Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredericka witfield. A Major Hurricane is barreling toward the southwestern u. S. Hurricane hilary has weakened to a category 3 as it hammers mexico with strong winds and high waves. Forecasters warn it could dump more than a years worth of rain across california, nevada and arizona in a short amount of time. The threat is so severe in the golden state that a Tropical Storm warning has been issued for the First Time Ever there. Cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar is tracking the conditions. A years worth of rain in a short amount of time, how are they going to handle that . That is the big concern, because especially in the desert areas that ground is not able to absorb it very quickly, so a lot of it becomes runoff, leading to localized flash flooding. Sustained winds 125 Miles Per Hour gusting up to 155. Weve seen that Forward Movement pick up. Its starting to speed up. Thats important for the timing of a lot of the rain showers. W
Addresses posted on a far right website. Growing concerns about what might happen next. Also he promised a Big Press Conference two days ago claiming hed finally blow the lid off 2020 Election Fraud. More signs tonight he was, no surprise, just blowing smoke. And hawaii with a thousand people still unaccounted for a cnn investigation into why mauis Emergency Sirens stayed deadly silent. Good evening and thanks so much for joining us. We begin with Breaking News. The former president s attorneys have weighed in with what they want the trial date to be in the federal election sub version case. It is a long way off. The Justice Department had proposed january of 2024. The former president s attorneys now say the trial should not start until april, 2026. That is more than 2 1 2 years from now. If mr. Trump is elected president again, it is effectively never. The lawyers in their filings saying the Justice Departments proposed date denies them the ability to prepare for trial. Joining us no
Get in touch, here is the news. Retail sales fell more than expected last month partly because of the wet weather. The office for National Statistics say they were down by 1. 2 in july. Statistics say they were down by 1. 2 injuly. More than a quarter of sales for online, the highest level since february last year. The treasury has told banks and Building Societies they will be fined if they dont provide sufficient access to cash. Free cash withdrawal should be available three miles in rural areas and one mile with in urban areas. The system to allocate Liver Transplant is weighted to much towards older people. Figures show younger people are waiting four times longer on average than those over 60. The nhs said its Computer Algorithm saves lives. The top official on maui has resigned. He says he is stepping down for health reasons. He has been criticised in the wake of the wildfires which have killed 111 people. Residents of maui has had a stronger response would have saved lives. We a
A new indictment against donald trump could come in the next two days. A grand jury has just arrived at a georgia courthouse, cnn has an exclusive look at texts and emails that could be crucial evidence. The grim Reality Setting in on the island the maui, 96 people have been killed in the fires so far and it still could rise even more as crews are painstakingly making their way through the burn areas. Today six white former Mississippi Police officers are due in court facing several State Charges after being accused of torturing two black men in a racist assault. Im sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. This is cnn news central. So this morning the beginning of what could be a twoday stretch that could bring a new indictment against donald trump for trying to overturn the election. This is the case in georgia that appears this case could ensnare the greatest number of people yet and create some of the most complicated problems for trump if convicted. He would not be able to pa
And then these high winds, winds averaging 70 mph, reignited those flames and, at times, they now believe that that fire was moving at a speed of one mile every minute, leaving those residents of lahaina with little chance of escaping. Now here at this harbour today, weve met volunteers who have been taking their boats, packing their boats with aid, trying to get over to lahaina to distribute much needed humanitarian aid. People still need food, water, clean drinking water, shelter. The absolute basics at the moment, which are in short supply. And, speaking to everyone, you get the sense that people are traumatised here. Many people from lahaina in particular have lost absolutely everything but, because their humanitarian needs are so great, theyre barely able to process the loss. Theyre barely able to grieve when essentially they are sleeping out in the open in some cases when they have such dire humanitarian needs. There are other concerns about the weather. You can see that at times