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good sunday morning, everyone. welcome to "cnn this morning." yes, it is sunday, february 4th, i'm amara walker. >> i'm victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. here's what we're watching for you, a u.s.-led coalition struck more than two dozen houthi targets. the targets of those strikes and what we're now hearing from the militant group in response to the strikes. president biden notches his first victory in the primary in south carolina. the signs democrats point to as good news for biden heading into the general election. we're trashing a dangerous weather situation in california. evacuation orders are in place. schools are closed tomorrow, it's all in preparation for what forecasters are calling an intense atmosphere river. the forecast and warnings from emergency officials, we'll have those just ahead. we're starting in the middle east where the u.s. carried out

more strikes against iran-backed houthi rebels in yemen. the u.s. said it conducted the strikes in self-defense and struck a houthi missile prepared to launch. earlier the u.s. and uk launched missiles against targets in the red sea. >> officials said the strikes hit over 30 targets, over 13 locations associated with the houthis' deeply buried weapons facility storage, as well as other weapons used by the houthis to tart international shipping lanes. the houthis responded to these recent strikes say, quote, we will meet escalation with escalation. now, those strikes came just one day after u.s. air strikes in iraq and syria, which were in response to the three american soldiers who can killed in a drone attack in jordan. cnn international security reporter natasha bertrand joining us now. hi there, tell us about the latest round of strikes. >> reporter: yeah, amara, this

is the third that theis and uk conducted strikes against houthis inside of yemen, backed against a coalition that included the netherlands, denmark, canada, bahrain and new zealand. what we're told these attacks targeted 13 different locations, 36 targets which included commanded control modes, underground weapons storage as well as houthi radars and helicopters. of course, it remains to be seen whether this actually degrades the houthis' capabilities to the extent that they're then able to keep launching these missiles and drones into the red sea targeting commercial shipping. but we are told that the u.s. used f/a-18 fighter aircraft from the dwight d.izen hour carrier stationed in the red sea, twaems tomahawk missiles from the uss gravely there targeting the ships in the houthi attacks, secretary of defense lloyd austin released a

statement shortly after the attacks unfolded. he said, quote, this collective action sends a clear message to the houthis that they continue to bear responses if they do not end their attacks on naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lives in the free flow of most critical waterways. the coalition backed strikes saw they're aimed ultimately to de-escalate tensions and they're saying they're not going to hesitate to defense them. that is how they're framing this as part of self-defense action but the houthis, of course, are saying they are going to continue the attacks in the war in gaza comes to an end. so the u.s. military right now is grappling with how to continue its strikes on these houthi militants in a way that actually degrades their capabilities for good. >> natasha, thank you. u.s. officials also emphasized that they don't want to escalate tensions in the middle east, and they rallied a global coalition to condemn and hold the houthis

accountable.the u.n. security council will meet money to discuss the strikes. >> let's go to cnn international correspondent ben wedeman in amman, jordan. ben, tell us how the middle eastern countries are responding to the latest strikes in yemen. >> reporter: well, certainly, the houthis themselves are saying, as natasha mentioned that they will meet escalation with escalation. that they will continue these attacks on navigation in the red sea, specifically, they say those headed to israel, in israel halts what it calls its genocidal war in gaza. and what we know, you know, the yemenis from 2015, the houthis, specifically, from 2015 to 2022, were under pretty constant attack by saudi arabia, using very sophisticated weaponry. in the war in yemen. but nonetheless, the houthis emerged stronger than ever

before. they're a very strong, tough people. it's sort of like the afghanistan of the middle east. and they can put up with a severe beating and come out sometimes strong than they were before. so the houthis have a track record of being hit hard and somehow coming out better. now the iranians are accusing the united states and the uk, in reference to these attacks, on yemen, that this is only going to make things worse. that you can't de-escalate by escalating and they accused the uk and u.s. of fuelling chaos, disorder, insecurity and instability in the middle east. victor, amara. >> ben wedeman. let's talk with david sanger and military analyst colonel cedric

leighton. welcome, gentlemen. colonel, let's get your assessment on the latest round of attacks this time targeting the houthis, the iranian-backed rebels. >> yeah, good morning, amara, the main assessment that i have is that these attacks have been pretty successful in a tactical sense. one of the most important aspects of this they were able to get at missiles as they are being launched or prepared for launch. so the u.s. and the uk have clear indications that these missiles are going to be set up to target a specific vessel. or a series of vessels, depending on the number of missiles. and that is a success. but on the other hand, when you have these kinds of efforts going on, it does nothing at the moment, at least, to alter the strategic balance that's going on, as ben mentioned in his report, the houthis are not only very tough and resilient. but they're going to find ways to survive these attacks at least as they're being conducted

