World. Im 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. Its expected to make landfall in the coming hours on mexicos baja, california, peninsula. Forecasters warn it will bring catastrophic and life threatening flooding. Californias governor has w warned. Please listen to emergency personnel. Take serious flash floods, lightning, possibility of torna
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
In the United States. The america i grew up in is a place where we dont put our political opponents in prison. We let the Voters Decide who is best to lead the nation. Nor did we criminalize political differences because thats what they do in repressive regimes. Russian opposition activist sinced to 19 years. Russian court finding him guilty of founding and funding an extremist organization. Laura now, after i read through this latest indictment of trump, i found myself asking how can we now really say that were any better than what were seeing in the old former soviet union . We will get to the legal farce that is this indictment in a few moment. But, right now all of you need to know something very important about this liberal Fulton County d. A. Fani willis. Now, after her unconscionablably dragging out her investigation of donald trump for about two and a half years, she was suddenly, last night, in this huge rush, desperate to get the indictment out there. So much so that she took
A federal judge threatened, and specifically Contact Information for Georgia Grand jurors plastered throughout rightwing web sites. How Donald Trumps legal troubles are leading to further Security Issues, fear of violence. And heartbreaking accounts from hawaii, as Wildfire Victims are starting to find the remains of their family members. What he had seen was not just a body, but the body of a 15yearold kid who had way more life ahead of him. Plus new warnings on north korea possibly testing a missile capable of reaching the united states. I will ask john kirby about those plans, as most leaders most concerned from south korea and japan. Welcome to the lead. Were going to start with the justice lead, and the high price being paid for some individuals doing their civic duty. Police are trying to figure out hout Best To Protection The Grand jurors who earlier this week voted to indict donald trump and 18 other codefendants. Indictments in Fulton County georgia, including the names of all
The deadline is set for trump and his 18 codefendants to turn themselves in in georgia, which is why everyone is keeping close watch on the Fulton County jail for any and all to surrender. The death toll is rising in the deadliest u. S. Wildfire in a century. 106 people have been killed in maui, but only a handful identified because the Inferno Made Human Remains largely unrecognizable, and now there are new critical questions about what may have sparked some of those wildfires. For the first time north korean officials go public on u. S. Army private travis king. They claim he is seeking refuge there, in part due to Racial Discrimination in the u. S. Military. Im john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. This is cnn news central. The georgia jail where donald trump and his 18 accused coconspirators are expected to surrender is open and ready for bookings. In fact, the sheriff has made clear its open 24 7, meaning any defendant at any time could turn themselves in. Trump has not i