You from the nbc news center here in los angeles. Welcome everyone to alex witt reports. We begin with the Breaking News, Tropical Storm hilary has begun lashing the pacific coast. Live pictures from san diego in the direct path of the storm we are heavy rain is beginning to fall in parts of california, and now under a State Of Emergency. Moving to las vegas, preparations for the orders are underway there. Storm drains are being tested, and potential for historic flooding there. Heavy rain could reach up to ten inches in some areas hit by the storms. So the impact could be catastrophic. The next two days will be crucial. Will hilary move north through california today and then into Northern Nevada by monday morning. A short time ago, the category one hurricane was downgraded to a Tropical Storm. But it is the first to hit california since 1939. Officials are warning, take this seriously. There would be Power Outages, make no mistake. There will be Power Outages across Southern Californ
biden s backlash. gratuitous, inaccurate, inappropriate. the president takes on the special dcounsel after a scathig report. how dare he raise that. how it will impact 2024. we have a sick and corrupt two-tiered system of justice in our country. do i know better than anybody? plus, lashing out. trump warned allies he would push russia to attack. i would encourage them to do whatever they want. and mocks haley s husband serving in the military. what happened to her husband. and gop revolt. mitch mcconnell s republican foes. a republican leader should actually lead this conference. after a tumultuous two days for the gop this is maga week on capitol hill new details on the backlash of the republicans who ousted kevin mccarthy. inside politics the best reporting from inside the corridors of power, starts now. good morning. welcome inside politics sunday. i m manu raju. the special counsel report found that there were secret documents. they a
is potentially admissible in court. swift reaction every angle, every politician it appears. a manhattan prosecutor filing criminal charges against the former president, donald trump. the manhattan d.a. s office working to coordinate a surrender next week. new hour begins right now. welcome. it has been a week. i m bill hemmer friday. dana has the week off today. our friend is back with us to help us out. how was the first hour? shannon: reunited and it feels so good. okay. let s move on. i m shannon bream. this indictment will go down in history the first ever criminal case against a u.s. president. the front page of the new york post alerting readers to the gathering stormy as trump reportedly faces charges stemming from a hush money payment to porn actress stormy daniels. new york city police now on high alert for possible protests. bill: full coverage continues now. jonathan turley has reaction along with trey gowdy. first david spunt from washington and more on t
to be a very, very clear in 2024, and that we cannot play any games about making sure that he does not step back into that office. on the flip side, david, the new york times reports some members of the gop view biden as such a weak candidate that picking the most electable candidate to beat him no longer matters. is this a miscalculation? it absolutely is a miscalculation. particularly if you are talking about a republican candidate in donald trump or even a ron desantis who is out of step on so many cultural and maga issues with a general election populist. look, joe biden is going to run on the growing economy that lifts all people, ladders of opportunity, education, health care, and industry. he is going to say i can do all this while protecting our democracy and ensuring personal freedoms and voting rights and personal rights. that contrasts with a donald trump who is seeking vindication and retribution and absolution of his own criminality.
bill: 10:30. most americans not happy with president biden. fox polling shows that 56% disapprove of how he is handling things. biden has not been in positive territory since september of 2021. want to bring in josh from axios, got a bunch of numbers to throw at you. you can do the analysis, all right? when asked among democrats would you like to see joe biden as the nominee? we found last month 53% said someone else. this month 52. numbers are consistent. the second line is what i find interesting, right? last month it was 36%. he has gone up seven points in the keep biden category. can you mesh those two together and make sense of it is to where the party is on that? well, bill, there is this big disconnect between democratic party leaders, lawmakers, strategists, consultants who view biden s nomination as inevitable and they are locking