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
problems. maybe mostly in the mountainous areas of southern california. let me zoom in here and show you the cone still includes los angeles, san diego, palm springs. how certain are we of where the storm is going to go? these are computer models, all within the cone and all focused here over los angeles, san diego. we know the storm is heading for southern california. it is not going to head into arizona. that would be a shocking surprise at this point. all of that heavy rain and whatever is left of the wind will be moving through sunday night and then early monday morning. the heavy rain will begin even this afternoon, monsoonal flow and all that moisture heading northwards. the bulk of the heavy rain, associated with the tropical storm and the center of it will be sunday afternoon, sunday evening and southern portions of california and then spreading to nevada as you go throughout monday. as far as the winds go, it does look like the highest will be in the mountains. mostly concerne