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good morning, everyone, and welcome to "cnn this morning." i'm amara walker. >> and i'm omar jiminez in for victor blackwell. we're starting off with sad news. it's the end of the world and the music world. iconic jimmy buffett, the man behind hit songs like "margaritaville" has died. it's one of the busiest travel weekends of the year as millions of people head out for labor day. if you're driving to your destination, get ready to pay more for gas. we'll have more on everything you need to know including your weekend forecast. and rudy giuliani pleads not guilty and now all eyes are on mark meadows to see whether his trial is moved to federal court. for the first time in three years student loan payments are about to be due. we're going to talk with an expert about what borrowers need to know. we begin with some sad news as i mentioned from the music world. legendary singer jimmy buffett has died. he turns a song into a one-man multi-billion-dollar business. he opens a chain of hotels and restaurants. it started and ended with the music and he'll forever be associated with warm beaches, flip-flops, margaritas, and all the good stuff. of course, it will always be 5:00 somewhere. ♪ ♪ it's 5:00 somewhere ♪ ♪ >> what time is it? what country am i in? >> it doesn't matter. it's always 5:00 somewhere. >> with over 50 years degree yating his own lane, his good will vibe devoted legion of parrot heads. his team confirmed he passed away peacefully friday surrounded by family, friends, and dogs, living life like a song until the very last breath. he was 76 years old. cnn's stephanie elam takes a look at his long-standing and somewhat unusual career. ♪ wasted away in margaritaville ♪ >> reporter: jimmy buffett's laid-back songs captured the lazy day feel of paradise. ♪ >> reporter: some called his signature sound gulf and western, a mix of country and caribbean music. >> i love the caribbean in sort of a strange way. my grandfather was a sailing captain and he sang the calypso song. all of this amalgamation came in and came back out. i became a performer and that gave me the vehicle to do it. >> reporter: buffett was born christmas day, 1946, on the gulf coast in southern mississippi and raised in the port city of mobile, alabama. he began his career making country music but only really found his musical voice after moving to key west in the '70s. ♪ changes in latitude changes in attitude nothing remains quite the same ♪ >> reporter: his time among the colorful characters helped inspire his tropical style and eventually led to his landmark 1977 album "changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes" and his famous hit song "margaritaville." ♪ some people claim there's a woman to blame now i think it could be my fault ♪ >> reporter: but buffet's greatest musical success was on the concert stage, not the charts. he made hundreds of millions of dollars over the decades supported by his legion of diehard fans known as parrot heads. >> they're as entertaining to me as i hope i am to them. >> reporter: his music may have been laid back, but buffet brought so much music to his life. he piloted airlines, wrote best-selling funds, raised funds for tell skrattic candidates, and made an estimated $1 billion in his lifestyle brand which included restaurants, hotels, resorts, and casinos. like his music, it was all geared toward capturing the magic of the tropical places buffett loved best. >> from new orleans to the gulf coast and st. bart's and other places, i still can find magic in most of those places where people don't think there isn't any left. >> people are going to be trying to emulate that vacation vibe this weekend. >> i know. he has a way of transporting you out of your reality and onto a beach. >> barefoot listening to some acoustic guitar somewhere. maybe people are doing that this weekend. if you're traveling this weekend, you're going the have a lot of friends. tsa is estimate 14/million people are flying and if you're driving, be ready to drop some cash because gas prices are soaring. today's average costs $3.82. >> while labor day weekend may mark the end of summer for many, mother nature did not get the memo this year as another heatwave is expected to break temperature records in the east and the west. yes, we sound like a broken record every weekend, and as temperatures soar in the eastern part of the u.s., the west can expect a surge of rain that could lead to flash flooding in some areas. cnn meteorologist allison chinchar is here with more.allik of. >> this is video yesterday from las vegas. again, you can see flooded roadways. a lot of people were trapped because the roads were under water in some places. you have rain in the forecast not just for vegas but other surrounding portions including portions of utah and oregon and idaho looking for heavy rain and possible flooding. the central u.s., the main flooding is going to be in the northeast. if you live in the atlantic, that heat is coming your way by the end of the weekend as we see a lot of temperatures begin to expand. a high today of 95. tomorrow, topping out at triple digits. their normal high is only 78 this time of year. chicago looking at the next three days in the 90s despite the fact their normal high is 80 trees. you're looking at 00 potential records not just today but all the way through monday, the midwest, and areas of the northeast. if you're headed to some beaches, keep in mind any of the areas shaded