by my side. happy to be back. you worked all weekend. yes, i did. really severe weather is dominating the headlines. here are five things to know for monday, august 21st. right now what is left of tropical storm hillary pounding the southwest with record rainfall. states of emergency declared roads inundated with water. the national hurricane center warns catastrophic flooding is still a threat. happening today, president biden will visit maui to meet with survivors of the devastating wildfires. the number killed there, 114 with hundreds still unaccounted for. new overnight, president trump makes it official. he says he will not show up to this week s gop primary debate and even suggests he may not show up to any of them. that s right. ferreras-copeland jail in georgia bracing for a very busy week. d.a. fani willis has given donald trump and his 18
years our take on donald trump s claim that he was the apple of russian president vladimir putin s eye. we ve got a lot to get to this morning including trump s decision on whether or not he ll attend wednesday s republican presidential primary debate. we ll show you how his gop rivals are responding. meanwhile, the former president has until friday to surrender to authorities in fulton county, georgia. we ll have more on the possible timeline with that. also ahead, the latest on the life-threatening storm hitting southern california, prompting a state of emergency from the governor. and we ll have an update on the recovery efforts in maui ahead of president joe biden s visit to hawaii later today. a lot to get to on this monday morning. welcome to morning joe. it s monday, august 21st. and with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay doing way too
when it will look best for you. it starts about 9:00 a.m. on the pacific time zone. people are jacked up for this from coast to coast. i guess it is once in a lifetime. last time it was a total eclipse that you could see east coast to the west coast across the country. it was 99 years ago. exciting. welcome to early start. i m dave briggs. i m christine romans. monday, august 21st, eclipse day. 4:00 a.m. in the east. we begin with breaking news. ten navy sailors are still missing after the guided destroyer uss john s. mccain collided with a merchant vessel near singapore. five crew members were injured. the mccain was headed for a routine port visit in singapore. it s the fourth incident this year involving a u.s. ship based in japan. that includes the fatal collision involving thek uss
in the moment, final thoughts from our panel. but a quick note, next sunday we will bring a drain the swamp special including an interview with a lobbyist turned anticorruption activists. he has been lobbying for unions for 35 years. this is why we have the rise of populism. right to work laws nationwide. trump has the authority to impose tariffs on chinese goods. that would force them into a balance trading relationship with the united states and create a labor shortage. heather: monday august 21st, fox news alert. urgent search and rescue underway for ten missing sailers after a navy destroyer collides
the american legion s annual convention. the story everyone will be talking about today, millions of americans are set to turn their eyes to the sky to catch the solar eclipse, marking the first total eclipse since 1918. grab your cocktails and glasses. best is airlines. that does it for us on this morning. morning joe starts right now. good morning, my name s joe. i work for morning joe. and it s morning. hey louis, are you going to arizona? yeah. that s going to be great. going to be great. great press. duke it out there. oh, great. yeah it s morning joe. you re joe. i m joe. i don t get these eclipse things. eclipse monday august 21st. mika of course you know where mika is?