storm hillary lashes the southwest with whipping winds and torrential rain. las vegas sees flooding, while in california the governor has declared a state of emergency after the storm turned roads into rivers of mud across baja,

mexico michelle grossman is tracking the path of the storm this morning. two weeks after deadly wildfires ravaged hawaii biden will get a firsthand look at the destruction today, but is it too little, too late we're live with the growing criticism coming ahead of his visit. a a massive setback in russia's space race. the country's first mission to the moon in nearly 50 years comes crashing down on to the lunar surface. a scary start to the nfl preseason, two players had to be carted off the field in stretchers in separate games, sparking new safety concerns ahead of the regular season. and blue beats pink at the theaters the box office buzz as the blue beetle dethrones barbie after her four-week reign at the top it's monday, august 21st, "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm steven romo, it's a busy monday and we begin this morning traing tropical storm hillary

it's already shattered rainfall records in southern california with river levels now soaring. crews have been searching overnight for one person believed to be missing in the sanity clara river governor newsom says his concern is for people in hard to reach areas. >> i'm worried about some of the more rural and remote areas in the eastern part of the state, some of the more mountainous regions where people could be trapped, where there could be concerns so that's where we're focusing more of our energy. >> an example of the rural areas that the governor was talking about, road crewgot this video near san bernardino, mudslides are a major problem during and after storms in this region. santa clarita city shared this video of a road crumbling away into the rushing water an update on today's weather threats, michel glessman is tracking the latest on hillary. good morning. >> good morning. it was a historic day yesterday,

a year's worth of rain in just one day. we're continuing to see the rainfall and we saw landslides, mudslides, debris flows and we see that today still a tropical storm, hillary is at 40 miles an hour, dropping heavy amounts of rain, yellow on radar showing us where that heavy rain is falling. flooding is still a concern and because of that we do have a flood watch, we have flash flood warnings as well, 27 million people impacted. the red, flooding is happening now or imminent. that's a dangerous situation on top of that we have the concern for flash flooding as well where you see the darker blue, that's the biggest concern for where we could see flash flooding more about tropical storm hillary in just a bit. president biden is set to travel to maui today and this visit comes as the island tries to recover from the devastating wildfires that started nearly two weeks ago. for more on this we head to nbc's brie jackson in washington brie, the president's trip is not being welcomed by everyone there, criticism flaring now

do we know whahe's expected to do while he's there. >> reporter: good morning, steve. biden and the first lady there travel to maui from reno, nevada, just before 9:00 a.m. pacific time in a statement sunday president biden said he will be meeting with first responders and community members on the fire-ravaged island, saying he will be there as long as it takes for maui now, this comes amidst growing criticism of the federal government's response to the deadly wildfires biden has been accused by some, including former president trump, of waiting too long to address the damage caused by the fires. some residents of the island are also saying they do not want him to visit here is what fema administrator chris well said about the president's response in sunday. >> i was in complete communication with him throughout this event, helping him understand what i was seeing and what needs -- what resources needed to come in and he directed me to make sure that we are doing everything we can to

help the people of maui. >> reporter: and criswell added that the president will reassure the people of maui that they will be able to rebuild and that the government will be there to support them. >> brie, i know the death toll is continuing to rise in hawaii and the local government response to that tragedy is coming under some pretty intense scrutiny what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: it is, steven the death toll from the fires is already the highest in mern od u.s. historyith at least 114 confirmed deaths state officials are warning that that number could surge in the coming weeks as they work to identify the estimated thousand people unaccounted for this comes as governor josh green walked back his initial support of herman andaya the head of the maui image management agency, andaya resigned last thursday after facing criticism for saying he did not regret not activating the island's warning sirens. green said on cbs sunday that he

wished the sirens went off and the answer given by herman andaya was utterly unsatisfactory to the world. steven, back to you. >> 1,000 people still missing. brie, thank you. another dangerous wildfire threat is happening right now. this is happening in eastern washington state, multiple fires have forced thousands to evacuate with the largest inferno only 10% contained right now. our jessie kirsch brings us the latest >> reporter: the wildfires ripping across eastern washington state are unrelenting, different places have been raging outside spokane since friday, the largest the out of control gray fire, spanning more than 10,000 acres, tied to at least one death, also burning the oregon road fire and the far smaller wynonna fire the trio fueled by excessive heat and high winds, destroying dozens of structures with thousands ordered to evacuate

like melissa thurmen who says her home turned down. >> i can't explain the feeling of knowing that everything you worked for is gone, you know, yeah so there's going to be insurance and stuff, but it doesn't make up for, you know, what you see when you see all of your stuff turned to ash. >> reporter: governor inslee touring an evacuation shelter. >> this has been horrendous fires, the wind, this fire moved 7 miles in one afternoon. >> reporter: earlier the national weather service reporting the spokane region's air quality was the worse in the u.s. and perhaps the whole world. another challenge for people fleeing danger. >> it was scary. i was shaking, my mom was crying, my dad was starting to cry because we don't want to watch our house go up in flames. >> reporter: some families holding on to memories as they leave so much else behind. jesse kirsch, nbc news. >> heartbroken for them as well.

