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
how do you see that possibly turning out? i probably shouldn t have used that phrase. that s the phrase in peter s very good story today that the chinese embassy used to describe what is going on here. but we do want to have a kind of military alliance. we do our commitment to taiwan is historic in some ways, even though as it has been said it is not technically a nation anymore. i think that what we want from a military perspective is to have an alliance between japan and south korea as peter mentioned, there are now military relationships that a hot line we have been talking about. that will only fortify american strength in asia, and this is all part of the so-called rebalance to asia that the obama administration started. it is an acknowledgement there has been a sea change in where power on the planet lies and we