i don t think i can stress enough, like, how much help the island needs. and former president donald trump s 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? we re going to talk about floodin
korea. they are testing new form of icbms. president xi not liking this chummy meeting that is going on right now at camp david. we ll keep you posted as they come out moments away. jim ratcliffe is here to tell us what he thinks of all of this and congressman mike gallagher, who is the chair of the select committee on china. what a great team we have to talk about this. they ll be with us in just a moment. first to jacqui heinrich who is live on the ground at camp david as we await the president me moment now. hi, jacqui. hi, martha. we re waiting for the president to speak. they ve been walking the grounds speaking informally. we re told a build-in time for that type of discussion outside of their tri-lateral meeting. this is a significant moment to have these three leaders appearing on a stage together. it was two years ago the deputy secretary of state for the u.s., windy sherman, had to stand alone on a stage following a tri-lateral meeting to do a news conference solo
35-year occupation of the peninsula. the united states has long tried to strengthen the relationship to create a more formidable bond across asia. but it hasn t quite worked until now. what s changed? and will today s summit lead to something in writing, a joint agreement between all three nations? what would that mean for china? joining me now is nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell, who is at camp david, you saw her there with the president and the the director of the meeting. how did president biden get these two leaders to come and stand side by side at camp david today? reporter: part of it has been one of the themes of the biden presidency, where he s wanted to strengthen this relationship in part because of the rise of china economically and militarily we ve seen, and of course the ongoing threats from north korea. so as you pointed out, the u.s. has strong independent relationships with these two nations despite generations of being at war with
any minute now, joe biden is set to speak alongside the leaders of japan and south korea. the president using camp david to help deepen ties between these two key allies, especially amid increasing provocative actions by china and north korea. we ll bring you his remarks live. plus, the atf now on the ground, joining the investigation in hawaii into what caused the fires on maui. more than 1,000 people are still missing. crews have not even searched half of the burn zone. lawyers for donald trump are pushing to delay his federal trial for more than two years. we ll show you their legal arguments, why they are arguing to push it back, and whether the judge in the case will buy their reasoning. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. at any moment, we re expecting to hear from joe biden and the leaders of japan and south korea. you re looking at a live picture right now of camp david. today, they
stronger ties and present a united front against china, russia and north korea. the faulkner focus and i m john roberts in for harris. the setting for the summit camp david. president s retreat in the woods of maryland. historic grounds have witnessed major strides in american diplomacy. national security council spokesman john kirby with this. this is the culmination of months and months and months of work not just by the united states but by south korea and japan to improve their relationships. they are operating more together. they are communicating more together and looking for ways to deepen their own cooperation because they see much of the same things we see in terms of the threats and challenges. so there is a lot of common interests, common shared goals here that we will pursue. john: he referred to the decades of disagreement between japan and south korea. one headline says president biden looks to cement a fragile truce. mike pompeo says the true gamble is th