and the effort to overturn the 2020 election, several key figures of the capitol riot have already been convicted and are now being sentenced. a judge today sentenced one of them to 17 years in jail for seditious conspiracy. that is a long time behind bars. but it s actually a much lighter punishment than what the department of justice was hoping for. in most of these january 6th cases, government prosecutors are throwing the proverbial book at defendants. correspondent david spunt is at the justice department tonight with details on the sentencing of the former leader of the proud boys group. good evening, david. hi, bret. good evening to you. this sentencing comes more than two and a half years after the attack on the u.s. capitol in just hours ago joseph biggs learned his fate as you said 17 years behind bars but not nearly the amount of time that the department of justice prosecutors wanted. they want him behind bars for 33 years, almost double. ultimately the judge dis
viewers in the united states. just ahead on cnn newsroom, strong winds, mudslides and flooding in effect this hour as tropical storm hillary honors southern california. a busy week ahead in u.s. politics, the first gop primary without the front runner and donald trump set to turn himself in to authorities in georgia. what it all means for the party and former president. plus, to countries step up in their fight against russia. and for now alive report. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thank you for being with us, we begin in southern california, which is facing the first tropical storm to hit the state and more than two decades. and tropical storm hillary has been lashing san diego and los angeles with powerful winds and record breaking rain. more than 9 million people in downtown l.a. and surrounding areas under flash flood warnings. thousands of lights also canceled or delayed at the u.s. a day, many on the storm, this is what hillary u
we begin this hour with the latest on hurricane hilary which is now barreling towards southern california. the national hurricane center has downgraded the hurricane to a category one storm. still expected to bring substantial damage to the area. california governor, gavin newsom, has declared a state of emergency as the storm is expected to bring punishing rainfall, isolated tornadoes, and waves as high as eight feet high as long the southern california coast. when is a mute correspondent guad bin is joins me live from san diego california. what is the latest on the projected path of this hurricane? katie, it is the calm before the storm. you can see it is a beautiful morning here in san diego. just a few hours before the hurricane, which is expected to make landfall as a tropical storm here in southern california. the latest news indicated it was moving east of where we were at. we will have to wait and see how the storm develops here. how it comes in, touch, land just
mexico with 112 miles per hour. the storm will weaken after making landfall overnight. it s expected to be a tropical forest winds and heavy rain tomorrow afternoon. we have team coverage for this evening. christina coleman live in southern california with more on preparations. verso to f fox weather meteorologist adam klotz. he has a forecast for this major. yes indeed it does beat weakening as far as wins go this is a rain event and that is not expected to change at all but winds currently wonders in miles per hour bird you are seeing it set up coast of cabo. now it category to a move to the north is running over so they were more water you are actually look at video from cabo. this is for the storm is currently sitting off the coast. got that entire region there s currently there is tropical storm warnings and place down on the southern end of the baja peninsula. you re getting into hurricane warning drift far enough north you are looking at the first ever tropical storm
what we re now hearing from the airline about how common this is. plus, democrats planning a major advertising push around next week s republican presidential debate. from tv ads to billboards to a rapid response war room, we ve got the exclusive details. and threats made against the judge overseeing one of donald trump s cases. the disturbing voice mail that led to the arrest of a texas woman. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin in hawaii where the road to lahaina just reopened, but officials are urging people not to travel there, unless it s absolutely necessary. nbc s dana griffin once again on the ground for us there. there is real concern about chemicals in the air, in the water. talk to us about what you re seeing and hearing today, dana. reporter: well, chris, it is so concerning. that s why we re wearing n95 masks. some people are even wearing goggles. we re seeing a lot of crews going in doing the search and recovery, t