Good morning, everyone. Lets get things started with fife things to know for this wednesday, august 16th. There are new developments in Donald Trumps georgia indictment. Overnight we learned the form president is expected to be booked into jail at any point in the next nine i days. And were learning his dms on twitter were of great interest for the Special Counsel. New questions this morning about what caused wildfires on maui that are now blamed for 106 deaths. The Washington Post is report ing a downed power line likely caused that first fire on the island. Heres the video of that moment. The soldier that crossed into north korea, his mother is asking he be treated fairly. Oher attempted a 15 million shake dunn before he filed this petition. Cnn this morning starts right now. Heres where we start. New overnight, we know where donald trump will likely surrender in Fulton County, georgia, with just nine days left to turn himself in. The former president is expected to be arrested and b
are saying in part of that filing say ing, quote, nothing mr. meadows is alleged to have done is criminal. arranging oval office meetings, contacting state officials, visiting a state government building and setting up a phone call, one would expect a chief of staff to do these sorts of things. he s charged with two counts in the indictment, including racketeering and violation of oath of office. this matter now is in the hands of the u.s. district judge here in georgia. nick virginalencia live for thank you. now to the other investigation into donald trump s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. newly unsealed court transcripts reveal jack smith wanted to look into former president trump s direct messages on twitter. they were reportedly many dms. the transcripts gave additional hints into what the special counsel was looking for before they indicted trump in the federal election subversion case. katelyn polantz joins us now.
the strict 18 to 24-month vetting process for refugees headed to the u.s. should temper any worries. we ve been receiving refugees for the past 25 years. reporter: the mayor of georgia, half of them in the town are foreign-born. many are refugees who he says are the economic back bone to his town. he seeds them as an investment. if you think of the people around you as assetses truly available and contributing members of our community, it s not draining at all. it s actually very, very energizing. reporter: nick valencia, cnn, clarkston, georgia. nick virginalencia, thank yo much. let s talk about serena and venus williams. andy scholes has the australian hope.
that lasted more than nine hours. the website of the state-run news agency is set to be down right now and some analysts say the outage may have been an attack. it comes days after the u.s. said it would respond to the hacking of sony pictures which it blames on north korea. at least ten people were injured in the city of nantes in western france when a van driver plowed into shoppers at an outdoor christmas market. authorities say he stabbed himself after that crash but should survive. a prosecutor says this seems like an isolated case so far and not a terrorist attack. now back to the man would killed those two new york city police officers. it s understood he had a troubled past actually. yeah, he also had a long police rap sheet and questions persist over how he got the gun used in that attack. nick virginalencia has that. reporter: at 28 years old ismaaiyl brinsley s life was full of failure. broken regisships and run-ins