I dont think i can stress enough, like, how much help the island needs. And former president Donald Trumps 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 . Were going to talk about flooding in areas that
one expert says nothing gets the jury s attention like the defendant on tape. and he will join me next. also this hour, defiant words, steps from red square, president vladimir putin s new message to military and law enforcement in the wake of the rebellion. does the west now have an opening to negotiate? and from sweltering heat to grape-sized ice shooting from the sky, tens of millions across the country are being hit with extreme weather as flights across the country are hit with massive delays and cancellations. but we begin with a key piece of evidence in the classified documents case surrounding former president trump. now available for everyone to hear. this new recording obtained first by cnn takes us inside a 2021 conversation in bedminster between trump, his staff and people working on a memoir for mark meadows. the sound putting trump s voice to the text in the federal indictment with him clear as day declaring this is secret information. take a listen. this
the executive branch. what could these decisions mean for this power? well, it could greatly limit the power of administrative agencies like the epa to control or try to limit climate change. the administrative state is a project or there s been a conservative project by the far right to try to limit what they call the administrative state, but these are really the government agencies that keep us safe. when you hear complaints about federal regulations and red tape, it s often republicans saying that the government puts too many burdens on businesses and they want to dismantle the power of these agencies. but this is the way the government protects the environment and forces human rights and protects us from unscrupulous corporations. these cases today are hugely significant. so, joyce, let s talk about that. for example, the remain in mexico issue the supreme court will be announcing later today, it s almost a bureaucratic issue of whether the administration followed th
This was the last day before the Trump Presidencys 100th day. And congress put in less than half a day because there is no trump agenda item alive in congress right now. There is no bill moving anywhere in congress now. No legislative vehicle that is a trump agenda item. We have never seen a 99th day like this for a president. Every president s busiest legislative year is the first year. Its when their power of persuasion over the congress is at its highest. And it only goes down after that. What a president accomplishes in his first year is usually most of what the president will accomplish in his first term. This is so clear historically that when bob woodward chose to write a book entitled the agenda, he decided to focus entirely on a president s first year. And he picked a president with a loaded first year agenda, bill
clinton. At this point in bill clintons first year, the congress was working overtime. At the same time, congress was working on nafta, a giant tax bill which was i
Rick stengel, former undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs. peter, what can we expect to come from today s meetings? peter, i think you re muted. can we check that real quick from you? let s make sure. how s that? there you go. we got you back. thanks. my bad. so, i think what you see at camp david today is a sea change in some ways in the relationship between the three powers. the united states had good relations with japan and south korea. only has been frustrated in the efforts to bring the three together because of the grievances between the koreans and the japanese stemming back generations. what you ve seen from president youn of south korea and president biden is bringing them to camp david to say let s make this a more lasting alliance, alliance where the three of us,