good morning, everyone. let s get things started with fife things to know for this wednesday, august 16th. there are new developments in donald trump s 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 we re 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. here s 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. here s 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
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 it s 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 i m 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 don t think he is as well-known unless you have really been following the senate. right now scott the only other cand
the uk could soon carry anti smoking messages and advice inside the packet, as well as outside. but will it be enough to convince smokers to quit? but first to the ongoing recovery efforts in hawaii. 96 people are known to have died in wildfires on maui, with officials warning that number is likely to rise. hawaii governorjosh green said more than 2,700 buildings had been destroyed in the historic town of lahaina. hundreds of people are still missing and only about 3% of the affected area has been searched. residents say they had no official warning before they fled for their lives, raising difficult questions about the effectiveness of the emergency response, and whether more people could have been saved. early warning sirens failed to sound, according to officials, a failure now under investigation by hawaii s attorney general. our correspondent, nomia iqbal, has more details. the historic la haina the historic lahaina is now nothing but ashes and dust. it looks like it
people get a good whiff of the liberal policies that returned america s wealthiest city into a cesspool of open-air drug market and homeless encampments. while san fran s dk could be a boon to tourism, it s a death sentence to retailers. they are warning they might close for good after 166 years in business. speak are businesses of business people love. but if you can get around and you re trying to walk the streets and you step over needles and human waste. often bodies on the streets, it s unworkable. greg: if that wasn t enough human misery on display, how about philly where businesses are now being forced to set up booby-traps like hidden sprinklers to ward off drug addicts who keep scaring customers. the former drug dealer turned activist comparing the situation in philly to a zombie movie. it s the first stop. they come off the train, they come right down here. do whatever you want. you see the chaos, you re going to see people with blood running down their arm. nee
cesspool of open-air drug market and homeless encampments. while san fran s decay could be a boon to tourism, it s a death sentence to retailers. they are warning they might close for good after 166 years in business. our business is a business people love. but if you can get around and you re trying to walk the streets and you step over needles and human waste. often bodies on the streets it s unworkable. greg: if that wasn t enough human misery on display, how about philly where businesses are now being forced to set up booby-traps like hidden sprinklers to ward off drug addicts who keep scaring customers. the former drug dealer turned activist comparing the situation in philly to a zombie movie. it s the first stop. they come off the train, they come right down here. do whatever you want. you see the chaos, you re going to see people with blood running down their arm. needle in their neck, needling their arm, piped in their mouth. you re dealing with chemical warfare