in pink have the potential for rip currents today. not saying you can't go to the beach, but be extra cautiousle pay attention to alerts and flag warnings that the areas are going to give you for the day today. >> allison chinchar, thank you very much. the legal bills and pressure is mounting for donald trump's codefendants in the georgia election interference case. >> many are trying all sorts of ways to manage the legal cash crunch here, yet the cost of the fallout may exceed their abilities to pay. cnn national correspondent kristen holmes has more. >> good morning. president biden is not paying for any of the fees for now. as a context, the former president had paid billed for both current and former employees, aides in both the january 6th committee investigation and both of those federal investigations, but obviously that is not the case here with georgia. so it's making these codefendants who are now facing astronomical legal fees have to turn to different creative measure as and that includes crowd funding. at least four of them have started crowd funding incluesing john eastman, jeffrey chark as well as kathy latham who's a fake elector in georgia. i am told even though there have been grumblings by the codefendants that they've not been helped by donald trump, that none of them have officially asked for help. they were told if they want help, they need to apply for the legal tee fence fund. it was established back inall because of these mounting legal fees particularly for trump and his advisers. they had been paid out of the save america pac, a leadership pac. since 2021 that pac has spent more than 41 million dollars on legal fees. they've spent so much, they've asked for a refund for a donation they made for 60 million thrs for a super pac that is defending trump. that gives you an idea how much money they are spending and how quickly they're spending. it's unclear right now what if any funds exist in that fund. we're told that don jr. and eric trump have both been fund-raising and they have a lot of pledge, but not clear whether any of that is actually tangible money. if any of those georgians were requesting money, it a is hard to tell if they could be helped. it will be hard to muster up the monies to pay these large attorney fees. big sentences were handed down for four members of the proud boys. they were all convicted for seditious conspiracy for their role in the attack on capitol hill on january 6th. >> next week another member will go before the judge to find out how much he've siem. >> omar and amara, a federal judge sentenced a leader of the proud boys to 18 years in prison for helping to organize members of the extremist right wing group for their assault on the u.s. capitol on january 6et. ethan nordean is one of the four members of the group convicted of seditious conspiracy. another member of the group dominic pezzola was sentenced for ten years for leading violence that day. two others were sentenced to 10 and 10 years. enrique tarrio is expected to be sentenced next week. the judge timothy kelly said from the bench pezzola was, quote, the tip of the sphere th spear that allowed everyone to go into the capitol. another right wing pro-trump group also received 18 years. judge kelly reminded both men on friday the violence on january 6et broke the u.s. tradition of a peaceful transfer of power. the judge said during sentencing, if we don't have peaceful transfer of power, i don't know what we have. in all of the cases the proud boys have apologized for their role in the violence, pleading, sometimes crying before the judge. pezzola minutes after claiming he was a changed man left the courtroom after the sentencing by raising his fist and declaring trump won. omar, amara? >> thank you. >> look, there is a lot to talk about here when it comes to donald trump and the amount of cases. i want to start in georgia though in particular there. i want your reaction to trump wanting to separate his case from others. is this typical? what is the significance here? >> well, it makes sense he wants to server the case. he doesn't necessarily want to be with all of these lesser people just as the lesser people don't want to be with him. the last thing he wants to see happen is during the course of the trial, these other people who are lower on that proverbial food chain saying i was listening to trump, he was sitting right there, his advisers, his attorneys were telling me what to do. it's to his advantage to be separate and apart from some of these individuals because they all collective literature will look worse together than separate and apart. >> it's not just trump. we've seen other departments try to separate their cases from each other. the thing that jumps out to me, is that possible in this case? how difficult is it go epg to be for these defendants to truly separate their cases from each other when i think it's fair to say they're on the same indictment? there's a lot of overlap here when it comes to the evidence presented. >> when you have that many defendants on an indictment, first of all, it's not that typical when you separate them from a practical standpoint. that's not something that's heard of. when you think of, for example, schaefer, even chesebro and powell, what they want to do is be separate for their reasons because if they go first, some of these people go first, they don't want to have to worry about fengers being pointed at them. now, the people who go later have the opportunity to say, well, now i've