"No. I wasn't required to. Unlike Joe Biden, "Added Trump.

Trump frequently complains about how the entire US court system seems to be biassed against him.

Letitia James, the attorney general of New York State, is pursuing a civil fraud case as one of many legal actions brought against the former president. Trump complained about it for a brief period of time.

"The systems in our nation, New York City, New York State, and our country as a whole are all broken. A faulty system exists "said he.

Trump criticises Anderson Cooper of CNN as well.

Carroll's lawyer inquired about a clip from Carroll's 2019 conversation with Cooper in which she discussed her dislike of the word "rape" and related issues.

The majority of people "think of rape as being sexy" and "think of the dreams," she said, adding that it "carries so many sexual overtones."

Trump misinterpreted Carroll's remarks at the deposition when he believed she had remarked "it was extremely sexy to be raped."

Trump dubbed Anderson Cooper's 360 show on CNN as "dumb" and a "poor ratings show" as he described how the tape was prepared.

After being questioned about the motivation behind his October 12 remark, a clearly irate Trump explodes in his deposition.

Trump threatens to sue Carroll and her attorney, Kaplan, who has been questioning him, after labelling Carroll's accusation a "fiction."

Because this is — how many instances do you have, I'll sue you as well, Trump said.

In a lawsuit alleging fraud against Trump and his three eldest children, Kaplan is also representing investors.

He reiterates that he will sue Kaplan, to which the attorney asks, "Are you finished?"

Trump says, "Yeah."

Students at Indiana University respond to recent anti-Asian violence following a student stabbing on a city bus.

 Students at Indiana University are protesting anti-Asian violence in Bloomington.

An 18-year-old student was stabbed aboard a city bus on Wednesday, according to Bloomington Police.

According to investigators, she was a race-based target.

"In addition to being an IU student, I am also the son of immigrants. I recognise your suffering. Not by yourself, "William Legato, a sophomore at IU, wrote to the victim's family.

Legato and other students gathered at the Asian Culture Center Friday to support one another, speak to university administration and write letters to the victim.

"We're all there for you when you're hurt. No matter if there is blood or not, your child is our sibling, cousin, or whatever. Spiritually, we fit into the structure of the community, "said Legato.

The 56-year-old suspect, Billie Davis, admitted to stabbing the boy several times in the head with a folding knife so that "one less person would blow up our country," according to Davis.

Audrey Lee and Tvisha Chatterjea, who both identify as "townies" and are seniors at IU, said they have lived with anti-Asian prejudice their entire lives.

Growing up, my parents urged me to keep my head down and not get involved in any problems, Lee recalled.

Just flee, said Chatterjea.

"True, exactly. They will have more incentive to dehumanise us if we keep eluding them and avoiding them, which will make it simpler for them to carry out these acts of anti-Asian violence "Lee uttered.

Inquiries about the most recent violence were made to the institution by WRTV. We fully stand with you, stated a spokeswoman, to our friends, coworkers, students, and neighbours who are Asian and Asian Americans.

Three things to remember about the "Dateline" and "20/20" programmes on the University of Idaho killings

 Friday night saw the premiere of special editions of NBC's "Dateline" and ABC's "20/20" looking into the quadruple homicide in Moscow, where four University of Idaho students were murdered in an off-campus home on King Road.

The four casualties were freshmen Ethan Chapin, 20, of Mount Vernon, Washington, Xana Kernodle, 20, of Post Falls, and U of I seniors Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d'Alene, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum.

The episodes focus on the four students' lives and include some of the parents and friends of the victims. The episodes also feature analysis from forensic specialists who look at Bryan Kohberger, 28, who was detained on December 30 after detectives identified him as the suspect using DNA evidence, mobile phone data, and security footage. When informed that Kohberger was the culprit, former classmates and students likewise expressed their disbelief.

A SEARCH OF HOW FRIENDS AND PARENTS HEARD THE NEWS

The three ladies, Kernodle, Mogen, and Goncalves, along with their two surviving roommates, resided at the King Road home, according to a previous article from The Idaho Statesman. With his girlfriend Kernodle, Chapin spent the night.

Kaylee Goncalves' mother, Kristi Goncalves, revealed to NBC's Keith Morrison that her daughter had just recently moved out of the King Road house but had come back over the weekend of November 12 to spend time with Mogen, who has been her best friend since sixth grade. Goncalves had a job lined up at a computer company in Austin, Texas, and was getting ready to graduate in December.

