there was also a lot of news, as there has been all week. there s more today. let s get started this friday, august 18. this breaking overnight, hurricane hillary intensifying in the pacific. it is now a major category 4 hurricane that s expected to bring flooding and rain to california and the southwest over the weekend. more breaking news, maui s emergency management administrator quit abruptly a day after he defended not sounding the island s sirens as deadly wildfires tore through la hadhaina citing health reasons. and also this just in, fema s disaster fund is slipping into the red and hurricane season hasn t even peaked yet. now pressure is on for congress to pass a spending bill. former president trump wants to push back the trial date in the federal election subversion case by a lot. the special counsel wants january, months from now. trump s team wants april of 2026, about three years from now. and federal prosecutors are recommending the toughest january 6
was located roughly 400 miles that s 615 kilometres south of mexico s southern edge. presidentjoe biden spoke about the preparations under way. i also want to note that my team is closely monitoring hurricane hilary, which has the potential to bring significant rain and flooding to southern california. fema has repositioned personnel and supplies in the region, and they are ready to respond as needed. repositioned. i urge everyone, everyone in the path of the store and to take precautions and listen to the guidance of state and local officials. we re tracking multiple wildfires in canada as the country faces what is being called its worst fire season on record. fires in the kelowna region of british columbia, and 1,200 miles or 2,000 kilometres north in the country s northwest territory capital of yellowknife are some of the more than 1,000 active wildfires across canada. 186,000 residents in both kelowna and west kelowna are under a state of emergency afterfast bu
we have chilling new details this morning about threats being made against the grand jurors who just issued an indictment against donald trump in georgia, and the woman arrested after police say she threatened to kill the judge in the d.c. case. new scrutiny on the hours before the deadly maui wildfires. why didn t the sirens sound in time? questions about the state and federal response, and we re going to speak with the white house press secretary shortly. abortion rights are one step closer to being in front of the supreme court again. an appeals court ruling clearing the way for a popular abortion drug to remain available for now, but very big questions about how long it will remain that way. i m kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn news central. this morning, there is growing concern for the safety of several jurors in georgia and a judge in washington, d.c., who are assigned to the criminal cases against donald trump. there are new chilling
programme. just tell us how it s going with this effort to the city. so the evacuation actually started probably before the order was issued. so people were starting to leave, there was a bottleneck as people were leaving at the beginning, but we are seeing it more consistent as people go out, so we are not having any, as bad of a bottleneck. if the conditions on the road are good but there is spots where it s smoky. the first a0 km we do have a pilot car that is taking people back and forth, or back through that. people back and forth, or back through that. people back and forth, or back throu~h that. , ., ., ., through that. sorry, go ahead? iwas auoin to through that. sorry, go ahead? iwas going to ask. through that. sorry, go ahead? iwas going to ask, what through that. sorry, go ahead? iwas going to ask, what about through that. sorry, go ahead? iwas going to ask, what about the fires i going to ask, what about the fires and how they are moving? could you tell us
hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we begin with the war in gaza and over the next couple of hours on the programme we ll bring you the latest on the ground we also have a vote coming up, in the british parliament, on calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire that debate has already started. more on that, in a moment. first though, these are some of the latest pictures of israel is now into its fourth month of military operations in the north, south and central parts of the territory since the hamas attacks on october the 7th. and in the last hour, the israeli parliament, the knesset, has voted to oppose any unilateral creation of a palestinian state. this is what the israeli plan is to had to say in the last little while. the people of israel and their elected representatives are united today as never before. the knesset voted overwhelmingly to oppose any attempt to