two weeks after unrelenting wildfires ripped through maui, president biden get s a first hand look at the devastation his pledge to maui, where over 800 people are still missing the shocking aftermath of tropical storm hilary across the southwest. a surrender date set former president trump revealing

when he'll turn himself in at a georgia jail the american dream a little further out of reach this morning for home hunters the new pains for the market as interest rates soar higher providing care for an adorable endangered species. it's tuesday, "early today" starts right now glad you're with us this morning. i'm frances rivera. president biden has returned to d.c. this morning after trying to bring some comfort to the people of hawaii he visited with families and first responders, while getting a close look at the vast sdrux on destruction on the maui. he promised that the rebuilding process would be respectful of the sacred grounds there >> whatever it takes, as long as it takes i look at your congressman and senators and governor and lieutenant governor. we're going to get it done for

you. get it done the way you want it done not get it done somebodys way. i mean it. >> the federal government says they are bringing in more resources and have approved more than $8 million in relief to victims so far authorities have updated the official death toll to 115 many but the mayor of maui county says 850 people are still missing. most of the victims who have been identify so far are seniors, but the governor yssa many of the victims may be children let's turn to e disaster recovery, beginning in california tropical stormhilary hammered the southwest. some communities now cut oven mater off entirely by mudslides. >> reporter: across the southwest they're doing their best with the destruction tropical storm hilary left behind panic and devastation.

a massive mudslide barrelling down the highway sunday evening. firefighters stranded. the debris narrowly missing this reside >> the mud is all the qway acros and all the way down the street. >> reporter: what did it sound like >> like thunder. i didn't know if it was going to come over. >> reporter: residents say the mountain just gave way and came pouring down this road, what's left, about six feet of mud. can you see, this is like quicksand. and until this is clear an entire town is cut off across the southwest officials assess the damage. a 18 wheeler up to its windows in mud with rainfall records set across the region, palm springs narrowly avoiding disaster after the 911 emergency lines temporarily went down as 50% of their annual rainfall fell in

only six hours entire neighborhoods blanketed in sludge. residents evacuated by budozers >> 10 being washed out both directions is not a good sign. >> reporter: in mexico, water rushed the roads while los angeles avoided the worst of the storm, firefighters did pull this car from the l.a. river. elsewhere, others looked on in disbelief. >> you come and out of nowhere your car is floating >> reporter: no deaths reported in the u.s a sigh of relief this could have been so much worse. here in san bernardino county the water came rushing off that mountain carving into this field. those rocks you see weren't there before further up the mountain, crews continue to try and dig homeowners out of the mud. the clock is ticking for the 19 defendants indicted in a georgia election case to turn themselves in. even as former president trump took to truth social on monday to announce when he plans to

surrender. new polling shows that his legal woes are doing little to slow his momentum in the republican primary. for more on this, we turn to brie jackson in washington what do we know about trump's upcoming arrest and booking? >> good morning, frances as you said, former president trump and his 18 co-defendants, indicted last week on racketeering charges connected to the 2020 election have until friday to surrender at rice street jail in atlanta in a post to truth social on monday evening, trump confirmed that he'll turn himself in on thursday it will be the fourth arrest of the former president since april, following his previous indictments in new york, florida, and here in washington, d.c. now this comes after trump's bond was set at $200,000 on monday the conditions of thebond agreement say that trump cannot attempt to intimidate or threaten any co-defendant or witnesses in this case other defendants, including

former trump lawyers, john eastman and kenneth chesebro have agreed to $100,000 bond deals. eastman is expected to surrender later today. >> and brie, thursday is the day after the first goprimp y debate in milwaukee. tell us about that and the latest polls of potential republican voters. >> reporter: frances, on monday night, late monday night, the rnc confirmed that eight candidates will be taking the stage. the final list includes former vice president mike pence, is that right tim scott, governors ron desantis and doug burgum former governors chris christie, nikki haley and asa hutchinson and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. trump announced last week that he would not be in attendance. his support in the party remains strong even in his absence in the latest des moines, iowa poll which surveys likely republican iowa caucus voters,

