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for joining me. i m rahel solomon fredricka whitfield has the day we begin this hour with a biden trump rematch in full swing, fresh off his state of the union address, president biden is now on his way to the battleground state of georgia and that s exactly where presumptive republican nominee donald trump will be today their dueling campaign events will be happening in just a few hours biden is holding an event in atlanta and trump is holding a rally in rome. that s located in the northwest part of the state of georgia is a key battleground state that biden won in 2020 by less than a percentage point the only swing state among primary contests happening on to say, we do have a team of correspondents covering today s dueling campaign events. steve contorno is with the trump campaign, but let s actually begin with camila to shallow, she is in wilmington, delaware. that s where the president is about to head to georgia. camila good to see you. so what can we expect? what messa
this morning, we are beginning to learn the costs of those devastating fires in hawaii. officials confirmed 80 have lost their lives in the fires that broke out on tuesday. but they warn the death toll will likely rise in the coming days. crews have not yet searched the inside of most of the buildings and it is still unclear how many people are missing. the search is expected to be long, it is expected to be exhausting, and officials say that more than 2200 properties have been destroyed. and fema put the estimated cost of the rebuild from the fire from 5.5 billion dollars. the video shows just the hor horror as the fires as people tried to escape, theview of the fire from lahaina on wednesday as many jumped into the observe ton try to escape the flames. take a look at this tiktok video. it appears to show some of the desperate people in the water after they were forced to jump in to try to save themselves from the fire. cnn has not been able to determine the source, or t
good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us. it is a tuesday, full of news. victor blackwell by my side. good morning. good to be back. good to have you. here all week. five things to know for this tuesday, august 8th. new this morning, the east coast cleaning up after deadly storms, trees are down, roads are blocked. hundreds of thousands of people without power. already more than 300 flights cancelled. happening today, the police chief in montgomery, alabama, is expected to reveal more information about that brawl that broke out on the city s river front. it started after a black dock worker was attacked by a group of white people. so far no arrests. but four warrants have been issued. right now, los angeles city workers are on a 24-hour strike. 11,000 workers including sanitation workers, engineers, life guards, all headed for the picket lines. they say it s a fight for fair contracts. this hour, polls open in ohio as voters decide whether to make it harde
arrive any moment now and his presumptive, republican rival donald trump is holding a rally in rome. that s located in the northwest part of the state, georgia, a key swing state that biden won in 2020 by less than a percentage point and it is the only swing state among primary contests happening on tuesday. we have team coverage for you of today s campaign events. steve contorno is with the trump campaign, but let s actually begin with priscilla alvarez. she is in atlanta where biden is holding a campaign event in just a few hours. priscilla, what can we expect to hear from the president today? okay well, you can expect it outline his domestic accomplishments and convey what that has done for people here in atlanta, but also draw a stark contrast from donald trump calling him his predecessor and recent remarks both yesterday and the state of the union multiple times. now, of course, this it s was a week that the campaign hoped would really crystallize that this is a rematc