lives can t be replaced. material objects can. neil: knox on top of the historic stob still slamming southern california and spreading far and fast. tropical storm hillary turning roads in to rivers. forecasters are calling the rainfall record-breaking and warning the impact could be life threatening still. here s what we know so far. schools in the los angeles school area will reopen tomorrow. around 12,000 are still without power in southern california. five million are still under what they call a flood alert across western states. we re all over it right now with fox weather in palm springs where the cleanup is just beginning. bob van dillon on the update and recovery. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. we have more of the political storm to get to ahead of the big debate. right now on top of the big weather story. nicole valdez joins us in california with more. how are things looking there? neil, the mess you see behind me is an example of how intense that flash
consequential week for his campaign as rivals like vivek ramaswamy preparing in his own way. he posted this video. three hours of solid debate prep this morning. he s getting ready shirtless. i m guessing that s his back yard tennis court. i don t know many places you can play without a shirt. i m thinking he s add home. new polling shows iowa first the very first contest in the election, voters far from locked in. it s interesting when you get below the top numbers. more than 50% of voters say that they are debatable. wednesday night is a big opportunity for them to watch these candidates, if any of them is changing their mind about who they support. bret baier co-moderating the debate with me is here to kick things off. first, go to bill melugin who is here on the ground in milwaukee as well. hi, bill. hi, martha. this debate will be the first time all of these republican candidates are face-to-face with each other on the same stage, meaning they ll all have the chance
To help improve the economy. martha: all good questions. some of them no doubt you ll hear wednesday night. that is the story for this monday, august 21. as the story always goes on and goes on here in milwaukee the next couple days. i ll see you tonight on special report. your world starts right now. thanks for being here, everybody. the most significant rainfall in a 60-minute period any time in the history. take nothing for granted. we ve had storms before. nothing anything quite this windy and rainy at the same time. after careful consideration, we decided to shut down the schools. flood waters came up. like while we were driving.
Through later this month. that s when the moon completely blocks the sun. people along this pass stretching from oregon to south carolina will be able to see the total eclipse and local officials say they re expecting lots of visitors to pack in to that part of the country. the disaster declaration makes it easier to get money just in case it s needed. local officials urging people to stock up on supplies. people need to be preparing for like groceries or water and also need cash. that might need to prepare for that. they should be filling up their cars with gas. according to nasa, the total solar eclipse will take place monday, august 21. defending earth from alien life. it s now a full time job and pays pretty well. nasa is looking for a planetary protection officer. basically have to make sure that we don t contaminate other worlds when we sent out probes
In the next couple of days. the east coast is finally drying out. a lot to look at in the next couple of days. thank you adam klotz. and marcus on your calendar. we will be treated to the awe-inspiring total eclipse of the sun on august 21. now the national solar observatory is predicting exactly what it will look like. take a look. when the moon covers the sum we can actually see the faint lines around it. and pretty much all of north america should be able to see at least a partial eclipse. the date again is monday, august 21. pretty cool. after 10 years of making high-priced electric cars, a limited number, tesla is finally delivering the first mass-market car. the model three to the first customers. this is the problem, not really mass-market when only 30 of them are being released. of course, to tesla employees. i m not sure how that helps the rest of us. the ceo saying the supply issue is another problem.