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
house? the administration sending troops to the border as southern states brace for a surge of migrants with the title era 42 policy set to expire. but one border town is inundated and declared an emergency. we ll take you there. a college town on high alert. authoritie manhunt after three stabbings in a week. this near the uc davis campus in california. those stabbings left two people dead. police are now pleading for the public s help in identifying a suspect. plus, now they are trying to write their own story. hollywood writers hitting the picket line today. we ll tell you what they re demanding and what it means for your favorite shows. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. and we start this hour at the u.s. southern border. the biden administration now confirming they are preparing to deploy an additional 1,500 troops as early as next week. the migrant crisis is expected to worsen as the trump-er
joins me in moments. plus, the party in power. americans feel burnt out over the state of the country as november s midterm elections take shape, do democrats have a winning message? i ll speak to the newly minted democratic nominee for governor josh shapiro, ahead. good morning. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is feeling anxious. president biden is in japan on his first trip to asia after taking office. as he tries to focus on his international agenda, problems are piling up back home. the first planes from operation fly formula arrive today as the administration scrambles to get baby formula back onto u.s. shelves. but the white house still has not offered a time frame for when families would begin to see the effects of these measures. anyone watching their 401(k) friday might have regretted looking as the markets continue their longest selloff in decades, dipping briefly into bear market territory and increasing concerns for some that the u.s
and the future gop. as republican governors prepare for a world without roe, republican candidates are looking more and more like donald trump. arkansas governor asa hutchinson joins me in moments. plus, the party in power. americans feel burnt out over the state of the country as november s midterm elections take shape, do democrats have a winning message? i ll speak to the newly minted democratic nominee for governor josh shapiro, ahead. good morning. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is feeling anxious. president biden is in japan on his first trip to asia after taking office. as he tries to focus on his international agenda, problems are piling up back home. the first anes from operation fly formula arrive today as the administration scrambles to get baby formula back onto u.s. shelves. but the white house still has not offered a time frame for when families would begin to see the effects of these measures. anyone watching their 401(k) friday
asking to sentence the leaders of the proud boys on january 6 to essentially three decades in prison each. they re asking for 33 years in prison for the chairman of the proud boys who wasn t even on the grounds on january 6th but was purged from washington, d.c., and cheering on the others over texts. they re asking for 33 years for joseph biggs, zachary reel, another man who bashed in a window, one of the first pieces of the capitol to fall, for 20 years. but this court document was a reminder when you read it just how serious the violence was on january 6th, how there was now asserted by a jury s finding here, that there was an effort of people who came together who plotted out how they would lead a mob inside the capitol if they had the opportunity. the justice department wrote about these four members of the proud boys convicted of