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
that and chris christie, it gives him a chance. ramaswamy is interesting. he s been rising in the polls. still nationally pretty low name recognition. this seems to me a very important moment for him. it is a very important thing for hip. you ve seen ron desantis at a lot of major conservative gatherings. he s very slowly and steadily building his name it. dchlt with the conservative base. you see him on right-leaning outlets for news chams and across the political spectrum, very much trying to build up his name i. dchlt. that media strategy of going everywhere, sort of what we saw with pete buttigieg on the