california can t catch a break. this morning about 25 million people are under flood warnings across the western u.s. the damage storm hillary has lend where it s headed now. this is the week donald trump and 18 others now charged in georgia will have to surrender, turning themselves in to atlanta s fulton county jail, just as one of the accused makes a big move to try to get his charges dropped. president biden on his way to maui with more than 800 people still unaccounted for after the deadly wildfires. i m john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. this is cnn news central. this morning storm hillary is now moving north as a post-tropical cyclone after shattering rainfall records in southern california and leaving behind life-threatening flooding. flood watches remain in place for 25 million people up and down the west coast. look at those pictures out of cathedral city, california. this is video overnight showing part of the california desert, yep, under wat
there s severe flooding but take a look at santa monica at the beach and pier there. that is where some folks expecting the worst a state of emergency in los angeles now in place. the national hurricane center issuing the areas first tropical storm warning in history, and in a moment we ll hear from an official from the hurricane center. los angeles mayor karen bass urging residents to be prepared and stay home. we re asking people to stay home to be safe, that if they are outside for any reason and they happen to see fallen trees or powerlines they stay far away if they need assistance 9-1-1 and 311 for city services we re all hands on deck here at the cities emergency operation center. and we have news team coverage for you right here on fox tracking hilary. meteorologist adam klotz on the steamers path and fox weather correspondent nicole valdes is in palm springs california. but first to fox news chief correspondent jonathon hunt he s live in santa monica, so how s
the criminal indictment we ve covered in manhattan, florida, and washington, d.c. mr. trump continuing his unrelenting attacks against d.a. fani will is throughout the morning, claiming that this prosecution is the latest, quote, witch hunt against him. mr. trump is also promising a press conference next monday morning, where he is going to release some reports that he says it will improve there was election fraud despite multiple court cases, saying he won the presidency fair and square. and the campaign as with previous indictments have addressed a flurry of fundraising emails to try to turn this latest legal woe to financial gain. garrett haake is here, katie phang, chuck rosenberg, msnbc legal analyst lisa ruben and former fbi general counsel. chuck rosenberg, power panel, and i will start with you if i can. when i read this social media post by donald trump, he promised a large complex and detailed report by monday, to refute this indictment. is it bound with footnot
thousands of cats have died. now, veterinarians are dispensing human anti covid pills to stop the spread. and blast off sir richard branson s virgin galactic launches from new mexico with the first mother and daughter to head into space on board. first, the latest in a series of extreme weather events around the world that experts say have been made more likely by climate change. firefighters continue to battle wildfires in hawaii. at least 36 people have been killed. the popular tourist town of lahaina, on the island of maui, has been largely burned to the ground. us presidentjoe biden has declared a major disaster, triggering the release of federal funding for the people in maui county. us soldiers have joined search and recovery efforts. let s take a listen to what president biden has had to say in the last few minutes. i want to say a word about the devastating wildfires that have claimed at least 36 lives in maui in hawaii. we havejust approved claimed at least