It really is way to early on this monday on august 21st. Im Katty Kay On August 21st in for jonathan lemire. We begin with the Tropical Storm pummeling Southern California. Hilary is already smashing records for rainfall across california with some parts of the State Reporting nearly 3 inches of rain yesterday. In addition to the Tropical Storm, Southern California residents also experienced a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake yesterday. Officials are reporting it did not cause serious damage, but it did produce several aftershocks. In response to hilary, governor gavin newsom declared a State Of Emergency. Hilary is the first Tropical Storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, almost a century. Turning to politics and new polling shows Donald Trumps hold on the Republican Base is as strong as ever. In a yougov survey, trump leads ron desantis, 62 to 16 . In third place is entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Hes at 7 . All the other candidates at 5 or less. Among them, the poll shows they trust the former president even more than their own loved ones, yep, more than their own family members. 71 feels like what trump tells them is the truth. Ahead of friends and family only at 63 . Donald trump says he will not participate in wednesdays republican primary debate, however. He made the announcement yesterday. Trump wrote in part, quote, the public knows who i am and what a successful presidency i had. I will therefore not be doing the debates, a plural there. It only applies to the first two rnc debates. Theyre both affiliated with fox news and fox business. Some of the other Debate Contenders are now weighing in on that decision. Hes a coward. Theres no other conclusion to come to hes both afraid of me and hes afraid of defending his record, and if i had his record, i would be nervous about showing up p too. I mean, lets face it, guys. By wednesday, hes going to be out on bail in four different jurisdictions. When are we going to to stop thinking thats normal . What if we dont allow that again . Nominating someone whos out on base in four jurisdictions is not a winning formula. Whether you believe in federal prosecutions or if you dont, two things, one, theyre real and youre going to have to deal with them, and, two, his conduct is reprehensible. I think every one of us who qualify for that debate stainless ought to be on the stage, be willing to square off, answer the tough questions, and draw a bright line contrast. My differences with the former president go far beyond that tragic day in january. I have no problem with him skipping the first couple of debates. Hes been on the debate stage plenty of times and in the white house. This is my chance to introduce myself to the country, so i have no issue with whatever decision he wants to make. If hes on there, great, if not, im fine with that as well. And Asa Hutchinson has now officially qualified for the gop debate as well. Hutchinson says he has met with the commission and donor cry teer ya, thanking his donors on twitter yesterday. Hes also expected to sign the partys required pledge to support the president ial nominee despite his criticism of it and his strong opposition to donald trump. Meanwhile miami mayor Francis Suarez is also claiming to have qualified for the debate stage, but dnc has denied that. They have until tonight to certified that they have met all of those requirements. Joining us now is National Politics reporter for the hill, julia manchester. Julia, final decision. We kind of knew he was not going to be there or expected he would not be there. How does it shake up the debate . It doesnt shake up the debate in a huge way. Either way, ron desantis would really be target number one of everyone on that stage. Right now donald trump wants to essentially get rid of ron desantis in second place, solidified the nomination early on. You have Vivek Ramaswamy who wants to get into the second place spot and knock ron desantis out of it. It draws a lot of attention to ron desantis. Id ask you what the strategy is going to be, except we know what its going to be. At least it was released to us in talking points. Do you think hes going to do Something Different . Its a good question. This is sort of what he has to do right now. What we saw in the Strategy Memo and a lot of Desantis Allies were telling me last week, it was sort of predictable. It makes a lot of sense. Desantis is not wants to attack him, but at the same time, he wants to solidify his second place. Going after someone like ramaswamy allows him to go after that and chris christie, it gives him a chance. Ramaswamy is interesting. Hes been rising in the polls. Still nationally pretty low name recognition. This seems to me a very important moment for him. It is a very important thing for hip. Youve seen ron desantis at a lot of major conservative gatherings. Hes very slowly and steadily building his name it. Dchlt with the conservative base. You see him on rightleaning outlets for news chams and across the political spectrum, very much trying to build up his name i. Dchlt. That Media Strategy of going everywhere, sort of what we saw with Pete Buttigieg on the democratic side thats what i was going to ask. Well see if its on at the same time. Well have to see. Very briefly, all the rest of the pack, the number one person youre watching . I would say Vivek Ramaswamy and tim scott. Julia, thank you very much. National politics reporter for the hill. Julia manchester in the studio. So nice to have someone else. Not just myself. Still ahead, russias first lumar nation in neil 50 years crashed into the moon. What does this mean for russias future Space Exploration . And as hawaii Wildfire Survivors question the governors response to the maui fires, President Biden will be arriving there today to speak with first officials on the ground. 