Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredericka witfield. The southwestern u. S. Is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as hurricane hilary churns off the pacific. We just learned moments ago that the storm has weakened just a bit to a category 3 storm with 125 mile an hour winds. Its lashing mexico with strong winds and high waves right now. Forecasters warn it could dump more than a years worth of rain across parts of california, nevada and arizona. The storm is expected to weaken as it moves north, but the threat is so severe, a Tropical Storm watch has been issued for california, the first ever for that state. People there are trying to prepare as best they can. Cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar is joining us. A new advisory has just been issued. While it may have been downgraded a little bit, thats still very threatening. Right. Keep in mind the weakening was forecast. We knew as it slid into cooler waters, this was going to happen. In terms of the forecast, its doing exactly what we expected. Right now winds are sustained at 125 miles per hour. Thats a highend category 3 storm, still a major hurricane at this time. Forward movement has picked up speed to the northnorthwest at 16 miles per hour. That is important because its making its way faster, which means the impacts are arriving earlier. Were starting to see outer bands begin to spread rain into portions of Southern California, nevada and western arizona, yuma over towards palm springs starting to see showers and thunderstorms. This storm will continue to weaken each more as it continues to slide into colder water and likely cross into Southern California as a Tropical Storm. Now, rain is going to be the biggest concern with this, not just along the baja, california, but even the state of california, nevada and western arizona. We get that heavy rain overnight tonight, lasting the entire day tomorrow before retreating in the second half of the day monday. Youre talking 48 straight hours of very heavy rainfall. Youve got a high risk for excessive rainfall in this pink area here that includes death valley stretching into palm desert and las vegas, los angeles and san diego looking at a moderate risk of excessive rainfall. These areas are talking 24 inches of rain. That may not sound like all that much, but for these areas thats a years worth of rain in some spots. Theyre going to get that in one to two days. In a few areas were talking 8 to even 10 inches of rain in a short period of time. Theres another system right behind hilary to the south. And then four possible systems were watching in the atlantic. Its that time of year again. We will likely be busy in giving you more updates. It had been a fairly mild summer, but this is approaching that peak season for hurricane activity. Thanks so much. Debris flow remains a major concern as hilary marches toward Southern California. Signs up are warning residents near burn areas in the San Bernardino mountains. On the coast, officials are creating Sand Barriers on some beaches. The storm is even forcing sports teams to overhaul their weekend schedules. The mlb has moved its sunday games hosted by the dodgers and angels and padres to be split double headers today. Major League Soccer rescheduled tomorrows matches to later dates. Natasha chen is live for us in los angeles. Southern california is facing an exceptionally rare threat. Not everyone knows how to prepare for this. What are they doing . Reporter a lot of people here are used to dealing with wildfires, earthquakes, mudslides. Some of that Emergency Preparation translates to whats happening here. But we see people with questions too about what to expect exactly from this Tropical Storm. When i moved from our Atlanta Bureau to our l. A. Bureau, i didnt think i would still be talking about Tropical Storms here, but that is where we are. You see officials hammering that home that people may not know exactly what to expect here. Theyre trying to have them prepare as much as possible, sandbags available to all residents who would like those, asking people to stay home instead of driving out if they can for sunday and monday. Here is one of the l. A. County supervisors talking about this rare event. Never thought id be standing here talking about a hurricane or a Tropical Storm, winds up to 145 miles an hour hitting los angeles county. Its been 84 years since one came ashore. Its a onceinalifetime event were going to be experiencing. Reporter some of the other things that the county is doing as well as the city is really going out to those riverbeds and trying to over loudspeakers tell the encampments of unhoused people what is happening and trying to get them indoors, because there are a lot of people who stay in tents and stay on the streets. Keep in mind this is typically dry season in Southern California. The last time there was any heavy weather, heavy rain here, it was months ago, so people are sometimes really not expecting this. Officials are asking them to please prepare. Pay attention to the warnings. Thank you so much. With less than a week now to turn himself in at the Fulton County jail in atlanta, georgia, sources now tell cnn that former President Trump is expected to surrender on thursday or friday. He and 18 codefendants are charged with plotting to subvert the 2020 Election Results in georgia. Fulton County District attorney fani willis has set friday, august 25th as the deadline for the defendants to surrender. Trumps arrest will likely look different from his previous three criminal cases. Local officials have said they will treat the former president like any other defendant. Isabel rosales is outside the Fulton County jail. What more do we know about trumps expected surrender . Reporter fred, good morning. As you mentioned, officials like the Fulton County sheriff have vowed to treat trump and his codefendants like everyone else. This goes to things like fingerprinting and having his mugshot taken, something we have not seen in any of the three prior federal indictments. Let me run you through a typical Booking Process here at the Fulton County jail for any newly charged defendant. They would typically wait around for their turn for hours to get their fingerprints taken and to get that mugshot. Also, they would have a thorough body search done by a jail deputy, although in the past highprofile t highprofile defendants who have voluntarily turned themselves in would not be subject to a body search. They would also go through a medical screening and a pretrial consultation to see if its appropriate for them to be released without bond. Here is the sheriff. Our goal is to treat everybody equally. If youre indicted, were