Dem Hopefuls Take Shots at Biden at California Convention; Massive Floods in Arkansas Expected to Get Worse.
BERMAN: Something different and new in the Democratic race for president this morning. More than a dozen 2020 candidates addressed the party faithful in California this weekend. The crowd not happy at all with some of them and, all of a sudden, Vice President Joe Biden, who was not there, became a target. CNN's Kyung Lah is in San Francisco with the details.</s>SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT), DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Thank you.</s>KYUNG LAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Bernie Sanders took aim, calling out Joe Biden, a no-show at the California Democratic Party convention.</s>SANDERS: There is a debate among presidential candidates who have spoken to you here in this room and those who have chosen, for whatever reason, not to be in this room. We cannot go back to the old ways. We have got to go forward with a new and progressive agenda.</s>LAH: Progresses, ruling California this weekend, where 14 presidential hopefuls flocked to the delegate-rich state, its primary now on Super Tuesday. Both Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren swiped at moderates like Biden.</s>SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN (D-MA), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Some Democrats in Washington believe the only changes we can get are tweaks and nudges. If they dream at all, they dream small. The time for small ideas is over.</s>MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: In these times, Democrats can no more keep a promise to take us back to the 2000s or the 1990s than conservatives can keep a promise to take us back to the 1950s.</s>WARREN: Moderates who did show up got this treatment.</s>REP. JOHN DELANEY (D-MD), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Medicare for all may sound good, but it's actually not good policy, nor is it good politics. I'm telling you.</s>LAH: John Delaney drowned out for more than a minute, similar to what John Hickenlooper experienced.</s>JOHN HICKENLOOPER (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: If we want to beat Donald Trump and achieve big progressive goals, socialism is not the answer. I was re-elected --</s>LAH: Even Speaker Nancy Pelosi got an earful.</s>LAH: They're yelling at her to begin impeachment proceedings against the president. In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Cory Booker delivered the impassioned speech of the weekend.</s>SEN. CORY BOOKER (D-NJ), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Twelve Americans died, and we are seeing the normalization of mass murder in our country. It is time that we come together, and stand together and take a fight to the</s>NRA. LAH: Kamala Harris, California senator, got a warm welcome at the convention. But it was at the Move On event off-site, where a protester got too close --</s>SEN. KAMALA HARRIS (D-CA), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Hey, hey, hey.</s>LAH: -- until security managed to finally pull him off-stage. Harris calmly walked off, then continued her event as scheduled. Joe Biden spent the weekend campaigning in Ohio, an absence pointed out by activists who pointed out this flyer that simply asks, where is Joe Biden? Kyung Lah, CNN, San Francisco.</s>CAMEROTA: All right. Meanwhile, this morning here in the U.S., no relief in sight for parts of Arkansas. Massive flooding is expected to get worse. CNN's Natasha Chen is live in Dardanelle, Arkansas, with more. What's the situation there this hour?</s>NATASHA CHEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Alisyn, there is some good news. We're at a flooded highway. You can see the speed limit is 55, but there's absolutely no road visible behind us. But we see that the water line has slightly receded since we were here yesterday. And that makes sense, because the river has crested here in Dardanelle. It's expected to crest later today in Little Rock. The bad news is that there's more rain expected in the forecast. And that's really bleak for people here in this community. The governor visited Dardanelle yesterday, toured around state and federal officials are starting to do some damage assessment. And that's going to be a long process. Because you can't really tell the extent of the damage until all this water has receded, and that could take weeks if not months. And in the long term, the farmers here are very concerned. There are a lot of crops here in the distance, completely ruined by the floodwaters. We're talking corn, soybeans, rice. We took a look at all of this overhead in a helicopter tour over the weekend. These farmers, people in the industry, tell me that they could be financially impacted for years to come. The governor said last week that, because of the disruption to the navigation system, Arkansas is losing $23 million a day. So this is going to be a long-term challenge for people here in Dardanelle. Of course, there was a levy breach, but so far, they've stabilized the situation, and they are hoping for the best -- John.</s>BERMAN: They are hoping for the best. Natasha, thanks very much. But more rain is set to head that way. CNN meteorologist Alison Chinchar has the forecast -- Alison.</s>ALISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: That's right. All eyes right now are on not just the Arkansas River but a lot of river gauges that we have across the entire central U.S. Look at all of these dots. Those dots show which river gauges are at or above flood stage. Some cresting today. Some not for a few more days. And that's a problem. Because when you look at the forecast, yes, we are expecting more rain. And that forecast is brought to you by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, packed with goodness. Here's a look at that forecasted rainfall accumulation. This is taking us all the way through the upcoming Saturday. Look at the widespread yellow and even orange colors here. That indicates two to four. It's not even five or six inches of rain before we finally get through Saturday. One inch would cause problems, let alone four to six inches in a lot of these areas that are already saturated. We also have, unfortunately, the potential for some severe weather today. This stretches from Texas all the way up to South Dakota. Alisyn, the main threats are expected to be large hail, damaging winds and the potential for some isolated tornadoes.</s>CAMEROTA: OK, Alisyn. Thank you very much for keeping an eye on all of that for us. So President Trump is already insulting several of his British hosts ahead of his state visit to Buckingham Palace, which will happen shortly. So we discuss the diplomatic dust-up, next.