With alicia menendez. Thank you so much reverend sharpton. Menendez hello everyone, im alicia menendez, coming and they are tonight with Breaking News L of maui, where the death toll has risen to 93. Sadly, officials fear that number will rise. These are now the deadliest wildfires in modern u. S. History. Heres hawaiis governor, josh greene, earlier today, on msnbc. If they need, they need our love. They need our embrace, and they need resources. Right now, we are still in the throes of the acute phase of this recovery. Meaning that we are still recovering the tragic loss of life, and the bodies that were, that were previously here in hawaii. Its a war zone. As the death toll rises, and rescue Recovery Efforts expand, theres also a growing push for accountability across hawaii, three law firms have already filed a Class Action Suit against the Electric Company on maui, claiming the wildfires could have been avoided if the Utility Company had turned off powerlines ahead of the wind sto
Development linking trumps legal team to a Voting System breach in a rural georgia county. Zach, what can you tell us . Reporter fred, coffee county, georgia is heavily republican where trump won over 70 of the vote there. But after the 2020 election, allies of donald trump and his attorneys tried to get access to a Voting System there and ultimately were successful in that. And these new Text Messages are in the possession of prosecutors now lay out that plan and connect trumps attorneys like sydney powell, Rudy Giuliani to this Planning Process and effort to get access to Voting Systems. It lays out how in the days before the breach, even before 2021, the attorneys were trying to get written information from a local official there. Connecting some of the dots showing this was more of a topdown effort to get access from machines rather than just a sporadic random oneoff. Trumps attorneys now more connected to this breach than we knew previously. So how are spinks expected to play out
We have a new look now at the epicenter of the devastation in maui, and also now are learning that only a handful of the 106 confirmed dead have been identified. Any day now former President Donald Trump and his 18 codefendants are expected to go to jail after being booked in georgia. We are live outside with the very latest. For the first time north korean Officials Say they are holding u. S. Army private travis king. They claim hes seeking refuge because of racial discrimination, they say, in the u. S. Military. Im john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. This is cnn news central. Lets start with the new video coming out of maui. A camera crew travelled in with fema to get a first look at portions of the Historic Town of lahaina that had been blocked off until now. The oncevibrant paradise now the epicenter of devastation. The death toll is that 106 People Killed and only about a third of the fire zone has been searched by recovery crews. The governor says until now most of the
Sirens on this i island. And why that wasnt activated, because it clearly would have given people more time to escape the flames and get out of town. And, of course, the number of fatalities would probably not be the number that it currently is. Another big challenge here, mike, is housing. Why . Theres not much of it. Its expensive to rent or own. And unlike, say, the mainland there are not any towns that can simply absorb 4,500 people right now that need shelter. Lahaina was really small, nice historical place, and its gone. All the kind of, like, precious memories of my kids and kind of generational stuff. Reporter so eva adams, she lost her home. It was in this new 89unit, Affordable Housing complex that is now, of course, as you see, just ashes. There are about 2,700 buildings here that were destroyed in lahaina, 86 of those were homes. And the community of lahaina is a very working class, a lot of Native Hawaiians who serve the resorts, and right now those people who are now home
Enough. Ill talk to congressman, russia krishnamoorthi, all that plus back on the field. Its a rollercoaster of motion. Im rooted in my faith, im rooted in the love that i received from my family, my cremates and the love All Around The World it keeps me going. Moment for him badly bill safeties, give our hamlins first game back since nearly dying on the field, the imaging welcome back later on this hour. We want to begin this hour with the breaking news. Things get very busy, very fast this week at the Fulton County courthouse in georgia. Donald trump could face a fourth indictment as the grand jury there moves closer to a vote in the election interference from led by d a fani willis. It can happen as early as tuesday. With me to talk about this is tame our hammerlock, and tame are, thank you for joining us we appreciate it. I remember back in january, we heard from Fulton County d. A. , fani willis, same charges were imminent. Here we are in august, looking at two days of testimony i