going to treat you as though you were indicted here locally. We will do fingerprints, mugshots, et cetera, in the safest possible fashion. Reporter that is the goal, but likely impossible to happen in this scenario due to all the Safety Precautions that have to happen with a former president of the United States and also the highprofile nature of some of the defendants including meadows, his former Chief Of Staff. So its likely that this Booking Process for these defendants will act more swiftly than regular defendants here at the Fulton County jail. We also have new reporting from my colleague ryan young speaking to the Secret Service that they have been on site here at the jail for weeks in preparing for trumps surrender and for his arraignment, that first court appearance. Now, its possible that trump and his codefendants will never have to show up in person for that first court appearance, because a judge could arraign them virtually or even waive the right to that arraignment. Really a big Question Mark here if that happens. Thank you so much. So many steps that are about to take place as early as next week. With me now to talk about the trump georgia case, is michael meers, a professor at atlantas john marshal law school. This is remarkable. While we heard from the Fulton County sheriff who says trump will be treated like everybody else, but what we saw in new york and in florida, trump was not subjected to a mugshot or even medical screenings. Do you see that regardless of whether his attorneys object to it or not that he will indeed be treated like every other defendant in Fulton County . I think the sheriff is going to follow the rules for trump like he would for anyone else. The wildcard with regard to trumps turning himself in is going to be the Secret Service. Law gives the Secret Service certain responsibilities and rights when it comes to someone under their protection. What do you mean . How would that differentiate from how other defendants are treated . Yes hell have that detail with him, but what does that mean in terms of the process . The Secret Service is going to go with him through this process. I fully believe hell be fingerprinted, mugshot, probably not a body search. Usually a defendant gets a body cavity search. I dont see that happening. But i think youll see the presence of the secret Service Agents who are sworn to protect donald trump as the expresident. I think youll see greater involvement with his processing than with any of the other defendants. Now to the charges. Trump is facing 13 charges in this georgia indictment. Perhaps the biggest threat hes facing is the racketeering or rico charges. Help people understand the reach of this racketeer influenced Corruption Organizations or rico law. And why should trumps legal team be worried about it . They should be worried. This is a very serious matter. Georgias rico statute was passed in 1980, ten years after the federal statute. The Georgia Statute is much broader in its application and grasp of various crimes. There are 161 separate incidents mentioned in this indictment. All of those are going to play into creating the story about how trump and these other 18 individuals were part of a net or a network that were working to commit certain crimes, forgery, false statements to officials, impersonating election officials, things of that nature. All of those surcomprised this network of crimes. They dont all have to be connected under georgias rico law. For that reason, trump and all the other individuals should be very afraid, because this is a very serious matter. Theyre coming up against not only fani willis, who is an expert in this area and shes proven her track record to be very good at prosecuting rico cases. Shes got a chief assistant, mr. Floyd, who is as knowledgeable or more knowledgeable than fani willis herself. Theyre facing some formidable charges and some formidable evidence already in the public domain. And georgia isnt unique. I mean, there are 30 other states that have also have rico laws. Its not that this is a real anomaly, but there are 30 other states doing the same thing, which all bramnches from the federal law that you mentioned. Do you expect while the former Chief Of Staff mark meadows is trying to make his appeal that the charges really should be handled in a Federal Court with this law in place, what are the chances he would get that request honored . I think meadows probably has a stronger argument than trump or anyone else because hes claiming he was working as the Chief Of Staff of the president. Trump is going to argue but he was on the phone call, that perfect phone call that was the springboard to all of this. He was on this call with trump and the allegation is he was trying to pressure the secretary of state. Thats how all of this got started. What trump is going to argue that i was doing that as president , therefore, any charges against me in georgia should be tried in a Federal Court. However, theres nothing in the law that gives the president the right to oversee the election in state courts. He was clearly out of bounds with regard to any president ial duties. I think hes going to have a harder time. Why would mark meadows think theres greater leniency in a Federal Court than with jurisdiction . You get a federal Joinudge W May or may not have been appointed by trump. Also you get a larger jury pool. The jurors for the Fulton County rico case will be drawn strictly from Fulton County. If youre transferred to the Federal Court, when your jury pool will come from all of the counties in North American georgia, which tends to be somewhat more political. I would say that the jury pool is not going to be dispositive. Theres a legendary attorney in georgia, Bobby Lee Cook who said, when the jury gets the case, no matter what it is, the Holy Ghost Ascends upon them and they do the right thing. I think even if you get a more Conservative Base of jurors, theyre still going to be looking at the facts. I dont think that the jury is going to be made up of Marjorie Taylor greenes. Theyre going to be made up of citizens who live in North American georgia, even if its in Federal Court. Great to see you. Thank you for having me. The man once known as americas mayor is now indicted alongside donald trump in georgia. The cnn original series giuliani, what happened to americas mayor is tonight at 8 00 eastern right here on cnn. Still ahead, the Search And Rescue efforts in hawaii continue today. More than 1,000 people are believed to still be missing after the wildfires scorched parts of maui. An emotional update from the governor next. Plus, were monitoring wildfires in northwest canada. 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