Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.

President Biden is getting a first-hand look at some of the storm damage that's occurred

over the last few weeks in California.

Flooding landslides and heavy snows have damaged hundreds of homes there and resulted in

at least 20 deaths.

Remember station KACU, Jeremiah Edding reports the president's visit includes several stops

along the state central coast.

The state has suffered nearly three weeks of consecutive atmospheric rivers, storms

that brought to-rential downpours along the coast, and multiple feet of snow in the mountains.

State officials estimate at least $1 billion in damage.

Both the president and California Governor Gavin Newsom declared the recent storms a major

disaster.

The last of these storms hit the region Monday night.

With a break in the rain, California residents are just beginning to recover.

Reporter Jeremiah Edding.

The New Jerseyers and the seditious conspiracy trial against leaders of the proud boys are

hearing from a filmmaker who embedded with a far-right group.

NPR's Carrie Johnson reports the jury is getting an inside view of the weeks leading up

to the January 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Filmmaker Nick Quested says the proud boys became part of the national conversation after

then-President Donald Trump told them to stand back and stand by.

Quested met proud boys chairman Enrique Tario in December 2020 before a rally in Washington.

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