I dont think i can stress enough, like, how much help the island needs. And former president Donald Trumps lawyers propose delaying his federal election interference trial for almost two years after the 2024 election. We begin this morning with Breaking News. Hurricane hilary has rapidly intensified from a Tropical Storm into a category 4 hurricane as it barrels toward the southwestern u. S. , bringing winds up to 145 miles an hour. Right now, the hurricane is located 400 miles south of cabo san lucas. The Mexican Government says a weakened hilary could hit sunday night in baja, california, and has issued a hurricane warning. It is expected to hit mexico. 24 Million People across parts of california and nevada, utah and arizona are under flood watches. Hilary could mark the first Tropical Storm to hit Southern California in 84 years. I want to bring in nbc news meteorologist bill karins. Bill, good morning. How severe is this hurricane . Were going to talk about flooding in areas that
third party investigator and also having the atf on the ground to determine the cause of the fire is really going to be i don t want to say closure, but will provide answers for people who want to know why did this happen and how did this happen. we already heard from a lot of people, they re blaming hawaiian electric, now facing four lawsuits for allegedly having a downed power line that may have sparked the fire. hawaiian electric responded saying they do not comment on pending litigation. but we have seen several videos that show what appear it appears to show downed power lines, smoke and fire. and, you know, and andaya resigning, there could be potentially more people who are held accountable. we heard from the water commissioner who has been reassigned. there are concerns that enough water wasn t released on maui when they needed that water to fight the fire. we heard from several firefighters who say the water pressure from the fire hydrants were very low, so that s another