According to Goncalves' mother, a relative with contacts in Moscow called her on November 13. The relative informed her that "Kaylee experienced some terrible luck." When Goncalves' daughter didn't pick up the phone, she tried contacting Mogen instead.

In the interview, Goncalves recalled saying, "I replied, 'Everyone needs to relax, because if something happened to Kaylee last night, Maddie would have contacted me.'"

Goncalves claimed that shortly after, a member of the Sheriff's Office knocked on the door to inform the family about the passing of their daughter and Mogen.

For many of the victims' University of Idaho classmates and acquaintances, the day was a typical Sunday.

Kernodle and Chapin's friend Martha, a sophomore at the University of Idaho, said that on November 13 at noon, she gathered with classmates for a group project. She, Kernodle, and Chapin were attending a party at the Sigma Chi residence where the group was gathering. Hunter Chapin, Ethan Chapin's brother, was the only person the group of students was waiting for.

She remarked in an interview, "We contacted him and asked, 'Hey, are you coming?'" And he responded, "No, I believe Ethan is dead."

After texting Kernodle, Martha learned that she had also passed away.

We just basically stood in a huge, quiet circle and watched all the starting stuff unfold since we had no idea if it was a carbon monoxide issue, she stated in the episode.

The Moscow Police Department was looking into a killing on King Road, according to a Vandal Alert SMS sent to University of Idaho students.

28-year-old Bryan Kohberger was detained two weeks ago in his Pennsylvania home on suspicion of four first-degree murder charges. On June 26, he is due back in court.

Even though a suspect is in jail, authorities are still baffled as to why these four students were targeted.

In the "Dateline" segment, forensic psychologist and "Hidden True Crime" podcast presenter Jon Matthias shared his perspective on the suspect's motivations.

In an interview, Matthias said, "I think he is someone who had a lot of vengeance dreams, and a lot of violent and aggressive tendencies throughout the years that have been weighing heavily on him and creating a lot of anxiety and stress." "I think of this as a release for him,"

Matthias noted that although the Moscow Police had earlier stated that there were no indications of sexual assault among the victims, this does not imply that there were no desires.

If the murderer had dreams of sexual assault, he presumably understood he wouldn't be able to carry them out with so many people around since he needed to get in and out quickly, according to the expert.

Detectives think the homicides took place between 4 and 4:25 in the morning, according to the affidavit of probable cause.

Other forensic professionals discussed the suspect's weapon preference. In an interview with NBC, Greg Rodgers, a retired FBI agent and university lecturer, said the suspect selected a battle knife on purpose to terrorise the victims.

If he wanted a handgun, he could have easily obtained one, according to Rodgers. He might have obtained it lawfully or unlawfully. He deliberately picked a knife to terrorise the victims and get control.

Rodgers cited one of the surviving roommates, Dylan Mortensen, and her testimony in the affidavit of probable cause in claiming that the suspect was well-prepared for what to say to the victims during the attack. She reported to police that she overheard someone remark, "I'm going to help you, it's OK."

If the one roommate's claims about what she overheard the man saying to one of her roommates are true, Rodgers added, "he was well-rehearsed." He had been considering this for a while... He has extensive knowledge of the psychological factors that influence how criminals think and act. He wants to settle them down and prevent them from screaming or waking up their housemates.

Kohberger, a Washington State University Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant, has a strong criminology background.

Detectives discovered a knife sheath in the bedroom where Goncalves and Mogen were discovered, as stated in the statement of probable cause. According to Rodgers, the suspect made a "big mistake" by leaving the sheath behind.

Rodgers remarked, "I think he developed an obsession with one of these victims. She might have served him in one of the restaurants they both worked at, which is another possibility. He might have only recently caught sight of her. He might have made awkward eye contact with one of them, asked for a number, and received a negative response before becoming fixated.

Casey Arntz, a former high school classmate who met Kohberger on their school bus in eastern Pennsylvania, shared her amazement on social media when news of Kohberger's arrest spread throughout the nation.

Kohberger was overweight at school, and Arntz told reporters for "Dateline" and "20/20" that she thought girls used to bully him.

After Kohberger graduated from high school, Arntz kept in touch with him, and he subsequently found out that in 2013, he had sought treatment for a heroin addiction. The following time she saw Kohberger was at a wedding in 2017, where she said that he had significantly dropped weight and did not appear at ease in a social situation.

