Response. And Hurrican Hilary is getting stronger. And timing is everything for team trump. His lawyers proposing new trial dates and negotiating when he will sur render in georgia. We begin with the maui official who defended the decision not to activate the Warning Sirens. He is now stepping down. He cited Health Reasons for his resignation. It comes with the death toll at 111 people and more than 1,000 still unaccounted for. Randi kaye has more on the fallout. So many of the residents felt like we had no warning. Reporter hawaii has one of the largest Public Safety outdoor siren Warning Systems in the world. Sirens that were silent as wildfires raged. The question is, why. First it was this it would not have saved those people on the mountain side. Do you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. Sirens as i mentioned earlier is used primarily for tsunamis. Reporter that is what the head of mauis Emergency Management agency said wednesday. But even before that Press Conference ende
There was also a lot of news, as there has been all week. Theres more today. Lets get started this friday, august 18. This breaking overnight, Hurricane Hillary Intensifying in the pacific. It is now a major category 4 hurricane thats expected to bring flooding and rain to california and the southwest over the weekend. More Breaking News, mauis Emergency Management administrator quit abruptly a day after he defended not sounding the islands sirens as Deadly Wildfires tore through la hadhaina citing health reasons. And also this just in, femas Disaster Fund is slipping into the red and Hurricane Season hasnt even peaked yet. Now pressure is on for congress to pass a spending bill. Former President Trump wants to push back the trial date in the federal election subversion case by a lot. The Special Counsel wants january, months from now. Trumps team wants april of 2026, about three years from now. And federal prosecutors are recommending the toughest january 6 sentence yet for two leader
exploding field goal. those are so good. i guess that person thought that the hawks logo was state farm i don t know. but they are priceless. love it. go 6ers. new developments out of maui, boss tin charge of emergency sirens just quit. a live report next on cnn this morning.
buffalo s, right? this is the brooklyn bridge, basketball. two question marks trying to make will have. tigers. lsu tigers. the exploding field goal. i never thought the san antonio spurs logo looked like an exploding field goal but now i can t unsee it. you ll never unsee it. if you don t think i m trying to work through how to make this a segment with you, me and poppy going forward poppy was getting every single one of them right and it was very impressive. very impressive. andy scholes, thanks as always. cnn this morning continues right now. good morning. let s get started with five things to know for this friday, august 18.