The grand jury handling Donald Trumps Election Subversion Case is meeting right now, with indictment number 4 possible in the coming days. Why this case in georgia could create some of his most complicated legal problems yet. The death toll on maui keeps climbing. 96 confirmed fatalities now, with that number sadly expected to rise as Search And Rescue forge ahead. And the power companys now facing a lawsuit for not cutting electricity when forecasters were warning about powerful wind gusts. And almost two years after the chaotic u. S. Exit from afghanistan allies who fled the taliban and were promised a home in the United States say theyre now being sent back. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Potential indictment number 4 of former President Donald Trump could be days if not hours away. Today a grand jury in atlanta is hearing the culmination of a yearslong probe into efforts to overturn georgias 2020 election
There was also a lot of news, as there has been all week. Theres more today. Lets get started this friday, august 18. This breaking overnight, Hurricane Hillary Intensifying in the pacific. It is now a major category 4 hurricane thats expected to bring flooding and rain to california and the southwest over the weekend. More Breaking News, mauis Emergency Management administrator quit abruptly a day after he defended not sounding the islands sirens as Deadly Wildfires tore through la hadhaina citing health reasons. And also this just in, femas Disaster Fund is slipping into the red and Hurricane Season hasnt even peaked yet. Now pressure is on for congress to pass a spending bill. Former President Trump wants to push back the trial date in the federal election subversion case by a lot. The Special Counsel wants january, months from now. Trumps team wants april of 2026, about three years from now. And federal prosecutors are recommending the toughest january 6 sentence yet for two leader
Good evening. Im abby phillip and welcome to cnn prime time. There are doxing threats against the jurors in georgia and a death threat against the judge. Meanwhile, donald trump has proposed a date for one of the multiple trials he faces. This one, jack smiths federal election subversion case. That is april 2026. Yes, thats more than two and a half years away. And it comes as hes negotiating his surrender over in georgia on charges that he and 18 codefendants orchestrated a Criminal Enterprise to overturn joe bidens election victory. Ill talk to one republican who says the rico charge in georgia is, quote, a nuclear bomb where a bullet would have been appropriate. And weve got much more on all this to come. Plus, imagine youre on a in it to cancun and just 27 minutes into your trip, you see this outside of your window. Smoke and flame shooting out of the right engine. Tonight ill talk to two of the passengers on that flight. And a shocking mistrial in the case of a father and a son cha
Correspondent Alexis Mcadams starts us off live tonight from des moines, iowa. Good evening, alexis. Bret, good evening from des moines. We talked to lot of voters state fairgrounds fox power rankings. Amongst all the fried food and all the fun here in iowa. The main course still politics. Tim scott, i think he has got a very positive message i like donald trump. I voted for him. This time around its iffy. Trump is the only one that can get us out of this mess we gotten into. Iowa voters not surprised that former President Donald Trump came outer on top on the new latest power rankings. Maybe desantis but im Still Standing with trump. Florida Governor Ron Desantis remains in second place, though recent polls show that gap between him and trump is widening. And in most national polls, South Carolina senator tim scott is a distant third. I just dont think he is as wellknown unless you have really been following the senate. Right now scott the only other candidate to poll double dignity s
House. Im sure you have heard that. Ainsley Brooke Singman spoke exclusively with the former president last night and joins us now. What did he say . Thats right. I spoke with the former president last night who says his fourth indictment comes during a, quote, dark period for our country but he wont let it stop him President Trump telling me this is a consideration of the greatest and longest running witchhunt in american history. I will make America Great again. Now, late Last Night Trump was indicted by Fulton County georgia d. A. Fanny willis alongside 18 others that included personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. Former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows and even kanye west former publicist. Traveled to the home of an Election Worker in Fulton County. These charges come after a years long criminal investigation over his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 president ial election in the state sparked by a phone call he made to georgias Secretary Of State back in December 2020 charge