Codefendants. Also tonight, cnn has learned that Secretary Of State Antony Blinken just spoke by phone with paul wheeler, an american wrongfully imprisoned in russia. And as the death toll of the Maui Wildfire climbs above 100, there are now growing questions about the cause of the disaster and the governors response. Josh green will join us live this hour. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. Tonight the wheels are in motion for Donald Trumps arrest, arraignment and trial in the Georgia Election subversion case, the Fulton County District Attorney proposing some key dates amid negotiations with trumps lawyers about details of his surrender. Lets go to cnns sarah murray who is just back from atlanta where shes covered the indictment and done an excellent job. Tell us about the d. A. s proposed trial date and how it fits into this already very busy legal and political calendar for the form are prer president. As
The team has trained the al on their own brains. As they listen to stories inside the scanner, the computer watches what happens. What sort of Brain Activity are you looking for . Were looking for Brain Activity thats related to specific ideas or specific words that appear in the stories. So, for example, whenever you hear somebody talk about parking a car, there are certain patterns of activity in the brain that will be present that reliably correspond to that kind of idea. And were trying to build up that mapping from this very large data set. The computer looks for patterns in the vast amounts of data from the scanner. With enough training, it can translate Brain Activity into words. So the lead scientist is listening to a story for us. The war of the worlds. The martians in the pit had turned the heat ray on. A deep, throbbing sound, a silver pencil of light. And a narrow ribbon of bracken and grass and trees and houses stretching as far as the eye could see, was scorched. And this
Im skeptical as to whether any of these will take place before the election. It would almost make the election the real trial and the American People the real jurors. I think this is a messy sprawling case. I think the georgia prosecutor obviously has it in for donald trump. I think she has a lot of work cut out for her. Joe biden himself said, you know, we probably shouldnt have call it had the Inflation Reduction Act because its not reducing inflation. Thanks, joe. Welcome to the party. If you want nvidia, buy before the earnings. Its a long term hold. Lauren sugarland. All i want to do. Stuart sugarland. Okay. Lauren reading from the top left hand corner of the screen. Cheater. Stuart its 11 00 on the east castoffs america and its wednesday, august 16. To the markets. First off, the dow industrials now up 130 points. Minor loss for the nasdaq and minor gain for the s p and dow doing okay. Big tech, mixed picture and at the top of the list, microsoft and apple both up. Alphabet, amaz
Guilty to today. And the superstar surfer who jumped onto his jet ski to help after the fires that devastated his native maui announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome. Already facing a dizzying crossroads of nearly unprecedented legal and political challenges, Donald Trumps trail of criminal indictments has grown longer the newest handed up late last evening by a Fulton County, georgia, grand jury. Mr. Trump hit with 13 charges, accusing him of being part of a conspiracy to unlawfully overturn the georgia 2020 president ial Election Results after his loss mr. Trump is not facing the music alone. The sweeping indictment names 18 alleged coconspirators, including trump lawyer and former new york mayor Rudy Giuliani the georgia case marking the fourth indictment of the expresident since the end of march. Two federal cases and two state prosecutions mr. Trump denying the latest accusations and blasting District Attorney fani willis, who has given trump
Running mate. Ill ask him this morning. Plus challenging biden, the new Special Counsel appointment fuels more criticism from republicans. If he were a republican he would have been in jail a long time ago. Biden is also facing critics from within his own party on his capacity to serve. Ill talk to democratic congressman dean philips of minnesota who is actively calling for more primary challenger to biden. And red alert. That vote in ohio is pretty sobering. Ohioet voers deliver a victory to supporters of Abortion Rights and offer another warning sign for republicans. If republicans are just focused on one issue theyll have a bit of a challenge. Support for legal action for abortion is winning inside red and blue states from kansas to kentucky to michigan. Will it be a motivating factor for voters in 2024. Joining me for insight and analysis are. Politico mriback coauthor eugene daniels. Republican strategist brandon buck. Is imoen sanderstownsend, former spokesperson for Kamala Harri