America. The impact far from over, the first Tropical Storm to hit california since 1939, when joe biden started his senate career, forecasters warned there could be catastrophic and lifethreatening flooding. We have people that are not experienced with this sport of weather phenomenon, i cant emphasize enough, we have portions of Southern California under a highrisk, a highrisk of flooding. These situations account for the huge, huge amount of the drownings and deaths that we see associated with Tropical Storms. Not a day at the beach, stay out of the water, a 5. 1 magnitude Earthquake Hit Southern California about 90 minutes ago. And there are reports of shaking and quaking in los angeles, Jonathan Hunt is live in santa monica. Reporter Kennedy We Felt that earthquake here pch in santa monica it happened the epicenter about 60 miles north of us, we could feel it here. Icing on the cake, as Tropical Storm hilary comes through. Were in about 10th hour of rain. Looking down the coast to
In a moment, i will turn it over to deanne criswell, joining us from hawaii. Much of this she briefed the president on last night. She has been in hawaii since 2 00 a. M. On saturday morning. And she is still there right now. For i do that, i want to say is the president said last week that he and the first lady are praying for families who are grieving and for everyone who has suffered misstating losses of land and property as a result of the wildfires in maui. The president continues to stay engaged with local officials to ensure our robust whole of government response continues. Yesterday, he received two briefings from fema administrator criswell on the ongoing federal response a written update in the morning and a phone call last night. The president has stayed engaged with Hawaii Governor josh green, and theyve spoken twice in recent days to make sure he gets every resource he needs. The president also spoke by phone on friday with senator hirono. With all of these officials, the
Numbers of illegal crossings as recently as june but now warned the tide is turning reporting a drastic increase so far this month despite extreme heat and new restrictions put in place by Homeland Security. Republicans point to a border wall started under President Trump but never completed. Not a coincidence the thoughts on Physical Barriers Go Hand In hand with what we see as the consequence. The fruit of decisions. The white house insists their border plan is actually working. Listen. As we have said multiple times, our border enforcement plan works. It the deterrent. Diplomacy and enforcement. We have seen that plan working. Gillian officials in Sanctuary Cities including new york and chicago are struggling to support thousands of migrants and Asylum Seekers. It is a major rift in new york between the governor and mayor adams. Cb cotton is in new york with details on the emerging feud. We begin first in El Paso Reporting On The Trump border wall that never came to be. All up and d
In devastating wildfires. About 1,000 remain unaccounted for. Damage to Communication Lines is making it difficult to locate people. Large parts of maui have been totally devastated. Have a look at these Drone Pictures from the historic coastal town of la haina. Burnt out wreckage of so many homes there. The governor of hawaii, josh green, estimated that 80 of the town was gone in what he said was probably the us states largest ever natural disaster. Some properties have been left untouched by the flames whilst others just metres away have been completely destroyed. Local people have been left sifting though the debris. They say there were no warning sirens to alert them as the flames moved towards their homes. Authorities say, it will take many years and billions of dollars to repair the damage. This map gives you a better idea of where the fires have ripped through over the last few days. They are marked in orange. As we have said lahaina was worst hit with that Satellite Image on th
Behavior and the stakes. It was a bracing message. He will be treated like any other defendant. Trump did not attend the hearing in washington today, and thats fine. You can have these kind of hearings among lawyers. His defense team entered this morning. We saw that, tracked that. Hearing about what, in other cases, might be a more routine matter. What are the rules of evidence before you go to trial . How can it be discussed . So this is basically the framework, ground rules, you may have heard the reference to a protective order. Now judge chutkan rejected Donald Trumps request to speak in broader general terms about some of that evidence. Hell be restricted from publicly discussing the sensitive materials. The ruling came out late today. The judge says if Defendant Trump receives sensitive materials has part of this case, meaning stuff he might not otherwise get but for being a criminal defendant, his lawyers may not allow Defendant Trump to write down any personally identifying in