new subpoenas go out as the first two surrender in atlanta and the president plans to upstage the debate thursday. also tonight, a new filing in the document mar-a-lago case, a key witness apparently changing testimony. later, what could have been a cable car catastrophe. one of the cables snapped and kids were dangling for hours. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin in georgia with breaking news in this week s surrender of 19 defendants. today, we learned that rudy giuliani has not been able to find a lawyer to represent him in georgia. so far, two people have turned themselves in. john eastman, an attorney who allegedly devised the fake elector scheme and scott hall, charged in connection with the voting machine breach. the woman who let people in to breach those machines, kathy lathem, seen here on video, opening the door for them, she reach add bond agreement today. 11 others have done the same. two others took action today, trying to derail the entire process.
of people are under a flood threat across the west, with california feeling the brunt of mother nature s fury. we re talking about heavy rains, severe wind, even an earthquake, and cnn is on the ground. plus, we re live outside fulton county jail in georgia where any day now, donald trump or any of his 18 accused co-conspirators could surrender on criminal charges. that s coming at a critical time in the race for the white house as trump s competition gathers for the first presidential debate without the former president and frontrunner on stage. face to face with tragedy. right now, president biden is traveling to hawaii to see firsthand the devastation left behind by the wildfires there more than 800 people are still unaccounted for, while the island is facing a new threat. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. from southern california to idaho, 16 million people are under flood watches this hour,
flames of its own, three deadly fires scorching thousands of acres across the state and forcing thousands to evacuate. all of this playing out as fema, the agency responsible for disaster response says they re running out of cash, in a year that s setting records for billion dollar weather disaster. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin in california, where officials say the risk of flooding and mud slides isn t over yet. nbc s priscilla thompson is live, what s it like where you are on the ground, priscilla? reporter: yeah, chris, this is the type of scene that some folks are waking up to. this is a road that has effectively, as you said, turned into a river. all of that water that came down had nowhere to go. there may be some debris. a worker told us that is blocking where it should be flowing under this road, and so you see it flowing across the road, and it has been going like this all morning since we ve been here over the pa
two cities and two stories with a big impact on politics and our democracy. in atlanta, all eyes are on th giuliani, the guy once called america s mayor is expected to sur ender as we are learning more about former president trump s own plans to turn himself in. and in milwaukee gop hopefuls for the presidential nominations face off in the first debate of the 24 campaign, each one with their own goals and one goal that may be out of reach, winning nomination. and we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. intense legal battles playing in in atlanta ahead of the first republican primary battle in milwaukee. donald trump is the clear gop front-runner but he won t be at that debate alongside his rival, instead he s hunkered down in new jersey on the eve of his surrender on rico charges in georgia. so far six of the co-defendants have turned themselves in at the fulton county jail. and today one of the archit
this is also casting a huge shadow over the gop s presidential debate. the first one happening tonight. trump is skipping it and eight of his rivals will be there trying to seize the spotlight. also to greece where deadly wildfires are raging. a cnn photojournalist capturing this intense video as firefighters are battling the inferno. they were blasted with these powerful winds. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. this is where we begin following the breaking news this morning. sources tell cnn rudy giuliani is planning to surrender today at the fulton county jail in georgia after he tries to work out a bond agreement with prosecutors. we are told he will leave his manhattan apartment at any moment and this all comes just one day before donald trump is set to turn himself in for alleged scheme to overturn his loss in georgia. four of trump s 18 co-defendants already turned themselves in this morning and yesterday, and we are waiting to see how many may