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Max foster has the week off. Just ahead i know some people didnt get out. The fire is on front street and it is time to go. So quickly the flames reached other neighborhoods jumping highways and destroying peoples homes. You never know who is living next to you. Trump has been clear that he expects to be indicted for a fourth time. This is the same game. Weve watched it play out before. He is angry, he throws red meat to the crowd. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is thursday, august 10th, 9 00 a. M. Here in london and 10 00 p. M. In maui where Deadly Wildfires are burning out of control. State and federal officials held a News Conference last hour and had this update. Primary focus is to save lives and prevent Human Suffering and mitigate great property loss. So that is what the counties were and have been doing and are doing. What we do anticipate is additional requests and were already providing support for trying to get the communications back up, water distribution. Were hearing that Hmaui May Ned additional Law Enforcement support. So were working through that. Here is what we know far. Crews have dropped at least 150,000 gallons of wat on maui county, more than 11,000 pple were flown off the island on wednesday. The u. S. Coastuard and navy are helping with Search And Rescue operations. And at least six people are confirmed dead in maui, but several others are still missing. Some of the evacuees were able to escape by boat as the tourist town burned in the distance and thousands are now in shelters. We need to help the people who are volunteering, the people who are first responders. We need to make sure that the people who has been affected, we need to get their immediate needs left. In the future we rebuild. Meanwhile fires are also spreading on the island known as the big island. Were told two new brush fires have erupted in recent hours. The message we keep hearing from residents is that they cant believe how quickly the wildfires arrived at their homes. Bill weir picks up the story for you. We never anticipated in this state that hurricane, which did not make impact on our island, would cause these type of wildfires. Reporter while Hurricane Dora is Hundreds Of Miles South of the Hawaiian Islands, the storm brought winds of up to 80 Miles Per Hour to maui turning the tinder dry hillsides into a blow torch and catching hundreds of people between flames and the pacific ocean. Nobody was prepared. Reporter sylvia luke issued an Emergency Proclamation and josh green is returning to the island tonight. He is cutting his trip to a week and that tells you the magnitude of how grave we think the situation is. Reporter thousands are in Evacuation Shelters and rescue operations are under way for both maui and the big island of hawaii where several other fires are burning as well. Right now the priority is for saving lives, preventing Human Suffering and mitigating great property loss. Everyone that i know, their homes have been burned down. Are a high that is on fire. Reporter in one of the hardest hit areas, the coast guard said it rescued 12 people. Reporter in one of the hardest hit areas, the coast guard said it rescued 12 people jumped into the water to get away from flames. Hospitals are overwhelmed with Burn Patients at least three will critical condition. It has turned very serious and very dire. Reporter most striking to so many, just how fast the flames spread. At one point we were sitting there and i was feeling the wind shifting and i said should we turn the radio on and see if things are getting bad. But i didnt get a text message. It was all just word of mouth, people running down the street saying you need to get out. There were guys running around on bicycles just screaming at people to leave. Reporter With Hundreds Of Homes and business feared destroyed, the extent of the damage wont be known for days but images from the sky give a glims of the destruction. Overnight more than 1,000 travelers had no choice but to sleep on Airport Grounds after several flights were canceled. Officials now discouraging nonessential travel. Even as of this morning planes were landing on maui with tourists. This is not a safe place to be. Reporter bill weir, cnn, en route to maui. A little more now on the exodus from maui. Weve been hearing from locals and tourists who are desperate to escape and many are still stranded. There were people who didnt get out. There are quite a few Homeless People in the area and people just not able dont have access to vehicles. High winds have been making matters worse for the crews racing to taken these fires. Officials dont fully know the true extent of the damage so far. Chad myers has more. Such a devastating experience here in lahaina. They were thinking hot spots were likely trees on fire, but in the light of gay and correlating the locations, some of these hot spots were fully homes that were burning to the ground. Reminding you really of what Southern California can look like sometimes with pictures at night. There is the smoke that came off of lahaina. And just the entire area