It really is way to early on this monday on august 21st. Im Katty Kay On August 21st in for jonathan lemire. We begin with the Tropical Storm pummeling Southern California. Hilary is already smashing records for rainfall across california with some parts of the State Reporting nearly 3 inches of rain yesterday. In addition to the Tropical Storm, Southern California residents also experienced a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake yesterday. Officials are reporting it did not cause serious damage, but it did produce several aftershocks. In response to hilary, governor gavin newsom declared a State Of Emergency. Hilary is the first Tropical Storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, almost a century. Turning to politics and new polling shows Donald Trumps hold on the Republican Base is as strong as ever. In a yougov survey, trump leads ron desantis, 62 to 16 . In third place is entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Hes at 7 . All the other candidates at 5 or less. Among them, the poll shows they trust t
evangelicals could be key to winning that all important state, but could it alienate republican voters down the line. let s start with a much needed string of successes this week for president joe biden, domestically, internationally, politically, punctuated by today s big number, $72 million raised in the second quarter of 2023. compare that to the republican side, 35 million reported by former president donald trump s campaign, 20 million for governor ron desantis. and then there is that hugely consequential week on the world stage, biden facing multiple global challenges at the nato summit that threaten to erupt into division, but walked away with unity. and he gave his personal guarantee that the u.s. will stay committed to the alliance despite what he called extreme elements at home that threatened to pull back. the president was going by two strongest economic reports, inflation at its lowest level in two years, in what he says is bidenomics in action. could this kick
today on inside politics, a jury of the former president s peers. it is jury selection day in georgia. soon, whoever is picked will make a historic decision whether to charge donald trump with trying to sabotage the 2020 election results in georgia. and a deal for one ally, a diss from another. turkey relents and says yes to letting swede sboon the natun i alliance but ukraine with the big demand for respect and entering nato now and not later. plus, bad blood, donald trump said he has problems with iowa s governor. and another deep cut, we just learned that the front-runner will skip the headline event for iowa gop voters. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. and we start with grand jury selection in georgia. that panel is expected to consider charges against donald trump and his republican allies for trying to overturn the state s 2020 election. fulton county district attorney fani willis launched the investigation in 2021, shortly
the pocket of uniing them in a way that hasn t happened ever, so i think whether it s the far east, whether it s nato, whether it s europe, whether it s what s going on in africa, i think we have enormous opportunities, and i think just want to finish the job. president joe biden addressing his age and why he wants another four-year term. the president is in london this morning on a five-day trip that includes a nato summit later this week. we ll have a live report in just a moment. meanwhile president biden is facing time lines on when ukraine could join the military alliance. plus ukrainian s president calls on donald trump and says he could end the war in under 24 hours. we ll play those comments for you just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, july 10th. i m ali vitali along with jonathan lemire in london. you have a better background. i ll let you set the stage. it looks amazing. ali, good morning. i do have a win. i m standing in f
and arizona, and one month after pennsylvania voters go to the ballot boxes. the trial, of course, involving 34 felony counts related to the stormy daniels hush money case. trump has pleaded not guilty in that case. also tonight, florida governor ron desantis will announce his candidacy tomorrow in a rather unconventional way, appearing in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. we are getting word donald trump and his allies are making plans to offend that announcement. maggie haberman will join us in a moment. just a reminder of how wide open and unpredictable these races are, take a look at the republican primary polls from this month back in 2015. marco rubio and jeb bush both led the pack. donald trump, he stood at 3%, tied with george pataki, and speaking of polls, fast forward to right now. you see the numbers show that republicans, they smell blood. president biden s approval rating just hit 40%. the lowest number since last summer. it s also lower than trump s