a california store owner with as shot and killed on friday and investigators say it hand due to anger over her pride flag the san bernardino sheriff's department said laurie carlton a mother of nine children was killed by a gunman who made several disparaging remarks about the flag hanging outside her clothing shom. the suspect was killed in a confrontation with deputies. she is described as an advocate for everyone and say she touched many lives. an ohio teenager faces the possibility of life in prison after she was found guilty of murdering her boyfriend. she will be sentenced today to the 2022 deaths of dominic russo and davion flanagan. she was convicted of crashing her car at 100 miles an hour last july killing the passengers she survived and prosecutors argued she had a toxic relationship with russo including previous threats to crash her car with him in it

russo's father told nbc news that he does not support a life sentence for mckenzie saying it wouldn't make him feel any better. let's turn back to southern california where they were shaken by more than just a tropical storm ventura cocounty also rockcked 5.1 magnitude earthquake peoplele in the southern part of los angeleles s county also rerd ththat they felt the shaking as well officials say there were no reports of significant damage, but did warn of potential aftershocks. russia's first mission to the moon in nearly half a century ended in complete failure. the unmanned luna 25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after running into a problem preparing for pre landing orbit this weekend. let's head to nbc news foreign correspondent claudio lavanga who is following that for us good morning a lot of disappointment with this one do we know why the mission failed >> reporter: good morning, steven russia's space agency says in

the early hours of saturday the craft entered an unpredictable orbit, spun out of control and then crashed on the moon it also said it will create a special commission to investigate reasons behind the crash, but whatever the reasons, this was also a major crash landing for russia's aspirations to become once again a major player in the space race as you mentioned, this was the first moon mission in almost a century, 47 years since the times of the soviet union and it was meant to prove that russia can keep up with the more advanced space programs from the united states, china but also india. the craft from russia was supposed to land today on the moon, the first spacecraft they hoped would land on the south pole of the moon where scientists believe there are vast reserves of frozen water two days before a spacecraft from india expected to land on wednesday which is why some analysts believe or think russia pushed itself or the mission too far in an attempt to win the

space race with russia but ended up losing the space race, the craft and also itseputation perhaps in the world of space exploration, steven. >> a lot of big losses there claudio, thank you. a recall to tell you about now. car maker niece is a recalling nearly a quarter million of the sentra sedans due to a tyrod in documents sent to the national highway traffic safety administration they say both tie rods in the 2022 and 2020 models might tendon impact, interfering with the safe steering of the vehicle. owners will have the tire rods replaced and are ushlgd to contact nissan or the dealership. tropical storm hillary sending summer rain to the southwest and a lot of it. let's head to michelle grossman on what we can expect on the west coast today. >> there was a lot of rain, generally 2 to 4 inches of rain, may not seem like a lot on the

east coast but this is a year's worth of rain in one day some spots in the mountains and deserts saw nearly a foot of rain, that is a ton of rain for southern california. we are going to see more rain today in spots, even up to 4 inches where you see brighter colors especially in portions of the intermountain west we are expecting a lot of rain there as well could see some flash flooding, we are concerned about that, could also see the chance of strong storms stretching from tucson, flagstaff, salt lake city, even into jackson, winds gusting up to 60 miles an hour, damaging hail, low chance for tornadoes, but a rough dayr hote south central, gulf states, southeast, into the 90s and 100s all right. when i come back we will talk about the middle of the country

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attack, he's collapsed on the floor. he's turning red and purple. >> reporter: the orange county fire department had rockies on the job the day sharon dialed 911. >> especially so earlyn my career this was unexpected. >> reporter: chris was a dispatcher in training when he got the call. >> he went down, he made just a deadly sound, i can't even imagine, i think it probably was his last breath. >> reporter: sharon was desperate after she saw her husband of 34 years collapse after complaining of chess tightness, but chris knew exactly what to do. >> i need you to press hard and fast at a rate of 100s per minute, follow this cadence, one, two, three. >> my savior, chris, came on the phone immediately. >> he doesn't seem like he has a pulse. >> keep going. you're acting as his pulse right now, remember that just keep going. >> i didn't feel alone in the moment helped me get through it >> reporter: firefighters came to the rescue within minutes >> we were able to take over

care, start cpr and deliver that first shock that g his heart back going. >> reporter: getting steve to the hospital where he underwent a series of procedures over the span of 14 days, turning to family and faith >> he came every day and prayed over steve and gave him anointing of the sick when we didn't know if he was going to survive or not we enjoy our life. we have fun together and these are our golden years to go have more fun in the darkest hours when you didn't know if he was going to survive you have to start contemplating that and i couldn't imagine living my life without him. >> reporter: finally steve was released with no permanent brain damage and it a new normal began for these empty nesters. >> the fifth one you take two times a day. >> reporter: a focus on health now a top priority together they're grateful for each other. >> it's great to be alive. >> reporter: and their heroes. they met on the worst day of their lives.

but now they are a family. >> they saved my family. i'm inn debted to them, but we've also said we are now family together. we will stay in touch. >> it's part of the job and something that we do and something like this happens we don't mention it after work, but to get to meet the family and meet people who come out when things go well is really something different. >> so glad it went well. our thanks to ellison barber for that report. that's going to do it for us this morning thanks for watching "early today. i'm steven romo. go out there and have a great monday a great monday

a once in a generation storm slams the baja coast the famously sunny shores of southern california lashed by tropical storm hillary millions of americans brace for an onslaught of rain we are tracking where the dangerous storm is moving next. president biden heads to hawaii this mornin