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BREAKING NEWS: Hurricane Idalia intensifies to category 1 as it heads towards the Florida Gulf coast, and is expected to hit Florida as a dangerous category 3 storm tomorrow. At least 10 Florida counties are calling for evacuation. Plus, Trump vows to appeal the judge’s decision about the start date for his federal election interference case. And, Trump’s former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows testifies that his post 2020 election activities were part of his official role in the White House, in a bid to move the Georgia election subversion case to federal court.

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In a high-stakes hearing in Georgia today, D.A. Fani Willis is set to lay out details of her case against former President Donald Trump - it’s part of his former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows' bid to get the trial moved to federal court. Plus, Trump's legal team will appear in court in Washington, D.C. as part of his special counsel election interference indictment, watching to see if the judge sets a trial date for that case, which could happen as early as today. Also this morning: The DOJ investigates the deadly mass shooting in Jacksonville as a hate crime, residents of Florida's gulf coast brace for a possible hurricane as forecasters warn hurricane Idalia is picking up strength and could hit the panhandle as soon as tomorrow, and Olympic gymnast Simone Biles breaks another record at the U.S. Gymnastics Nationals.

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Trump surrenders in the Georgia 2020 election case, as his team begins fundraising off his arrest and mug shot. Plus, the prosecutor D.A. Fani Willis requests an October 23, 2023 trial date, and a hearing on Monday will decide if former Trump Chief of staff Mark Meadows' case will be moved to a federal court. Also, speculation builds over whether the plane carrying Wagner leader Prigozhin was downed intentionally.

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Just hours from now Trump is expected to surrender at the Fulton County jail in Georgia. This will be the fourth time that he has turned himself in for arrests in a criminal case in just five months - this time, it’s for efforts to overturn Joe Biden's victory in Georgia. Plus, Trump's rivals address his legal battles at the first GOP primary debate. Six of the eight candidates raised their hand when asked if they would still support Trump as a presidential nominee if convicted. And, new questions about Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, presumed dead in a plane crash just two- months after he led a rebellion against Vladimir Putin. New eyewitnesses share accounts about what they saw and heard during that crash.

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Two co-defendants, considered the architects of the legal strategy to try to overturn the 2020 election, surrender at Fulton County jail ahead of Trump’s expected surrender tomorrow. 4 of the 19 have surrendered so far ahead of the Friday noon deadline. Plus, former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows asks a federal judge to block D.A. Willis from arresting him, while he tries to move his Georgia case to federal court. And, Trump is to headline a $100,000 per person fundraiser to pay Rudy Giuliani’s defense fees. Also this morning: the stage is set for the 1st Republican primary debate in Milwaukee, 8 people are rescued from a dangling cable car after 14 hours, and a Philadelphia shooting video contradicts a police report.

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The RNC formally announces the eight candidates who will appear in tomorrow's GOP presidential nominee debate. As expected, front-runner Trump will snub FOX by not participating. Instead, he will be counterprogramming with a taped interview with former FOX host Tucker Carlson. Plus, hours after the debate, Trump will surrender at the Fulton County jail on charges related to his effort to overturn the 2020 election. Trump has agreed to a $200,000 bond. And, Japan announces a controversial decision to release radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. Neighboring countries including China oppose the move. Also, Tropical storm Harold has formed in the gulf coast and is forecast to bring heavy rain and flooding to South Texas later today.

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Hurricane Hilary tears through the Southwest after slamming California with catastrophic flooding and mudslides. Plus, President Biden will visit Maui today to meet with survivors of the devastating wildfires. And, former President Trump makes it official. He says he will not show up to this week's GOP primary debate and even suggests he may not show up to any of them. Also this morning. a jail in Georgia is bracing for a very busy week. D.A. Fani Willis has given Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants in the election subversion case until Friday to surrender. And, in major news from Russia, the country’s first lunar mission in 47 years ended with an unmanned spacecraft crashing into the moon’s surface.

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Maui's emergency management administrator quits abruptly a day after he defended not sounding the island's sirens as deadly wildfires tore through Lahaina, citing health reasons. Plus, Federal prosecutors recommend the toughest January 6 sentence yet for two leaders of the Proud Boys. And, Hurricane Hilary intensifies to a major category 4 storm, and is expected to bring flooding and rain to California and the Southwest over the weekend. Also this morning: Trump wants to push back the trial date in the federal election subversion case to 2026, and new and exclusive CNN reporting that reveals Trump ally Kenneth Chesebro, the allege architect of the fake elector plot, followed far-right commentator Alex Jones around the Capitol on January 6.

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A Texas woman is arrested for threatening to kill the judge in the Georgia election subversion case, as the purported personal details of the Fulton County grand jurors circulate on far-right websites. Plus, the trader who predicted the collapse of the housing market in 2008 bets more than $1.6 billion on a stock market crash by the end of 2023. And, more young people are being diagnosed with cancer according to a new study, with the rising rate predominantly driven by women in their 30s. Also this morning: Maui wildfire survivors demand to know why no warning sirens sounded, Rudy Giuliani makes a desperate appeal to Trump to pay his legal bills, and the "Barbie" movie’s third week in the box office is still shattering records – it’s now Warner Brothers' highest grossing domestic release ever.

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CNN learns Trump is expected to be booked into Fulton County jail at any point in the next nine-days. That, as Rudy Giuliani says he’ll surrender in Georgia next week, blasting prosecutors as “incompetent’ & “sloppy”. Plus, court transcripts reveal the special counsel in the January 6 case obtained a warrant to get Trump’s Twitter direct messages. And, new questions about what caused wildfires on Maui that are now blamed for 106 deaths. "The Washington Post" reports a downed power line likely caused that first fire on the island. Also this morning: the special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe says the President’s son’s plea deal is invalid, and “The Blind Side” family calls ex-NFL star Michael Oher’s accusation that they attempted to withhold money from him absurd, and a “shakedown”.

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