The governor addressed the rising number in his statement. 101 lives have now been lost, 27 of the survey have been completed. I spoke with the president this morning and we speak often. He and joe biden extend their absolute love and heartfelt wishes about the tragedy that has occurred. They are heartsick that we have lost these 101 souls. Joining us now from maui is our reporter, helena humphrey. Helena, the governorjust posted a video on social media with an update. He has confirmed a rising death toll, what else did he say . That is right and the message from the governor has been every time we see that death toll climb upwards, he said that our hearts are a little bit more broken. He has also been saying that residents of western maui can now start to go back into lahaina, although he did specify that would not be able to go into the impacted zone. In a bid to reconnect these areas of the island that have been completely disconnected with the wildfires. He also spoke about housing
In the trump administration. Some of the accusations against mr trump include violating georgias racketeering act. Racketeering is a type of organised crime where someone profits through dishonest or illegal activities. And the ex president s also accused of soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer. Also, Making False Statements and filing false documents. A reminder that these charges are all in connection to accusations of Election Meddling by trump. The bbc s Kayla Epstein has been following the events in georgia and has more on the legal view of the charges. Ive been speaking to legal experts about this all day and theyve told me they are not surprised that a Racketeering Charge was brought by fani wills. Its a Signature Charge brought in the past and we expected to see this, but weve still got indictment, which is nearly 100 pages, it names 19 defendants, including donald trump, i think a lot of people were struck by the breadth of the evidence she lays out. Almost 70
In the trump administration. Some of the accusations against Mrtrump Trump include violating georgias racketeering act racketeering is a type of organised crime where someone profits through dishonest or illegal activities. Athhe ex president s also accused of soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer. And making false statements and filing false documents. Reminder that these charges are all in connection to accusations of Election Meddling by trump. Earlier, i spoke with bbc reporter Kayla Epstein who has been following the events from the courthouse in georgia. Thanks forjoining us. We saw last night the District Attorney has given the 19 defendants until mate august 25 to surrender. Hes been outside the court all day. Have any of them turned up yet . We the court all day. Have any of them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone appear them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone appear to them turned up yet . We have not seen
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landslide to a trump-backed election denier. i m brianna keilar with john berman this morning. cheney was defeated last night by more than a two to one margin, the surest sign yet that donald trump still has a stranglehold on the soul of the republican party. for now cheney will continue to serve as vice chair of the january 6th committee and whatever the future holds she vows to do everything in her power to keep the former president from ever returning to office. two years ago i won this primary with 73% of the vote. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear. but it would have required that i go along with president trump s lie about the 2020 election. that was a path i could not and would not take. it is not clear what cheney plans to do once she leaves congress. the woman who defeated her harriet hageman, had this to say in her victory speech. wyoming has drawn a line in the sand that if we put you in power you will be accountable to us, you will a