Officials are worried about landslides and major flooding. The last Tropical Storm to hit california was in 1939, over 80 years ago. This map shows the predicted path this storm might take. As of early friday, the centre of the hurricane was located roughly 400 miles, thats 615 kilometers, south of mexicos southern edge. President joe biden spoke about the preparations underway. I also want to note that my team is closely monitoring hurricane hilary, which has the potential to bring significant rain and flooding to southern california. Fema has prepositioned personnel and supplies in the region, and they are ready to respond as needed. I urge everyone, everyone in the path of the storm, to take precautions and listen to the guidance of state and local officials. Were tracking multiple wildfires in canada as the country faces what is being called its worst fire season on record. Fires in the kelowna region of British Columbia and 1200 miles or 2000 kilometers north in the countrys North
Also ahead, delay, delay, delay, donald trump looking to push his federal Election Interference trial to 2026 like more than two years from now. Can he stall his way out of legal jeopardy . And the clock is ticking down in georgia, the new Security Measures there with just a week left for the former president and allies to surrender. Happy friday, its great to be with you, it is 10 00 eastern, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and this among Hurricane Hilary is a cat 4 and barrelling towards Southern California. The National Weather Service Warning hilary could bring significant impacts to the southwest this weekend and into early next week. Now, this morning weve learned parts of Joshua Tree National park will shut down in anticipation of extreme flooding. Park officials telling the public to, quote, reconsider outdoor activities. If it makes landfall in california as a tropical system, that will be very rare. Its only happened one other time this past century. Lets get right to
. this is gps , the global public square. welcome to you all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. we ll begin today s program with monday s powerful earthquake. the devastation and destruction it has caused and the politicians that are now at play. also, the china balloon cry is, what is the fallout? i ll talk about all of that and more with david milibrand and richard haas. also, who is really fighting on the front lines for russia in ukraine? we will introduce you to the shadowy group whose mercenaries are a big part of the russia war effort. everything you need to know about the wagner group. and kim jong-un s hermit kingdom launched over 90 missiles last year. including an astonishing 23 in one single day. an expert will tell you why america s lack of attention to north korea s growing nuclear threat is a clear danger. but first, here is my take. in a state of the union address, president biden alluded to
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to you all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. we ll begin today s program with monday s powerful earthquake. the devastation and destruction it has caused and the politicians that are now at play. also, the china balloon cry is, what is the fallout? i ll talk about all of that and more with david milibrand and richard haas. also, who is really fighting on the front lines for russia in ukraine? we will introduce you to the shadowy group whose mercenaries are a big part of the russia war effort. everything you need to know about the wagner group. and kim jong-un s hermit kingdom launched over 90 missiles last year. including an astonishing 23 in one single day. an expert will tell you why america s lack of attention to north korea s growing nuclear threat is a clear danger. but first, here is my take. in a state of the union address, president biden alluded to the
it is good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. we start with that breaking news out of fulton county, georgia, a major admission from the lawyer for one of donald trump s codefendants in that sweeping rico case. nbc s blayne alexander is following that. for folks who weren t here, setting the stage, fani willis, the d.a. went to the judge after some videos were linked of people who had turned evidence and said, i need a protective order. but we didn t know who might have leaked those videos. what just happened in court? reporter: well, we now know at least one of the people who leaked the videos. it was an attorney for one of the 15 remains codefendants. jonathan miller, he represents misty hanson, one of the 15 codefendants, just said during this open hearing, during this virtual hearing in open court that he did leak the videos to at least one media outlet, and so he kind of gave a small preamble said that in order to make sure he can sleep