[inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the Washington Institute for near east policy. I have the pleasure of directing the institutes reinhardt program on counterterrorism and intelligence and im very, very please to be joined here today by the acting director of the National Counterterrorism center, Russell Travers. Todays conversation is part of the institutes ongoing counterterrorism lecture series. Russell took office at nctc as acting director in august, but its not his first, second or third time in the building. He felt many other leadership positions within nctc including Deputy Director counsel to the director, acting director to the office of datacomm strategy and innovation, chief data officer, among others picky suppositions at the office of the director of national intelligence, the Defense Intelligence agency, the nationals could counsel, the u. S. Army, joint chiefs of staff so were really very thrilled that he has been able to carve time out of
Fake electors plot before the 2020 election was even decided. Well have more on that video which appears to undermine some claims from the former president s legal team also ahead, the latest developments in the Georgia Election case including the proposed trial date from Fulton County District Attorney fani willis. Plus an update on the Recovery Efforts in maui amid increasing scrutiny for hawaiis electricity provider. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, august 17th. Im johnnen lemere. Thanks for starting your day with us. Well begin this morning with a disturbing situation out of texas where a woman was arrested and charged with threatening the federal judge who is presiding over former president Donald Trumps federal election interference case here in washington, d. C. The 43yearold who was denied bail allegedly threatened to kill judge tanya chutkan. We want to warn you some of these details are down right disturbing. According to an affidavit filed last wee
This community went through. Tonight, we are inside the fire zone in maui. For the first time, we see the images captured by two captains who answered the call for help from the water. The coast guard telling them people, families, and children were in desperate need. Tonight, they take us back by water to where they helped those fighting to survive, including a young brother and sister. Their entire bodies covered in soot. And tonight, abc news with a minutebyminute look at how this deadly disaster unfolded. Our indepth timeline. Hourbyhour, putting the pieces of this tragedy together. So much time went by, as the fires grew. Why werent there more alerts . Why were the sirens not sounded . Tonight, authorities defending their reason not to use them. The two Boat Captains describing the moment the coast guard sent them in, telling them, we need help. They could feel the heat, the smoke, and the wind as they pulled into the harbor. Tonight, investigators and what theyre now learning abo
. howard: two weeks before the iowa caucuses in the republican primary has a new opponent from the ranks of those who say their defending democracy a single main democrat, secretary of state sh shanna bellows has knod donald trump off the ballot, one person a lifelong liberal a joe biden supporter following the lead of colorado supreme court in invoking the 14th amendment in declaring the former president and eligible. that would take the decision out of the voters hands and is an absolute media bombshell. when we look at iowa it s worth noting that very conservative republicans have one the complicated caucuses in the past, mike huckabee in 2008, rick santorum, 2012, takers 2016 and gone on to lose, the media s intense focus on iowa always gives the winner a boost, we ve never seen numbers like this with the fox business pull pain donald trump of 52%, ron desantis the 18%, nikki haley at 16% in iowa that s what we call a blowout, truck made a video urging iowa supporters to
A breaking point as phone and Internet Services collapse. Across the street and the United Nations General Assembly passed the resolution news by our conference calling to a general the truce. Despite us objections, the, when its just passed 2300 gym to you thats to am in gaza. Were bringing you continuing coverage of it as well as war ongoing. So lets quickly remind you of the latest developments. Then over the past several, that was the gaza strip has been subjected to the largest is really bump gotten. And since the start of the war on october 7th, these a live pictures is where it is bonding residential areas in the north, im center of the strip. United nation says civil order has collapsed. In the last few minutes there had been strikes next to the our ship, a hospital and the indonesian hospital which of both in the northern part of the gods district is really ministry. Spokesman is quoting on residents of gaza city to move south. But chatting is on getting that as well. And isra