so far. >> so, david, as the latest strikes don't act as a die terrence, then what, what kind of message does that send? >> well, that's going to be the big challenge for them, because if you think about the efls of biden administration's approach here, first, they were doing essentially a policing act, right, in the red sea. they were trying to have a number of patrol cars that were cruising around, trying to stop crime, as they viewed it. then they moved to a defensive action which was to try to intercept these missiles as they came. about two weeks ago, president biden approved new strike packages that basically said that any kind of missile or drone that was seen out in the open, put on the trail could be destroyed. that's what we saw happen last night. but there are two problems with this approach as it expands. the first is we don't know the

depth of their supply lines here. so, as cedric said, we know what we hit, but what we don't know is how quickly they can resupply. and the second is almost an ideological problem, which is that the houthis don't exist to be in resistance to the united states. so the more the u.s. does this, the more it sort of reaffirms their position. they're not there to administer a country. you know, they're not known for their social services. so, to some degree, we are boosting their status, even while we're degrading their arms. >> i mean, there have been previous u.s. strikes to deter these iran-backed proxies, particularly, the houthis. we've seen these strikes from the u.s. and yemen recently. and then the attacks in the shipping areas, the commercial shipping in the red sea, continues by the houthis, colonel. so does that make america look weak, i mean, even in the face of the strikes from the u.s.,

that they remain resolved, and will likely continue if, you know, their weapons systems have not been fully degraded? >> yeah. that's going to be the key problem, amara. i think the weapons systems are fully degraded and the resupply efforts as david mention continue from iran or the houthi stocks they have, it's going to be really hard to convince people that this operation say success. although technically it has, you know, achieved a lost lot of i objectives. but that's the difference between tactic and strategy. there's a huge concern that without any further action or de-escalatory action there will be no stop to this. we're kind of in the same quandary we were in back in the early 1800s when we fought the pirates off the coast of north africa. that too, was a retractable

problem as being the first time we engaged these pirate actions, if you will, on the open seas. that's the kind of thing we're looking at here, a protracted struggle that is going to require us to do these kinds of things in order to keep commercial shipping open. but it's going to require a lot of effort and a lot of time to degrade their capabilities. and admit they may never be fully degraded. >> david, what do you anticipate in terms of iran's response to all of this? and you wretote an interesting piecing in "the new york times" basically highlighting the fact that the iranians are playing the long game right now, that they have an objective pushing the u.s. out of the region. what is our calculus right now then? >> well, first, unlike the houthis and unlike some of the hezbollah offshoots that we've seen the u.s. attacking, the iranians have a lot to lose in direct conflict with the united states and with israel. so, they've denounced the u.s.

they've said the u.s. is making the problem more complex. they may be right about that. but they have not threatened retaliation. and the u.s. has been very careful not to strike iranian sites inside of iraq. or iron p.c. officers inside of iran. now, the question is do the iranians just leave it at shirr verbiage which is what the administration is betting they will do. to some degree, they have a lot to gain by just letting things play out here. secretary of defense austin is already in discussions with the iraq government which was displeased with the strikes on their own territory about removing those 2500 u.s. troops that are remaining in iraq. and remember, what's iran's goal here, it's to get the u.s. out of the middle east. now, there will be a lot of troops left elsewhere. but, boy, if they can just kind of sit this out and get the

americans out of iraq and make it more risky and expensive for the u.s. elsewhere, they kind of win by just sort of sitting back. >> and colonel, we do expect more attacks from the u.s., right? and cyber attacks, are those possible in iran? >> absolutely. and, you know, as david knows very well, we are, you know, certainly capable of doing those kinds of things. and i'm certain we are doing those kinds of things. the key thing to remember, though, as much as we want to engage in cyber attacks and know there are unconventional style weapons and movement is like th, the iranians have a completely different system when it comes to the networks. and they're in the end a bit less vulnerable on the attacks than we are, although they can be effective and stop things from happening, such as things effective in shutting down at least for a time the iranian nuclear efforts.

