Fake electors plot before the 2020 election was even decided. Well have more on that video which appears to undermine some claims from the former president s legal team also ahead, the latest developments in the Georgia Election case including the proposed trial date from Fulton County District Attorney fani willis. Plus an update on the Recovery Efforts in maui amid increasing scrutiny for hawaiis electricity provider. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, august 17th. Im johnnen lemere. Thanks for starting your day with us. Well begin this morning with a disturbing situation out of texas where a woman was arrested and charged with threatening the federal judge who is presiding over former president Donald Trumps federal election interference case here in washington, d. C. The 43yearold who was denied bail allegedly threatened to kill judge tanya chutkan. We want to warn you some of these details are down right disturbing. According to an affidavit filed last wee
Devastating outbreak of wildfires. With us today fema administrator dee ann griswald. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Donald trump is out fundraising this hour in nashville as his legal bills have mounted and he faces a deadline to surrender to the Fulton County jail in georgia before noon next friday, but his unrelenting attacks over prosecutors over his cases are troubling. On wednesday a texas woman was charged with transmitting a threat to injure a person by an interstate commerce after leaving expletiveladen racist email for d. C. District drug Tanya Chutkan. We are coming to kill you and that chutkan will be targeted personally, your family, all of it. Were leaving all of the expletives out. Nbc news has learned that the reported names of the Georgia Grand Jury who handed out the latest indictment have been posted on a fringe website that often features violent rhetoric. Nbcs Garrett Haake in atlanta, grant kushner, robert james and New York Times White Hous
Ahead on cnn newsroom, much of Southern California now under a Storm Warning never seen before. Well tell you what the region could see. In hawaii, the latest on Rec Recoveriests and the search for those still missing. And cnn learns when donald trump is expected to sure rending himself to a jail here in tlapt. Details and the legal negotiations going on right now behind the scenes. Reporter live in cnn center this is cnn newsroom, we begin this hour in the Southwestern United States where people are bracing for catastrophic flooding. Hurricane hilary could dump more than a year worth rain of in a few days. Its likely to make landfall in mexico but its moving fast and could arrive in california as a Tropical Storm, the first such storm to do so in decades. Its been 84 years since one came ashore, so its a Once In A Lifetime event that were going to be experiencing. Preparations are already under wa the federal Emergency Management agency is sending personnel and supplieso Southern Cali
The blind side, the Family Firing back after the Football Star At The Center of the movie said they didnt really adopt him. Nbc news investigates the danger of abandoned oil and gas wells, and could they be connected to that Pennsylvania House explosion . And Baseball Players wanted the mlbs search for the next generation of stars. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, and welcome, everyone. The demand for accountability is growing louder on the Hawaiian Island of maui tonight amid the search for something to explain how so many, how so much could be taken so quickly. No cause of the fire has been determined, but the local power company, Hawaiian Electric, is coming under increased scrutiny tonight over how it responded as live power lines toppled under 80mileperhour winds spewing showers of sparks, potential sources for ignition of the incredibly fastmoving fires. The utility acknowledging shutting off power as conditions worsened was not a simple solution,
Seen. Also, the questions, what sparked the inferno. Caught on camera, downed power lines, was that the cause . Were learning more names tonight of the victims. Our team in hawaii. The Fulton County d. A. Proposing a march 2024 date for Donald Trumps trial in georgia. Will the judge agree . The police raid on a small kansas paper that drew national outrage. Why the prosecutor now says hes withdrawing the warrant and telling police to give everything back. Could charges be refiled against alec baldwin for the deadly rust shooting . What the prosecutor said today. The battle over The Blind Side, the Family Firing back after the Football Star At The Center of the movie said they didnt really adopt him. Nbc news investigates. The danger of abandoned oil and gas wells, and could they be connected to that Pennsylvania House explosion . And Baseball Players wanted. The mlbs search for the next generation of stars. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome,