California, just as President Biden prepares to survey damage on maui. This is a really hard disaster. As the Climate Crisis gets worse, is the u. S. Ready . The fema administrator will be here. And take four. Donald trump will surrender to georgia officials. Now two legal experts say hes disqualified from being president again. Gop senator bill cassidy who voted to convict trump after january 6th will be here as well as Michael Luttig and lawrence wade. It is time to put the negativity and drama behind us. David axelrod talks Debate Strategy ahead. Hello. Im casey hunt in washington. Hurricane hilary is barrelling toward the west coast of the United States and could dump more than a years worth of rain where the state has forced evacuations, closed beaches and marks and forced the governor to declare a State Of Emergency on saturday. As they also prepare for the pr president s visit to survey the devastating wildfires as they face a record breaking year of billion dollar disasters. Ad
The next hour of cnn this morning starts now. Good friday morning. We are watching Hurricane Hilary this morning, a powerful category 4 storm as it barrels towards the west coast. It is supposed to weaken. Thats good news, by the time it reaches the u. S. It is expected to bring heavy rain and maybe flooding to the southwest over the weekend, as we learn fema is running out of money for Disaster Relief after an historic year of disasters. One of Donald Trumps close allies and codefendants was at the Capitol On January 6th with Conspiracisy Theorist alex jones. President biden about to hold summit at camp david to figure out how to counter the looming threat from china and north korea. National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby will join us live to preview this highstakes meeting. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Developing this morning, Hurricane Hilary a category 4 storm rapidly intensifying and on its way to the west coast. It is expected to weaken by the time it r
There was also a lot of news, as there has been all week. Theres more today. Lets get started this friday, august 18. This breaking overnight, Hurricane Hillary Intensifying in the pacific. It is now a major category 4 hurricane thats expected to bring flooding and rain to california and the southwest over the weekend. More Breaking News, mauis Emergency Management administrator quit abruptly a day after he defended not sounding the islands sirens as Deadly Wildfires tore through la hadhaina citing health reasons. And also this just in, femas Disaster Fund is slipping into the red and Hurricane Season hasnt 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. Trumps team wants april of 2026, about three years from now. And federal prosecutors are recommending the toughest january 6 sentence yet for two leader
A search for answers. The atf now in maui investigating what sparked a catastrophic wildfire, as crews search for more than a thousand people still missing. And in the aftermath of the disaster, a top Emergency Management official stepping down even as he defends the response to the fires. Plus, delay, delay, delay. Donald trumps legal team testing the limits of that legal strategy, proposing to start one of his special counsel trials in april of 2026. Will the judge buy their reasons for the setback . And serious skepticism from the white house to the pentagon about ukraines current strategy and where kyiv is targeting its fight against russia. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. We start this afternoon with major growing questions on the cause and the response to the deadly maui wildfires. Right now, the atfs National Response team is joining the investigation. The death toll remains at 111. But a thousand people
But just so amazing to watch. This is a young team that came up through the farm system. Cant wait to see it in october. Thanks for joining us. Have a wonderful weekend. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Glad youre wir us. It is Friday September 29th and right now the government is open for now, but we are on the brink of a shutdown with no deal in sight to stop it after a night of failure on capitol hill. The clock is ticking away with less than two days left. Heres what happened while you were sleeping. This vote, the yea, 191, nays, 297. The motion is not passed and lays on the table. Chaos and division among House Republicans on full display. One of their own Spending Bills went down in flames after 27 lawmakers voted against it. Just hours from now Speaker Mccarthy trying to hold a lastditch vote on his stopgap bill to keep the government funded temporarily, but it does not look like he has enough votes in his own party for that. Facing rebellion and a thr