Good morning, everyone. Lets get things started with fife things to know for this wednesday, august 16th. There are new developments in Donald Trumps georgia indictment. Overnight we learned the form president is expected to be booked into jail at any point in the next nine i days. And were learning his dms on twitter were of great interest for the Special Counsel. New questions this morning about what caused wildfires on maui that are now blamed for 106 deaths. The Washington Post is report ing a downed power line likely caused that first fire on the island. Heres the video of that moment. The soldier that crossed into north korea, his mother is asking he be treated fairly. Oher attempted a 15 million shake dunn before he filed this petition. Cnn this morning starts right now. Heres where we start. New overnight, we know where donald trump will likely surrender in Fulton County, georgia, with just nine days left to turn himself in. The former president is expected to be arrested and b
a winter storm back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. ahead on cnn newsroom we heard a bunch of shots, but we thought it was firecrackers at first. and then a lot of people just started running, like straight to our door, trying to come in and everything. eight people are dead after a gunman opens fire at a texas outlet mall. what we re learning about the shooter and the weapon. the uk just crowned a new king and queen. what would the late queen elizabeth make of all of it? we ll talk with a woman who called her boss. and confusion at the u.s. border with mexico as a covid-era rule used to expel some migrants are set to expire. how can the u.s. solve its immigration problems? live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. residents of allen, texas, are in shock and mourning after their city became the latest in the united states to suffer a mass shooting. the deadly rampage happened at a crowd
we begin this hour in california. significant flood threat is intensifying. powerful drenching storms hitting the northern and central parts of of the state. brought on by an atmospheric river. governor newsom declared a state of emergency. a levy breach forcing evacuations in monterey county. the california national guard is now on the scene in santa cruz to support emergency services. around 15 million people are under flood watches across california and nevada. for some residents, the rising water is simply too much to bear. can t live like this. how do you live like this? how do i have my kids here? how do i have my elderly mother live here where i carry her out of her had house? snowfall is also causing significant problems blocking roads and trapping some people in their homes. several feet of snow have fallen in parts of the sierra nevada mountains. moouk is live for us in monterey county reporting on the flooding taking place there. what s at stake and what s expe
washington. president biden is about to arrive at fema headquarters. the president approved a major disaster declaration for florida and spoke with governor ron desantis. you have power lines that are down. you have trees that are down. you have a lot of hazards right now. today is about identifying the people that need help, who may still be in harm s way, but also beginning the process of rebuilding some of the things that we need. the tropical storm continues to barrel towards the atlantic ocean where it s expected to regain strength and make a second landfall tomorrow along the south carolina coast. right now, tropical storm winds can be felt as far as 830 miles out from the storm. let s go to bring in meteorologist bill karins. this is not over yet. the focus is northeast florida and the second landfall we are expecting in 24 hours. what are you seeing in the latest update? unfortunately, it looks like it s a hurricane when it make landfall when it hits charleston.
unleashes fresh attacks on gaza. the idf warning civilians in the southern part of the strip they are in a war zone. we re following the latest on the ground and the state of negotiations for hostages. donald trump s defense attorneys are facing a fulton county judge for the first time fighting to have the georgia election subversion case thrown out on first amendment grounds. but does this have any chance of working? and george santos joining a not so elite club. he becomes just the sixth member of the house of representatives ever to be voted out of congress. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in here to cnn news central. israeli combat operations are back underway after a week-long pause in fighting. the idf unleashing on gaza in its mission to leliminate hamas. critical aid has stopped flow ing into the enclave and the idf is urging civilians to evacuate the southern city dropping leaflets, calling the area, a quote, fighting z