Hard questions on maui. How did this wildfire start . How did it grow so fast . Destroy lives all with so little warning . Now a top official in charge of the response to that crisis has quit even as he stands up for how his agency handled the disaster. Plus a historic hurricane. Hilary is now a huge category four storm. It could be the first storm of its kind to hit california in some 84 years. Some areas could get a years worth of rain in just one day. And justice deferred. Donald trumps legal team trying to push one trial years into the future. While the former president backtracks his plans to hold an explosive News Conference monday. Were following these developing stories and more right here all coming in to cnn news central. The origin and the response to the deadly maui wildfires are both under growing scrutiny. Just a couple of hours, residents of the devastated town of lahaina are set to hold a News Conference to address how officials responded to the disaster. It comes after
We learn charges against alec baldwin could be refiled based On A New Forensic Report of the deadly movie set shooting. Following these major developing stories, all coming in to cnn news central. The clock is ticking, talks are happening behind the scenes. Behind the donald trump surrender, by next friday as until august 25th, until then to turn himself in on racketeering and conspiracy charges. His lawyers are the District Attorney team, the sprawling case as its known accuses trump and 18 others of criminally plotting to alter georges 2020 electric result Election Results to overturn them, no defendants have yet been booked at the jail, cnns Nick Valencia is outside of the courthouse where the grand jury voted this week, the turning and will not happen there. It will happen around the corner i suppose, tell us what we are learning about the details and how they are being worked out. Score mac former President Trump will be treated as everyone else, indicted which means being process
Ill get reaction from the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States. She joins us live this hour. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im Alex Marquardt, and youre in the situation room. We begin with a historic show of unity from the United States, japan, and south korea. President biden hosting his asian allies at camp david with an eye towards the military and economic threats that theyre all facing in the Pacific Region right now. Cnns Paula Hancocks is standing by in seoul. First lets get straight to cnns Arlette Saenz at camp david. What came out of this summit . Reporter President Biden hosted his first leaders as president here at camp david, and the president is hoping that the symbolism of this location of the pezs retreat will lend itself to this moment as two u. S. Allies with decades of fraught history have come together with the u. S. To enter this new trilateral agreement in part as they are dealing with gr
We begin this hour with an historic Hurricane Barreling toward the u. S. Hilary is now a category 3 hurricane with top winds of more than 100 miles per hour. This is new video of the storm pummeling mexico as it inches closer to the u. S. The powerful system could bring a years worth of rain in one day to parts of the southwest along with potentially catastrophic and lifethreatening flooding. Right now parts of Southern California are under a Tropical Storm warning for the first time in history. Officials and residents there are preparing with sandbags and the California National guard is standing by ready to help. A State Emergency Official tells cnn its an all hands on deck situation. Weve got a cnn team at this hour tracking hilary. Meteorologist derek van dam is closely following the path Aina Tasha Chen has a look at storm preps in los angeles. Derek, lets start with you at the cnn weather center. I cant believe were talking about a hurricane and preparations for it in los angeles
Just ahead of his expected surrender in atlanta next week. Also tonight, children among the dead in maui. Amid the slow and very painful search for victims of catastrophic wildfires. Scrutiny of the Disaster Response intensifying after hawaiis governor told me more than 1,000 people could still be missing. And a warning that north korea may be preparing new provocations as President Biden is about to hold an unprecedented Camp David Summit with the leaders of south korea and japan. Ill ask the u. S. Ambassador to japan, rahm emanuel, about the summit stakes when he joins us live this hour. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. We begin with fears of violence against Georgia Grand Jurors whose names and addresses were apparently posted online just days after they indicted donald trump. Authorities now investigating the threats and working to keep them safe. Paula reid is on the story. Give us the latest. Weve