so those are the kind of things that can be done. the question is how long will they last and how large will we revisit the target. >> colonel cedric leighton and david sanger, thank you. come up, president biden wins a landslide victory in south carolina. what this could mean for his election campaign. plus, southern california is bracing for torrential rain, life-threatening flooding and mudslides today.

president biden will be in las vegas today for a campaign event ahead of nevada's primary on tuesday. the president just cruised through an expected but significant win in south carolina. thises were the first official primary of the 2024 season. >> it was also the first time south carolina kicked off the

democrats' nominating contest. cnn's political correspondent eva mckend has more from south carolina. >> reporter: victor, amara, though the results of this test not all too surprising, south carolina is still a hugely consequential state for president biden. that's because south carolina democrats 60% of whom are black, they resurrected biden's campaign in 2020. that is why he pushed so hard to hold this state's first in the nation primary. the reviews of him are mixed. some of excited about him, they still give him credibility for being barack obama's vice president. others have real economic anxieties. and feel as though their lives are not changing in any material way, even though year after year, they consistently vote for democrats. and then we have more pragmatic voters who are so worried about former president donald trump returning to the white house,

that that is their main motivation for supporting this president. listen, the democrats here say they're feeling good. that they've done extensive outreach in rural communities. they got to reach the black rural voters in a way like never before. and they say the absent eballots and some of the early voting from black voters across the state reflect the enthusiasm from the population here that will be mirrored across the country. victor, amara. >> eva mckend for us. thank you so much. cnn political commentator and for specter news errol louis joins us now. 126,000 was the president's vote count, but it's really hard to find a comparable race of a contested democratic incumbent. what does this tell us, the president wins with a 96% of the vote? >> good morning, victor. look, yeah, you're exactly right, four years ago, there are a bunch of other people on the ballot. there was bernie sanders, and

elizabeth warren, and pete buttigieg, and they all had operation information the state. and so turnout much lower. on the other hand, this shows a lovely of democratic unity and force that i think is going to be kind of the bare minimum that they need to really get this campaign rolling. i think it also does reflect, victor, that, you know, right now, you have viewers that are watching all of this unfold in cities like detroit and cleveland. and denver. and all over the country. and this was a really important place for president biden to start, to say that black voters who are the majority of democratic voters in south carolina, are a constituency that is very important to him. and kicks off what's going to be a campaign to turn out the black vote. as the base of the democratic party. absolutely essential for him to win. >> lehe's going to have to do tt again in michigan coming up in

about three weeks. let me ask you, let's put the results board up again, please. dean phillips finishes behind marianne williamson with 1.7% here. he didn't win, although new hampshire doesn't count this year, but he didn't new hampshire when the president wasn't even on the ballot. what is next for him? what is happening here? >> well, he's been trying to make an argument that there's a generational issue that has to be addressed within the democratic party. he's not wrong about that. the problem, of course, is that he's trying to make the case by saying we should throw out the sitting president of the united states, which is always a very tough endeavor, especially if you've never sort of had the national notoriety that you need in order to do such a thing. you know, we don't have a history of people going directly from the house of representatives into the white house. it just doesn't happen. so dean phillips is making a

case. nobody has heard that case, and, you know, i think we can see state after state where he will not get a single delegate. it's only a matter of time before he either recognizes that, or changes his approach altogether. >> one more before we go to the republicans here. president biden is skipping the traditional super bowl pregame interview for a second consecutive year. the reason that the white house said he's skipping is that voters are expressing election fatigue. and they don't want to pile on. voters have been expressing election fatigue for as long as i've been covering elections. anytime there's an election season, it doesn't stop these campaigns from putting a campaign ad into every commercial break. what do you think about this -- the president's decision and the justification? >> well, you know, it seems to me it would be a bit of a risk, honestly, victor. you know, this is a very highly produced set of entertainment that the whole world is going to be watching.

and all you need is for one small thing to go wrong. and you've got kind of a viral problem that you'll have to spend weeks fixing. i think they've decided that everybody pretty much knows who joe biden is. there's no particular reason to take the kind of risks that come with kind of sticking a message into the middle of a performance that nobody wants to hear, on a day that nobody wants to hear very much about politics. >> we're still a couple weeks away, three weeks almost from the republican prienl mary in s carolina. ambassador haley is more aggressive in her attacks. we're going to show in a moment she showed up on "snl," one of the jokes he made is about the sixth sense and i see dead people, and that's what people are going to see when they see ballot in november. is she hurting donald trump more, or her own political future, as this campaign goes on? >> well, you know, some of that

