matt rivers joins us now from san diego. how concerned are authorities about the river levels? >> reporter: yeah, i can tell you the rain really picking up here in san diego over the last few minutes. the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding will continue without question throughout the night. >> matt, thank you. let's get to rob marciano who is tracking it all. time out this flood threat for us. >> reporter: the center is coming through the palm springs, palm desert area. we had winds gusting over 30 miles per hour, all sorts of debris from these palm trees littering the streets. roads are blocked because of heavy rain and fallen trees as a moderately strong tropical storm is coming through the deserts of southern california. something i have never experienced. we have flash flood warnings up for this area, parts of l.a. as well. a very high risk of seeing more flash flooding and some mudslides across much of the interior of southern california. another 4 to 6 inches of rain potentially in some of these mountainous areas. that's going to do some damage. heat across the midsect

matt rivers is in san diego with more on hillary. >> as tropical storm hilary bears down on southern california, millions of people in the storm's path are facing potentially catastrophic and life-threatening conditions. >> this storm is expected to have significant impacts within the area. which will include flash flooding, coastal flooding, and erosion. dangerous rip currents and high seas. >> california under a state of emergency, hillary is the first tropical storm to hit the state since 1997. >> our message today is clear. stay safe, stay home, and stay informed. this is an unprecedented weather event. >> residents have been preparing for the storm. >> the world is crazy and you just have to plan ahead. >> gathering sandbags and stocking up on supplies. >> i want to make sure that our customers are prepared for prolonged outages. we are hoping we can get to everything and get all customers back on very quickly, but i just want to make sure that the customers are prepared. >> evacuation orders issued for san bernardino county, officials telling people to be prepared for more evac

matt rivers live there tonight. matt, thank you. >>> next here this evening, to former president trump, who is now preparing to surrender to authorities in fulton county, georgia. trump says he'll be arrested on thursday. tonight here, news on a potential mug shot and fingerprinting, and the former president will be weighed in at the jail. abc's senior investigative reporter aaron katersky in atlanta tonight. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump announcing he's preparing to surrender, posting on social media, "can you believe it? i'll be going to atlanta, georgia, on thursday, to be arrested." the former president expected to be fingerprinted and have his mugshot taken before he's released on a $200,000 bond, twice as big as the bond of any of his co-defendants so far. he'll have to put up 10% before he's let out. today, some of trump's 18 alleged co-conspirators beginning to arrive at the fulton county jail to turn themselves in, including lawyer john eastman, allegedly the architect of a criminal scheme to send fake

matt: rivers crisscross the island, flowing through villages, farms, and rice fields. e: tourists per capita generate three and a half times more waste than locals. gary: we're bringing 2 tons of trash every day in our research station to sort. there's a sorting table here to sort plastics into 15 different types of categories. bring it to recycling. matt: of the 300 tons of plastic collected so far, only a third can be recycled. gary: these guys, unfortunately, can't be recycled. this is a one-time use and it has a lifetime behind it, you know. it lives longer than our grandkids' kids' kids' kids' kids' kids' kids. what we're trying to leverage is the brands that are responsible for the plastic packaging. gary: sachets of instant-- matt: through their comprehensive documentation, sungai watch hopes to hold the manufacturers accountable. gary: sungai watch, in many ways, is more of a data river clean-up organization. so, really, giving that transparency as to what we're finding in the rivers online, for everybody to see, so, you know, they can engage. gede: i believe, l

and we have team coverage starting with matt rivers in san diego as we watch for those possible catastrophicingmatt, good morning. >> reporter: will, the rain just starting to come down on coronado island. relatively calm at the moment. but we know for the fact that the worse is certainly yet to come. the storm draws near. california now under a state of emergency. preparing for the first tropical storm to impact the state since 1997. governor gavin newsom deploying over 7500 first responders. including 350 national guardsmen and over 700 firefighters. thousands of sandbags distributed in san diego where residents are stocking up as some say they never thought they would see something like this. >> not in my lifetime. >> reporter: across southern california, many spending the last few days gathering sandbags and supplies, bracing themselves. >> you know, the world is crazy. you know, you just got to plan ahead. >> reporter: hurrican hilary set to spend its day pummelling the entire region. tens of millions of people in its path. >> california's threatened by what could be one of the most devast

