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
a two-person race, but for how much longer? will new hampshire s first in the nation primary be the last true challenge for donald trump until november? also tonight, john king spoke earlier in the campaign. and breaking news tonight about a new cease-fire deal to bring israel s hostages home, which could also let senior leaders of the hamas out of gaza. the final confirmation that the party belongs to former president donald trump. the first ballot will be cast for the first primary in campaign 2024. there are just six people expected to vote. an hour from now the former president will hold his final rally in the state, that event comes a day after ron desantis endorsed him. there will be three other former rivals. also endorsing the former president, nikki haley s own congresswoman nancy mace. she did it today, even though in the wake of january 6 she was saying things like this. their lives would have been in danger, the most precious people in my life. we need to hold
video coming in of a rogue wave. this wave smashed into a u.s. army base in marshall islands. the man who posted the video says no one was injured. the images are absolutely terrifying. thank you for joining us. ac-360 begins now. tonight, a two person race, but for how much longer with desantis out and haley behind. the question is will new hampshire s first in the nation primary be the last true kmepg for donald trump until november. john talks to voters he spoke with earlier to see if anything has changed their minds all over the map in new hampshire. and breaking news about a possible new cease-fire deal to bring israel s hostages home. that also could let hamas senior leaders out of gaza. it could be the last fire break in the republican party to stop the former president. that or perhaps the final confirmation that the party once again belongs only to him. four hours from now voters in the tiny northern new hampshire town of dixville notch will cast their f
maria: suddenly, joe biden gets religion, claiming change is needed at the southern border because it is just not secure. you said the border is secure? no, it s not. i haven t believed it for the last ten years. i ve said it give me the money. maria: coming up, live from the southern border this morning house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul on why republicans caved on a continuing resolution with no new security at the border. then, the deadly impacts from a woman who lost her daughter to an illegal immigrant and must still battle with democrat congressman dan goldman if. so you re saying that you re upset because the border patrol is not doing, is making sandwiches i think you said, so you don t think it would be helpful to have more border or patrol officers who are charged with stopping the fentanyl trade? i would like the border patrol to be able to do the job that they were hired to do. well, one every border patrol officer that i have
his club. we ve got all angles of the story covered including new reporting that the arraignment could be delayed. meanwhile, in pennsylvania, the governor expected to issue a disaster declaration today after a tanker carrying gas burst into flames causing a section of i-95 in philadelphia to collapse. this critical stretch of highway could be shut down for months. a miracle in colombia, four children found alive deep in the amazon jungle 40 days after their plane crashed. we ll bring you a live report from bogota. and a major clarification from the biden administration, how china has been spying on the u.s. for years with help from the cuban regime. we begin with breaking news on preparations for what could be an historic court appearance in florida. this hour former president donald trump is set to leave his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, for newark airport. there you see these live images of the group of automobiles that will be carrying the former president to