Good morning, everyone. Lets get things started with fife things to know for this wednesday, august 16th. There are new developments in Donald Trumps georgia indictment. Overnight we learned the form president is expected to be booked into jail at any point in the next nine i days. And were learning his dms on twitter were of great interest for the Special Counsel. New questions this morning about what caused wildfires on maui that are now blamed for 106 deaths. The Washington Post is report ing a downed power line likely caused that first fire on the island. Heres the video of that moment. The soldier that crossed into north korea, his mother is asking he be treated fairly. Oher attempted a 15 million shake dunn before he filed this petition. Cnn this morning starts right now. Heres where we start. New overnight, we know where donald trump will likely surrender in Fulton County, georgia, with just nine days left to turn himself in. The former president is expected to be arrested and b
Mounting charges all related to his work with trump after the 2020 election. Giuliani says his legal troubles have left him out of cash. And the death toll is rising in hawaii surpassing 100. President biden will travel to maui soon once his visit will not interrupt the Recovery Efforts on the ground. And the family from The Blind Side is pushing back on claims from retired nfl star michael oher that they withheld millions of dollars from him. They claim he would plant a negative story about them in the press unless they paid him 15 million. In just one month, messi has his team reaching new heights. He stored his ninth goal in six games after a victory over Philadelphia Union and miami now heads to the cup final. Hes good. Hes very good. Cnn this morning starts right now. I want to take my kids to miami just to go take them to see messi. You should use my Expert Analysis that i just gave you that hes good at soccer. Thank you for that, phil mattingly. This morning we are tracking seve
And tonight a big win for donald trump in georgia and more embarrassment for the da there. Plus criminal obstruction and ethics violations might be levied against members of the genuis 6foot panel big news on that. Johnson will join us with more. Also tonight carnage and chaos in Violent Crime the Island Nation of haiti has evolved into a state of complete anarchy is a gang member named barbecue leads a violent revolt. Florida is bracing for a wave of haitian citizens fleeing their country by c Governor Ron Desantis says florida is prepared for details ahead with our Fox News Correspondent but first its official a 2024 rematch is underway and joe biden is already falling behind. President trump leads with nationwide in almost every major poll also ahead in every single Battleground State colluding ohio michigan Georgette Nevada and pennsylvania where a new fox poll has trump up by 2 it in arizona another poll has trump beating biden by 4 points meanwhile a bloomberg warning or survey s
To be the day before the first 2024 Super Tuesday primaries for the republican president ial contest. This is also before the proposed trial dates for two other of his criminal trials. Lets get straight to paula reed for us. Walk us through the Scheduling Proposal here. Reporter the key word is proposal. This is her request. She said in her Press Conference that she wants to try all 19 defendants together, and she wanted to do that in six months. But jake, its a pretty aggressive timeline. Six months to put on a rico case . These are notoriously complicated, tend to be drawn out. And then you have 19 defendants. At least three of whom are expected to challenge this, try to get it moved to federal court. So its unlikely this is going to be granted. Shes also competing for real estate on a very crowded calendar. Lets start with january of next year. There is a request by the Special Counsel to do the January 6th Trial the first week of january. Then you have the e. Jean carol Defamation
The jail is open 24 7. An open invitation from the Fulton County sheriff to donald trump and his codefendants as we learn the former president is in talks right now over when he will turn himself in. Details on when we could see him surrender. A Climbing Death Toll and a growing recognition of just how much maui has lost. Authorities in hawaii trying now to identify some of the wildfire victims. And the white house announces that President Biden will travel there next week to tour the aftermath for himself. Plus biden selling bidenomics. Polls still show, though, the voters arent buying it. What is the disconnect even in a Strong Economy . We are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. The countdown has begun, and the jailers are waiting. Donald trump and his 18 codefendants have nine days left to turn themselves in at the Fulton County jail near downtown atlanta. Were keeping a close eye on that live feed right there. That