covered with smoke with winds at 60mileperhour and some spots 82mileperhour was the highest gust that we were able to find. So, devastating series of events and yes there is some drought in hawaii, about 30 of hawaii in some type of drought. Mainly the lowest levels of drought, but that just means that the grasses are dry and ready to burn and that is exactly what they did. So how did it happen . We talked about this hurricane to the south. Category 4, dora. But there was also a prp to the no High Pressure to the north. The difference between the low and the high caused all the winds to funnel in through the Hawaiian Islands and the lahaina picked up some of the biggest storms. The storm is still moving away and this is what will let the winds die off. Were not al 8 at around 440 an today and tonight, likely the biggest gusts will be 20 to 30. Still a problem when you talk about flames that are still burning. We know that that is actually happening right now. Just into cnn, weve received a tragic update to the death toll that has been caused by the wildfires in maui. Initially we reported six deaths and now we understand that the number is 36. Well keep you updated throughout the day. A newly unsealed Court Filing Shows special counsel jack smiths team secured a Search Warrant in january for Donald Trumps twitter account, part of their investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The search was so secret that twitter was barred from telling trump it was even happening. Twitter which has changed its name to x was fined 350,000 for delaying handing over its records. The company run by elon musk ultimately complied. Donald trumps legal troubles are expected to get a whole lot worse next week in georgia. Sources say the Fulton County prosecutor will pursue more than a dozen indictments of the former president and his allies. These are State Charges separate from the federal indictments brought by jack smith. More now from sara murray. Reporter Fulton County District Attorney fani willis is expected to seek indictments against more than a dozen individuals when she goes to present her case before a grand jury next week sources are telling me and my colleagues. Of course fani willis has been overseeing this sprawling Criminal Investigation into efforts by donald trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. Trump has been pretty clear publicly that he expects to be indicted for a fourth time and of course he is at the heart of her investigation. But there are many other avenues she is looking at such as a Voting Systems breach and as well as the fake elector scheme. And sources are telling us that there are people who participated in those efforts who believe that they could face charges as part of her investigation next week as well. Again, weve seen signs that were getting closer, weve seen the ramp up and security perimeter harden. And we could be just days away from learning who exactly could be charged in this roughly 2 1 2 year investigation into donald trump and his associates. Sara murray, cnn, washington. One person who is likely to testify at any eventual trial in georgia is former Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan. Here is what he told cnn about donald trump and the potential indictments. He is angry, he throws red meat to the crowd. He tries to stir the pot. He spreads misinformation, he gives no facts behind his data points. It continues to just be a disaster. Just imagine if donald trump was your neighbor that just moved in next door. Imagine if you knocked on the door and you brought a plate of cookie, hey, want to introduce myself. Hey, ive got a couple indictments and im sending tweets. This is just unhinged. And as a republican, were poised to renominate this gentleman to represent our party and then represent our country. The Republican National Committee Says fox business will host a second primary debate on september 27 in california. Frontrunner donald trump has still not said whether he will attend the first debate on august 23rd in milwaukee. Here is what he said about signing a Loyalty Pledge in order to participate. I have a problem with the debate for another reason. I wouldnt sign the pledge. Why would i sign a pledge . There are people on there that i wouldnt have. I wouldnt have certain people as somebody that id endorse. So they want you to sign a pledge. But i can name three or four people that i wouldnt support for president. So right there, there is a problem. A republican source tells cnn ron desantis and Ramavivek Ramay have signed it and several others are expected to sign this week. The fbi is reviewing the shooting that happened wednesday when Special Agents killed a man in utah who allegedly made threats against President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and others. Josh campbell as the details. Reporter fbi agents in the u. S. State of utah fatally shooting a man wednesday morning while attempting to take him into custody. Craig robertson had been under investigation for allegedly making online threats against u. S. President biden who was set to be in the state of utah on wednesday. Now, ill