The Election Year . And hawaiis governor says more than 1,000 people are still potentially missing as fema is acknowledging challenges with the Relief Efforts there, well get an update from a top official and a new look at the harrowing scenes on the ground. Im kaitlan collins. This is the source. We begin with exclusive new reporting on the hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees that Rudy Giuliani is now staring down and the desperate attempts he has made to get former President Trump to cover them. With his attorney in tow, im told that Rudy Giuliani traveled to maralago in late april on a mission to make a personal appeal to trump to pay his legal bills. By going in person, giuliani and that lawyer, Robert Costello believed they could help explain face to it is if a why trump needled to assist his attorney with those ballooning legal bills. They argued that really, it was in trumps best interests to do so. But apparently, it fell on deaf ears. Trump is notoriously strict abo
We begin this hour with all signs pointing to a fourth indictment of donald trump in georgia. Two witnesses say they will appear tuesday before the Fulton County grand jury. Journalist george shady and former georgia Lieutenant Governor George Duncan Claude Duncan put, quote, i look forward answering the questions around the 2021 election. Republicans should never let honesty be mistaken for weakness. The Fulton County georgia courthouse already on high alert, plastic and metal barricades blocking the building for traffic. Bomb sniffing dogs inspecting media vehicles. Trump meanwhile is proclaiming his innocence on the campaign trail. Here is what he was asked about on a popular plea deal and georgia. Any chance you take a plea deal in georgia . We did nothing wrong. We do not have to take a plea deal. Yes sir, yes sir. We dont take plea deals, that is a wiseguy questions. We dont take plead eels because i did nothing wrong. Trumps running commentary on his criminal cases are to rebuke
Were live in atlanta where an indictment against former President Trump and others could come at any time. Plus in hawaii, a new lawsuit blaming the Power Company for those catastrophic wildfires on maui, but officials have not said what caused them. The humanitarian crisis now growing along with the death toll. The fire now the deadliest in the United States in over 100 years. Tense moments in the black sea as russia fires warning shots at a cargo ship, then sends armed soldiers aboard. Were following those developing stories and more coming in to cnn news central. A fourth donald Trump Indictment could be on the way, and even as soon as today as the grand jury in the trump election subversion case in georgia is rapidly approaching the finish line. Today jurors are hearing from witnesses as Fulton County District Attorney fani willis presents her case. Things appear to be moving faster than expected. Two witnesses set to testify tomorrow got bumped up to today. Trump has tried to coun
Its saturday august 12th, youre watching velshi. Im Charles Coleman Junior Filling in for my friend ali velshi. We begin this hour with the latest developments in the fastmoving case of the United States versus donald j trump. There are major developments in the Government Election interference case against the former president. Federal judge Tanya Chutkan granted the Special Counsel Team Request for protective order just yesterday. The protective order seek salute what trump can and cannot disclose about the case, and the trove of evidence that prosecutors are set to turn over to the defense during discovery. Now the government requested a protective order that covered all of the discovery materials. But the judges ruling did not go that far. It does stop trump from publicly sharing quote, material that the government doesnt, designates has sensitive. And quote. This would include things like personal information of possible witnesses, recordings, and transcripts of testimony. The def
These are serious charges. These are like for the mafia or mob. What were they thinking . Something that campaign cant get involved in. Kids screaming, babies being handed off to other people. It was like out of a war movie. The Historic Town of lahaina burned to the ground. Well find out what we could have done to prevent such loss of life to the best of our ability. Live in london, this is cnn newsroom. It is august 14. And the District Attorney is expected to present the case against donald trump this week. She could possibly seek more than a dozen indictment including a fourth round of charges for the former president. It comes as cnn has new details on the case. Sources say there is new evidence linking Donald Trumps legal team to a voting breach. Reporter specifically he these Text Messages show that lawyers working for trump actively sought to get a written letter of recommendation in the days leading up to the breach. Lawyers like Rudy Giuliani and former trump attorney Sydney