A former DeSales University, Madison, undergrad classmate who is startled to discover Kohberger has lost so much weight in his mugshot also told NBC that. Kohberger, according to her, was a classmate who would explain things in great detail.

She remarked, "It was always like, 'Oh Bryan's answering this question. "The entire class will be needed for this,"

The Statesman previously revealed that Kohberger graduated from DeSales University with a bachelor's degree in 2020 and a master's degree in criminal justice in May 2022. In November, Kohberger was working as a teaching assistant while earning a Ph.D. in the department of criminal justice and criminology at Washington State University.

One of Kohberger's students described him as awkward and silent in the "Dateline" and "20/20" segments.

A junior at WSU named Hayden Stinchfield told reporters for "Dateline" and "20/20" that Kohberger was unapproachable as a teaching assistant.

He stated in an interview that "he came out before we did, perhaps because he had to be somewhere, but he also had no need to stick around because no one was going to go up and talk to him."

Stinchfield voiced disappointment with Kohberger's harsh assignment evaluations.

Regarding Kohberger's criticism of assignments, Stinchfield remarked, "You're not telling us we did it incorrectly." You're taking our points while describing to us how you would have completed the task at the Ph.D. level.

When Kohberger started awarding everyone full points and ceased leaving notes in the final few weeks of the fall semester, Stinchfield claimed that this pattern of harshly grading assignments abruptly reversed.

In retrospect, he noted, "that matches up fairly well with Nov. 13."

Alabama guy accused of attempting murder in the incident in Ames

 After reportedly shooting two individuals at a motel in Ames on Saturday morning, an Alabama man has been charged with attempted murder.

Anthony G. Garner Jr., 27, of Pine Hill, Alabama, was detained and charged with attempted murder, malicious assault resulting in serious damage, willful assault resulting in bodily injury, carrying a dangerous weapon while inebriated, and going armed with purpose.

Officers from the Ames Police Department responded to a complaint of gunfire at a hotel in the 2600 block of East 13th Street at roughly 11:26 a.m. When the police arrived, they found two victims with gunshot wounds. Both casualties were taken to adjacent hospitals, where it is currently unclear how they are doing.

The shooting is still being looked into by Ames Police.

Tornado survivors trapped inside waited hours for help, hoping the ceiling wouldn't fall in. "The floor disappeared under my feet."

 On Thursday, andall McCloud watched as trees fell Doug the porch was torn apart from the entry to his mother's home in central Alabama. It was about to get lot worse.

As he sprinted from the kitchen toward his mother and cousin in a hallway, he abruptly ran out of room.

McCloud described the moment a tornado destroyed his mother's home to CNN's Amara Walker on Saturday: "The floor disintegrated under my feet, and I went straight to the ground" beneath it.

One of the twisters that tore through the South on Thursday had just clobbered the house in the Marbury neighbourhood of Autauga County, about 25 miles northwest of Montgomery. Nine individuals, including two in Georgia, were killed by the storms that day, including seven in one county alone.

McCloud was alive but bruised.

To go back up into the end that was still standing, one had to crawl. "Crawl up into the hallway once more," he advised.

He located his mother and cousin, who were both fine. They were surrounded by debris and had no immediate escape route, with the exception of the corridor and a small portion of the kitchen.

McCloud "pushed her up against the refrigerator" after getting his mother into a walker with a seat out of concern that the ceiling could collapse.

He explained, "I felt the refrigerator might take some of the power of the roof coming down some if the roof fell. As a result, "we were all kind of crowded together" in a small space in the kitchen.

It was only the two of us sitting there, fearing that the remainder of the roof and other items would collapse on us at any moment.

The area was destroyed, so there was no easy way to reach them.

Gary Weaver, the deputy director of the county's emergency management department, reported that at least 20 residences in Autauga County were either destroyed or damaged. The National Weather Service reported that the EF-3 wind intensity, which denotes gusts of at least 136 mph, was what caused the damage.

The Marbury region of Autuaga County is 45 miles or so northeast of Selma, an Alabama city famous for its involvement in the civil rights movement, which was struck by an EF-2 tornado on Thursday.

The National Weather Service reported on Friday that the same storm affected both places, though it wasn't immediately obvious if the trail of destruction was continuous.

Workers were able to access the home and the family inside around three hours after the tornado struck. The mother of McCloud was carried away on a gurney. We felt much better once we were able to remove her, he claimed.

According to McCloud, both his own home and the home of another relative were completely destroyed.

According to McCloud's daughter Tiffany McCloud, he and his mother are residing with his brother "until we can work out a more permanent arrangement."