read you one of the alleged online posts from the suspect. He wrote i hear biden is coming to utah. Digging out my old gilly suit and cleaning the dust off the m24 sniper rifle. That post obviously very concerning to the u. S. Secret service as well as the fbi. A Lawsuit Source tells me that as fbi tactical agents tried to arrest the suspect, they were giving him commands when the suspect pointed a gun at the agents. One fbi agent Opening Fire Fatally shooting the suspect. The entire investigation began back in march when a social Media Company contacted the fbi regarding concerning material that they were seeing on their platform allegedly tied to this suspect. One particular threat was against the manhattan District Attorney alvin bragg. Allegedly writing heading to new york to fulfill my dreamf eradicating another george soros two bit political hack d. A. Ill be waiting in the Courthouse Parking Garage with My Suppressed 8 millimeter to smoke a prosecutor who should never have been elected. And then went on to write how he would kill manhattans District Attorney. Back in march the fbi confronted the suspect, he was under surveillance and they eventually approached him. And the suspect allegedly telling the fbi that this was all a dream. He told them to come back when you have a warrant. That they did showing up at his residence wednesday morning and again the suspect fatally shot after a Law Enforcement source says he pointed a gun at those agents. The fbi is investigating and has no further comment at this time. Josh campbell, cnn, los angeles. Ecuadors president has declared a State Of Emergency and three days of National Mourning after the brutal assassination of a president ial candidate. Six people have been arrested over the killing which appears to be caught on video. Were about to show you that footage. We need to warn you that it is disturbing. [ gunshots ] at least 12 gunshots could be heard on that video which appears to show the killing of president ial candidate. Officials say that he was gunned down at a Campaign Event on wednesday. The countrys Attorney General says they later exchanged fire with the suspect and he died in custody. Government Officials Say the president ial election will still be held on august 20th as scheduled. U. S. Officials and an Aid Organization in haiti have welcomed the release of an american nurse and her daughter who were kidnapped near the haitian capital last month. The Aid Group Says that they were abducted from the organizations campus on july 27th, but it is still unclear who took them or why. A Health Worker from New Hampshire moved to haiti. The group asked no one contact the family while they process and heal from this terrifying or deal. Up next, new developments out of ukraine where a massive drone attack is being reported. The latest in a live report coming up. Plus the Biden Administration is set to tighten u. S. Rules for doing business with chinas high tech industries. Well explain why and beijings angry response. And later, a onceinalifetime performance in philadelphia. A no hitter in his first home game with his new team. That moment still ahead. Swords Clashing had enough . No. Arthritis. Here. Aspercreme arthritis. Full prescriptionnstrength . Reduces inflammation . Thank the gods. Dont t thank them too soon. Kickck pain in the aspercreme. female announcer attention medicare has expanded dexcom coverage for p people with diabetes. 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Were following new developments out of ukraine where the Western Region has suffered a massive drone attack overnight. A local official says an oil depot was destroyed but so far no word on casualties. Officials in ukraine now say at least three people were killed and nine others injured in russian attack on a residential area in the city of zaporizhzhia. The same Missile Strike also destroyed a church and retail outlets. Ukrainian president reiterated his call for more air defenses. Translator our entire territory needs much more air defenses than we have now. Step by step were turning this much more into concrete capabilities of our air force, our antiaircraft gunner, mobile firing brigades. We are also preparing more specifics on more than fighters for our warriors. I have no doubt that f16s will be in our skies. Meantime the Deputy Defense minister says forces have achieved partial success on the Southern Front and are pushing forward in the direction of bakhmut. Clare sebastian is joining me to discuss this. Another night of lethal drone warfare. And we know drones is a wet worn strategy. But where this happened is very far west. Some 1,000 kilometers from the front lines. So we have seen attacks before, but they are less common in the Western Region. And if you look at the images, you can see why he is calling it a massive attack. An oil depot essentially destroyed. No casualties reported as of now. Saying ten attack drones were launched from the northeast and they managed to overt seven of them. But still a lot of damage. And this is after russia is reporting that total of 13

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