i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we begin with a couple of breaking news stories from california. magnitude 5.1 earthquake has shaken southern california. the epicenter was in between santa barbara and ventura, according to the u.s. geological survey. there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage. right now, in the southwest, the main concern, though, is tropical storm hilary, which will cross into southern california within the next couple of hours. some areas will see a year s worth of rain. according to those forecasters, in just a day or two. flash flood warnings are up across the region. deteriorating conditions are affecting the roads. we ve been showing you this image. this tells the story for a big chunk of this area and the skies. hilary has contributed to more than 1,000 canceled flights at this point. 4,000 delays. the worst is likely to come. this is what hilary unleashed in baja, california. one person in this coastal town died when their vehicl
found people peoplewhen i havenn told their families. right now, recovering the dead on maui as the living try to recover from their own trauma. plus donald trump s crowded calendar, a possible trial right before super tuesday among other important dates. and no-show strategy, the republican frontrunner could skip next week s debate but it doesn t mean he won t be on tv. good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m danny freeman. we begin this morning in atlanta with the prosecutor there fani willis having set the date she wants to start the georgia election interference trial of donald trump and his 18 co-defendants and already there is a significant conflict with the political calendar. willis has asked the judge to start the trial march 4, 2024 just one day before trump would compete in the super tuesday primary contest. that is when more than a dozen states including california and texas go to the polls. and as you can see, the
have category 4 winds in southern california. however, the impacts will be significant mainly because we re going to catch a large population density off guard because this hasn t happened since 1939, the last time a tropical storm made landfall. the official track shows a landfall and tropical storm, does it move inland? does it stay over open water? that s to be determined. one thing for sure, it will interact with significantly cooler ocean waters, and that will help weaken the storm as it approaches the southwestern u.s. if the track takes it offshore, so no land interaction with the baja peninsula, more of a coastal impact, so look out for large waves, coastal erosion and urban flooding possibility between los angeles and specifically into san diego. if this storm takes a more easterly track, this brings the greatest impacts inland to southern california, parts of western arizona and southern nevada sunday into monday. we ll look out for the wind impacts but the flash fl
they have been watching these campaigns. we watch them work in the corners of the states like iowa, like new hampshire, south carolina, nevada. this week on a big stage be good to see who they truly are but what they have learned about how they compete with each other, against each other and react without scripts. they all want the same job so who is ready for? looking back at past debates without is really cool this week candidates on the stage with the same views and sampl samples goo head. it s how they were able to interact with those peers at that time in real-time that defined the candidates, watch for. quickset factors market you should not compare yourself to joe biden you should not so that s what we re doing here is exactly what we are doing you have not been involved in a consequence of decision where you had to be held accountable. you just simply haven t. the country already has a debt problem but we do not need to add to it by electing someone who has experien
his base, he is the leading democrat, but biden isn t looking so good these days. they re talking about speaking out about this is health. now they re talking about it. they are breathing down jo s neck, and he s in trouble. led state that joe drops out, jumps in, it can t be kamala, she fizzled out in the primary spreadsheet rental to cash before super tuesday and she s terrible bright vice president. the passage of time has had a significant impact on the chances. the dnc is not going to let her have k on the table. there is only one guy waiting i the wings and that is californi governor gavin newsom. he s got almost everything a candidate needs, there is just one problem. gavin newsom is a governor, and the state he governs is a complete mess. being california governor shoul be they have a giant film industry, natural resources, warm weather, tourism, i could go on and on. newsom took the state from $100 billion surplus to a $25 billion deficit. he has hundreds of thousand