maui. identifying the dead and getting help to frustrated survivors. and north korea now confirming that it has custody of a u.s. soldier who dashed across the dmz. what happens to him now. good morning and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m danny freeman. we begin with the 19 defendants indicted in the georgia election sin version case. will any of them turn themselves in today for criminal processing. the d.a. gave them until the end of next week to surrender themselves and the sheriff says that they can show up at the jail anytime 24/7. sheriff says he expects former president trump to appear there for booking but when exactly? trump still hasn t said. more now from sara murray in atlanta. reporter: a then day clock fr donald trump and his allies to turn themselves in. i m giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than noon on friday 25th day of august, 2023. reporter: after fulton county district att
a search for answers. the atf now in maui investigating what sparked a catastrophic wildfire, as crews search for more than a thousand people still missing. and in the aftermath of the disaster, a top emergency management official stepping down even as he defends the response to the fires. plus, delay, delay, delay. donald trump s legal team testing the limits of that legal strategy, proposing to start one of his special counsel trials in april of 2026. will the judge buy their reasons for the setback? and serious skepticism from the white house to the pentagon about ukraine s current strategy and where kyiv is targeting its fight against russia. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. we start this afternoon with major growing questions on the cause and the response to the deadly maui wildfires. right now, the atf s national response team is joining the investigation. the death toll remains a
he s claiming that. also tonight breaking news on his former chief of staff and current co-defendant mark meadows who now warrants the trial moved to federal court and the latest from maui where president biden is 34re7b8ging every federal asset needed and the need is enormous. we begin with the breaking news in the wake of last night s rico indictment in georgia, the former president and 18 other, one of them former trump chief of staff mark meadows filed papers late today asking to move the case to federal court. rudy giuliani facing 13 counts said this afternoon he ll seek to do the same. we ll talk more in a moment about this and the case to be made for it with our legal experts and whether the former president might join in. right now, though, he appears to be rushing head long into the past. two years and seven months since leaving office four criminal indictments and 71 fell ni charges later donald trump says he can finally do it. do what all his attorneys and motl
trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. sources tell cnn that georgia prosecutors now have text messages and emails directly connecting trump s legal team to a voting system breach in coffee county, georgia in january 2021. this comes as the district investigating trump in georgia appears to be close to an indictment. fulton county district attorney fani willis is expected to seek charges against more than a dozen people. if she brings charges against the former president, it would be the fourth indictment of trump since being voted out of office. we have coverage of these new developments. isabel rosales is outside the fulton county court where security preparations under way. and we have cnn s zachary cohen with these new developments. zach, let s begin with you. tell us more about what you re learning and this new evidence. reporter: fred, these are texts, our sources are telling us, are in the hands of the prosecutors in georgia. the text messages really lay out
surrender negotiation. sources tell cnn that trump s lawyers are in talks now about all the details as we wait for the former president and his co-defendants to turn themselves in in georgia. we are following all those details. and new images of the devastation in hawaii coming in. this is the death toll still rising. people await word of those still missing. the head of fema will join us to explain what is being done now to help survivors. and selling the economy. but are americans buying? president biden set to speak moments from now to tout his economic wins. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. 19 defendants, nine days left. former president trump and his indicted co-conspirators in the georgia election subversion case have until next friday to turn themselves in on charges that include racketeering and conspiracy. and we have just learned that trump s lawyers are now negotiating with the fulton cou