is expected to climb even higher as night continues to grind on there in morocco. sam kiley joins us from morocco. i think perhaps you saw the ceiling above you giving way just a touch. how are things where you're at? >> reporter: well, jim, you put your finger on what everybody here is most afraid of here in the medina in the old city of marrakech. an environment that certainly not in living memory and for many people, not even in the history books has any recollection of being worried about an earthquake. here you have the direct results of it. it is the collapse of a roof, that blank space there is the night sky above it. you have a roof, a floor, two ceilings, all collapsed down on to the ground here where i'm standing. if you look at these buildings, we're in these very narrow streets, these very, very narrow streets. all of these buildings have enormous cracks down the side. the concern obviously is, if any of these cracks give way as a result of future tremors, then the death toll here in marrakech, which is at least 13, possibly higher, is certain to go up. elsewhere in the country, the scenes have been absolutely catastrophic, jim, with large numbers of villages particularly in the foot hills of the atlas mountains been totally destroyed. we've seen aerial pictures of entire villages being reduced to entire rubble. some of the outlying villages there have been burial ceremonies in the muslim tradition, getting people interred within 24 hours, almost before it's been possible to get relief to some of these villages. the communications systems, the roads such as they were have been cut or closed. entire villages have been hit by mass land slides or. they have slid down the sides of mountains. many of these only accessible by air. the king has announced three days of national mourning. the army and other services have been involved in getting the aircraft out to assess the scale of devastation in this country. and of course, the aftershocks are continuing, or have continued within the last 24 hours to shake the area, particularly in the atlas mountains. mercifully, only very slight aftershocks have been felt here in marrakech. if one were to strike, it is pretty clear this entire building could fold in on itself into the street. it is for that reason that a huge number of at least 30%, we are told, by a lot of hoteliers here, people in riyadh, the beautiful mini palaces here, they've all been evacuated. all the restaurants closed. many large numbers of ordinary mor moroccans sleeping outside. it will takele, many months if not years to bring back repair so they no longer pose a danger for the people who own and want to live in them. >> and you addressed in part the question that i was about to ask. we were looking at this video earlier on where it looks like you have scores of people living in the streets right now. and i'm just wondering, what is it that will be done for those folks? i imagine that is where international relief efforts are going to be sorely needed in the coming days. it sounds as though, we're looking at some of the images right now. those folks just sleeping on the streets. it sounds as though these people will be without housing for a very long period of time. >> reporter: it's not yet clear to the authorities, the scale, particularly in a city like marrakech of the people who will be permanently or semipermanently homeless. many people as a precaution are staying out of buildings, sleeping in the open. that might be the safest thing to do. the weather is not so bad so that's conceivable for a night or two. the authorities need to be able to supply water, get the water supplies going, and above all, make sure that these homes can be lived in. many, many millions of dollars have been spent over the last decades restoring this ancient city. that now has to start all over again. >> all right. sam kiley, they have a lot of work ahead of them there in morocco. we appreciate all the reporting you've done. and the last hour, i spoke with carmen moreno, a humanitarian worker vacationing there in morocco when the earthquake hit. here's with a she told me. >> i heard people screaming and the lights were all off inside the infrastructure of the airport and the building. and then very quickly, i saw again the images i experienced earlier this year. and i realized it was an earthquake. i didn't think it was this hard. this high magnitude. >> and learn how you can help victims. morocco earthquake at cnn.com/impact or you can text morocco to 707070. the people there desperately need your help. in the meantime, tonight all eyes are on iowa where several republican presidential hopefuls are campaigning. one of the biggest football showdowns is happening at the same time. of course you're seeing former president trump crossing paths with his gop rivals including governor ron desantis. a lot of fastbootball, a lot of this. >> reporter: the game is just ending. you can see the fans here, 60,000 of them coming out of stadium right now. yes, this is sport. it is what the entire state of iowa is focusing on. for the candidates running for president in this first of the nation caucus state, it is for them a political opportunity. as far as the response of what this crowd has been capable of and what we've heard throughout the day. i want you to take a quick listen as the former president, former president trump, exited the game. [ chanting ] >> reporter: you can their chanting. you can see the crowd. this is certainly an image that the trump campaign wants voters here in iowa to see. ahead of this moment. both trump and desantis, ron desantis, his nearest competitor were sitting inside the stadium. desantis sitting there. donald trump was next to, was sitting in a box. ahead of all of that, before they were inside the stadium, they were tailgating. donald trump stopped at a fraternity where there was a tailgating party. he flipped burgers and tossed the footballs into the crowd. desantis also tailgating but he made it a campaign opportunity by talking about the number