News for you . Premieres tonight at nine On Cnn . Youre, in the cnn newsroom. Im Jessica Dean in New York and we begin with President Biden on the verge of a major decisions in that could dramatically reshape the war in ukraine. The president is considering whether to allow ukraine to use a western longrange missiles that could strike at targets deep in russian territory. Uks prime minister keir starmer, refusing to answer whether that came up in his meeting with President Biden, but russian president Vladimir Putin is warning that if biden does give The Green light, russia will quote, be at war with nato. Cnns Kevin Liptack is following this for us. Kevin, what are you hearing about the president s thinking around this . Will President Biden certainly seems more open to this idea. Then he had in the past. And i think that tells you enormous amount of pressure that President Biden is feeling not only from the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, but also members of congress, includ
Maui. Identifying the dead and getting help to frustrated survivors. And north korea now confirming that it has custody of a u. S. Soldier who dashed across the dmz. What happens to him now. Good morning and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im danny freeman. We begin with the 19 defendants indicted in the Georgia Election sin version case. Will any of them turn themselves in today for criminal processing. The d. A. Gave them until the end of next week to surrender themselves and the sheriff says that they can show up at the jail anytime 24 7. Sheriff says he expects former President Trump to appear there for booking but when exactly . Trump still hasnt said. More now from sara murray in atlanta. Reporter a then day clock fr donald trump and his allies to turn themselves in. Im giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than noon on friday 25th day of august, 2023. Reporter after Fulton County District Attorney fani willis un
A search for answers. The atf now in maui investigating what sparked a catastrophic wildfire, as crews search for more than a thousand people still missing. And in the aftermath of the disaster, a top Emergency Management official stepping down even as he defends the response to the fires. Plus, delay, delay, delay. Donald trumps legal team testing the limits of that legal strategy, proposing to start one of his special counsel trials in april of 2026. Will the judge buy their reasons for the setback . And serious skepticism from the white house to the pentagon about ukraines current strategy and where kyiv is targeting its fight against russia. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. We start this afternoon with major growing questions on the cause and the response to the deadly maui wildfires. Right now, the atfs National Response team is joining the investigation. The death toll remains at 111. But a thousand people
Hes claiming that. Also tonight Breaking News on his former Chief Of Staff and current codefendant mark meadows who now warrants the trial moved to Federal Court and the latest from maui where President Biden is 34re7b8ging every federal asset needed and the need is enormous. We begin with the Breaking News in the wake of last nights rico indictment in georgia, the former president and 18 other, one of them former trump Chief Of Staff mark meadows filed papers late today asking to move the case to Federal Court. Rudy giuliani facing 13 counts said this afternoon hell seek to do the same. Well talk more in a moment about this and the case to be made for it with our legal experts and whether the former president might join in. Right now, though, he appears to be rushing head long into the past. Two years and seven months since leaving office four criminal indictments and 71 fell ni charges later donald trump says he can finally do it. Do what all his attorneys and motley cast of characte
Trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Sources tell cnn that georgia prosecutors now have Text Messages and emails directly connecting trumps legal team to a Voting System breach in Coffee County, georgia in january 2021. This comes as the district investigating trump in georgia appears to be close to an indictment. Fulton County District attorney fani willis is expected to seek charges against more than a dozen people. If she brings charges against the former president , it would be the fourth indictment of trump since being voted out of office. We have coverage of these new developments. Isabel rosales is outside the Fulton County court where Security Preparations under way. And we have Cnns Zachary Cohen with these new developments. Zach, lets begin with you. Tell us more about what youre learning and this new evidence. Reporter fred, these are texts, our sources are telling us, are in the hands of the prosecutors in georgia. The Text Messages really lay out a plan that links