matt rivers is in san diego with more on hilary. >> as down, millions of people in the path are for jim -- facing potentially catastrophic in life and conditions. >> this is expected to have significant impacts within the area. which will include flash flooding, coastal flooding, and erosion. dangerous rip currents and high seas. >> california under a state of emergency, hillary is the first tropical storm to hit the state since 1997. -- 1907. >> stay safe, stay home and stay informed. this is an unprecedented weather event. >> residents have been preparing for the storm. >> it's crazy, you just have to plan ahead. >> gathering sandbags and stocking up. >> i want to make sure that we are prepared for prolonged outages. we hope that we get to everything and get all customers back on very quickly. but i want to make sure that customers are prepared. >> evacuation orders issued first -- part of san bernardino, telling residents across the entire region to be prepared for more evacuations. >> an officer is knocking on your door, answer and follow those instructions they give you. they are t

in san diego, hilary taking out huge trees, as our matt rivers shows us. >> two to three inches of rain around san diego meant saturated ground, which meant decades-old trees like this one toppling over. this one hitting that house there. thankfully no injuries. now workers in the process of removing it. >> reporter: our l.a. station k abc broadcasting live when the unthinkable happened -- an earthquake. >> chief, i'm really sorry to interrupt you right now. our studio is shaking right now, so not only are we dealing with a tropical storm, but it appears we are now dealing with an earthquake. >> reporter: the magnitude 5.1 tremor sending bottles flying off the shelves at this bar in ventura. no reports of major damage from the quake. tropical storm hilary made landfall in mexico sunday, killing at least two. the system now on the move, putting parts of eight western states on alert for more flooding and wind. >> david: let's get right to rob marciano, in california tonight, tracking all of this. of course, this new storm set to hit the gulf, it could hit as early as tomorrow. but of cou

matt rivers joins us with the latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning.ankfully, this morning we have good news to report. this morning abc news learning exclusive new details about new the nurse and her young daughter made it back to loved ones alive after they were kidnapped by armed gang members on july 27th. >> we welcomed the report of their release. >> reporter: her family and friends spent two weeks hearing little, hoping for the best. then wednesday morning the christian aid ministry where she worked said it was with immense joy that we confirm the safe release of alex and her child. >> i'm blessed to know so many amazing patients. >> reporter: seen here talk about her ministry, she was kidnapped while working. a haitian law enforcement source saying after the kidnapping, dorsenville's phone was used to call her husband. the cell phone pinging to this general area, not far from where she was taken, territory controlled by one of haiti's most dangerous gangs. the kidnappers then demanding a significant ransom for their release. tense negotiations f

gaines routinely hold people for ransom and matt rivers joins us with the latest, good morning, matt.r is growing more desperate five days after kidnapped from their community ministry and capital haiti port-au-prince. the new hampshire native working in the country and is married to the director of a christian humanitarian organization. she was taken from that organization's campus last week the same day she and her daughter disappeared, the state department reissuing a travel advisory ordering nonemergency government personnel and family members to leave the country amidst its growing civil unrest. again though might gang violence exploding in hades with extortion and kidnapping, key ways for gangs to make money. human rights group said 600 people have been kidnapped so far this year, michael, at least 41 of those people are foreigners. >> michael: we sure hope they return safely, matt, robin. >> robin: a "gma" consumer alert, the national retail federation warning that this back to school season could be the most expensive ever. our consumer correspondent becky worley with possible

