remain in effect as hilary drenches the southwest. the storm s rains creating dangerous conditions. you can see cars stranded there in this flooding, roads closed and mudslides cutting off access entirely to some areas. for some people in southern california, it was a one-two punch. watch this video, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake shaking parts of ventura and l.a. counties. look at all those glass bottles start to shake and then fall in this restaurant before customers make a dash for the door. meteorologist bill karins is standing by with details on how much rain and what s next. first, let s go to san diego and nbc news correspondent guad venegas. it s just past 7:00 a.m. there. what kind of dangers and damages are people dealing with as they start their day. reporter: the weather is clearing here in san diego. we ve had rain all through out yesterday and overnight. fortunately, the main part of the storm moved inland after it entered the united states. it passed through the
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zone. also tonight, the first 2 of donald trump s 18 co-defendants in the georgia election case surrendering at an atlanta jail. among them, attorney john eastman accused of plotting what s been called a fake elector scheme. it comes as mr. trump confirms when he will turn himself in. the miracle rescue, seven students and a teacher dangling nearly a thousand feet in the air after a cable car s line snaps in pakistan. the incredible video, a helicopter hoisting one passenger to safety. the home explosion that killed the father of an nfl star. what we re learning. the fatal school bus crash in ohio on the first day of the new school year. the gunman identified in the fatal shooting of a california shop owner over her pride flag. was it a hate crime? and american sha carri richardson racing into history, the thrilling moment she became the world s fastest woman. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. tonight,
plane falling from the sky with a damaged wing. as you ve often seen when it comes to air crashes, showing bodies on the floor. even an open transparent investigation using dna would struggle to go through a scene like that and be clear about every single person who had lost their life there. who indeed they were. instead, we have russian state media, russian state investigators launching into this investigation. these are the people in the pay of vladimir putin. they often channel his every word and wishful sometimes there s chaos. sometimes we don t always see a perfectly orchestrated plot. it s unclear what we re seeing here but the message is thick and fast and it is all pointing toward the possibility that yevgeny prigozhin is indeed dead. now, here s frankly a seminole figure. he was a she was with the military supply, who then turned the man who ran the factory that caused havoc in the u.s. elections. he openedly admitted to being involved in trying to mettle in the el
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