Im sure sandra remembers it, too. Sandra fox news alert as we top the a new hour. Leticia james campaigned on getting trump and now the clock is ticking. The former president needs to fork over nearly half A Billion Dollars by monday to even be able to appeal his civil fraud suit verdict. Critics say her entire prosecution was personal and political. This is the faulkner focus. Sandra smith in for harris. The president s team says he is unable to secure a bond of that size, enormous mag any tut calling it unprecedented. A practical impossibility and grossly disproportion nall. The former president has asked a court for a pause on mondays due date or accept a portion of the tab, 1 hundred million. Constitutional law attorney Jonathan Turley with this. Basically his position is in order to get a any other judge look at what ive done to you you have to come up with a half billion dollars to appeal. A judge saying well take your house away. Appeal my decision but sell your house in order t
Burn zone has been searched with cadaver dogs. Dramatic new video shows the moment families jumped into the ocean to escape the flames. And what were learning tonight about a new lawsuit over the possible cause of the inferno. And the urgent search for the missing in the rubble. We meet a man desperately trying to find nine of his lost loved ones. Americans opening their hearts to the maui victims. How you can help. Whit johnson and will carr, on the ground in maui. Millions on alert for severe storms. Intense winds in the center of the country. The threat moves east to start the work week, as the Pacific Northwest braces for dangerous heat, triple digits in portland. Abc news has obtained new video that shows police Raiding A Small Town newspaper. Less than 24 hours later, the papers coowner suddenly dies. What led up to this Extraordinary Police action and what officers seized. Breaking news, video just coming in. A crash at an air show in michigan. A fighter jet slamming into a buil
Smiths case . Plus, americans in iran, out of prison and now under house arrest. The rare move marking a bright spot in u. S. Iran relations. The new details were learning about the tentative deal to free them and what iran is getting in return. And senator joe manchin says hes seriously thinking about leaving his party as he weighs his own political future. Why manchin might be stepping away from the democrats and what it could mean for the Balance Of Power on capitol hill. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, august 11th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin with breaking and tragic news out of hawaii where wildfires continue to ravage the Island Of Maui. At least 55 people are now confirmed dead, and that number is only expected to rise. Four major fires are currently burning across the island. Theyre being fueled by dry conditions and strong winds caused by a passing hurricane. The fires have destroyed Historic Buildings and
We would then hear from fani willis herself . The timing is still uncertain. Now we know that the set to testify is change. They could decide not to column. And i set up a scenario where we can hear as early as tuesday. We dont know, it is unclear where the other witnesses, three other names we have heard that have not been able to report that. It is unclear when it is testifying. One very important witnesses testifying today. It could come as early as tuesday. Just everyone is clear, the two days that normally this grander means will be on mondays in tuesdays, correct . Exactly. We could see it extended, who knows . There is a lot of moving parts here. There is so much potential with these defendants. So much possibility of a Special Session as well as what has happened in the past with other great juries. Thank you for bringing that down for us. We appreciate. It for reaction we want to bring in msnbc legal analyst and former manhattan assistant va, catherine christian. Catherine, th
Were some of the greatest attacks on democracy in u. S. History, yet it can be easy to forget that all the horror, reaction, discussion, and coverage, for all the trials of people that stormed the capitol and the convictions of seditionists there was no coup probe of indictment for years. The man who led the january 6th rally, impeached for inciting an insurrection, that man, two years after those events, the person at the center of it all was not facing a serious coup probe let alone charges. Reporting shows quite the opposite. Not only was he not facing that, but the fbi and doj avoiding investigating trump for optics and review of the evidence. We all know that. That was the status quo for years. So, in our Special Report tonight, lets begin with the very simple question what changed . One thing, and its the kind of change in Law Enforcement that can change everything as so memorably put in 48 hours. Theres a new sheriff in town. And his name is reggie hamlin. A new sheriff came to