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which will get him in serious trouble in court if he tries the same thing on the witness stand. and we will bring you the rest of the major legal developments of the day, including federal judges officially finding that rudolph giuliani did lie about two election workers in georgia, an innocent mother and daughter, who were attacked by not just giuliani but the then president of the united states, donald trump. and there is more we have to get to tonight, because it happened again. in tennessee. you would think that the republican legislature learned their lesson when they suffered worldwide condemnation for expelling representative justin jones and representative justin pearson, who were then immediately reappointed to their positions by local officials, and then went on to win their reelection s to the legislature. but this week, the tennessee speaker of the house, formally ordered the silencing of representative justin jones. and once again, the republicans in the te ....
publicly. so what does this mean for the minority leader s future? and idalia s destruction. we re going to take you to some of the hardest hit areas in florida as we check in with a woman who told us on tuesday she was not going to evacuate. so what happened? let s go out front. good evening, thanks for joining us. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. out front tonight, not guilty. former president trump entering that plea in georgia today for all 13 counts he s facing there and opting not to appear in court for his arraignment. this marks a shift for trump. for almost five months now he has seized on previous court appearances and last week s arist in atlanta to galvanize supporters and of course raise money. tonight we re learning the judge in georgia will allow all arraignments next week to be shown live on camera. and that s a big deal because keep in mind trump s federal cases in florida and d.c., they don t allow cameras. so could that have been a factor in hi ....
poppy is off this week. sara sidner is with us after a brief tour in florida to cover the hurricane yesterday. we are going to be covering that again today. neighborhoods have been changed forever by hurricane idalia. it is now a tropical storm off the carolina shores. but officials are already assessing the damage in florida and georgia. we will be talking with fema administrator about the latest on the ground in a moment. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell freezes up in front of reporters again. it is the second time in disturbing scene played out this summer. new reporting now about what mcconnell s been doing behind the scenes. and the department of health and human services is recommending that the d.e.a. significantly ease restrictions on marijuana. it is currently a schedule 1 drug the same as lsd and heroin. it wouldn t legalize marijuana federally, could it be a step in that direction? we will explore. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. ....
structure to escape the blaze. and happening right now, remnants of idalia going through north carolina, causing heavy flooding and even spawning tornadoes. in south carolina, just as the storm was barreling through the region, a small twister may have flipped over this car. take a look at that. this after idalia made landfall in florida yesterday as the most powerful hurricane to hit the big bend in over 100 years, packing wind speeds of up to 125 miles an hour. at one point in cedar key, the storm surge surpassing ten feet, entire neighborhoods converted into rivers. right now, just as we approach the hottest point of the day, roughly 300,000 people are without electricity across the south as crews are working around the clock to restore power. joining us now with more is nbc news meteorologist angie lassman and nbc s julia ainsley is in morehead, city, north carolina, and nbc s guad venegas in cedar key, florida. there is an update from the national hurricane cente ....
claiming that they tampered with ballots in 2020 after he refused to turn over required documents in the defamation case by the workers. the mother and daughter saying this confirms there was never any truth to giuliani s claims. he will face a trial to determine how much he will pay them in damages. he will talk to an attorney representing the women. first responders assessing the destruction in northern florida. most roads are cleared. some schools reopened today. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell appears to freeze for the second time in a month, this time more than 30 seconds before aides stepped in. a spokesperson later saying he felt light-headed. i will be joined by gina raimondo from china. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we have breaking news this hour as donald trump entered that not guilty plea to the 13 charges in the georgia election interference indictment. the former president also voluntarily waiving his right to show up for hi ....