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
The defense, in one way or another in this federal case, and the other today, saying not so fast. Today, the special counsel, asked for a january 2nd trial date in the election subversion case, which had said partake as little as four weeks. The former president , who is expected to challenge that, took the first step tonight in his social network. Quoting now, but leaving out some of the personal tax on smith and president biden. Quote, only an Out Of Touch Lunatic would ask for such a date. One day, into the new year, and maximum election interference with iowa. Now whatever you make of that, in particular the, the proposed date is yet another entry on what is already a very crowded calendar. Take a look. Surrounding that date are the trump organizations Civil Fraud Trial this october, the e. Jean carroll defamation trial january 15th. That is the same day of the iowa caucuses. Super tuesday, march 5th, is just ten days before march 15th, manhattan hush money trial. In the maralago d
Do i tend to try the 19 defendants, yes. The calendar is getting quite crowded. You see some of the lawyers on whose advice she this is disgraceful and abuse of power by angry democrats who decided the rule of law its much bigger than watergate. It goes to the foundation of democracy. This is very different and much more serious and much more troubling. If you are just waking up this morning, were glad youre with us. Youre waking up to significant, historic news. Its true. Donald trump has been indicted again, this on Felony Charges for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the State Of Georgia and has 18 codefendants have also been charged. Including some of the prominent names, mark meadows, rudy giuliani. Theyre all facing rico, Racketeering Charges. Fulton County District attorney fani willis ordered trump and his alleged coconspirators to surrender voluntarily by next friday and turn themselves in. Rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the def
Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amara walker. Thank you for sharing part of your morning with us. As the grim reality sets in for survivors in hawaii, some are questioning the states response beforehand and how much was done to try to warn residents to get out. Plus Hunter Bidens legal troubles heat pup the Justice Department elevates the attorney to Special Counsel after plea talks fall apart. And donald trump and his legal team get a stern warning from the judge. Well have the latest on the contentious hearing. New data Shows Americans are pulling out of their 401 k and relying on credit cards. Well have a financial expert to weigh in with her advice. We begin with really grim news from hawaii, where those devastating wildfires have claimed at least 80 lives so far. The death toll will likely rise in the coming days. Crews have not yet searched the inside of most of the buildings and its unclear how many people are unaccounted for. Video shows the horror of the fire as people tried t
Chutkan, as the former president rants about her online. Chris christie joins me live. Also tonight, details on the plot ukraine says it foiled to assassinate its president , volodymyr zelenskyy. And in oakland, california, burglary, theft, assaults are rising so quickly some Community Members are pushing for a State Of Emergency. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. When 360 signed off friday night, the former president had posted earlier that day what appeared to be a veiled threat on his social network. If you go after me, he wrote, im coming af you. Hes posted attacks on the Special Counsel, his former Vice President and key witness against him, mike pence, and the judge overseeing the conspiracy trial. Today we observed additional Security Measures around judge tanya chutkan. The u. S. Marshal service is not commenting on it. Weve also learned deputies spent part of the day discussing Security Plans for her. The former president has said he wants her off the trial, which he also w