Randall McCloud remarked, "I definitely don't want to experience that again." It was a struggle.

There are flood warnings in place for more than 26 million Californians.

 More than 26 million people in California, which has already been devastated by a number of disastrous storms, are under flood watches.

Through the weekend, the majority of the state is expected to get precipitation from two Pacific storm systems. In many areas that have already seen flooding recently, the broad inundation is raising those concerns.

The impact of atmospheric rivers has practically reduced California's "extreme" drought classification.

The National Weather Service stated in a bulletin on Saturday that the systems are anticipated to produce "heavy lower elevation rain, considerable mountain snow, and severe winds."

The Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services issued an evacuation notice for many regions Saturday afternoon due to a flood hazard as one of the effects so far. Authorities in Placer County said that Saturday's road closures were also caused by erosion from runoff and falling boulders.

The first system is anticipated to come inland Saturday night and drop a lot of rain on California. The National Weather Service cautioned that 2 to 3 inches of rain might fall near the coast and cause "localised cases of urban and small stream flooding as well as mudslides."

On Sunday, there may be less rain, the agency warned, "with another ramp-up late Sunday into early Monday ahead of a second system."

Additionally, wind advisories are in effect for areas of the coast and Central Valley for persistent winds of 20 to 30 mph and 50 mph gusts.

Throughout the weekend, snow will also continue to fall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, with 3 to 6 feet of accumulation expected through Monday.

At noon on Saturday, the Central Sierra Snow Lab at UC Berkeley reported a snowpack that was about 10 feet deep and that had received more than 21 inches of snow in the previous 24 hours. By Monday morning, another 2 to 3 feet of snow are predicted to have fallen.

A nearly continual barrage of rain and snow has pummelling California. According to state officials, a violent storm system earlier this week caused at least 17 fatalities.

The upcoming week on the West Coast was expected to see a "relentless parade of atmospheric rivers," according to the National Weather Service.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California encouraged citizens to "stay careful" as more hazardous weather was predicted for this weekend.

At a news conference on Friday, he stated, "I realise how worn out you all are." We'll get through this, I just hope you keep a bit more watch throughout the course of the following weekend.

According to the governor, the state is likely to see storms through January 18.

Daniel Amarante of ABC News contributed to this story.

Democrats inside and outside of the West Wing are frustrated by the White House's response to the Biden documents.

 The way the White House has informed the public about the discovery of documents with classified markings at President Biden's former office and his home in Delaware has angered West Wing staffers, officials from across the Biden administration, and Democratic Party officials more broadly, according to CBS News.

Those who spoke with CBS News on the condition of anonymity in order to speak openly about the matter and preserve their professional relationships feel that the president's cherished promises of transparency and competent management of the government were undermined by the decision not to announce the discovery of the documents sooner.

They also worry that the White House's ability to confirm even the most basic details will be greatly constrained now that a special counsel probe is under way.

A Friday statement from a Democrat close to the White House claimed, "They're attempting to put lipstick on a pig." The issue is that they were only given one stick of lipstick and 50 pigs this week.

According to a Northeastern Democratic Party official who is close to the president and his top staff, "There isn't really a comparison to be made between the Biden and Trump document situations. But why on earth didn't they publish the news earlier, perhaps before the holidays? And why didn't they release the entire narrative at once rather than piecemeal with each new document found? Simply said, it was not handled at all well."

Some Democrats in the House are speaking out more about their worries about the situation.

"That wasn't supposed to happen. It requires investigation, which is already being done, "Democratic representative from California Zoe Lofgren stated on MSNBC on Saturday. "As a result, we will have to wait to learn all the specifics, but I have no doubt that we will. Since I haven't spoken to him, I can only assume he is angry about it, but who could be?"

In a broader sense, Rep. Matt Cartwright, a centrist Democrat from Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the president is from, said on Fox News that the federal government needs to "review how departing presidents and vice presidents are going about organising the archiving of their documents, both classified and unclassified, because this can't go on."

He continued, "You're talking about people who are all lining up, they're rewriting their resumes, they're sending them out for new jobs, they're not thinking about, you know, business at hand, it seems to me. Whether it's President Trump leaving office or Vice President Biden leaving office.

The president's personal lawyer, Bob Bauer, defended the public announcement of the discovery of the materials in a statement released on Saturday "attempted to strike a balance between the necessity of public transparency where appropriate and the standards and restrictions required to maintain the integrity of the investigation. The public publication of information pertaining to the inquiry while it is continuing must be avoided due to these factors."

