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
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Were looking at a critical week ahead for donald trump. The republican president ial candidates and american democracy. Former president Donald Trumps 18 codefendants are required to surrender to a Fulton County jail to face charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Nbc news reports that the former president will not appear before thursday, Fulton County District Attorney fani willis, who gave the defendants a deadline of noon on friday august 25th. But they could turn themselves in at any time before them. So they also tell nbc news that trump is officially skipping the republican president ial primary debate on wednesday, and instead hes apparently seeking an interview with tucker carlson. Eight other candidates will take the stage without him, but inevitably that trump name will come up often. It remains to be seen how many of them will continue to defend the former president , and who will condemn his actions and stand up for democracy. This is the fourth crim
County record. The papers copublisher, 98yearold joan meyer, died a day after officers searched the her home. We will go to kansas for the latest. Democratic lawmakers for Supreme Court Justice Clarence thomas to resign after propublica published another bombshell investigation showing that a group of conservative billionaires have showered thomas with 38 luxury vacations, 26 private jet flights, and 12 vip passes to sporting events. All work millions. And then to montana, where a judge has ruled in favor of youth plaintiffs who sued the state over Climate Change. This ruling is so important. Montana, for outside its borders, this is huge. For the judge to say montana is significantly contributing to Global Climate change, gave me the feeling our actions do matter. Amy we will speak with one of the youth plaintiffs and the head of our Childrens Trust, which has been involved in a string of groundbreaking climate lawsuits. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democra
Here are tonights headlines. With only a third of the search complete, the governor warning the death toll could double, as we learn the identities of some of the victims. Our new reporting about what went wrong here on maui. Nothing would make us more pleased if we couldnt go back in time and have a lot more protection from sirens. Norah we speak with lahaina residents who find themselves starting over from nothing. Everything is gone. Everything is to the ground. Norah and concern tonight about lahainas children. How many are among the missing . And the news of an Elementary School completely destroyed. The fire went through each building, so there is no windows, no doors, there is nothing left. The fire guys show up, and they dont have water. Norah the threat continues on maui as fires still burn in kula. A Georgia Grand Jury hands out the most sweeping indictment yet against former president donald trump. On charges he and 18 others engaged in criminal conspiracy, trying to undermi