heard what's happened. i'm more prepared. they're going to watch that trial. there's a lot of reasons why you want to separate. you tomato want to be associated with all the bad things other people have done that you're not accused of doing, even though, again, it's a rico type of conspiracy. basically i don't want to be part of that big pier. i'm on an island, don't associate mae with the bad guys. >> separation is one thing, but also mark meadows is trying to get the case moved to federal court. what is the likelihood -- we're waiting to see what's going to happen -- of that happening and why would mark meadows do that in this situation? >> i'll work a little bit backward. why is an obvious reason. first of all when you're taking a jury pool out of fulton county, it's to your advantage to take a larger jury pool. when you have removal, the state crimes are still prosecuted, but they're prosecuted federally so it extends beyond that one particular county. there's an advantage there. additionally as you know, that's no cameras and video allowed so they can't see the vulnerability and hear everything in real time like they will in a georgia state case. there's an advantage to that too. they don't want that to happen. but basically the standard is i was working under the color of my office, in particular, meadows, as chief of staff. there doesn't have to be shown a connection to my staff and the office. how do you say i was offering campaign dollars to fulton county -- or pardon me, to georgia -- let's speed up the recount of this signature process. that's certainly not your role to get involved in the elections in georgia and it's certainly not your position to offer campaign money. i's very difficult. i think to describe in the report, it was a white knuckle day for meadows, and he fails. >> quickly, the judge approves the case to be televised, live s.t.e.a.m.ed. what sort of impact does that have on a case especially one like this? >> i think it's very dangerous for the former president and all of those defendants because it's one thing for me to turn on the news or look online and see a story and read it. it's another thing that people watch. you see in real time, wait a second, this is the evidence, this is the testimony, this is the admission, this is all that's coming out? that can be extremely damning as i'm actually seeing it and not relying on my talking head like myself to say it. i can see it personally. that is very powerful. >> jeremy saland, we'll have more. president biden will travel to florida to survey the damage caused by hurricane idalia as he calls on congress for more money for fema's disaster fund. plus,erring you need to know before federal student loan payments start again next month. here's your reminder. communities and the people who live and work there grow and thrhrive. we're proud to call these places home too. they're whehere we put down roots, and where together, we work to help move 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tell us what the day will e entail. >> yeah, good morning, amara. i think the president's going to see what i saw when i was there earlier this weegs. he's going to see communities is that have had impact, homes that have been destroyed and downed trees and power lines. but he's going to see those who have recovered, talk and hear their stories and give them hope and let them know he is there and directing the federal government to help them on their road to recovery. >> tell us what the most pressing needs are going to be especially with fema pushing for $4 billion more for the disaster relief fund in addition to the $12 billion made recently. of course, this is going to depend on congress passing short-term spending. but tell us about the short-term needs, pressing needs, and how these funds will be used. >> well, when it comes to the recovery for idalia in florida, the most pressing need is to continue to get the power back up. that is continuing every day and they've made tremendous progress across the state to do that. we've had resources available and on standby to come in and assist and it a going to make sure they get all of those people who have damage to their home that can't stay there, how do we get them into the next phase of housing, whether it's in short-term housing, rental assistance, and that's through the declaration that the president has approved is going to be able to provide to the families who have been impacted. i strongly encourage anyone listening who registers for assistance at naturalassistance.gov. the next thing, we've been monitoring it very carefully and we've been watching for months to anticipate what the strain on it was going to be. on monday i directed the team to implement immediate needs funding. what that means is we're prioritizing the remaining funding in this account to those life-saving activities, to those life-saving activities in maui and florida. what we have seen since monday is the draw on our disaster relief fund has been reduced and that lets me know it's working and is allowing us to continue to have enough money to support the life-saving resources. >> can you tell us how much is left in the account? you've been recently sounding the alarm. is that the disaster relief fund will run out some time in september. september 1st. has the fund been depleted? how much is left? >> yeah, we were saying in september if we continued our regular spending. but since we implemented the immediate needs funds, we're now just over $3 