Packed. And im mike emanuel. We have coverage with adam klotz, and Christina Coleman in Pacific Palisades in california. Well start with you. Hi, mike, if might look like a beautiful beach day right now, but heavy rains and significant flooding is a big concern. L. A. Mayor karen bass says the city will be ready. The city is prepared. Were not waiting for the storm to hit. We have already begun working 24 7 to be ahead of the curve and to be ready as soon as the storm reaches our shores. Hurricane hilary is expected to make landfall in baja, california sometime tonight or tomorrow where theyre already seeing stormy conditions and that storm is expect today weaken into a Tropical Storm that could bring torrential rains into Southern California and nevada and the threat of mudslides and even tornados. Crews are sandbagging low lying areas here in parts of Southern California and arizona. Law enforcement is telling people to be ready to possibly be without power. They say if you have to g
Know how theyre going to do this. Will cain has an advantage, hes a swimmer, but has had a week off because hes been reporting out in maui and doing a lot of hard work. Pete, i know, has been training hard because he loves to win, but he lost at least so far. Griff i think somethings slowing him down. Douglas at least we can see which one he is in the water. Well be able to see them coming towards us. Griff look at that. The only channel youre going to get Shirtless Navy seals jumping off a barge into the river all for a good cause. Navy seal foundation. Org if you want to support will and pete and all the great warriors that fight and sacrifice for our nation. Rachel were going to check in with or charly reporting on everything for us with a birds eye view here. Reporter a fabulous birds eye view, and im not just talking about the water, the statue of liberty. Being surrounded by 220 very jacked, inshape men who serve our country, im to not mad about a it. And i have to say im really
Attorne Attorney General Merrick Garland announcing he will give david weiss Special Counsel status to investigate the president s son. Hello and welcome everyone, im sandra smith. Gillian, great to have you back. Gillian this is America Reports. Garland says weiss told him he wanted to be given Special Counsel status to continue his probe into hunter biden. This after insisting for months that step was not necessary. Sandra the timing of this announcement is certainly being highlighted at this hour, and raising Big Questions about how the probe will intersect with a separate congressional investigation. And a Draft Plea Deal between hunters attorneys and weiss thats currently being reworked. Gillian Lindsey Graham as well as house ways and Means Committee chair jason smith are both here to react. Sandra mark meredith, live at the Justice Department at this hour for us. Why did the attorney yes decide to do this and decide to do this now, mark . Sandra, good afternoon to you. The u. S.
Likely. Were following the legal and political implications. Plus a warning to Donald Trumps legal team from the judge overseeing the election interference case, saying more inflammatory statements will require a quicker start to the trial. We are live outside the court. And the death toll as they have yet to even start searching the hundred of burned out buildings. Well take you live to maui. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Another controversial investigation that could have some pretty big repercussions for 2024 is escalating. Today a Special Counsel was designated in the federal probe of hunter biden. Attorney general Merrick Garland named david weiss to the role. Weiss has been leading this investigation. Yes, he has. Hes been leading the investigation into hunter biden for the past five years, in fact. This week he asked himself to be elevated to that role of Special Counsel. Were following that in realtime.
The urgent manhunt, with residents scared and frustrated, and school is canceled for another day. Here are tonights headlines. The stunning video shows the killer scaling a wall, then pushing through razor wire and running across the roof. Plus, one of the major obstacles facing search teams. The Undergrowth Fear of it is so thick, searchers can only go a few feet before losing sight of each other. Federal prosecutors say they plan to bring an indictment against hunter biden by late september. The president s son has been under investigation in Delaware On Gun and tax charges. Norah with recordbreaking heat, parents are scrambling to find child care as the start of multiple states. I was shocked. I couldnt believe that we didnt have something as basic as air conditioning. Norah plus, the new track for Hurricane Lee just coming in for the extremely dangerous storm is headed. more than four dozen children sent to the hospital after a school bus crash. That headon collision involving a sc