County georgia. A grand jury bused in as prosecutors lay out their evidence that donald trump tried to steal the states electoral votes. Witness testimony moved up from tomorrow to today, the trump attacks on a key witness, and Text Messages that directly link the former president s legal team to a Voting System breach. And hawaii wildfire aftermath with the death toll close to 100, were hearing about government failures, failed fire hydrants, Warning Sirens that didnt go off, plus a claim that live power lines were not cut off. The raid on a small kansas newspaper, the editor targeted in the raid joins me this hour. Welcome to the lead. Im jack tapper. We start with our Law And Justice lead. Right now a grand jury is deciding whether to indict donald trump. It was expected to take at least two days for Fulton County District Attorney fani willis to produce her evidence. A number of key witnesses who had been told to show up tomorrow and testify have now been called in to testify. Thos
More than 1,000 people are still missing in hawaii from the wildfires. The death toll is climbing to 111, and crews havent searched more than half of the burn zone. Officials are standing by their decision to not sound the alarm, as they now try to figure out how this tragedy was first ignited. The fallout from former president trumps legal troubles, jurors and a judge are now facing serious threat. This as we learn more about details about how donald trump plans to surrender, go to jail in georgia. New video just in, ukrainian troops training on crucial tanks, as ukraine retakes some key strategic territory. Im john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. This is cnn news central. The scope of pain, loss and tragedy in maui is becoming more clear today, as families face an agonizing wait to find out what has come of their loved ones still missing. And the death toll is climbing, right now 111 sets of remains have been found among the ashes. Hawaiis governor confirms to cnn more than
As the Secret Service prepares for an historic moment with 18 other codefendants also surrendering. Biden targets trump. President tearing into his predecessor on Foreign Policy, while holding his own historic summit with two of americas closest allies. Returning to ukraine. An american held captive by russianbacked soldiers for months and finally freed has once again returned to the battlefield. Why . Hes my guest. Lets go outfront. And good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, negotiating trumps surrender. Discussions taking on a more urgent tone tonight as sources tell cnn that the former president is now expected to surrender on thursday or friday. Now, sources tell cnn that the Secret Service has been camped out at the Fulton County jail preparing for this historic arrest. Because, keep in mind, its not just trump who will be turning himself in. There are 18 others who must also surrender, including a whos who of trumps orbit. That means trumps former chief of staff mark me
Im Bianca Nobilo live from london. Max foster has the day off but hell be back monday. Just ahead former President Trump reacting to his georgia indictment for the first time on camera and calling for his party to come to his defense. President biden prepares to host the leaders of japan and south korea on friday at camp david. China and north korea high on the agenda. Emergency alert. To you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. That is what he said before suddenly resigning a day later. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and Bianca Nobilo. It is friday, august 18, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington, d. C. Where Donald Trumps legal team is proposing a new date for the trial in his federal election sub version case. The date . April 2026. Which is years away. Of course special counsel jack smith is pushing for the trial to start in the january of 1202. This comes on the heels of Trump Calling off the News Conference where he was going to provid
Im amara walker. Im rahel solomon. Great to be with you, amara. Thanks for coming back. Its been fun. Thank you for spending part of your morning was us. Heres what were watching for you this morning. This is the largest Natural Disaster we have ever experienced. Its going to also be a Natural Disaster thats going to take an incredible amount of time to recover from. The death toll from the maui wildfires jumps to 93, making it the deadliest wildfire in the past century. We are live in maui as federal help pours in. Also hearing from residents frustrated with the governments response. The Fulton County District Attorney investigating donald trump and his attempts to interfere in georgias election expected to present her case to a grand jury this week. What we are learning about some of the key witnesses ordered totive. A viral Triple Threat adds the new Covid Variant emerges. Concerns heading into cold and flu season and what we should be doing to prepare. What caused a United Airlines