will be determined by what happened in her home state. i think she has a future, first of all, she's expressing something that the polls suggest a lot of voters are thinking which is that, you know, having two guys in their late 70s, early 80s as our candidates is something that this country has never seen before. there are a lot of voters who are very uncomfortable with that. she's certainly basing what's left of her campaign on that argument. and the comedy writers at "saturday night live" were making fun of it. i think she's going to have a future no matter what. if she chooses. she's got a lot of people behind her in the republican party who think that the party has to go in a different direction. donald trump win or lose is not going to be the long-term future of the republican party. and she's kind of calling the question first. will she personally benefit from that? i think the floodgates are going to open for both parties, honestly, victor, after -- >> hmm, you were four words from

the end. >> -- infighting like you can't believe. >> errol, we had a bit of a technical gremlin there, but we got through it. thanks for being with me, happy sunday. speaking of that "snl" cameo by nikki haley, she did take a quick break from the campaign trail to be a surprise guest on "snl." >> okay. our next question comes from someone who describes herself as a concerned south carolina voter. >> yes, hello. [ cheers and applause ] bringing to the debate, nikki haley. >> oh, my god, it's her, the woman in charge of security january 6th, it's nancy pelosi! >> for the 100th time, that is not nancy pelosi. it is nikki haley. >> are you doing okay, donald? you might need a mental competency test. >> well, haley appeared in the

show's cold open last night. she was a, quote, concerned citizen in a town hall hosted by actors playing charles barkley and gayle king. haley sparred with the actor playing donald trump about why he won't debate there, his massive legal fees and his age. still ahead -- >> they put in here, react. we're like, na, we're good. >> yeah. millions of people experiencing heavy rain and severe flooding as california facing a rare life-threatening weather event.

this morning, people across parts of southern california are facing emergency evacuations, a rare powerful storm system is threatening to bring dangerous flooding to the region. >> we're expecting a storm that could bring between 5 and 7 inches of rain here to long

beach, starting on sunday, with heavy rain on sunday, lasting through tuesday. that's more than we usually get in a year. so, it's a lot of rain. >> local authorities have prepared more than 7 million sandbags to protect against the flooding. and school districts have cancelled classes for tomorrow. cnn's meteorologist allison chinchar is now tracking the storms from our weather center. this is a lot of rain, the grammys are tonight. you've got even more than that, this is dangerous for the people who live there. >> yeah, and i think the key thing is that this is a widespread concern. we're not just talking one or two counties here that are looking at a potential, it's pretty much statewide and it's going to traverse into other states in the coming days. here's a look at where the rain is falling right now, we've got rain in sacramento, san francisco, and working its way through parts of southern california as well. that's the concern for the next

24 to 48 hours. an excessive rain fall risk pretty much for the entire state to varying degrees. but the worst of it is from san francisco, to los angeles. long beach, oxnard, to santa barbara are at high risk, what we call, level 4 out of 4. to show how they are, only 4% of days you get the issue. they're responsible for 80% of flood damage that you ares can, and 40% of deaths. for l.a. specifically, it's not just high risk for today, but also tomorrow. so you're talking back-to-back days of that potential flood risk for the citych los angeles specifically. so you're talking about life-threatening flash flooding, river and urban flooding, mudslides, landslides, debris flows but also the added concerns of high winds. that's going to bring down trees, also likely causing pretty widespread power outages. you've got the high wind warnings and wind gusts 50 to 80

miles per hour. for the first time in history, the national weather service in san francisco issuing a hurricane-force wind warning just down south and west of the big sur coastline. those wind gusts up around 90 to 95 miles per hour. you also have not only damaging winds but the potential for some water spouts and even tornadoes along the coastline as well. that includes monterey, down through-san luis obispo. when you're talking at the coast, 2 to 4 inches but farther south to the coast, in some of those valleys, you could be looking at 4, 6, even as much as 8 inches of rain for areas in a short period of time. snowfall also going to be extreme. you're looking at 3 to even 4 feet of snow across much of the sierras. that is going to make travel conditions along many of those passes virtually impossible. so please plan accordingly. >> allison chinchar watching it for us. thank you so much. southern chile is dealing

with devastating wildfires. more than 50 people have been killed. more than 370 people are still missing. >> oh, my gosh! >> oh! >> the government has declared states of emergency and curfews in some areas. nearly 100 wildfires are actively burning, impacting thousands of acres and damages more than 1,000 homes. our affiliate network cnn chile reports at least one person has been detained in connection with those wildfires. coming up, a group of republican governors will join texas governor greg abbott at the border today. the biden administration is facing an escalation immigration battle. we'll get into is that, next. th. . .

