Response. And Hurrican Hilary is getting stronger. And timing is everything for team trump. His lawyers proposing new trial dates and negotiating when he will sur render in georgia. We begin with the maui official who defended the decision not to activate the Warning Sirens. He is now stepping down. He cited Health Reasons for his resignation. It comes with the death toll at 111 people and more than 1,000 still unaccounted for. Randi kaye has more on the fallout. So many of the residents felt like we had no warning. Reporter hawaii has one of the largest Public Safety outdoor siren Warning Systems in the world. Sirens that were silent as wildfires raged. The question is, why. First it was this it would not have saved those people on the mountain side. Do you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. Sirens as i mentioned earlier is used primarily for tsunamis. Reporter that is what the head of mauis Emergency Management agency said wednesday. But even before that Press Conference ende
Im Bianca Nobilo live from london. Max foster has the day off but hell be back monday. Just ahead former President Trump reacting to his georgia indictment for the first time on camera and calling for his party to come to his defense. President biden prepares to host the leaders of japan and south korea on friday at camp david. China and north korea high on the agenda. Emergency alert. To you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. That is what he said before suddenly resigning a day later. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and Bianca Nobilo. It is friday, august 18, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington, d. C. Where Donald Trumps legal team is proposing a new date for the trial in his federal election sub version case. The date . April 2026. Which is years away. Of course special counsel jack smith is pushing for the trial to start in the january of 1202. This comes on the heels of Trump Calling off the News Conference where he was going to provid
information circulating online is that of the actual grand jurors or just people of the same name. former georgia state senator and attorney testified in the case and she says these threats might impede prosecutors ability to find a trial jury. everyone is going to know who they are. their lives will be turned upside down. so just to be able to sit a jury of people who would be even willing to put, you know, their lives on the line is going to be really, really difficult. reporter: and it is not just the grand jury under threat. judge tanya chutkan who is overseeing the federal location interference case against trump received a threatening voice mail earlier this month. according to court documents, a texas woman called chutkan s chambers on august 5 and left a message threatening to kill anyone who went after former president trump. she also allegedly threatened to kill congresswoman sheila jackson lee as well as people in the lgbtq community.
judge tanya chutkan who is overseeing the federal election interference case against trump received a threatening voice mail earlier this month. according to court documents, a texas woman called chutkan s chambers on august 5 and left a message threatening to kill anyone who went after former president trump. she also allegedly threatened to kill congresswoman sheila jackson lee and as well as people in the lgbtq community. she is now in custody. thank you very much. reporter: over the last week, trump hasedly posted to social media speaking directly to the fulton county grand jurors and judge chutkan saying will someone please tell the fulton county grand jury that i did not tamper with the election? and saying that chutkan obviously wants me behind bars. very biased and unfair. trump was scheduled to hold a press conference monday to amplify his baseless claims of