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i don t think i can stress enough, like, how much help the island needs. and former president donald trump s 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? we re going to talk about f ....
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, it s great to be with you, it is 10:00 eastern, i m 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 we ve 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. it s only happened one other time this past centu ....
deadline in the 2020 election interference case. he s got until 5:00 p.m. this afternoon to respond to special counsel jack smith s request for a protective order. smith is trying to block trump from disclosing evidence and making public comments that could intimidate witnesses or undermine the case. smith asked the judge to step in after trump issued a vague threat on social media on friday. he wrote in all caps, quote f you go after me, i m coming after you. this morning, we re also keeping a close watch on fulton county, georgia, where trump is facing another potential indictment for trying to overturn the election. the streets around the courthouse are being shut down as the grand jury considers charges. trump s lawyer went on a media blitz and appeared on all five networks sunday morning. he floated a new defense for trump, alleged will pressuring mike pence and georgia officials to overturn the election results. you re saying that asking is action. no, asking ....
sea, so much closer to home than russia could possibly have wanted. you referred to a russian fighter intercepting what was a russian drone. they submitted that in strict accordance with international law. that comes a matter of hours after ukrainian drones have targeted two key vessels. just this morning, a russian oil cargo ship which was struck by a ukrainian drone in the black sea quite some distance off the coast and near a key naval port. there are suggestions that an oil depot was hit on the eastern side of the crimean peninsula. this is a building number of incidents occurring in the black sea, an area which russia must have felt was entirely impregnable just two weeks ago. sochi is a russian holiday resort, and all of those are at risk of war. a dramatic change here where ukraine is projecting its power. it may be a bid to show some element of military success given how slow the counteroffensive appears to be at the moment. it certainly must make the kremlin ut ....
staying put. no matter what happens. if going forward, you get these indictments, their ends up, you got a jury in d.c., you get convicted and sentenced, does that stop your campaign from president? if you re sentenced? not at all. there is nothing in the constitution to say that it could and, not at all. meanwhile, president byline highlighting strong economic news in a visit to maine. he signed an executive order, aiming to prioritize american manufacturing, while saying bidenomics is working. unemployment in america is below 4%. the longest stretch in over 50 years. it s not just that we ve recovered all the jobs we lost during the pandemic, it s that we now have four more jobs than we did before the pandemic. and late friday statement, people magazine, the president, for the first, time now publicly acknowledging his seventh grandchild, four year old girl named navy. his son the president and first lady said they wanted the best for all of their grandc ....