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Right now a Training Program for ukrainian pilots is scheduled to begin in denmark this month, but officials warn the training does take time. In the meantime the dutch Prime Minister called the move to provide jets a longterm commitment while numbers were not publicly discussed. Zelenskyy posted on social media theyre going to send 42 jets to ukraine. Russias first lumar mission in decades has ended in failure with its lunar 25 crashing into the moons surface, the understand accident a employee to russias bid to reach the south pole happened after communication with the russian spacecraft. It lost touch on saturday around 3 00 p. M. Moscow time. The agencys preliminary analysis showed it spun into an uncontrolled orbit before the collision. The news comes a day after the space kraflt reported an Emergency Situation as it was trying to enter a prelanding orbit. A full commission is expected to investigate what caused the crash. President biden will visit mawy today in the wake of the devastating wildfires that have claimed over 100 lives, this as biden faces mounting criticism over his response so far to the disaster. Nbc News National correspondent Miguel Almaguer has more. Reporter the Recovery Teams here in lahaina nearly complete their grim search for the missing. For some, grief is turning to anger amid this mountain of loss. I cannot do anything. We never see nothing. Nothing at all. Reporter bracing for a death toll still expected to rise, at least 2,200 buildings are gone, most of them homes. The president expected in maui, but not welcomed by all. We dont need you. Dont come here. Reporter facing criticism for what some call a tepid response in the days after the fires. Any response from the rising death toll in maui . Reporter white house staff says the president has been working behind the scenes to provide support and relief to those most in need. I was in complete communication with him throughout this event, helping him understand what i was seeing. Reporter fema offering meals, housing, and an initial 700 payment to survivors who say its not nearly enough to start rebuilding their homes and lives. Stay out of our way. Get rid of the red tape. Reporter planning to meet with victims and response teams, the president s visit comes three days after mauis top Emergency Management official resigned when he stood by the decision not to run a siren. He offered this suddenly stark rebuke. Do i wish those sirens went off . Of course, i do. Reporter in maui, the demand for accountability, the plea for president ial help, and the endless sea of heartbreak. So awful. Hundreds and hundreds still missing in hawaii. Nbcs Mig H Gel Almaguer with that report. Still ahead in the program, in sports, a bit of a sweet victory for a spanish player who helped her team win the first ever womens world cup. 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Olga carmona sealed spains victory in the 29th minute. She also scoring a stunning late goal in spains 21 win against sweden and is now the first player since America Carli Lloyd in 2015 to score in a world cup semifinal. And in the final, not even a striker. What a woman. Sadly, this personal story, carmona learned after the match of her fathers death. The spanish Southerner Federation says he had been ill and died while the family came to watch the final. They decided to wait until after the Title Celebrations to give her the news. We wish her the best. Well done, honestly. I mean it. Well done for the lionesss. My favorite too. Swept in consecutive series by the Atlanta Braves and boston red sox, the yankees have lost. The red sox beat the yankees 65 yesterday for the eighth time in nine tries to complete bostons second sweep of new york this season. The yankees chances of qualifying for the playoffs are bleak as they sit nine games out of the American League wildcard chase and the franchises winning streak sits in serious jeopardy. Meanwhile in oakland, the. A l. Eastleading Baltimore Orioles i like them. 121 over the as yesterday. Henderson who had four hits in the game came up, needing a single, to become the first rocky in franchise history to hit for a cycle but chose to run past first base for a double. And turning to texas. The rangers righthander max scherzer moved into 11th space on the career strikeout list, but in the same inning he threw 42 pitches and forced two runs as the mauks brewers beat the rangers, 62. And in houston, the Seattle Mariners completed a threegame sweep of the Houston Astros that moved them within one half game of the defending champions in the a. L. West standings. If you dont follow baseball, thats like in scientific language. We got through it. Time now for the weather. Mesh Shell Grossman has the forecast. Poor california has it worse than the rest of us. Poor california. It was a historic day yesterday. We saw so much rainfall. A years worth of rainfall. Landslides, mudslides, debris flows. Look at these imagesle were going to see it once again today. So much water. 2 to 4 inches may not sound like a lot to the middle of the country, but the desert cant handle that much rain. Were looking at posttropical hilary. That happened 25 minutes ago with the latest advisory, but still bringing lots of rain. You see the Bright Colorsle thats where were seeing the heaviest rain falling. There is a flood theft. 27 Million People are impacted. Where you see the red, Flash Flooding is happening now or imminent. Were concerned about that. Were concerned about it because were looking at rainfall rates of an inch per hour. That is a lot. Where you see the red, the oranges, the yellows, thats in the intermountain west. Were watching two additional systems thats going to bring some rain to portions of the u. S. , especially the one near texas could see some heavy rain. Were soaring in terms of the temperatures in the middle of the country. 87 Million People impacted. The heat warning is stretching from texas to portions of the midwest and ohio valley and were going to see temperatures into the 90s and triple digits. We could see nearly 150 records falling in the next two days. 102 in jackson and springfield. Back to you, katty. 106 in dallas. This summer has been difficult and hot. Still ahead, donald trump is expected to surrender to authorities in Fulton County this week. Well have the latest on the former president s indictment straight ahead on Way Too Early. Indictment straight ahead on Way Too Early. christina with Verizon Business unlimited, i get 5g, truly unlimited data, and unlimited hotspot data. So, no matter what, im running this kitchen. vo make the switch. Its your business. 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