Eastern only on cnn. Good morning, and welcome to cnn this morning. Im Rahel Salmon In for victor blackwell. And im am sara walker and thank you for spending a part of your morning with us. The Fulton County jaerm District Attorney investigating Donald Trumps attempts to interfere in the election is expect tods present her case to the grand jury. What were learning about the key witnesses ordered to testify. This is the largest Natural Disaster weve ever experienced. Its also a Natural Disaster that is going to take an incredible amount of time to recover from. The death toll from the maui wildfires jumped to 93 making it the deadliest wildfire in the past century. Were live in maui as help pours in and residents are frustrated with the response. Doctors are warning of a Triple Threat heading into cold and flu season and what we should be doing to prepare. Im back in the element. Im back in that mode. Just back, a part of many my team. And back in action. Buffalo bills safy damar hamli
We have a new look now at the epicenter of the devastation in maui, and also now are learning that only a handful of the 106 confirmed dead have been identified. Any day now former President Donald Trump and his 18 codefendants are expected to go to jail after being booked in georgia. We are live outside with the very latest. For the first time north korean Officials Say they are holding u. S. Army private travis king. They claim hes seeking refuge because of racial discrimination, they say, in the u. S. Military. Im john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. This is cnn news central. Lets start with the new video coming out of maui. A camera crew travelled in with fema to get a first look at portions of the Historic Town of lahaina that had been blocked off until now. The oncevibrant paradise now the epicenter of devastation. The death toll is that 106 People Killed and only about a third of the fire zone has been searched by recovery crews. The governor says until now most of the
Everyone. Before 9 11 and, of course, before becoming trumps wing man, a man by the name of Rudy Giuliani made his name from putting mobsters behind bars. He did so, i might add, using the very same laws that are being used against him now. Two decades ago we he actually wrote in his book on leadership, and im quoting, here i dreamed up the tactic of using the federal racketeer influence and corruptions act to prosecute the mafia leadership. Unquote. Otherwise known as rico, for those following along. At the time, the law actually was relatively new. The giuliani, he popularized it making it the model for state and federal prosecutors for decades to come when it comes to large groups attempting a type of conspiracy, including, i might add, fani willis. The Fulton County d. A. Is now charging Rudy Giuliani with several crimes for his efforts to allegedly overturn the election, including racketeering. Now, the rico laws, something that he has, well, he has championed for years. The upper
Ahead on cnn newsroom. It looks like a war zone out there, really looks like somebody came along and bombed the town. Billions of dollars and losses, dozens dead, the scope of the fires in hawaii is becoming clear. Gop president ial hopeful campaign at the Iowa State Fair ahead of their first debate, front runner donald trump refuses to comply with one requirement to qualify for the event. And Five Americans have been released from irans most notorious prison, what it will take to bring them the rest of the way home. Live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. The catastrophic wildfires scorching the Hawaiian Island of maui have killed at least 53 people, it is feared the death toll will keep rising as emergency crews reach more areas turn to ash. Power and cell service are still out in western maui, and the main Tourist District of lahaina which is making it difficult to determine how many people are still missing. The white government up 1700 buildings there were de
Severe storms, even tornadoes. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world, im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Breaking News this hour. The Severe Weather outbreak on the east coast. Millions of americans are facing dangerous storms, including tornadoes. Cnns gabe cohen is tracking the worsening conditions. Gabe, first of all, what do you see . Reporter wolf, we just had an intense burt of rain here, intense wind blowing through the last few minutes. Its gotten darker and darker here in the district, the capitol about two blocks from behind us. You know, one of the things we have heard from officials here in the district and really across the region today has been about the precautions needed to keep people safe as a storm blows through in the next few minutes. Government buildings shut down here at 3 00 p. M. Today, the federal government telling employees to go home in order to be off the