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
and we re going to start this morning with that major storm we re tracking posing a threat to the west coast. hurricane hilary intensified overnight into a powerful category 4 storm as it nears cabo san lucas, mexico. it could bring heavy flooding to baja, california, that peninsula in the southwest of the country, by the weekend. hurricane hilary expected to weaken as it hits north. if it hits as a tropical storm, it would be unprecedented, the first one to do so in 84 years. our meteorologist derek van dam tracking it all. what does it look like it s going to do? this will be in a significantly weakened state by the time it impacts the southeastern u.s., that s extremely important as a weather communicator that people understand that just because we have a category 4 storm lurking off the coast of the baja peninsula does not mean we ll