capitol. it also happened the day before ecuadorians head to the polls on sunday for the first round in presidential voting. in another development, the family of the murdered candidate has filed a suit against the state. the assassination and the space of other violent attacks have marred the election in a country struggling with corruption and organized crime. raphael romo, cnn, atlanta. almost a month after overthrowing niger s government, coup leaders are talking about an eventual return to democracy. they ve called for a national dialogue saying it should last no longer than three years. he says the military is still open for talks. they re getting a push back for their threat of military
very dynamic and very fluid in real time. now the big question for washington remains what it can do, if anything, to blunt the future impact of these extreme weather events. cnn reporting president biden was briefed the day the storm hit hawaii that it was coming. a senior white house official said they knew there would be high winds, they didn t know it would cause such devastating wildfires. two wildfires are burning in spokane county, washington. the gray fire in the area of medical lake has burned 9500 acres, two buildings, at least one person has been killed. a second fire is continuing be to grow. officials say the cause of the oregon road fire is under investigation. more than 8,000 acres are involved and many buildings have burned. according to the fire chief, the fire isn t contained. across canada s northwest
world. i m kim brunhuber on cnn newsroom. this is a very, very dangerous and significant storm. southern california braces for catastrophic flooding as hurricane hilary is expected to make impact as a rare tropical storm. the first such storm in the state in decades. searchers still are looking for victims of the wildfires on maui. wildfires sweeping through british coullcolombia. there is extensive damage in colona. announcer: live in cnn news center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. a large portion of southern california is under a state of emergency and bracing for the impact of hurricane hilary. historic storm is now a category 1 strength with maximum winds of around 85 miles an hour. it s expected to make landfall in the coming hours on mexico s
reporter: though trump remains dominant in the polls, there is still an appetite from some republican primary voters to move on from trump. some people are seriously considering supporting governor desantis. eva mckend, cnn, atlanta. guatemalans hit the polls in five hours to choose a new president. it is plagued by problems of violence and it s causing an outflow of people. a 64-year-old sociologist who is working on an anti platform. voting gets underway in ecuador. a time of deep anxiety over political violence including the assassination of a political candidate. on saturday another member of
this does start to cap an historic wildfire season from one coast to the other. paula newton, cnn, ottawa. for more on the wildfires, jason broland is joining us later in the hour so please do stay with us for that. when donald trump and 18 co-defendants surrender later this week in fulton county, georgia, it s hard to know how that will play out. those details are currently being negotiated. trump and others are accused of conspiring to bvert the 2020 election results. that s also the first day of the republican debate which trump is expected to skip. even if trump isn t there on stage, his legal problems in georgia and elsewhere will undoubtedly come up in the debate. for more on when he does