A threat to jurors and judges. Names, addresses, even photos of Georgia Grand jurors are circulating on rightwing media after they voted to indict donald trump. This as he escalates his own rhetoric against the judges. Plus a Staggering Number of people still missing. More than 1,000 unaccounted for after the maui wildfires. Crews now combing through the ruins trying to find the remains of loved ones. At the same time new questions about what caused this disaster and what was done to warn the people in its path. Was it enough . And another fire system to tell you about, forcing people out of their homes. The evacuation of an entire city in canada. 230 fires threatening 20,000 people as the smoke now encroaches into the united states. Were following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. A judge facing death threats. Grand jury members doxed. A disturbing rise in political threats with donald trump now facing four criminal indictments
To be the day before the first 2024 Super Tuesday primaries for the republican president ial contest. This is also before the proposed trial dates for two other of his criminal trials. Lets get straight to paula reed for us. Walk us through the Scheduling Proposal here. Reporter the key word is proposal. This is her request. She said in her Press Conference that she wants to try all 19 defendants together, and she wanted to do that in six months. But jake, its a pretty aggressive timeline. Six months to put on a rico case . These are notoriously complicated, tend to be drawn out. And then you have 19 defendants. At least three of whom are expected to challenge this, try to get it moved to federal court. So its unlikely this is going to be granted. Shes also competing for real estate on a very crowded calendar. Lets start with january of next year. There is a request by the Special Counsel to do the January 6th Trial the first week of january. Then you have the e. Jean carol Defamation
Likely. Were following the legal and political implications. Plus a warning to Donald Trumps legal team from the judge overseeing the election interference case, saying more inflammatory statements will require a quicker start to the trial. We are live outside the court. And the death toll as they have yet to even start searching the hundred of burned out buildings. Well take you live to maui. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Another controversial investigation that could have some pretty big repercussions for 2024 is escalating. Today a Special Counsel was designated in the federal probe of hunter biden. Attorney general Merrick Garland named david weiss to the role. Weiss has been leading this investigation. Yes, he has. Hes been leading the investigation into hunter biden for the past five years, in fact. This week he asked himself to be elevated to that role of Special Counsel. Were following that in realtime.
Counsel jack smith. The 45page indictment accuses the former e president of three counts of conspiracy and one count of obstruction for his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Culminating in the january 6th attacks on the u. S. Capitol. Heres the Special Counsel tuesday after the charges were handed up. The attack on our nations capitol on january 6th, 20211, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. As described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. If lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the u. S. Government, the nations process of clerking, counting and certifying collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. Paul lets bring in Wall Street Journal columnists dan Dan Henninger kim strassel and Editorial Board member kyle peterson. Dan, its interesting, he cited the riots at capitol, but thats not really in the indictment, per se, nothing that links to the rioters in par
Good afternoon. Her brutal murder shocked britain, and now an independent report into the killing of Sarah Everard has found the man responsible should never have been a Police Officer, and several opportunities to stop him offending were missed. Wayne couzens is serving a whole Life Sentence for sarahs rape and murder, and was off duty when he kidnapped the 33 year old, under the false guise of an arrest. The chair of the inquiry into his conduct and background, says without a radical overhaul of Police Vetting and recruitment, theres nothing to stop another couzens operating in plain sight. June kelly is live in central london, with the very latest. Clive, lady elish angiolini, the seniorjudge who produced the report, has come up with 16 recommendations to stop another potential Wayne Couzens. Some of these recommendations are related to betting, others to the way the police deal with the crime of Indecent Exposure. She also says she believes that there are as yet unknown victims of