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
The president admits the act with a lot of green goodies could have gone by a different name. What are they celebrating . Like i said, the Inflation Reduction Act didnt bring inflation down. Today we look at what and specifically who did. Prices are down, but price hikes still are not. And a key interest rated just closed at a 15year high. Lets go to Jacqui Heinrich at the white house on the fastmoving developments on who gets credit and whether its a birthday debby down to say its not the white house when it comes to inflation or this Inflation Reduction Act. Jacqui . Hi, neil. Yeah, we got out of the east room where the president held the 1year anniversary celebration. It was a classic joe biden event. He whispered at one point, yelled at another point. He said the Inflation Reduction Acted is working. He called it a key part of bidenomics, touting jobs creation, specifically in manufacturing and new investments in climate, even though he didnt get in to the fact that now the estimat
A large lead over his closest rivals. The latest numbers are showing some movement within the rest of the pack. Watch that. Trump sitting solidly on top. 53 , Florida Governor ron desantis losing a bit of ground in the polling. The big story here support for Vivek Ramaswamy has now more than doubled for him. Dana we have full coverage on fox. North dakota governor and republican president ial candidate doug burgum joining us in a moment. Alexis mcadams is still in des moines. Im not leaving any time soon unfortunately for them. Everyone has been very friendly. New polls coming in, its important to point out like bill said how good Vivek Ramaswamy is doing in the national polls. When i talked to him in iowa he said he is not surprised. He is not a politician and believes people can tell he is genuine. Take a look here what you can see on your screen. This is the new numbers rolling in. Latest Fox News National poll showing half a dozen republican candidates are within striking distance
The marines name was collins. He pulled over to help a driver in an accident and thats when police say he was struck and killed. Bill donald stopped to help a driver of a van hit by a red tow truck. Video shows the driver of that red truck fleeing the scene. Garrett tenney has the story from the midwest bureau. What happened . Inside that minivan that was hit Early Saturday Morning was a mother and daughter who marine veteran helped pull out of the car and get to the side of the highway for safety only to have a suspected Drunk Driver Run into the van and almost into that mother and daughter. If it werent for Trey Shelleding them with his own body. He leaves behind his wife an a two eared daughter. Ice confirms the driver of the car, a 33yearold was in the country illegally and is now being held on an immigration detainer. So far she is charged with Intoxication Manslaughter and intoxication assault with a vehicle. Treys family is speaking out for the First Time Since his death and his
Frontrunner. Ron desantis, tim scott in contention. You have five others in the conversation and the rest are on the outside looking in. Dana former president is dominating on endorsements and racked up more than 80. The rest of the field is splitting a dozen between them. Bill ron desantis has billed himself as the one candidate best equipped. They side with the former President Trump. Dana the first debate giving candidates a chance to turn the tide. This is what voters want to hear. We have to fix the border. This Migrant Situation is insane. If somebody doesnt address and really fix the situation i think were really seeing a lot of america in decline. Were so divided right now. The person that can communicate that message to say im going to lift everybody. We need a stable economy, immigration is a big issue, put our veterans first. Common sense policy. A president with strong business sense to be able to negligent for america. Dana josh holmes has analysis. We begin with Alexis Mc