Ktvu fox two news at six. Good evening. Thanks for joining us this saturday. I am cristina rendon. We begin tonight with the latest on hurricane hillary as it pounds mexico and barrels towards Southern California. Hillary was downgraded today to a category two hurricane and will likely be a Tropical Storm by the time it hits california. Residents in socal filled sandbags and stood in long lines , as well as lines and grocery stores. This storm could produce heavier rainfall and flooding and meteorologist Alberto Gonzales is tracking it all. Shes joining us now with the very latest. And roberta, this is to be expected. Absolutely. Christina and a lot of people forget this is an education for us. Its an extremely rare event when people heard that it was downgraded, they went, no problem. No, this is expected on a scale of 1 to 5, this is now a category two. When we left you last night, it was a category four. Its downsized because hurricanes need that warm water to continue to fuel itsel
Eric shawn. At effort to bar Chinese Companies buying up farmland gaining traction on capitol hill but lawmakers warning to beijing may gain control of our food and Energy Supply as it tries to steal our agriculture technology. All of this astute navy sailors or charges week with selling sensitive military secrets to chinese intelligence agents. Both were stationed in california. One of them served on the uss essex in san diego. Xbox live chairman of the House Select China Committee Mike Gallagher standing by for it less first go to Christina Coleman who has more on the two sailors charged with spying for china. Christina what more can you tell us . Hi arthel. Federal Officials Say these two cases demonstrate chinas determination to our countrys National Defense. One of the dependence is mayorkas 38 u. S. Citizen born in china prosecutors say served on the Amphibious Assault ship uss essex and sold National Defense information including photos, videos and technical manuals to his a chi
Calendar. Trumps new reality from the courtroom to the campaign trail back and forth. A perfect example he keynoted that g. O. P. Dinner in alabama a day after pleading not guilty to four Felony Charges in d. C. That stemmed from alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 president ial election results. Here he was railing against that last night. So this ridiculous indictment against us, its not a legal case, its an act of desperation by a failed and disgraced Crooked Joe Biden and radical left thugs to preserve their grip on power. They want to do anything they can to preserve it. In the 24 hours between arraignment in d. C. And that fiery speech last night, special counsel jack smith filing a protective order against trump seeking to prevent him from publicly disclosing details related to the d. C. Case for fear of compromising witnesses after trump posted that ominous warning on social media. Well show you again, he simply said if you go after me, im coming after you. Now, trumps indictm
Assistant attorney general tom dupree, former federal prosecutor Francey Hakes and attorney and former congressional investigator sam dewey. Tom dupree is going to join us in just a moment. Francey, whats the biggest weakness in this case . Youve said its loaded with serious legal and constitutional problems. Yeah, liz, i think the biggest weakness is that every count relies upon the prosecutor being able to prove that trump was knowingly making these false statements that they say led to a conspiracy. So i think weak link number one is proving that trump did not believe that he had won the election are, that he was knowingly spreading that falsity that the election was rigged, stolen or otherwise flawed. And i dont think they can prove that. I think donald trump honestly beliefs believes that he won that election, or he certainly believes that joe biden didnt win fair and square. And the fact that people were telling him that doesnt mean anything when you had other people telling him
Around the world. Im max foster. Bianca is off today. But just ahead this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. Lock him up, lock him up you are entitled to question whether it was honest or not. It is not okay to create fake electors and attack the capitol to get your way. The whole thing was a fraud on the United States. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is friday, august 4, 9 00 a. M. In london, 4 00 a. M. In bedminster, new jersey where donald trump is not letting his latest indictment stand in the way of his bid to win reelection. The former u. S. President is back at his golf resort of a at the pleading not guilty in the alleged plot to reverse his 2020 election loss. He plans to attend a fundraiser in alabama tonight and another event this South Carolina saturday. His next hearing is set for august 28 when the judge is expected to set a trial date. Justice department prosecutors want to