good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is getting brighter out there. the sun is out. u hope you re having your coffee and joining me and omar. i m amara walker. it s brighter in here. the team of omar. omar and amara. the names are similar. i m in for victor blackwell. sorry, i m steaming hling her f little bit. we have some sad news. the world says good-bye to legendary singer-songwriter jimmy buffett. be prepared. record heat and possible storms could hamper your plans. all eyes are on former president donald trump and his allies as more codefendants in the georgia subversion case are included including rudy giuliani. mitch mcconnell freezes in front of everyone for a second time. there are questions of his leadership. fewier ooh traveling this weekend, you re in good company. if you re hitting the road, be prepare to drop some cash. today s average gallon costs around $3.82 that and if you re flying this weekend, you my want to get to the ai
he was resting, came in as a sub at the hour mark and then did what messi does. put new york s defense in a blender, on the give and go from ben cremaschi in just nine games for miami, 11 goals. that leads the team in scoring and, of course, he won the first ever trophy last week with the league s cup title. check out the reaction in times square in manhattan. simply awesome. messi and miami win 2-0. when he comes to atlanta in a couple of weeks, the tickets in the nosebleeds normally $19, are going for $160. of course they are. i was talking about this. when he coming? i want to be in the same stadium as lionel messi. thank you. good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, august 27th. i m rahel solomon in for victor blackwell. and i m amara walker. top of the hour. 7:01. thank you for joining us. several developing stories this morning. at least three marines are dead after several others and several others hurt after their helicopter crashed du
glad you re with us. it is a big day. glad i have victor black well by my side. we re here. we have a lot the to get to. five things to know for this thursday, august 24th. donald trump is expected to surrender in georgia. this will be the fourth time he s turning himself in to be arrested. he faces charges to overturn the georgia election. the fist gop primary debate, 6) of the 8 candidates rauzed their hand when they would ask if they would support trump;í a the nominee. vivek ramaswamy finds himself in the spotlight. he was the center attention at center stage last night and sparred with a lot of candidates and contentious exchanges on issues including the war in ukraine. nikki haley challenging her rivals on abortion rights, clashes with mike pence and arguing a federal abortion ban is not politically realistic. there are new questions about a presume edod dead in a plane h two months after he led a rebellion against vladimir putin. new eyewitnesss are sharing
the next hour of cnn this morning starts now. good friday morning. we are watching hurricane hilary this morning, a powerful category 4 storm as it barrels towards the west coast. it is supposed to weaken. that s good news, by the time it reaches the u.s. it is expected to bring heavy rain and maybe flooding to the southwest over the weekend, as we learn fema is running out of money for disaster relief after an historic year of disasters. one of donald trump s close allies and co-defendants was at the capitol on january 6th with conspiracisy theorist alex jones. president biden about to hold summit at camp david to figure out how to counter the looming threat from china and north korea. national security council spokesman john kirby will join us live to preview this high-stakes meeting. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. developing this morning, hurricane hilary a category 4 storm rapidly intensifying and on its way to the west coast. it is expect
i m amara walker. i m rahel solomon. great to be with you, amara. thanks for coming back. it s been fun. thank you for spending part of your morning was us. here s what we re watching for you this morning. this is the largest natural disaster we have ever experienced. it s going to also be a natural disaster that s going to take an incredible amount of time to recover from. the death toll from the maui wildfires jumps to 93, making it the deadliest wildfire in the past century. we are live in maui as federal help pours in. also hearing from residents frustrated with the government s response. the fulton county district attorney investigating donald trump and his attempts to interfere in georgia s election expected to present her case to a grand jury this week. what we are learning about some of the key witnesses ordered totive. a viral triple threat adds the new covid variant emerges. concerns heading into cold and flu season and what we should be doing to prepa