i'm tom llamas in new york stay right there more news on the way more news oy the calm after the storm tropical storm hilary bringing record rainfall along with destructive wind and landslides. people across the southwest are picking up the pieces. donald trump tells followers when he'll turn himself in to authorities.

but four criminal indictments isn't slowing him town on the campaign trail and the flu, koicovid and r? oh, my hear about the new vaccine protecting babies from the moment they're born. a self-driving car makes a u-turn they're impacting public safety, and drivers say it's impacting their sanity see why the companies and tors are hitting the brakes say it isn't sew sunflower season is coming to an end. but you can still visit the blooming flowers we'll take you to a floral farm that says tourists are its only hope it's tuesday, august 22nd. "early today" starts right now glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera across the southwest people are surveying the damage left behind by tropical form hilary. in the san bernardino national forest entire communities have

been cut off by mudslides. some roads are covered inasmuch as six feet of mud our erin mclaughlin spoke to one woman who says the debris narrowly missed her home >> the mud is all the way across and all the way down the street. >> reporter: what did it sound like >> worse than thunder. i didn't know if it was going to come over the top of this hill or into the house. >> fortunately, california has not reported any serious injuries or deaths from this storm. the record rainfall did leave behind significant damage. palm springs got 35050% of their average rainfall in only six hours. entire neighborhoods were blanketed in sludge. satellite images show what the normally-dry area looked like after being washed out by the storm. president biden made his way back to washington, d.c. overnight after touring the devastation in hawaii. he met with families nearly two weeks after the deadly wildfires in maui where authorities say

850 people are officially missing. our miguel almaguer is there >> reporter: the president's arrival in maui is his first up close look at the devastation. on historic front street, near the famed banyan tree, and where search teams have scoured the debris field for the missing, the heartbreak is still raw. >> the country's grieves with you, stands with you, and will do everything possible to help you recover, rebuild and respect culture and traditions >> reporter: the official death toll here stands at 114. but we learned 850 are still missing, according to the mayor of maui county fuentes would have turned 15 yesterday. his family says his body was discovered wrapped around his beloved dog. >> i'll miss his, everything um, his presence his smiles, his laughters. >> reporter: as the president meets with survivors, only 27 victims have been identified so

far. most are seniors, but many who perished are believed to be children >> every emergency responder put their lives on the line to save others every day heroes neighbors, helping neighbors >> reporter: as mr. biden also spends time with first survivors, new harrowing video of what they face ♪ still surfacing. maui firefighter aaron griffith shot this video. he says 17 of the 18 firefighters who lived in lahaina lost their homes >> it was literally like walking through what you would imagine hell to be >> reporter: the president's visit was not welcomed by all. >> we made it happen on our own. >> reporter: some have criticized fema's response, including the initial $700 critical need payments intended to cover immediate necessities like food, water and clothing. >> it's a huge slap in the face.

>> reporter: but the federal in more resources, approvingging more than $8 million in relief to victims so far, as so many others demanaccod tability >> do i wish those sirens went off? of course i do >> reporter: state emergency management officials now also say they reminded maui emergency managers the sirens could be activated before the fire swept through lahaina. were it's not about at this point pointing fingers it's about what went wrong and how do we fix it so more lives aren't lost. >> reporter: authorities hoping to prevent the next tragedy as the sorrow from this one may never ease authorities say they have now searched about 85% of the burn zone they hope to have their work in that area behind me wrapped up over the next couple days. but unfortunately, they also expect the death toll to rise. back to you. >> miguel, thank you staying with extreme weather, raging wildfires in eastern washington state have destroyed

dozens of homes. the gray fire started on friday and is only 25% contained. currently, it covers more than 10,000 acres, and thousands of people are under evacuation orders in spokane county authorities say that projected light rain in the afternoon or evening will likely not reduce the fire but could keep it from spreading as quickly strong winds have blown smoke from outside the fire zone leading to dangerous air quality all across the north wechlts the 19 defendants indicted on racketeering charges in the georgia elections case have until friday to voluntary surrender. in a post to truth social former president trump confirmed he'll turn himlf in to atlanta's jail on thursday he was charged with 41 counts in the sweeping indictment. it will be the fourth arrest of the former president since april. this comes after trump's bond was set at $200,000 on monday.

the conditions of the bond agreement say trump cannot attempt to intimidate or threaten any co-defendants or witnesses in the case. other defendants, including former trump lawyer john eastman and kenneth chesebro have agreed to $100,000 bond deals eastman is expected to surrender later today. ahead of the iowa caucuses in january a new set of polls give as snapshot of the republican presidential race former president trump still has a commanding lead with likely caucus goers he is still 20 points ahead of his closest rival, ron desantis. and his lyle pegal problems have two-thirds saying they don't believe he has committed serious crimes the ohio teenager convicted of killing heroy biend and another passenger in a 100 mile-per-hour car crash last

year learned her fate monday 19-year-old mckenzie shrilla was convicted to two 15 year sentences. >> this was not a car accident the evidence and science proved that mckenzie shrilla murdered my son >> i would like you to give mckenzie the longest possible sentence she's always taken the easy way out. >> she also spoke before her sentencing, apologizing to the victims' families assaying she wishes she could remember what happened on that day. two 14-day-old brothers have been found safe. an amber alert was issued after they were reported missing photos of two suspects who were

described as friendly acquaintances of the mother allegedly took the twins from a hotel. the babies were drop off at a police precinct. no arrests have been made. the twins were checked out at a hospital and they are okay a newly-formed tropical storm is brewing in the gulf of mexico tropical storm harold is taking aim at texas michelle grossmann is tracking what's in store for the lonestar state. >> we're already up to the letter h tropical storm harold formed overnight. we're liking at winds of 45 miles per hour it's going to bring a hot of impacts to texas, rainfall to seven inches rough surf, dangerous rip currents it's moving quickly at 18 mile-per-hour and will make contact with texas later this morning. we're looking at winds at 30 to 40 miles per hour. could gust as high as 50 miles

per hour it could bring down power lines and take out power storms are forecast. we're looking at the seas at one to three feet. that could cause dangerous rip currents along the coast from port o'connor to port mansfield. we're looking at a lot of rain rainfall amounts even up to seven inches generally three to five but we could see higher amounts there in addition to that we are looking at the chance for flash flooding and severe storms as we go throughout the heat dome stie look how far these temperatures rise to the north. 102 in omaha and 100 des moines. we're looking at the storms in southern texas, also looking at dangerous heat throughout the

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away for the coming fall. >> a hill brightening there to end summer thanks to brandon for that port now to a tennessee zoo that has welcomed a rare new addition a spotless giraffe was born in limestone. she is believed to be the only solid-color solid-colored rhett d /* raparticulated giraffe in the world. voting begins on their facebook page for her name one of the voices behind gaming announced his sendoff >> it's me, mario! >> all right, you note voice not necessarily the face and after decades, chris martinez is retiring as the voice behind mario originally bringing the m mustached hero to life

he voiced his games and lent his voice to luigi while he won't be leaving the mushroom kingdom entirely, he will be staying on as ambassador thanks so much for watching "early today." i'm frances rivera hope you have a great tuesday. we'll see you right back leer tomorrow leer tomorrow

right now at 5:00, sending new help to maui. local first responders preparing to head to lahaina. a live report ahead for you on the departure and the reaction in maui to president biden's whirlwind trip. it was healing, it did bring back some of the emotions that happened this past week. calls for peace after violence rocks a south bay high sc