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
Addresses posted on a far right website. Growing concerns about what might happen next. Also he promised a Big Press Conference two days ago claiming hed finally blow the lid off 2020 Election Fraud. More signs tonight he was, no surprise, just blowing smoke. And hawaii with a thousand people still unaccounted for a cnn investigation into why mauis Emergency Sirens stayed deadly silent. Good evening and thanks so much for joining us. We begin with Breaking News. The former president s attorneys have weighed in with what they want the trial date to be in the federal election sub version case. It is a long way off. The Justice Department had proposed january of 2024. The former president s attorneys now say the trial should not start until april, 2026. That is more than 2 1 2 years from now. If mr. Trump is elected president again, it is effectively never. The lawyers in their filings saying the Justice Departments proposed date denies them the ability to prepare for trial. Joining us no
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