matt rivers, who just came from haiti, has been tracking the story. he joins us with the latest. matt. >> reporter: eva, this news coming in just in the last hour. this is good news. the american nurse and her young daughter, who were both kidnapped roughly two weeks ago on julie 27th from the campus of the christian aid ministry where they were working on the outskirts of port-au-prince. we can now confirm they are safe. they have been released by their kidnappers according to a statement from that christian aid ministry. the circumstances surrounding their release still unclear. a haitian law enforcement officer told us negotiations happened as soon as they were taken. we can confirm, rebecca, that both are safe. >> we turn to that single ticket for $1.58 billion. the largest megamillions jack pot in history at a grocery store in florida. victor oquendo starts us off. someone is very happy. >> reporter: a great morning for the lucky winner of this historic jack pot. $1.58 billion a record for the megamillions and one of the largest jack pots in history. the winner matched all s

matt rivers is there. >> yeah, good morning, george. we want to show you the kind of damage that we've seen after hour after hour of rainfall here in san diego. this big decades old tree falling across this yard behind me, hitting that house. thankfully, no injuries as a result. but you can see the tree still on top of that house. this is the kind of thing that happens when you see the 2 to 3in of rain that we've received across the san diego area. saturated ground has led to dozens of incidents of trees reported down. all across this area. we also saw a report of a more than a dozen people rescued from a riverbank as that river was rising overnight. this has been a very serious 24 hours here across the san diego area. but i think when you speak to people here, generally, the sense is that things could have been worse, all things considered. no major damage, no deaths at this point. good news overall. lindsay sure seems that way. >> matt, thank you. now to the deadly wildfires burning in drought stricken washington state. the fires forc

lisa is going up the meriwether lewis river with matt lloyd and -- there are rapids on the lewis river and you get trout the size of your leg. this is matthew lloyd and western anglers. lisa: i went canoeing once for an hour during the break and now i am exploring. tom: it goes on to jackson hole. tom: there are trout. you hire them for like $2000 a day and you catch trout. jonathan: really cheap. tom: have you seen housing at jackson hole? jonathan: tens of millions. tom: we are going there but we understand the geography is not real, though the effort leads to important discussion. lagarde speaking as well. [indiscernible] tom: her people did not talk to my people. what we are doing on monday before jackson hole, blackrock, now you need a foreign-exchange brief from the right guy, german stretch is the cbrc. he has a shingle out in london and joins us this morning. i don't know which pair to go to but i'm going to my pro pair, take out the dollar and i'm looking at the hero-yen, i have a 159 print. what does the foreign-exchange space out of the euro-yen say about the stability of th

matt: very cool. have you gone? gina: yeah, i love the river walk. i love to take a nice drug down the winter walk. in the sea. matt: a bloomberg opinion piece was written the other day saying hi heat has had a negative effect on the economy. if you are a construction worker trying to get a house built, you will not have people doing it during the day in the sea. gina: then all the migration has gone down to the heated area of the united states, everything in the southeast, southwest as well, and a massive southwest weather event with the hurricanes hitting southern california. where can you go? you will have to stay in the high-tech tax northern states to be relatively cool or stable. >> thaad one nice thing, there's a draft in panama affecting a logjam in the panama canal so if you want to talk about climate change and how it is impacting things, look at that. matt: if you're just running the program, we have nvidia earnings that came after the bill yesterday, driving the stock higher in the premarket, driving the s&p higher in the premarket. features here up .6%. coming up at 8:00 a.m., michael

matt haney is on the mend after suffering. >> hip during a legislative softball game. that bipartisan it at the home of the sacramento river. it pitted lawmakers from northern california against their southern california. and assembly member haney's office confirmed that doctors were able to pop his hip back into place reps. they're also telling us that he's feeling great and he was present for a committee hearing >> recently become a nuisance in the town of fairfield in recent council meeting, residents have reported that the birds damaged cars and property. they're awfully pretty, though, to they want to put a stop to a public works will soon start trapping the birds tomorrow. now the birds will be relocated to a farm in yolo county. they will continue to track the birds until they are no longer a nuisance. well, still ahead, mosquito warnings are stretching farther than california. details on the potentially deadly virus being spread by the insects. >> but first, gas prices hit an all year high here in california. what experts believe is driving up the price after the break. eveverery y bubusisines dedeseservrveses a a