many as 850 still missing. plus, our new poll with des moines register, the first time year on iowa with some surprising results at what likely republican voters think about front-runner, donald trump, and his challengers. as the former president and his 18 co-defendants in georgia still have to surrender at the fulton county jail for booking on the alleged election racketeering case by noon this friday. when will any of them show up? and good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. tropical storm hilary is setting off flash flood alerts from central california to idaho as millions of americans are bracing for severe weather or dealing with record flooding. priscilla thompson is in california. what s the latest there and to the north? reporter: yeah, andrea. the sun is out right now, but i want to show you what folks here are dealing with. we are on a closed road right now and as you can see, this water is just washing over this road. it looks like a river. they
all the rest, a complete hoax. republican primary candidates finishing their debate prep. a big night in milwaukee, hoping to break out of the crowd and narrow the gap in the polls with the former president. steve kornacki will be here to break it all down. what do voters want? our nbc news poll taking a dive into the issues that iowa republicans, the first to cast their votes, care about most. we are monitoring the fulton county jail where former president trump is expected to surrender tomorrow. many of his co-defendants are surrendering today. rudy giuliani is in georgia today, hiring john esposito to handle his bail and surrender, adding to what the new york times reports are nearly $3 million in his legal defenses. two more defendants surrendering last night. kenneth chesebro and ray smith. there were developments in the mar-a-lago classified documents case. the resource technology man said he knew nothing about erasing tapes. joining me now, blaine ale er in
$200,000 bond and a promise to behave on social media. can he live up to it? what happens if he doesn t? employees at the fulton county sheriff s office are being threatened. details about the threats. eight republican presidential candidates will take the debate stage tomorrow for the first primary debate. is that enough to keep donald trump from grabbing the spotlight with his counterprogramming push. this is cnn news central. by this time on thursday, donald trump could be the only presidential candidate to be arrested, skip the debate and released on $200,000 bond, all in the same 24 hours. a lifetime of achievement in the snap of a finger. trump s legal team agreed to the bond deal in fulton county, georgia and including strict guidelines of what he can put on social media the. trump posted this. i ll be go to atlanta, georgia, on thursday, to be arrested. can you believe it? only because it s happened in new york, florida and washington, d.c. this year. trump to
by my side. happy to be back. you worked all weekend. yes, i did. really severe weather is dominating the headlines. here are five things to know for monday, august 21st. right now what is left of tropical storm hillary pounding the southwest with record rainfall. states of emergency declared roads inundated with water. the national hurricane center warns catastrophic flooding is still a threat. happening today, president biden will visit maui to meet with survivors of the devastating wildfires. the number killed there, 114 with hundreds still unaccounted for. new overnight, president trump makes it official. he says he will not show up to this week s gop primary debate and even suggests he may not show up to any of them. that s right. ferreras-copeland jail in georgia bracing for a very busy week. d.a. fani willis has given donald trump and his 18 co-defendants until friday to overturn the election. major news here from russia. the first lunar mission in 47 y
legal filing just moments ago from former white house chief of staff mark meadows. these are live pictures of the fulton county jail. told, the first of donald trump s codefendants surrendered and were arrested. among them former trump lawyer john eastman who was released after being processed, finger printed and having his mug shot taken. scott hall was the first to turn himself in this morning. hall was charged over his alleged involvement in the breach of voting machines. as for eastman, as you may recall, he served as trump s lawyer, and advised the former president on ways to stop congress from certifying the 2020 election results. and as we just mentioned here at the top of the hour, moments ago, another codefendant, mark meadows, filed a request for an emergency court order. he s trying to avoid being arrested while he fights to have this case moved from fulton county, georgia, into federal court. meadows, trump and the other defendants have until noon on friday to tur