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historic summit at camp david with the leaders of japan and south korea. on the agenda, confronting threats from china and north korea. donald trump deciding to skip next week s first gop presidential debate, and new reporting tonight, when will he surrender on new charges in georgia? nbc news reports aboard an f-16 fighter jet, the u.s. today approving the shipment of f-16s to ukraine, but how long will it take to train ukraine s pilots to fly them? and after losing her restaurant in the fires, the top chef still cooking with compassion for maui. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. normally this time of year, people in the south and the east are keeping an eye open for potential hurricane threats. tonight, however, in a historic weather twist, americans on the west coast are on alert with an eye on hurricane hilary as it races northward off the baja peninsula parts of california are under the first tropical storm watch
hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. a major hurricane is barreling toward the southwestern u.s. hurricane hilary has weakened to a category 3 as it hammers mexico with strong winds and high waves. forecasters warn it could dump more than a year s worth of rain across california, nevada and arizona in a short amount of time. the threat is so severe in the golden state that a tropical storm warning has been issued for the first time ever there. cnn meteorologist allison chinchar is tracking the conditions. a year s worth of rain in a short amount of time, how are they going to handle that? that is the big concern, because especially in the desert areas that ground is not able to absorb it very quickly, so a lot of it becomes runoff, leading to localized flash flooding. sustained winds 125 miles per hour gusting up to 155. we ve seen that forward movement pick up. it s starting to speed up. that s important for the timing of a lot of the
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and the tourists still trying to evacuate. also ahead, lawyers for donald trump just arriving for a high stakes hearing in the election interference case. how much will trump be allowed to discuss publicly and could that trial begin as soon as january? it is 10:00 eastern, thanks for being with us on this friday, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with the staggering death toll from the wildfires in hawaii. authorities on maui revealing overnight at least 55 people have died in those fires, and by one account, up to a thousand remain missing. communications on the island remain difficult making it hard to confirm who is safe and maui s mayor says intense search and rescue efforts are still underway. search in the interior of the buildings. we re waiting for fema to help with that search, as they are equipped to handle the hazmat conditions of the buildings that have been burned. shelters on the island are full of residents who have now lost every