Hard questions on maui. How did this wildfire start . How did it grow so fast . Destroy lives all with so little warning . Now a top official in charge of the response to that crisis has quit even as he stands up for how his agency handled the disaster. Plus a historic hurricane. Hilary is now a huge category four storm. It could be the first storm of its kind to hit california in some 84 years. Some areas could get a years worth of rain in just one day. And justice deferred. Donald trumps legal team trying to push one trial years into the future. While the former president backtracks his plans to hold an explosive News Conference monday. Were following these developing stories and more right here all coming in to cnn news central. The origin and the response to the deadly maui wildfires are both under growing scrutiny. Just a couple of hours, residents of the devastated town of lahaina are set to hold a News Conference to address how officials responded to the disaster. It comes after
hard questions on maui. how did this wildfire start? how did it grow so fast? destroy lives all with so little warning? now a top official in charge of the response to that crisis has quit even as he stands up for how his agency handled the disaster. plus a historic hurricane. hilary is now a huge category four storm. it could be the first storm of its kind to hit california in some 84 years. some areas could get a year s worth of rain in just one day. and justice deferred. donald trump s legal team trying to push one trial years into the future. while the former president backtracks his plans to hold an explosive news conference monday. we re following these developing stories and more right here all coming in to cnn news central.
that s 707070 to donate. and now to the rare west coast hurricane, a category 4 hurricane named hilary. its winds are now lashing mexico. the u.s. will feel that storm soon. it could dump more than a year s worth of rain on three states, california, nevada, and arizona starting this week including areas that don t normally get anywhere near this amount of rain. cnn meteorologist chad myers is in the weather center. chad, not a typical place you see these kinds of storms come through? no. national hurricane center issued its first ever tropical storm watch for california? what s happening and when will it all start? reporter: well, we hope some of the rain, and i know this seems weird, but let me just explain myself. we hope some of the rain will start tomorrow afternoon because we don t want wind without a damp surface to blow across. we don t want to experience what just happened in lahaina with a wind event before the actual rain starts. so we re kind of watching these