surges there reaching at least 9 feet. president biden is calling on congress for additional money to replenish fema s disaster relief fund as costs mount from natural disasters from florida to hawaii. jasmine wright is live at the white house and isabel rosales is in live oak, florida, where we expect to see the president and first lady in just a couple of hours. walk us through what they re going to see. reporter: so the president is focusing on the big bend area, the area between the panhandle and the peninsula. this storm, hurricane idalia, has been the most powerful storm to hit that region in over 100 years. he s going to do an aerial tour and get a clear picture of the storm-ravaged area. over a thousand homes have been damaged by 125 mile per hour winds. he s expected to speak with survivors, get their stories. he s known for this, becoming comforter in chief. also from personnel and first responders. areas like this, a distribution site where you can see the florid
tonight on 360, rudy julian any does the wave, and the former president and 17 more really gets rolling. also tonight, how many health scares are too many health scares when you re the most powerful republican in the senate. plus a new reward if you know where this escaped murderer in, and word where me might be headed. in for anderson. we begin with the latest maneuvers. late today, ruely giuliani filed late court piling, and pro trump attorney asked for a speedy trial filed to sever his case from hers. we are still waiting on a federal judge. another item with the former president not helping to pay their legal deals w know that c co-defendants have turned to crowd funding, and those who answered the call on january 6th, a judge today sentenced another so-called proud boy to 18 years in prison. that is one of the lengthiest sentences yet for the attack. another guy in the window smashing video, he drew a ten-year sentence today. another busy day at the end of another even
you re live in the cnn newsroom. good evening. four indictments in in roughly four months until republicans first nominating contest. donald trump continues to dominate his rivals in the gop primary. new wall street journal poll finds trump support among republican voters growing to a whopping 59%. former president expanding his lead over his next closest competitor, ron desantis, to a commanding 46 points. joining us now to talk about this, vanity fair special correspondent, molly, and ana navarro. guys, great to see you. thanks so much. ana, is it all but inevitable that trump will be the republican nominee next year? it s certainly looking that way. you know, i think it shouldn t be surprising. part of me want to be surprised but i m not that he has this hold on the republican party. and that the indictments that his legal problems that all the things happening around him mean nothing. because the loyalists have complete and absolute allegiance to this man. it s tw
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
chesebro being tried for now in october under george is a speedy trial provision. also today, fani willis got a reprieve from the states republican governor, brian kemp, who squelched a special legislative selection aimed at removing her. governor kemp said he hasn t seen any evidence warranting it adding he would follow the constitution, quote, regardless of who it helps politically. as for codefendant mark meadows, we learn today that a ruling on moving the case to federal court could come at anytime. now that all briefs from both sides have been filed. and whichever way that goes the fulton county judge who has the case, said today that all proceedings in his courtroom, all of them, will be livestreamed and allowed to be televised. as for this guy, one of the thousands of americans who turned the former presidents words into action on january 6th, he received one of the longest prison sentences yet. 17 years for joe biggs, a top member of the so-called proud boys. another