Welcome to the lead, aim jake tapper. And we start with breaking news, violent and explosive wildfires in hawaii. Fueled by strong winds from a hurricane, 800 miles away. It is a situation so sudden and so catastrophic on maui, local Officials Say a dozen people ran into the ocean to try to escape the flames. And they went out so far they then had to be rescued. Hawaiis governor said hundreds of families have been displaced and some loss of life is expected, unquote. Cell towers and 911 are out of service on the the hardhit west side compounding the difficulty for many. Were expecting a Press Conference and well bring you that when it starts but Derek Van Damme looked at where this erratic disaster may be headed next. Reporter hellish scenes of wildfires engulfing normally picturesque maui. Powerful winds, associated with Hurricane Dora helping fuel the flames. Fact that we have wildfire in multiple areas as a result of indirectly from a hurricane is unprecedented. Reporter Lieutenant
France says it has no plans to withdraw around 1,000 of its soldiers based in niger where they are part of an International Effort to fight islamist militants. Aichatou kane is the nigerian ambassador to paris and the uk she has been in contact with president bazoum in niger and just before we came on air she told me how he is doing. The president of niger. Effectively, we have a daily call and is still a serious threat. But he is well and his morale is high as well as his familys morale. Does he think there will be a solution . And does he know when hell be freed . No, no, he dont talk with us on his terms. But as you know, the Prime Minister of niger is here in paris with him. We exchanged on the prevailing situation in niger, which is most worrying. And what is the Prime Minister saying . 0ur exchange is about the niger situation. We think together that this unfortunate event for our country cannot be caused by any internal crisis on all fronts. We are on a good trajectory, particul
Been following the story. It would seem to be in crisis. Without a house for the next two editions. Although they insist there is ongoing dialogue with potential hosts. Prepared to meet all the financial demands of staging such a Big Multisport event has become increasingly difficult. Manchester city boss, pep guardiola, says croatian defender Josko Gvardiol is having a medical and should complete his move from rb leipzig in the next hours. Its the Community Shield on sunday treble winners City Play Arsenal in the friendly at wembley. Arsenal finished second to city last season in the premier league, and guardiola is expecting them to push his side close again this season, and says they wont be the only rivals. Everybody knows that if you start every season send the same, that is my feeling. It is not one or two, there are lots of teams that are going to fight for everything and the challenge is massive for us. How we deal with it mentally and how we go as a Team Football wise and sust
He campaigns to return to the white house. He is charged with four counts detailed in this 45 four counts detailed in this 45 page indictment, Conspiracy To Defraud the United States can, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. There is the special Counseljack Smith announcing the indictment. Today an indictment was unsealed Charging Donaldj trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. The indictment was issued by a grand jury of citizens here in the District Of Columbia and it sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full. The attack on our Nation Plasma Capital on january six, 202i on our Nation Plasma Capital on january six, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Described in the indictment that was fuelled by lies,
Our washington correspondent, sean dilley, reports. We love trump hes the first president to be charged with a federal crime and if previous cases are anything to go by, Donald Trumps 30 indictment is only likely to boost popularity with republican voters. The charges he faces though are serious. The 45 Page Indictment accuses the former president of knowingly spreading false claims about election fraud, to trick and persuade states in helping him overturn the Election Results. Helping him overturn the Election Results. The attack on our nations Election Results. The attack on our nations i Election Results. The attack on our nations i january Election Results. The attack on our nations ijanuary six, our nations ijanuary six, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. It is described in indictment, it was fuelled by lies. Lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the us government, the nations process of collecting, counting and cer