of visits he's had in iowa. a total of eight. he also says he has been to more than half of iowa's 99 counties. take a listen. >> a lot of people are saying, because you're showing up, i'm supporting you. that's the way to do it. iowans don't want the campaign to be about the past or the candidates' issues. they want it to be about their future and the future of this country and that's what i represent. >> reporter: so while people here are certainly excited about the sports and the spectacle of it all, the politics of it all, what they tell us is that it is really the game that was really the focus for them today. >> absolutely. and when you're around the former president and around the crowds, are people bringing up all these indictments that he's dealing with? what are they saying? >> reporter: no. you know, it doesn't matter what forum we seem to be in. it is, they are really listening to what president trump says. they believe what he has said. they believe all of his side but they don't talk about necessarily the details, the finer details of these indictments. whether you're at the trump rally or an event like this. >> all right. kyung lah on the campaign trail for us. let's discuss further with ron brownstein. ron, let me start with you. can i just ask you a little bit to react to what kyung lah was saying a few moments ago. here we are, four indictments, trump is in iowa, people are channelling usa. she's not hearing a lot of talk about the indictments and so on. does this go to what john edwards used to talk about two americans, we're in two universes, two worlds. what is going on? >> in the republican electorate within the confines of the primary, donald trump has succeeded in convincing the vast majority of republican voters to see the indictments the way he wants them to see it, an attack on them through him. the deep state, liberal elites, they are trying to marginalize and silence you and they are doing it by going after me. that's an extension of his core message from the time he came down the escalator in 2015. there are all these forces in society that are trying to marginalize you. white conservative christian, and i am your champion, and he says i am your retribution. that has proven a powerful argument within the republican context. you know, there are yellow and even red lights out there in terms of how the broader electorate is responding to that. not necessarily a silver bullet that eliminates all other problems that joe biden faces by any means. those are real and i think becoming more visible as the months go on. but the outside of the republican electorate, there are signs that voters are in fact more concerned about this than the people you saw chanting as he left the stadium today. >> what about this conventional bus wisdom that the indictments have not, people could say, there is exhibit a. could this change once we see this play out in a courtroom? we've seen sketches of donald trump. we've seen a mug shot. we haven't seen the evidence laid out in court. we haven't seen prosecutors make the case against donald trump. might public attitudes and even inside the republican party change somewhat once they have a chance to hear this evidence? >> i agree with ron. yes, i do think that ultimately, when we see potentially ours, days on end, not just if trump's case in georgia actually stays in a georgia courthouse and doesn't move to federal and he's on television in front of everyone. but also, when we see the cases of his other co-defendants. evidence will start coming out as soon as those cases begin. as soon as the trials begin. and i do think that it will have an impact on him among the general electorate. i've talked to independent voters in states like arizona and republicans who don't support someone like trump in states like arizona, but had thought about potentially going back to the party this time around. and those indictments, his entire message around january 6th and around the election being rigged and continuing to be rigged, it does not welcome them back into the party. so it makes it very difficult to see how trump or even a ron desantis could add voters to the party if they continue to subscribe to this message of elections are rigged, as well as that the justice department is weaponized, and the justice department is going after republicans because they don't agree with them. >> ron, last night in south dakota, trump was saying to his supporters, we'll have to fight like hell. he's using language very similar to what he said on january 6th that got him into hot water. and when we go to trial here down in fulton county, if he's sitting in a courtroom and wants to take the witness stand and so on, what does that do to the conventional wisdom that these indictments aren't hurting him and that sort of thing? >> well, like i said, i think there is evidence that the indictments are hurting him in the universe of voters outside the republican electorate. it does not, however, that cost to trump does not eliminate the significant hesitation we are seeing in polling about providing joe biden another term. so to some extent, trump's weakness is masked by biden's weakness and vice versa, and they are even in the polls. for the republicans running against them, the time frame is what matters here. donald trump has as big a lead in the national polling as any primary candidate has ever had. it is hard to see a scenario where they could, any of the other candidates could truly challenge him unless they can break through, probably in iowa, maybe iowa or new hampshire. most likely iowa itself and change the narrative among republican voters that he's a virtually inevitable nominee. it is to me unlikely that the indictments will do that work for them. they are going to have to find a way to make a stronger case against trump than they would be willing to make. if they keep on the path that they are, i think even televised courtroom events will not shake his hold on the republican nomination. >> and this week, shifting gears a little bit, senator marco rubio warned that the house republican push for impeachment of the president could be dangerous. let's listen. >> it's turned into a political weapon. once you do that, you can expect the other side will do the same. before you know that, we're peru and impeaching every president. so these are extraordinary measures and deeply damages the country. >> what are the chances that the house republican conference listens to marco rubio there? >> they're probably not going to listen to senator rubio or any of the other senators that are saying that the republican senators, which there are a number of them saying they don't support this. because they have said this week before the house comes back, a number of republican senators have said, where's the evidence? and even some house republicans have admitted they don't have the evidence tying president biden to his son's business dealings and any wrongdoings there. right now it appears that speaker kevin mccarthy is going to head toward an impeachment inquiry vote. potentially because he has no choice, but also to try to get out of it. to show the rest of his conference, we may not have the votes to even start an inquiry, which i think is potentially the speaker's way of saying that we can't go down this path. >> ron, could an impeachment process going after joe biden help joe biden? >> i think it will hurt republicans. i'm not sure it will necessarily help joe biden. biden's issues are the persistence of discontent over inflation, and that three quarters of voters who are now consistently saying, including in the cnn poll that he's too old to carry out the duties of the presidency in a second term. for house republicans, sure. this is a problem. the best argument, in 2022, we were in an environment where that the majority of voters disapproved of biden's performance. three quarters or more described the economy in negative terms. those are usually the conditions for the rout. it was a lot less than that. many voters are unhappy with the way innings ever it is fg are considering the republican alternative too extreme. if they go down the route to impeachment without any support, not only for the 18 districts that biden carried but the next circle in districts that voted for trump by only narrow margins. not necessarily solving biden's problems but i think compounding their own problems. >> is this why republican strategists are privately tearing their hair out? as ron was saying, the president is in a vulnerable position. if they put trump up as the nominee, they have almost, i mean, they have a difficult time of exploiting that. >> i was talking to one republican strategist recently who said to me, if trump is convicted of even one of those crimes, they can kiss the house goodbye, which they probably maybe already will kiss it goodbye given the dynamic heading into 2024, but also their chances of the senate get worse of winning back the senate for republicans, and they certainly don'ted they would win the presidency if trump is convicted. >> right. we focus. so on the race for the white house, we don't talk about -- and this happens with donald trump almost every mid-term or congressional cycle. he weighs down the party. >> very quick, very quick, 75% of defendants say in polling donald trump should not be president again if he is convicted of a claim. so there's more out there that is now apparent in the way this is playing out. >> yeah. not good. thank you so much. really appreciate it as always. still ahead, east coast closely watching hurricane lee. an update on where the storm is headed. and a big night for american tennis star coco gauff. how she rallied to win her first career grand slam title. live at the u.s. open, you are and live in the cnn newsroom. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we provide nutrients to support immune, muscle, bone, and heart health. yaaay! woo hoo! ensure with 25 vitamins and minerals and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. ♪ ♪ ("drumroll" by lónis, little league ) ♪ ( ♪ ♪ ) ♪ this just in ♪ ♪ got the keys to what you want and what you need ♪ ♪ something new something sweet ♪ ♪ moving to a different beat ♪ ♪ okay now (what?) ♪ ♪ can i get a (get a) drumroll? 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what will that be like? >> axiom number one. donald trump cannot testify, never will testify. he will try to have moo it to federal court, probably not until the last day which will be september 30th. his case is much weaker. meadows had the strongest claim being chief of staff. it is very hard for staff to say, i was just acting the way presidents act, and there are already decisions out there involving executive privilege which show exactly the opposite. i think he'll take his shot but lose it pretty quickly. the sail for the three georgia electors who have nothing much to say. and i would say jeff clark as well. meadows was the tip of the spear, as it were, and as he said, he totally, it was a total lost gamble. i think that's it for removals. >> with one big caveat, which is automatic appeals. >> you can jump on that if you like. if meadows will try to appeal this, what happens at the court of appeals? it has been said not even by legal experts such as yourself. >> it is a pretty liberal test. it doesn't take much to get removal. with you the but the. the big point here, i don't think the court of appeals will reverse. the real issue is sort of a timing now. the judge in fulton county has suggested all six of them will need to go through that process because it would be too perilous to put them on trial and then potentially have a court of appeals reverse. so i think it has implications for the breakdown of groups and when trilals occur, especially for trump. >> and that's what you see with this many people and this many different kinds of motions. it is the small places where the timing begins to drag down. not for illegitimate reasons. there's substance going on. the judge's point, to wait until the issue gets resolved so they don't have more