Attorne Attorney General Merrick Garland announcing he will give david weiss Special Counsel status to investigate the president s son. Hello and welcome everyone, im sandra smith. Gillian, great to have you back. Gillian this is America Reports. Garland says weiss told him he wanted to be given Special Counsel status to continue his probe into hunter biden. This after insisting for months that step was not necessary. Sandra the timing of this announcement is certainly being highlighted at this hour, and raising Big Questions about how the probe will intersect with a separate congressional investigation. And a Draft Plea Deal between hunters attorneys and weiss thats currently being reworked. Gillian Lindsey Graham as well as house ways and Means Committee chair jason smith are both here to react. Sandra mark meredith, live at the Justice Department at this hour for us. Why did the attorney yes decide to do this and decide to do this now, mark . Sandra, good afternoon to you. The u. S.
All eyes on georgia. And a potential fourth donald trump indictment. Every time the radical left democrats indict me, i consider it a great, great, great badge of honor. And new cnn reporting links a post election breakin back to the former president s lawyers. Plus the president s son and the special prosecutor. He has been granted ultimate authority over this matter including the responsibility of deciding where, when and whether to file charges. And there was a Special Counsel and guarantees a collision between law and politics. And the fair brings a faceoff over january 6. Did you intend to over turn the 2020 election. You know the answer. And overheated hecklers. My question is this, why did you commit treason . And gives one candidate one shot. Good morning and welcome to inside politics. Im casey hunt in for abby phillip this morning. This morning the politics of the campaign playing out alongside the trials and tribulations of the former president fts United States and now of h
Week, setting up a fourth possible indictment for trump. Also ahead, we will explain the new development in the Department Of Justices investigation of hunter biden and the Special Counsel now appointed to that case. And plus, we will bring you an update on the Catastrophic Maui Wildfire which is now the deadliest in modern u. S. History. Good morning, and welcome to way too early on this monday, august 14th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And we will begin with the latest on the devastating wildfires burning across the island of maui. Firefighters there in hawaii continue to battle flames this morning as officials have now confirmed that at least 96 people have died. The wildfire now ranks as the deadliest in modern United States history, surpassing 2018s campfire in california which killed 85. Hawaii governor josh green said the fires will likely be the largest Natural Disaster in his states history, with damages estimated at close to 6 billion. Ha
Mission, texas. Whats the story where you are there now . John, good afternoon to you. Our viewers might remember the day before title 42 ended back in may, dhs Secretary Mayorkas held a Press Conference at the white house where he promised there would be stiffer consequences for anybody caught crossing the border illegally after the end of title 42. What he had to say back then. I want to be very clear. Our borders are not open. People who cross our border unlawfully and without a legal basis to remain will be promptly processed and removed. Will be promptly removed, he said at the time. Well, that is not reality what we are seeing on the ground here in the Rio Grande Valley, we see mass releases of migrants taking place from the federal government. Our Team Shooting this video, Catholic Charities of Rio Grande Valley here in the mcallen area, we watched bus load of bus load dropped off, mostly family units, once they get to the charity they will be helped with travel, and dates in th
You are in the cnn newsroom. Hi, im jessica dean in washington. Jim acosta has the night off, and we begin with major developments in the Fulton County investigation into former President Donald Trump. The District Attorney there just notified two witnesses to testify before the grand jury next week as she prepares to seek a potential fourth indictment against trump and some of his allies. She will attempt to show that they conspired to overturn his 2020 election loss and today we got the strongest indication of eutenant governor and cnn contributor geoff duncan. Take a listen. I did just receive notification to appear on Tuesday Morning at the Fulton County grand jury and certainly will be there to do my part in recounting the facts. I have no expectations as to the questions and will certainly answer whatever question is in front of me and dont want to go any deeper to jeopardize the investigation but, look, for me this is a story that is important for republicans to hear, americans