Good morning, everyone. We are so glad youre starting your morning with us. Good morning. Happy monday. Its good to be back. A lot of news. A lot of news to get to, so lets get started with five things to know this monday, august 14th. Breaking overnight, 96, that is the death count so far from the hawaii wildfires and only 3 of the Disaster Area has been searched. The governor calling it a Fire Hurricane. It spread faster than a mile a minute, and now a new lawsuit against the states main electric provide r. Hours from now the Fulton County District Attorney is expected to present her case to the grand jury in the Georgia Election subversion case. This means a potential fourth indictment looms over former President Trump. Cnn learns exclusively about key evidence obtained by prosecutors. And a home explodes outside of pittsburgh killing five. Gas systems were operating as designed, according to officials, who say it could take months to figure out what happened. A new serious concern
Putin u. S. Department of states spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement, for years kremlin has attempted to silence navalny and prevent his calls from reaches the russian people. Russian authorities hill straight again baselessness of their case. And lack of due process to those who dare to criticize the regime, i said, many ways they talking about what they are doing to trump. Beau biden regime, Democrat Party is doing to trump. But they are doing to trump is worse, donald trump faces with Manhattan District Attorney democrat, left wing, soros, prosecutor, up to 136 years in prison. On bogus charges. Up to 136 years. This is a lot more than the 30 navalny faces in federal cases, Biden Administration, we have 32 counts for willful retention of national secrets. 6 for r obstruction of justice, that amounts to another 450 years. Maximum. Then he is charged in the socalled january 6, 2020 election matter, two for obstructing an official proceeding, 20 years each, one for conspira
, good evening im mehdi hasan. Donald trump is facing multiple indictments, and another indictment of the former president is expected as early as next week in Fulton County, georgia. Several witnesses including the states former Lieutenant Governor now indicated theyve been called to investigate and a grand jury on tuesday. In washington, d. C. , jack smith, the doj Special Counsel prosecutor, has called for a new case to start on january 2nd loss in five months from now. So what happens if trump is convicted and sentenced to prison especially the side of an election . What will his supporters do . My nbc news colleague asked one of them at a rally in New Hampshire on tuesday. If donald trump were to be found guilty by a jury, where do you see this going . Civil war. Because we cant live together obviously. Now you might just dismiss that as the rantings of occultists trump superfan. This country is nowhere near civil war. Thats hyperbole. Have a listen to florida congressman matt gae
Georgia where a grand jury meets today to investigate whether trump tried to overturn the election in that state. Meanwhile, in pennsylvania, the search for answers after a home explodes near pittsburgh killing five people including a teenager. And a 3yearold Migrant Child dies while riding a bus from texas to chicago. Its the first death texas has announced since it started Busing Thousands of migrants to cities across the country. This morning Fulton County, georgia, District Attorney willis is expected to begin presenting her case to a grand jury outlining Donald Trumps alleged efforts to overturn bidens 2020 victory in that state. Tomorrow the grand jury will hear from former Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan and journalist george chidi, both who have been asked to testify. The former president has spent this morning and the weekend slamming the d. A. And her case saying he didnt tamper with the election. Joining us now nbc news correspondent Blayne Alexander who is right outside the
And all promises of that irrefutable evidence in a report on Election Fraud in georgia. Were on the trail with Chris Christie, the republican president ial candidate says hes leading a Truth Movement to be an alternative to trump. Plus, Hunter Bidens tax charges dismissed, at least for now. The latest in the saga over the president s son and the plea deal that fell apart. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We start in lahaina, where there are still more questions than answers, and a new investigator has been brought in to find them. Nbcs dana griffin just arrived there. Dana, this investigator comes as the islands top Emergency Official resigned. What more can you tell us . Reporter yeah, so a day before Herman Andaya resigned, which was on tuesday, he faced some tough questions from reporters. Listen to what he told them. Do you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. Had we sounded the siren that night, were afraid that people would have gone into