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White House responds to Idalia
Now-Tropical Storm Idalia is churning through Georgia but has already brought historic storm surge and attendant damage to parts of Florida's Big Bend. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports on conditions in Georgia, and CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more on the federal government's response.
Idalia weakens as it moves over Georgia
Idalia has weakened to a tropical storm as it moves over southeastern Georgia. CBS News correspondents Omar Villafranca and Manuel Bojorquez report on the latest developments. Plus, CBS News senior weather and climate producer David Parkinson explains where the storm could go next.
Idalia weakens after landfall
Hurricane Idalia slammed parts of Florida Wednesday but began losing strength as it moved across Georgia and the Carolinas. CBS New York meteorologist Lonnie Quinn has more on the storm's future, CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez has more on conditions in Savannah and Charleston, where Mayor John Tecklenburg joined CBS News with an update.
Hurricane Idalia batters Florida's Gulf Coast
Floridians are feeling the impact of Hurricane Idalia as it bears down on the western part of the state. The storm is expected to impact a wide central portion of the state, including cities such as Tampa and Orlando, before moving along the Georgia and Carolina coastline Wednesday into Thursday.
Idalia downgraded to Category 1 storm
Georgia and the Carolinas are expecting severe weather throughout the afternoon as Hurricane Idalia, now a Category 1 storm, rolls through. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports from Savannah, Georgia.
Red Cross mobilizes Hurricane Idalia response
As residents in Florida wait for floodwaters to recede, Georgia is bracing for its turn in Hurricane Idalia's path. CBS News correspondent Cristian Benavides reports from Florida and American Red Cross spokesperson Evan Peterson joined CBS News to discuss how his organization is ready to help in both states.
Trump rails against judge in federal case
In a social media post on Monday, Donald Trump lashed out about the trial date for his federal election interference case. It's scheduled to begin March 4 of next year, the day before Super Tuesday. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more on the former president's comments about appealing the date.
Judge sets Trump trial date in election case
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has set a trial date for March 4, 2024, in the special counsel's case against former President Donald Trump related to his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The trial date falls one day before Super Tuesday, when 15 states will hold their primary or caucus for the Republican presidential nomination. Scott MacFarlane reports.
Trump to appeal March 2024 trial date
Federal judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday set March 4, 2024, as the start of the case alleging Donald Trump conspired to overturn the 2020 election -- but the former president plans to appeal the date. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa reports.
Where election safety stands ahead of 2024
How safe are U.S. election institutions ahead of 2024? David Becker, CBS News election law expert and political contributor, assesses election integrity and confidence heading into 2024.
How will Trump campaign fare amid legal woes?
There are new developments Monday in the criminal cases that are increasingly complicating former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign schedule. A judge set the trial date in the federal 2020 election conspiracy case for March 4, 2024 -- one day before Super Tuesday. CBS News' Nancy Cordes and Robert Costa have more.
Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows takes the stand in Georgia case
Meadows is seeking to fight the charges in federal court rather than in state court.
Mark Meadows testifies in Georgia
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows testified Monday in Fulton County in the first hearing for the Georgia election case in which former President Trump and multiple codefendants face charges related to alleged election interference. In D.C., Trump's trial has been set for March 2024, one day before Super Tuesday. Robert Costa reports on the multiple legal cases the former president faces.
Georgia students embrace new AI-driven curriculum
A school district in Georgia is teaching kids as young as kindergarten how to use artificial intelligence. Christina Ruffini takes a look at how the AI-driven curriculum works.
Ga. school district brings AI into classrooms
A school district in Gwinnett County, Georgia, is pioneering an AI-driven curriculum, integrating artificial intelligence into all subjects from social studies to art. CBS News' Christina Ruffini looks at how teachers and students are embracing the technology in the classroom – and how teachers are addressing skepticism.
2 pivotal court hearings set for Monday
The defense for former President Donald Trump wants a trial date in April 2026 for his election conspiracy case. D.C. federal Judge Tanya Chutkan is expected to set a date Monday. Meanwhile, in Atlanta, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows could learn if his Georgia election interference case could be moved to federal court. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports.
Trump's co-defendants surrender
The last of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants charges in a racketeering scheme to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results have surrendered. They include an Illinois pastor and Kanye West's former publicist.
All defendants surrender in Georgia 2020 case
All 19 defendants in the Georgia 2020 election case have turned themselves in to the Fulton County jail in Atlanta. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has the latest. Plus, legal contributor and Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson examines if there is legal precedent to move the case to a federal court.
19 defendants surrender in Georgia election case
Former President Donald Trump and all 18 of his co-defendants have now surrendered at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta to be booked on charges that they attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Nikole Killion has more.
What Trump's 2024 rivals are focusing on
Former President Donald Trump's 2024 challengers are waiting to see how his legal troubles -- most recently, his arrest at the Fulton County jail in the Georgia election case -- could impact him politically. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa takes a look at how 2024 GOP hopefuls are responding and what they're focusing on as Trump continues to lead the polls.
Trump using mug shot as fundraising driver
Former President Donald Trump is already using his booking photo from Fulton County to raise money. He was booked Thursday night on 13 felony counts related to an alleged scheme to overturn the results of the presidential election in Georgia. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has the latest on Trump and his 18 co-defendants.
What we know about Trump's new Georgia lawyer
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday hired a new attorney, Steven Sadow, to represent him in the Georgia election interference case. Rikki Klieman, Nicole Sganga and Graham Kates have more.
Trump speaks out after being booked in Georgia
Former President Donald Trump surrendered and was booked Thursday at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta, Georgia, on charges that he attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. It marks the fourth time this year Trump has been booked on criminal charges. "It's a very sad for America," Trump told reporters on the tarmac of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after his booking. "This should never happen."
Trump's Fulton County mug shot released
The Fulton County Sheriff's Office released former President Donald Trump's booking photo Thursday night after he surrendered to authorities on charges related to alleged efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson examines Trump's defense in the case.
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