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
protect the nation and the public interest? both men have now served as president, so their actual records can be assessed. for all the understandable focus on trump s legal problems and controversies and rhetoric, it was his substantive handling of the covid panic that dragged him down in the eyes of many americans who concluded he failed that task when faced with that all-important leadership test. as for trump, he said at the time he did not see the emergency as his test of a lifetime. was there a moment in all of this last two months where you said to yourself, ah, this is the leadership test of a lifetime? no. no, and no hesitation. now, that is a small part of one of trump s news worthy interviews with legendary journalist bob woodward who secured more time with president trump than any other writer. 20 interviews across that stretch. trump sometimes making the calls. somethinge apparently now regrets. the former president is suing woodward, we should note, over p
this just in, new and exclusive cnn reporting that reveals trump ally kenneth chesbro followed alex jones around the capitol on january 6. it shows chesebro as they enter the capitol grounds where mobs of then president donald trump supporters broke in. hawaii has one of the largest public safety outdoor warning systems in the world. so why were they silent during the deadly wildfires? maui s emergency management administrator steps down. and hurricane hilary a major category 4 storm. the southwest bracing for flooding and mud slides. health officials bracing for three virus this is fall warning covid, the flu and rsv could all hit at the same time. and start spreading the news, or don t if you re a yankees fan like me, the yankees are the worst they ve been in decades. it s unfortunate, but cnn this morning starts right now.
pressed trump with a dire memo warning the coming pandemic could reach the u.s. and leave americans defenseless in the case of a full-blown coronavirus outbreak, as the times reported. it was another month later cdc issued their warning covid would likely spread to the point entire schools could be shuttered, it was inevitable. that week the dow was plummeting in the largest one-day decline in history, which was of course a response to those warnings. some of these details are familiar because we lived through them. but when you take them all together, they suggest trump was warned by everyone from experts to the loyal aides he listened to on other topics and that he had time to prepare and faced with that leadership test, he simply didn t. didn t prepare, didn t do the work. turning to the tapes, keep those facts in mind for this exchange from april where woodward presses trumpwhy he wasn t
asylum. thank you both so much for being with us this morning. really do. this morning we have an nbc news exclusive. a new declassified house intelligence committee report lays out a missed opportunity by u.s. intel agencies to better understand covid s spread. the report says while the u.s. intel community began warning covid could become a pandemic early on, it did not act quickly enough to spy on chi nooez officials who were holding and hiding what they knew. ken dilanian is joining us. this report by the democratic majority, the house intelligence committee, is the product of more than a year of a deep dive into intelligence reports, classified records, interviews, and what they found is they credit the intelligence community with an early warning on covid. a small unit within the intelligence agency that looks