The White House Counsel's office, which is in charge of defending the president in official affairs, announced in a separate statement that it will direct any future press queries about the specifics of the ongoing investigation and discovery of the papers to the Justice Department.

Many Democrats are especially sensitive to media reports that contrast the materials found at Mr. Biden's former workplace and Delaware estate with the National Archives' protracted efforts to obtain hundreds of classified documents from former President Donald Trump over the course of several months.

According to Kyle Herrig, executive director of the Congressional Integrity Project, "comparing Biden's collaboration to Trump's obstruction is like comparing apples with arsenic."

The Democrat-aligned organisation is intended to act as a neutral force in the upcoming onslaught of House Republican oversight investigations, supporting the president and congressional Democrats.

She urged them to say that the president "is cooperating fully" while Trump "repeatedly obstructed efforts to retrieve sensitive documents to the point the Department of Justice had to obtain and execute a search warrant." Herrig sent updated suggested talking points to prominent party activists and frequent television guests on Friday.

The Biden and Trump cases were described by Herrig as, "Interaction vs. Blockade. Stolen vs. misplaced. Subpoena versus voluntary. Instant vs Search Warrant"

Given Mr. Biden's prior criticism of Trump's handling of secret information, another Democrat who advised Mr. Biden's 2020 campaign and has worked in campaign politics in the South and West for decades called the current predicament "hypocritical."

This Democrat, however, claimed that the White House was "sharp" in its reaction to recent positive economic data showing a further decline in inflation and growing Republican calls for cutting federal entitlement programmes in exchange for raising the country's debt ceiling, which Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned must be done by early June.

This Democrat stated that the president's political standing should improve if he remains committed to boosting the economy. "Do the documents in Trump's home or Biden's garage truly interest the general populace in America? Not in my opinion. They appear to be more concerned with egg carton costs, in my opinion."

The ground halt by the FAA was caused by a faulty file. Additionally, the backup system contained it.

 The Federal Aviation Administration system failure on Wednesday was caused by a damaged file, which was initially reported by CNN. Officials are still working to determine exactly what caused it.

The FAA stated in a statement issued late on Wednesday that it was still looking into the outage and will "take all necessary precautions to avoid this kind of disruption from happening again."

"Our first investigation has linked the outage to a corrupt database file. There is currently no proof of a cyberattack, "said the FAA.

According to a government official with knowledge of the inquiry into the NOTAM system breakdown, the FAA is still attempting to ascertain whether a single individual or "routine entry" into the database is to blame for the corrupted file.

On Wednesday, a different person familiar with the Federal Aviation Administration's operations gave CNN an exclusive account of how the outage unfolded.

According to the source, air traffic control authorities devised a plan to reboot the system early on Wednesday morning after realising they had a computer problem late on Tuesday.

However, as a result of the outage and the plan, there were a lot of flight delays and a nationwide order was issued to halt all takeoffs of aircraft.

The national NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) database was housed in the computer system that malfunctioned. These notifications inform pilots of problems on the way and at the destination. It has a backup, which administrators switched to when issues with the primary system were discovered, the source claims.

Early on Wednesday, FAA officials told reporters that the problems began to arise around 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

The source told CNN that officials eventually discovered a faulty file in the primary NOTAM system. The backup system also contained a corrupt file.

FAA authorities opted to shut down and restart the primary NOTAM system overnight on Tuesday and into Wednesday. This was a big move because, according to the source, a reboot can take up to 90 minutes.

To minimise the impact on flights, they chose to do the reboot early on Wednesday, before aviation traffic started to travel along the East Coast.

The insider claimed that "they believed they'd be ahead of the rush."

The FAA told reporters during this early morning procedure that the system was "starting to come back online," but added that it would take time to fix.

The system "did come back up, but it wasn't totally pushing out the important information that it needed for safe flying, and it appeared that it was taking longer to accomplish that," the insider said.

Around 7:30 a.m. ET, the FAA imposed a nationwide ground stop, stopping all domestic departures.

Before entering runways, aircraft waiting to take off were held. Air traffic controllers, who keep a static computer or paper record of the active notifications at their desks, verbally informed flights already in the air of the safety notices.

There was "no direct evidence or suggestion," according to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, that the problem was the result of a cyberattack. He also mandated an after-action study.

The NOTAM system, according to the source, is an example of outdated infrastructure that has to be upgraded.