Now dead in the maui fires. Hawaiis Attorney General today announcing an independent investigation into the response. And mauis Emergency Chief speaking out for the first time. Why he says they didnt activate the sirens. And the Video Showing downed power lines. Did they help spark the fires . Our team on the ground in hawaii. Also tonight Hurricane Hilary forming in the pacific taking rare aim at the southwest and california, the state that hasnt seen a direct hit in 84 years. Al roker is here. The Georgia Grand Jury that indicted former President Trump receiving threats. The investigation the sheriff announced today. The stunning turn in the trial of two white men charged with shooting at A Black Fedex driver in mississippi. The victims mother storming out of the courtroom after the judge declares a mistrial. Why he did it. The fbi arresting multiple Police Officers in raids in california. Their alleged racist texts. The new warning on north korea. Is russia giving kim jongun Nuclear
Politics the former president s pardon play. Donald trumps lawyers make a hail mary request for an april 2026 start to the 2020 Election Trial and try to make sure the case never sees the inside of a courtroom. Plus a game of risk. New reporting outlines how republicans plan to conquer a trumpless debate. How another republican warns his party appears poised to fulfill the textbook definition of insanity. President biden invokes the whole enemy of my enemy is a Friend Theory of Foreign Policy today pushing two neighbors to put aside a generation of bad blood and send a message to the country a couple blocks away, china. Im Phil Mattingly in for dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Were going to start with this up first. Two questions. Do you know what youre doing on monday . Do you know what youre doing in april, 2026 . The answer is no for me on both of them. Donald trump, though, has plans for both. More specifically mr. Trump knows where he wont be on monday
Hes now proposing his own date that just happens to be three years away. Plus the fbi involved the in a new investigation. The grand jurors who indicted the former president in georgia are being threatened and having their personal information exposed. And new warnings tonight for hawaii for victims of the wildfires, beware of scams. As if they werent dealing with enough, this new warning after so many have lost everything already. Im Kaitlan Collins and this is the source. Tonight. Donald trumps Delay Tactics seem to have gone into overdrive. His new ask, for an extraordinary delay. They now want the judge to set a trial date for the special counsels Election Interference case nearly three years from when he was indicted just a few weeks ago. They are looking for april 2026. That is nearly a year and a half after the 2024 election. It is obviously long past january 2024, which is when jack smiths team wants that trial to start. And papers that were filed just a few moments ago, trumps
We are expecting to hear from President Joe Biden in just a few moments in milwaukee, but first Donald Trumps fourth indictment arrived last night and its the case many in his orbit have been the most worried about. In no small part because several members of his team are also charged. The former president now ensnared in whats known as a rico case in georgia alongside some of his closest advisers like mark meadows and Rudy Giuliani over efforts to overturn joe bidens 2020 win in georgia. The 98page indictment includes conspiracy and racketeering charges. Trump and the 18 other defendants have ten days to surrender to georgia authorities. And the d. A. Wants the trial to start within six months and she wants to try all 19 of them in one go. Cnns sara murray is outside the courthouse in atlanta. Sara, this is a rico case. This is something thats usually against the mob, against gangs. Tell us more. Reporter Fulton County District Attorney fani willis has made very clear she likes this r
Attacked a black dock worker. Authorities are about to update us on their investigation and we are live in montgomery next. Also happening this hour, biden is expected to announce is new National Monument at the grand canyon that will block, among other things, uranium mining. And Senior Western officials tell me that the update on ukraines counteroffensive they are receiving are more and more sobering. We are going to tell you whats behind the slow progress on the battlefield. We are following major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central. Here in moments we are going to hear from Law Enforcement in montgomery, alabama, for an update on their investigation into that ugly Waterfront Brawl that went viral on social media. It started on saturday when a group of white boaters appeared to attack a black dock worker over a boat, their boat, that was parked in the wrong place. And this led to a huge fight there on the dock, disturbing footage of the inci