14 republican governors will join texas governor greg abbott in texas today. arkansas' huckabee sanders and georgia's brian kemp are two back in operation lone star. >> state of texas is prohibiting border patrol officers from entering a three-mile stretch and the rio grande. meanwhile, thousands of migrants are getting through each day. cnn's rosa flores is there in eagle pass, texas. >> reporter: eagle pass looks like a war zone. texas governor greg abbott ordering mys of razor wire placed around the rio grande and

around the public park to block migrants like this group of venezuelans from entering the u.s. >> they're trying to turn themselves into immigration authorities. >> reporter: texas shutting down 2.5 miles of border in maverick county and denying u.s. border patrol access. >> texas very simply is securing the border. >> reporter: the county sheriff said the texas takeover puts local officials in a tough spot. >> we're kind of stuck in the middle. >> reporter: the weeks' long standoff between texas and the biden administration over command of the border in eagle pass has turned into a partisan rally cry. >> and now it's as bad as it's ever been at the southern border. >> reporter: dozens of governors and attorneys general from around the nation and donald trump side with texas. >> i want to express our thanks to governor greg abbott. >> reporter: house speaker mike johnson also said i stand with governor abbott. he and house republicans blame

secretary alejandro mayorkas for the border crisis. >> that's why secretary alejandro mayorkas is going to be impeached. >> reporter: house republicans looking to keep the focus on mayorkas instead of new legislation. the last time congress passed comprehensive immigration reform it was 1986. and ronald reagan was president. >> the most comprehensive reform for immigration law since 1962. >> reporter: and while a bipartisan group of senators are pushing for a border deal now, the bill appears to be dead on arrival in the house, much of it due to the strong opposition from former president donald trump. >> this is a terrible bill. terrible bill for our country. >> reporter: the sheriff from his neighborhood of eagle pass is calling out trump for lobbying against the bill that both parties say is the toughest border security in decades. would you blame president trump if the deal doesn't go through? >> yes, because it's going to hurt us. i see that as political with president trump. this is self-interest. >> reporter: and the republican with riverfront property in eagle pass that is lined with

razor wire says the border deal falls short of the fixing the issue. >> former president trump has been lobbying against that bill, do you agree with that? >> i do agree with him. actually, i believe that when trump was president, having them remain in mexico, i think that helps. >> reporter: meanwhile in eagle pass, standoffs like these -- between the group of venezuelan migrants already on u.s. soil and state police are daily occurrences that don't stop illegal immigration. instead, just delay it for a few hours or a few days. victor, amara, i'm inside the zone that far was taken over by texas. if you take a look behind me, you'll see that miles of razor wire hug the rio grande. now, dhs has asked the state of texas multiple times to give border patrol access to this

area but the state of texas maintains it has constitutional authority to do all of this. this weekend, 14 governors will be joining texas governor greg abbott here in eagle pass. as politicians from across the country pick sideses too who should enforce border security, the state of texas or the federal government. victor, amara. >> what a story, thank you very much, rosa. so those governors are scheduled to hold say news conference this afternoon. and the senate is expected to unveil the text of a long awaited border security bill today. still ahead, a multibillion dollar settlement in california over pandemic learning losses. why some families are still pessimistic despite the legal wrangling. >> you say you're hopeful? >> yes. >> i sense a slight tinge of doubt? >> it hasn't happened yet.

california has agreed to a $2 billion settlement for students struggling with covid pandemic learning losses. >> parents, students and community groups sued the state and demanded that more than resources are used to help children who were underserved during school closures. cnn's nick watt has the story. >> reporter: with this settlement, you're not -- no one is cutting you a check. >> no. >> reporter: you're not getting a money. >> i am not. but i'm hoping that the kids will benefit, all kids will benefit. >> reporter: still struggling to help her kids catch up in math is among the parents, teachers, kids and community groups so sued california and won a settlement. the state just agreed to spend $2 billion on tutors, extended school days, mental health support and more for kids who suffered most during remote learning, predominant low-income, black and latino