complications. so spaces like that that you see it begin to build up incrementally. >> we got to see this grand jury special report. a notable takeaway was that the jury did not have a unanimous vote in recommending charges for senator lindsey graham or the other two senators no longer in the senate. what does that say about d.a. fani willis's strategy? >> yeah, 13 votes not to recommend indictment of lindsey graham. the big thing, back me up on this. normally a prosecutor decides i can make this case beyond a reasonable doubt before asking a grand jury to go probable cause. here it was the opposite. they first said there is probable cause. she had to determine she could make the case. it is an ethical requirement. all kinds of reasons why they wouldn't go forward, including evidentiary problems. defense problems are like, man, we need another senator like a hole in the head. all kinds of good reasons that it wouldn't have happened. so it's not so striking to me that she decided about half the time, i'm not going to go seek indictments hear. >> all right. thank you for your time. coming up next, another harry joins us to run the numbers. why a head to head match-up between trump and biden remains so close, despite four indictments for the former president. and huge news from the u.s. open. 19-year-old american tennis star coco gauff rallied from behind to win in her first career grand slam title. it was an amazing moment. so they can stop ththe spread of wildfires. now's the time to see what america's's largest 5g netetwork can do for your business. after cooking a delicious chicken cheddar broccoli recipe, you will want to delete all your delivery apps. because nothing beats a perfect combo of sweet tomatoes and smooth, silky zucchini. knorr taste combos. it's not fast food, but it's soooo good. ♪ ♪ [bell dings] are you good? 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yep. home court advantage might have been the secret ingredient for american coco gauff after dropping the first set in the women's u.s. open final. the 19-year-old took command to win her first major tennis title. christine brennan, carolyn mayo at flushing meadows. carolyn, what was it like? >> completely deafening. it's the best crowd when there's an american in the final at the u.s. open. early she started out a little tight. serve really wasn't there in the first set. she was getting overpowered by irina sabaleka, who's a big power hitter. in the second you saw coco's athleticism was on display, defense there, started returning all thrown at her. immediately the confidence came and the clarity came and the crowd just rose to their feet over and over and over again. it's not that often you see a woman in the u.s. open drop the first and come back. in the third, as you'd expect, every point the crowd roaring in her favor. she was so emotional when it was over. expectations have been so high for her, jim. but not only that, she also thanked the haters, the doubters, those who pegged her to win a grand slam when she was only 15 and the last couple of months said, we don't think she can do it. she said that's been fuel, she's taken that criticism, sheet retooled her game, changed her coaching staff. to see her with her parents who were emotional, it was incredible to see it come to fruition, for her to finally relax. it was incredible. >> what a performance. christine, i guess winning is the best revenge? >> it certainly is. as carolyn said, it was remarkable what we were watching. and you know, write down this date, write down this name. 1999, i covered serena williams when she won her first u.s. open. i was there. and we felt that there was something really big happening. obviously the greatest of all time was happening. if it doesn't happen over one night, it happens over the course of a career. i'm not saying coco gauff is going to win 22 grand slam titles. she's even said, hey, let me win my one and we'll see what happens. but the point is, this is a turning point. we are seeing an incredible young athlete, 19 years old, win our national championship. as carolyn said, she's so self effacing, so kind, such a good person. and obviously speed. jim, you're a sports fan. you can't coach speed. coco gauff has got speed and talent and obviously so much more yet to come. >> absolutely. i love tennis. i love when they have the city open here in d.c. i know coco gauff has been here in d.c. for that tournament. but i just want to touch on something you said, christine. what does she do about these expectations? because people are going to draw the conclusion, okay, now she's just going to go on this run. that's tough if you're coco gauff. >> yes, it is. carolyn just witnessed this in person. so i'll defer to her as well. i would say this. i think coco just keeps playing her game. she's good enough. and i think also, she seems so grounded. and her parents, just wonderful. both athletes. mom and dad both athletes in college. good athletes, i understand. i do think we will see her stay grounded and not get too far ahead of herself. i'm guessing this is exactly the right personality coco gauff has to be able to pull that off. >> yeah, and carolyn, what is it about coco's game that makes her so formidable? why is she so special? >> well, the athleticism is there, jim. and she's worked on her forehand, which is now a strength of hers. but i love that she said after the match that she's going to drink a diet coke to celebrate. all of this and the fact that she's a teenager, 19 years old. she was trying to facetime her brother on the court after the match was over and he didn't come to the phone. it's wonderful to see her blossom. to christine's point, back to you with this, this is going to give her a tremendous amount of confidence. >> yeah, absolutely. oh, to be a teenager and win the u.s. open. christina, carolyn, thanks so much. reporting from washington, i'm jim acosta. "special report: american coup: the january 6th investigation" is next. have a good night. >> the following is a cnn special report. tonight --