42% said trump would be their first choice, maintaining a double-digit lead over his closest rival, florida governor ron desantis meanwhile, 41% of caucus goers say trump should continue lead the party but over 50% of respondents say it's time to consider other options for president. desantis also leads trump by a slight margin in favorability ratings. now while trump's lead among the iowa gop might seem insurmountable, we all know that nothing is certain >> we'll see it again. brie, thank you. a wealthy dentist has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife in the high-profile case, larry rudolph was convicted of shooting bianca rudolph during a trip in 2016 to africa his girlfriend also got prison time for being an accessory in the crime that netted the couple

millions in life insurance payments >> reporter: a life sentence for larry rudolph, a wealthy dentist, convicted of murdering his wife while on an african safari his attorney telling nbc news in a statement, larry is innocent he did not murder his wife we looking forward to the appeal rudolph learning his fate in a federal courthouse in colorado bianca rudolph was shot in the heart at the end of the couple's trip to zambia on a big game hunt in 2016 >> we hear the gunfire and the voice. >> reporter: at the time, local authorities ruling her death an accident >> there's no proof that larry rudolph pulled the trigger >> reporter: but a friend telling nbc's "dateline," the experienced hunter would not have made that mistake >> she was way too comfortable with firearms, how to clean them, thousandhow to put them ay >> reporter: rudolph's quick

cremation of his wife's remain as well as cashing in on nearly $5 million in life insurance benefits got the attention of investigators, which they say was part of a plan to set up a comfortable retirement alongside his girlfriend who was also convicted in the case, charged with being accessory to the crime and sentenced to 17 years. she has filed an appeal. >> she didn't know what he had done in africa she had nothing to do with any of that. she doesn't feel he was guilty of this crime, and she knows she was not. >> reporter: during the trial, one key witness, a bartender testifying he overheard a damning conversation >> he said to lori, i killed my f-ing wife for you >> reporter: he says it was taken out of context, clarifying they're saying i killed my expletive wife for you, referring to investigators >> it was overheard in a conversation at dinner, it wasn't some torrid confession out of the blue, which is, i think the government painted it to be that

but he heard what he heard, but he only heard part of it >> reporter: prosecutors say rudolph made his wealth through a pittsburgh-area dentist franchise business rudolph was give and life sentence, which was mandatory under federal sentencing rules he was also ordered to pay out more than $15 million in penalties, including forfeiting some of his properties >> our thanks to valerie castro for that report. also sentenced to life, a british nurse who murdered seven babies in her care she was also convicted of trying to kill six other infants. she committed the crimes between june of 2015 and june of 2016. the methods included insulin poisoning and injecting intravenous lines with air she maintained her inch since, but innocence she was give and whole-life

order with no possibility of parole raging wildfires in washington state have destroyed dozens of homes. the gray fire started on friday and is only 25% contained. currently, it contains more than 10,000 acres and thousands are under evacuation orders. the projected light rain will likely not reduce the fire but could keep it from spreading as quickly. strong winds have blown smoke far outside the fire zone, leading to dangerous air quality in more than half of washington state. we're also watching a new tropical storm brewing in the gulf of mexico michelle is tracking tropical storm harold >> we saw that become a tropical storm overnight. we're now seeing winds at 45 miles per hour and the outer rain bands as tropical downpours reach the coast. it will move inland into the early afternoon. and we do expect it to reach the coast of texas a tropical storm.

as we go throughout the next couple of hours, between the morning and afternoon hours, we're going to see it make landfall and it will quickly weaken before that, winds gusting up to 30 to 40 miles per hour. could see 55 miles per hour wind gusts. heavy, heavy rainfall. anywhere from two to six inches of rain. could see seven in some spots causing localized flooding where you see the brighter colors, the oranges, yellows, reds, corpus christi could see the 90s and 100s they stretch to the northern plains you factor in the humidity, it feels warmer than that that heat dome is tacked in place. we're looking at dangerous heat

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>> we're so lucky. >> reporter: that morning they got news of a sighting high above if a eucalyptus tree, there he is. >> there he is up there. they're so cute. >> reporter: they are cute the iconic face of this country, snacking, scratching, but mostly snoozing, as he does 20 hours a day. he appears healthy, and this in the wild is rare >> everyone knows koalas mean australia. and the koalas are like the face of our forests we may lose them from the wild this century >> reporter: dr. stewart blanch of wwf australia was part of the team that got the australian government to list koalas as an endangered species last year in several eastern states nationwide the rough total estimate is half of what it was 20 years ago, 350,000 koalas the fear is the rapid decline and extinction in eastern parts of the country by 2050

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you almost sound hopeful i'm hearing a little bit of hope >> i hope. it's hard. >> reporter: pointing out the latest development plans threatening koalas pat and barry are still fighting how about you? any hope in any optimism >> i mean, you can't just give up, can you? >> reporter: molly hunter,bc nt.

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