We begin this hour with an historic Hurricane Barreling toward the u. S. Hilary is now a category 3 hurricane with top winds of more than 100 miles per hour. This is new video of the storm pummeling mexico as it inches closer to the u. S. The powerful system could bring a years worth of rain in one day to parts of the southwest along with potentially catastrophic and lifethreatening flooding. Right now parts of Southern California are under a Tropical Storm warning for the first time in history. Officials and residents there are preparing with sandbags and the California National guard is standing by ready to help. A State Emergency Official tells cnn its an all hands on deck situation. Weve got a cnn team at this hour tracking hilary. Meteorologist derek van dam is closely following the path Aina Tasha Chen has a look at storm preps in los angeles. Derek, lets start with you at the cnn weather center. I cant believe were talking about a hurricane and preparations for it in los angeles
particular parts of southern california in that county so if i mispronounced that please forgive me. pay attention to the warnings. the san bernardino county sheriff s department issuing evacuation warnings for several communities and check that county s website, instagram page for further information. in the meantime, turning to the presidential race four days until the candidates take the stage for the first primary debate in order to qualify, candidates must have 40,000 donors with at least 200 different ones in 20 states and polling at 1% in national polls that meet rnc requirements. here s a breakdown of the gop field, eight candidates have qualified, though front-runner donald trump, the former president is expected to skip the debate. as you can see in the lower left of your screen our next guest met the polling tlhreshthreshol.