Thats what we have all these prosecutions happening across the country. Jenna griswold, always great to see you. Thanks for being with, us thanks for the things you do to keep our elections actually safe. She is the Secretary Of State, for colorado. Coming up in our next hour, were gonna call to order a Special Edition of the Velshi Banned Book Club. Ominous discuss with two call scholars, one of americas most important most divisive documents, the constitution of the United States of america. Were gonna dig deeper into the section of that same constitution that legal experts say disqualifies donald trump from holding the office of the president ever again. Another hour of velshi begins right now. Right now. Good morning, its saturday, august 19th. Im ali velshi. In the span of just 12 months, the twice impeached President Donald Trump has been charged with a total of 91 felony count. Stemming from criminal cases against. Tim he remains firmly at the top of the field of the republican
On to director, and nancy ward, from california. Governors office of emergency services. Thank you, courtney. I am nancy ward, director of the california Governors Office of emergency services. We are here today because california is threatened by what could be one of the most devastating storms weve had Hit California in more than a decade. Make no mistake, this very, dangerous and significant storm. Heavy rainfall, strong winds associated with this storm began today already and will be felt well beyond the center of the storm entering california. I have been in near Constant Contact with governor newsom. He has pretty much told us to lean as far forward in coordinating and reassuring. We can respond as quickly as we possibly can. The State Senator beyond means being pushed 24 7 to coordinate those resource requests from the local stakeholders and counties, communities, across the southern part of the state to ensure that no needs are unmet in those areas. The state has the best train
Correspondent bryan llenas is at the Fulton County courthouse in atlanta, tonight, with the latest. Good evening, bryan. Bret, good evening. The Fulton County sheriff says he intends to really treat former President Donald Trump just like any other criminal defendant and that includes a mugshot, unless he is told otherwise. Mr. Trump must turn himself in by next friday august 25th at noon. I make decisions in this office based on the facts and the law. The law is completely nonpartisan. Fulton County District attorney fani willis, a democrat defending her decision to prosecute former President Donald Trump and 18 others after they were indicted by a grand jury late monday night. It is now the duty of my office to prove these charges. Trump is facing 13 criminal counts, including violating georgias antiracketeering or ricco law. If convicted, the law carries a penalty of a minimum of five years in prison, a 25,000s fine, or both. Lawyers say georgias ricco law is unusually broad and in
Weaken into a Tropical Storm when it makes landfall in california tomorrow but still, officials are Warning Millions of people the storms path do not take it lightly. Arthel preparations are already underway in the region. Normally dry areas that could see several inches of rain. California is not used to Tropical Storms. The last one to hit the state was in 1939. The l. A. County Sheriffs Department is doing all it can to get people ready. Together it we are working to perform and prepare the community with this impending or pending storm. We hope the storm does not cause any damage. And more importantly there is no loss of life. But we will prepare for worstcase scenario. Father mother meteorologist adam klotz is adam, we are always hoping its not as bad as originally predicted, hows it looking now . The goodness as this continues to weaken as it is running into colder water braid this is exactly what we expect that this was never going to be one of the really powerful windstorms mor
Wildfires. Only 3 of the disaster has even been searched. The governor calling it A Fire Hurricane that spread faster than a mile a minute. Now a new lawsuit gets the states main electric provider. Hours from now the District Attorney set to begin presenting her case to a grand jury in the Georgia Election subversion case. This means a potential fourth indictment looms over former President Trump. Cnn learns about key evidence obtained by prosecutors. And a home explodes outside of pittsburgh. Gas systems were operating as designed, according to officials. It could take months or years to figure out why. The raid of a newspaper Head Quarters in kansas is raising serious concerns over First Amendment rights. Police seizing everything. Also the lapd says a mob of people stole 100,000 worth of merchandise during a daytime robbery. Well show you what was caught on camera. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, thank you for joining us. Theres a lot of news, but were starting with