Response. And Hurrican Hilary is getting stronger. And timing is everything for team trump. His lawyers proposing new trial dates and negotiating when he will sur render in georgia. We begin with the maui official who defended the decision not to activate the Warning Sirens. He is now stepping down. He cited Health Reasons for his resignation. It comes with the death toll at 111 people and more than 1,000 still unaccounted for. Randi kaye has more on the fallout. So many of the residents felt like we had no warning. Reporter hawaii has one of the largest Public Safety outdoor siren Warning Systems in the world. Sirens that were silent as wildfires raged. The question is, why. First it was this it would not have saved those people on the mountain side. Do you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. Sirens as i mentioned earlier is used primarily for tsunamis. Reporter that is what the head of mauis Emergency Management agency said wednesday. But even before that Press Conference ende
authorities have been urging peoples to stay inside and stay off of those roads, we are talking about some of the vehicles that are out there and still attempting to lead. they asked people to hunker down and get to that high ground. they have made city parking garage is available for people to park their ground cars on higher grounds until the storm passes. a lot of those are full, they were absolutely packed to the gables last night. sandbags have been handed out. at this point in time, the city has done what they could to prepare and it is these next couple of hours that they have asked people to really stay put, stay safe, and then let the first responders, do it they are work and to not get in the way. that is the big goal, it is the next couple of hours, the high tide, the surge, the water that is coming down that it is an greatest. kayleigh. kayleigh: the last time south carolina sought make landfall was 2016 with hurricane matthew. what a resident saying with that i
hilary could bring heavy rain and strong winds to california and the southwest this weekend. so let s track it all with derek van dam. when will folks begin to feel the impact from the storm? depends on where you are located in the western baja peninsula, probably the next 12 to 24 hours. in southern california, saturday night as early as saturday night and certainly into sunday and monday. here it is, hurricane hilary latest 5:00 a.m. eastern standard time advisory from the national hurricane center, ups those sustained winds to 145 miles per hour. that make this is a powerful category 4 atlantic hurricane, of course it is in the pacific. steering winds have a major fang t factor on where the system goes and you can see the potential to impact the southwestern portion of the u.s. how much is still to be seen. we have a lot of cool water ahead of this tropical system, so we do anticipate a significantly weakened storm as