kids who are now not bouncing back as fast as kids in whiter, more affluent districts. >> most pressing crisis in america today is what happened to kid cans during covid. hopefully, this settlement will be a model for 49 other states. >> reporter: during covid, kelly's kids had at least apparently tried their best. >> the computers were a change. and then i would have to go at that point, go over lessons with them while i'm working from home. >> reporter: in california, around 10,000 schools were closed. >> somewhere between 800,000 and 1 million kids who had no digital access whatsoever, what does that mean? it doesn't mean they got a bad education. it means they got no education. >> reporter: school-age kids were among those at lowest risk for severe illness from covid 19, but suffered a lot from restrictions to stem the spread. >> we're asking poor kids to pay for the public health measures that were meant to, you know, benefit us all. >> reporter: professor thomas

cane and colleagues at harvard, stafford and dartmouth found affluent kids have regained a lot of the learning they lost during covid, but -- >> in some places like massachusetts, the districts did the opposite of catching up. they actually lost additional ground. >> reporter: some, they fear, might never catch up, given what was lost during covid and stemmic education and inequities that existed long before covid-19. >> as a guy, i felt that my kids were going to get a shake. but as a black parent do you feel differently, that you're at a disadvantage? >> we are. and that's one of the major reasons i felt this was important because we cannot continue to let things like this happen and let our kids fall short. i'm hopeful this will make a huge impact. >> reporter: you say you're hopeful? >> yes.

>> yes. >> reporter: i sense a slight tinge of doubt. >> it hasn't happened yet. i can just be hopeful in it happens. >> reporter: nick watt, cnn, los angeles. warriors star steph curry scored 60 points in last night's game, unfortunately, that did not guarantee a victory. carolyn manno joining us with highlights coming up.

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60 in the fourth quarter alone to keep golden state warriors afloat. that includes the final 14 points in regulation. trey young and the hawks went on to 11-10 in overtime and with the loss, warriors are now four games under .500, they're in 12 place in the western conference. >> it's frustrating, obviously, not coming away with the win, knowing a couple plays here, couple plays there. it's a different outcome. you know, we're celebrating. an individual performance like that but just adds to the frustration of our season. >> lebron james and the lakers have been one of the most inconsistent teams in the nba this season. they still had enough to shut down the hottest team in the league. l.a. snapping the new york knicks nine-game win streak, during a lockdown defensive performance in the fourth quarter. lebron finishing with 24. in the win, afterwards, he said this team can build on this win. >> we have one more game left on

this world trip. we've had back-to-back great wins. one in boston, one here. two of the hottest teams in the league. we finished up in charlotte. we have to understand at the end of the day that is the nba team and if we don't come to play they will beat us. the bucks gave the new head coach doc rivers his first game at the helm with the 22 hoff point comeback against the mavericks saturday night. milwaukee has the eastern conference's best record among team of coaches eligible for all-star duty. doc is on the sideline in indy in two weeks. the 62-year-old says he plans on giving the all-star bonus and ring to former player adrian griffin left go by the bucks in his rookie season as head coach. the nhl holding the game on saturday in toronto. auston matthews scoring twice, including the game-winner and an assist. beating connor mcgreg other's

team. the mvp, first toronto player to win the honor in more than 30 years. delight in the crowd there. and we're one week away from the super bowl of what will likely be nonstop coverage of taylor swift who you may have heard is dating chiefs tight end travis kelce. the 49ers tight end christian mccaffrey's mom lisa said she wants nothing to do with it. >> i refuse to listen to taylor swift songs 11 days. i love her. >> boycott. >> it's hard for me, i have a running play list and everything. so if she pops up on it. and max and i are big swifties, nope, she's dead to us this week. >> so, if you're a niners fan, forget it i guess everybody on the west coast has to turn off the grammys. but try to mute the swift voice. good luck. >> i wonder how many cutaway shots of her?

should we count. >> yep. >> i am sure there there be a super bowl prop bet no doubt about it. >> like taylor swift is say running back with the chiefs. she's sitting up in the stands with tens of thousands of people. >> yep. she's the girlfriend. >> thank you so much, carolyn manno. how did martha stewart go to multimedia mog to behind bars? find out on "the many lives of martha stewart" that airs right here at 9:00 p.m. on cnn. ♪ good morning, welcome to "cnn this morning." it is sunday, february 4th, i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm amara walker, thank you for being with us. we begin in the middle east where the u.s. carried out more strikes against iran-back the houthi rebels in yemen. the u.s. command said it conducted a strike in self-defense and destroyed a