Developing this morning, threats to judge and jurors. New questions about the safety of the people working on the cases against donald trump. The scope of destruction in hawaii heartbreaking. The death toll from the wildfires still climbing and more than 1,000 people are still unaccounted for. There are new questions as to how the fire started. Were live on the ground in maui. Searching for front line fighters on facebook. Wagner turning to social media to recruit new soldiers for the war in ukraine. Im kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman this is cnn news centralcentral. Developing right now. New chilling threats against a judge and jurors involved in cases against donald trump. This is what we know. Police say a trump supporter in texas is in custody after she allegedly threatened to kill the judge presiding over the 2020 federal election case if trump does not get elected in 2024. In georgia, new concern for the grand jurors who just issued an indictment against trump. Phot
Meeting. In atlanta jurors Hearing Evidence against former President Donald Trump and others in a case about Election Interference. A possible fourth indictment looming against trump, and it could be the most complex yet, even ensnaring several others in his inner circle. Pointing the finger, a new lawsuit blames the Power Company for those catastrophic wildfires on maui. But officials have not yet said what caused them. The humanitarian crisis is growing along with the death toll. The fire is now the deadliest in more than a century. Survivors coping with losing their homes, loved ones, the threat of homelessness as well. And an act of piracy. That is what ukraine is calling russias boarding of a cargo ship in the black sea. The latest fight over shipping in this critical area since a key grain deal collapsed last month. We are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to Cnn News Central. Today another grand jury is meeting, hearing another set
And officials fear the actual death toll may be far higher. We will go to maui for the latest and then speak to the climate scientist michael mann. We simply would not be seeing this in the absence of human caused warming, in the absence of the Climate Crisis, the warming of the planet from the burning of fossil fuels. Amy and then to ecuador, where the country is still in shock after the assassination of president ial hopeful Fernando Villavicencio. This is a political crime, the character of terrorism. Amy we will speak to the ecuadoran economist andres arauz who is running for Vice President of ecuador in sundays elections, which are scheduled to proceed as planned. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In hawaii, the death toll from the maui wildfire has reached 96 and continues to rise, making it the deadliest u. S. Wildfire in a century. Family Resource Centers have been set up to help survivors despe
These are serious charges. These are like for the mafia or mob. What were they thinking . Something that campaign cant get involved in. Kids screaming, babies being handed off to other people. It was like out of a war movie. The Historic Town of lahaina burned to the ground. Well find out what we could have done to prevent such loss of life to the best of our ability. Live in london, this is cnn newsroom. It is august 14. And the District Attorney is expected to present the case against donald trump this week. She could possibly seek more than a dozen indictment including a fourth round of charges for the former president. It comes as cnn has new details on the case. Sources say there is new evidence linking Donald Trumps legal team to a voting breach. Reporter specifically he these Text Messages show that lawyers working for trump actively sought to get a written letter of recommendation in the days leading up to the breach. Lawyers like Rudy Giuliani and former trump attorney Sydney
Internet access as well. Ama the fires have had more than just a human told. The Maui Humane Society says 3000 animals are lost or missing. President biden address the issue in hawaii. Our prayers with the people of hawaii, not just our prayers. Every asset, every asset they need will be there for them. We will be there at maui as long as it takes, as long as it takes. Ama the Hawaiian Electric Industries Stock fell after the s p downgraded its credit to john. They believe the company may be the ones for the fires, they have blamed powerlines. Dan Leslie Brinkley looked into the strategies california is employing to decrease our wildfire risk and whether that could have made a difference in hawaii. Reporter lawsuits filed over the weekend claim Hawaiian Electric kept powerlines electrified despite high Wind Warnings last week. We dont really know what the ignition cause was for the maui fires but if it was downed power lines, which looks likely then a psps would have mitigated the enti