Ukraines counteroffensive and sobering new assessment. And now it is time to set the rule of the road as they head to the trial, and trumps team is saying that the prosecutors are going after his First Amendment rights now. And 40 Million People are under severe threats today after the extreme storms have battered the United States over night. Im omar jimenez with kate bolduan and john berman. This is cnn news central. We have brandnew reporting this morning on ukraines counteroffensive in russia. Weeks into the fight, the reports from the battlefield are increasingly sobering. Specifically, concerns of the ability to retake specific territory. The National Security correspondent and the awardwinning author jim sciutto broke this reporting, and now he heard the reporting, and this is a marked change in weeks to folks in the u. S. And europe and the military and diplomacy and also lawmakers and there is a consistent read of the intelligence assessments here, and that is the counter offe
Appoint him as Special Counsel. Charles a Special Counsel named in the hunter biden case, but its the same prosecutor, david weiss, who was already heading it up, and that has republicans calling it a coverup. Were going to get the latest from Lucas Tomlinson on what the white house is saying. Former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on what weiss is now doing, and gop president ial candidate tim scott on how voters are responding. Plus, the death toll now at 80 in maui, and the word the Attorney General this hawaii will be lawn a. Ing a probe into the official response to those catastrophic wildfires. Welcome, everyone. Im Charles Payne in for neil cavuto, and this is cavuto live. We bin at the white house where President Biden so far is staying quiet on the Special Counsel appointment in his sons case. Lucas tomlinson is there though. Reporter charles, it was just a few weeks ago in that Delaware Courtroom where hunter biden and his family thought his legal issues would soon b
Ohio sends a signal to the nation. Voters there decide on a Ballot Measure with big implications for women and 2024 as brand new poll numbers show a second straight summer of Deep Discontent with the Supreme Courts decision to wipe out roe. Plus the reset ripples all the way the to the top. Ron desantis replaces his Campaign Manager. Will the shird shakeup in less that be a month be a charm. And tell it to the heart. Republicans say an Impeachment Inquiry is the only one and the only way to move forward versus joe biden. New cnn reporting pins down when House Republicans plan to do this. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. First, a Special Election that will tell us a lot about 2024 and just how much Abortion Rights will motivate voters. Today ohio goes to the polls. It may seem like a mundane question about constitutional math, but you read between the lines, it is very clearly about abortion. Republicans want to make it harder to rewrite the states constit
Republicans should have one simple message, no Border Security, no funding. Congressman chip roy blocking funding for department of Homeland Security unless President Biden meets his demand. Fors force to be reckoned with. Being deployed to patrol the ohio sidewalks. Steve Wildfire Alert and a story weve been tracking all morning and all day yesterday. Devastation on the island of maui. It has taken lives and tourists scrambling to safety. Ainsley smoulderring after hurricaneforced winds whipped across the illegal aliens. Brian max is on the ground this morning. It was a pretty alarming view coming into maui, you can see fires burning luckily as the hours have passed, Fire Conditions have calmed down and the winds die down. Firefighters are keeping a look out making sure it doesnt grow out of control. Folks dont know why the fires started, officials are investigating. When they did start on tuesday, this island was ripe for fire, things were dry and humidity was low and hurricane dora,
Atlanta with the new indictment against donald trump possibly coming out of georgia at any minute. Is a the deadline approaches in the January 6th Federal Case against the former president. It could give us a signal of where exactly that case is headed. The foiled Assassination Attempt on ukraines president. Had, but we learned about the plot and the russian woman allegedly at the center of it all. The ntsb investigating after two Firefighting Helicopters collided in california, killing three people. What went wrong here . Were following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. Its legal deadline day here in d. C. Former president trumps Defense Lawyers have a few more hours to respond to a Special Counsel filing. Prosecutors asked the court to place restrictions on what trump can do with aunt say about certain evidence in the election interference case. Trumps lawyer suppose it could have until 5 00 p. M. Eastern time to respond, but