billion. i think yesterday's report was just over 3.1. so it shows that it's coming down much more slowly than it was in the past when we were paying for all of the recovery projects. but i want to emphasize with the immediate needs funding, work doesn't stop. we're still working with the communities on the recovery projects. the obligation and repayment for those and reimbursement for those projects, that will get delayed until we get a supplemental or into the next fiscal year. >> i do want to ask you before we let you go, administrator, as you know, presidential trips to disaster zones, they're closely coordinated with local and state leaders and there's this back-and-forth whether president biden will be meeting with governor ron desantis. how much has there been? >> that's been a tremendous amount of coordination. i traveled with the governor on thursday and we went to some of the more rushl coastal community and access is fairly limbed there. so when the president contacted the governor to let him know we were going to be visiting, we mutually agreed on place that would have minimal impact into operations. so live oak, you know, the power is being restored, the roads aren't blocked, but there are families that are hurting there. i would have to defer you to the governor on what his schedule is supposed to be. but i know the president and first lade are looking forward to meeting with the gust responders and community leaders and those impacted and let them know the president is here and has directed all of us, the resources they have on the road to recovery. >> we appreciate the work and wish you all the best as you make your way to the tour there. fema administrator deanne criswell, thank you very much. still ahead, millions of americans with student loans will have to start making payments soon. what to you needed to know? 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>> thanks, amara. the first thing everybody needs to do is figure out how many loans do you have? really you need to take an inventory, what your balances are, where they are, what the interest rates are because many, many people out there don't understand where all their loans are. so i'd really encourage you to take a moment to go to studentaid.gov and also if you feel you have private loans out there, you want to make sure you have everything ready to go. you can get a credit recport to check that out. that's one of the most important ones. setting aside a budget today is a great, great idea with payments starting in a month right now. >> how much have interest rates changed over the past three years? >> it's pretty insane. interest rates like mortgage rates have gone up 4% or so in the last 14 months. it's greatly impacting those who are borrowing. i'm seeing graduates borrowing 7.5% to 8% in student loans. it can get pretty extensive. >> awful. it's going to be a tough time because it's going to be so untenable for those who have so many different bills to pay. when should people expect to see their first bill? >> october. october is when payments will begin again and, you know, for brand-new graduates that have just come out of school in may, they do get a little bit of extra time, what is called a grace period, six or so months, where payments for them will begin starting in december. but for most, be prepared to start making payments in october. >> back to the interest payments, borrowers will not be paying the same amount monthly as they were before the pause? >> it depends. it begins if they were in repayment programs prior to 2020 when covid begin. for those who are brand-new, who have taken out since then and are now moving into repayment, for them they have probably never been in repayment, so they need to understand what are my options, what are my loan balances, and figure out what their monthly payment will be coming up in october. >> what if someone just can't afford these monthly payments, their loan. what options do they have? >> so there's a number of options based on federal and private student loans. for many, borrowers, they have federal loans because that's what they told you to do, contact your financial aid office. for a number of them, they're in-driven. it's based on your income, not necessarily your loan size. and that can provide relief for borrowers when they're coming out of school or perhaps they've had a life event where there's income dropped or they're temporarily unemployed. if you're making $1,000 a month, your payments would be about 10 p of your income. there are income-driven plans that can help you ow and there are more fixed monthly payment options whether it's a ten-year plan or 25-year plan. >> lastly. do you have any advice for people who can't afford it or are saying, look, i just cannot pay back my student loans right now? >> yes. so there is something that's called a 12-month on-ramp period where you don't have to actually make payments for a year if you can't and they won't hurt your credit to do that. this is giving borrowers, giving people more leeway, runway if they can't make payments until september of 2024. but there's a key point here. interest does start to accrue again on your loans. so, yes, it does give you some temporary time to perhaps figure out how to best address your payments, but i wouldn't put it off too long. >> andrew paulson, really critical information. thank you. a programming note, he was one of the original architects of rock and roll. 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