Oh, incredibly busy evening. Good morning to you, steve, ainsley and brian. And the former president is lashing out against the prosecution. He tells fox news digital, quote politically inspired indictment, which could have been brought close to three years ago, was tailored for placement right smack in the middle of my Political Campaign where i am leading all republicans. The former president and 18 others face various charges individually, including violation of oath by a public officer and filing spawls documents. All of the defendants have been charged with violating georgias racketeering law, which carries a maximum Prison Sentence of 20 years. In addition to the mr. Trump, the indicted defendants include his former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows and some of his former attorneys, including Rudy Giuliani and sidney powell. The 98page indictment lists scott mccafe as the judge who will be presiding over the judge. Appointed by republican Governor Brian Kemp and joined the
Im rahel solomon. And i am amara walker. Thank you for spending a part of your morning us with. Hopefully, you are able to wake up slowly and get that coffee brewing, or that tea. Heres what we are watching for you. This is the largest Natural Disaster we ever experienced. Its going to also be the Natural Disaster thats going to take an incredible amount of time to recover from. The death toll from the maui wildfires just to 93, making it the deadliest wildfire in the past century. We are live in maui as federal help pours in. We are also hearing from respiratory frustrated with the governments response. Fulton county, georgia, District Attorney investigating former President Donald Trump and his attempts to interfere in georgias linebackers, expect today present her case to a grand jury this week. Republican president ial candidates swarmed the Iowa State Fair to convince voters they are the best choice for president. How they are trying to stand out in a crowded field that is dominat
Good morning, everyone. We are so glad youre starting your morning with us. Good morning. Happy monday. Its good to be back. A lot of news. A lot of news to get to, so lets get started with five things to know this monday, august 14th. Breaking overnight, 96, that is the death count so far from the hawaii wildfires and only 3 of the Disaster Area has been searched. The governor calling it a Fire Hurricane. It spread faster than a mile a minute, and now a new lawsuit against the states main electric provide r. Hours from now the Fulton County District Attorney is expected to present her case to the grand jury in the Georgia Election subversion case. This means a potential fourth indictment looms over former President Trump. Cnn learns exclusively about key evidence obtained by prosecutors. And a home explodes outside of pittsburgh killing five. Gas systems were operating as designed, according to officials, who say it could take months to figure out what happened. A new serious concern
We learn charges against alec baldwin could be refiled based On A New Forensic Report of the deadly movie set shooting. Following these major developing stories, all coming in to cnn news central. The clock is ticking, talks are happening behind the scenes. Behind the donald trump surrender, by next friday as until august 25th, until then to turn himself in on racketeering and conspiracy charges. His lawyers are the District Attorney team, the sprawling case as its known accuses trump and 18 others of criminally plotting to alter georges 2020 electric result Election Results to overturn them, no defendants have yet been booked at the jail, cnns Nick Valencia is outside of the courthouse where the grand jury voted this week, the turning and will not happen there. It will happen around the corner i suppose, tell us what we are learning about the details and how they are being worked out. Score mac former President Trump will be treated as everyone else, indicted which means being process
Their family members, their loved ones, Communication Systems are down on the west side of the island, 911 isnt operable. Cell service isnt possible. Right now were standing at a road block on the road to lahaina. This is one of the hardest hit areas. Right now residents arent being let in and they wont be let in for the foreseeable future. Evacuations are still ongoing. People being bused out of the fire zone. This as the death toll from these fires continues to rise. Now, Search And Rescue teams have been in maui from all over the country. The National Guard is also here on the ground. Take a listen. The National Guard hag activated 134 National Guard personnel. 99 from the army National Guard and 35 from the air National Guard to assist with the ohio wildfire response. Several fires burning on the island of maui since tuesday. None of them fully contained according to officials here. Still unknown how these fires started. The most destructive the fire on mauis west side, which rippe