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
Were live in atlanta where an indictment against former President Trump and others could come at any time. Plus in hawaii, a new lawsuit blaming the Power Company for those catastrophic wildfires on maui, but officials have not said what caused them. The humanitarian crisis now growing along with the death toll. The fire now the deadliest in the United States in over 100 years. Tense moments in the black sea as russia fires warning shots at a cargo ship, then sends armed soldiers aboard. Were following those developing stories and more coming in to cnn news central. A fourth donald Trump Indictment could be on the way, and even as soon as today as the grand jury in the trump election subversion case in georgia is rapidly approaching the finish line. Today jurors are hearing from witnesses as Fulton County District Attorney fani willis presents her case. Things appear to be moving faster than expected. Two witnesses set to testify tomorrow got bumped up to today. Trump has tried to coun
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court, and it is her bare or whether it goes back to state court. that is a big decision that is coming down there. okay, thank you for setting the scene for us. thank you so. much i want to bring in glenn kershner, former federal prosecutor now an msnbc legal analyst. let s start with brad raffensperger being ordered him to testify against meadows. meadows was on that infamous call in which trump begged raffensperger to find 11,780 votes. what do you think the d.a. is what is behind the d.a. s request to have him testify? it is interesting because on that call, brad raffensperger is standing his ground based on the law, based on principle, based on the facts that he had available to him that there was no fraud under minding the results of the georgia election. yet there s not only donald trump who is pressuring brad raffensperger to just find 7000,
overturn biden s 2020 win. this involves potential violations of state law. let s break it down. charges that could include election fraud, making false statements to state and local officials and even racketeering which willis previously used to prosecute gangs and even public school officials who oversaw a cheating scheme. here are some of the key players in all of this. of course, d.a. fani willis, the judge overseeing the grand jury, robert mcbernie. he s defended willis, but then blocked her from pursuing meantime you have secretary of state fred raffensperger who is on that call.