We start with an Epic Battle Raging On Wall Street that has seen small time Amateur Investors take on the titans of the hedge fund industry. Its all centred around this company the struggling us computer Game Retailer gamestop. It shares have soared at much as 1700 after a group of private investors used online forums to drive up their price. And that has raised serious questions about how Financial Markets operate in the era of social media, as paul hawkins reports. This is a story of david versus goliath, of the amateur online investor beating the Big Traditional Wall Street traders. At the centre of it, gamestop, a struggling American Retailer Selling dvds and video games. A number of the Wall Street Traders picked up on its problems and bet money that its share price would fall, known in the business as shorting a stock. Only for this particular stock, Amateur Investors swapping tips on the social media site reddit saw it as an opportunity. They bought shares, which actually drove
His heavilycriticized reason for why he didnt sound the Warning Sirens. Here are tonights headlines. This remarkable video. Survivor seeking safety in a pool, as wildfires rage. And our tough questions to the man in charge of Emergency Response beards because so many people said they could have beey had time to escape. Had a siren going off. Lahaina is not for sale. Norah one of the big concerns from our reporting on maui, developers coming in and buying their land. What hawaiis governor is saying tonight. My intentions start to finish is to make sure that no one is victimized from a land grab. A rare storm has formed into Hurricane Hilary along the mexican coast. The storm is expected to move toward southern california. Norah Flash Mob Burglaries hitting luxury retailers like gucci and getting away with millions in stolen goods. No angeleno should feel like it is not safe to go shopping in los angeles. Here in louisiana, they are building this massive ship, 81st of its kind in the u.
Warning sirens. Here are tonights headlines. This remarkable video. Survivors seeking safety in a pool, as wildfires rage. And our tough questions to the man in charge of emergency response. So many people said they could have been saved if they had time to escape, had a Sirenf Lahaina is not for sale. Norah one of the big concerns from our reporting on maui, developers coming in and buying their land. What hawaiis governor is saying tonight. My intentions from start to finish is to make sure that no one is victimized from a land grab. A rare storm has formed into Hurricane Hilary along the mexican coast. The storm is expected to move towards southern california. Norah Flash Mob Burglaries hitting luxury retailers like gucci and getting away with millions in stolen goods. No angeleno should feel like it is not safe to go shopping in los angeles. Here in louisiana, they are building this massive ship, a first of its kind in the u. S. , to service the growing offshore Wind Industry. We a
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
The grand jury handling Donald Trumps Election Subversion Case is meeting right now, with indictment number 4 possible in the coming days. Why this case in georgia could create some of his most complicated legal problems yet. The death toll on maui keeps climbing. 96 confirmed fatalities now, with that number sadly expected to rise as Search And Rescue forge ahead. And the power companys now facing a lawsuit for not cutting electricity when forecasters were warning about powerful wind gusts. And almost two years after the chaotic u. S. Exit from afghanistan allies who fled the taliban and were promised a home in the United States say theyre now being sent back. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Potential indictment number 4 of former President Donald Trump could be days if not hours away. Today a grand jury in atlanta is hearing the culmination of a yearslong probe into efforts to overturn georgias 2020 election