Deadly u. S. Wildfire in a century. New questions are emerging about the Emergency Response there. A chaotic smashandgrab caught on camera but was anybody caught by police . Im john berman with kate baldwin and sarah sidner, we are the anchors of cnnCnn News Central which starts now. Welcome to unchartered territory once again. Right now a grand jury is meeting in georgia. And moments ago, we have now learned that former Georgia State senator is inside the courthouse right now to offer her grand jury testimony. Things are happening right now. Tomorrow, willis is expected to call two more witnesses to testify as shes laying out her case to charge a dozen people. Overnight reporting into cnn, willis has Text Messages and emails directly linking trumps inner circle to the breach of the Voting System in georgia which is part of this overall investigation right now. Paula reid is outside of the courthouse. What is the latest were learning about the State Senator who is now testifying and wh
Former georgia Lieutenant Governor and cnn contributor jeff duncan revealing to cnn today he will testify before a grand jury in just a few days. I did just receive notification to appear on Tuesday Morning at the Fulton County grand jury, and i certainly will be there to do my part in recounting the facts. I have no expectations as to the questions, and ill certainly answer whatever questions put in front of me and dont want to go any deeper than that to jeopardize or compromise the investigation. This is a story that is important for republicans to hear and americans to hear. Lets hear the whole truth and nothing but the truth in Donald Trumps actions and the surrounding cast of characters around him. Fulton County District attorney fani willis is expected to seek multiple charges against trump and his allays in the years long investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. We have Defense Attorney and former federal prosecutor shan wu for some legal analysis
In washington. Jim acosta has evening off. And we begin with Game Changing evidence in the Georgia Election interference of donald trump and his allies. Fulton county officials now have emails and Text Messages that directly connect members of trumps legal team to the breach of a Voting System in rural Coffee County. The new very many comes as fani willis prepared to present the case to a grand jury. She is expected to seek an indictment of more than a dozen people as early as tuesday. And that means this week a former u. S. President could be facing criminal charges in four u. S. Jurisdictions. We begin with Cnns Zachary Cohen who helped break this reporting. Zack, thank you for being with us. How significant is this new evidence that you all have uncovered that is lirnnking to e breach of the Voting System . Reporter these texts really do draw a direct line between members of trumps legal team an the breach if Coffee County, georgia. A rural republican heavy county, about 200 miles s
Washington, d. C. Im fredricka whitfield. We begin this morning with the apocalyptic destruction in hawaii, the deadliest National Disaster in state history. At least 80 people are dead. And thousands more displaced from the wildfires. And now, rescue crews are bringing in cadaver dogs to help search what is left of burned buildings. Devastation from the lahaina fire, costing an estimated 5. 5 billion am in mountainy county. One lawmaker tells cnn the statement unestimated the possibility of wildfires and failed to plan for emergency issues with the government alert center. The governor has looked at a comprehensive review of the states response all of this developing as we are seeing more videos of harrowing escapes. We got to walk somewhere. Over there. By the beach. [ bleep ]. No, no, no not like this. Not like this. No. [ bleep ]. Oh, my gosh. I mean that family did eventually make it to an evacuation shelter, after taking refuge on rocks, by the ocean. Lets go now to cnns mike val
hello welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m max foster in london. we begin this morning with the weekend rebellion inside russia led by the wagner group of mercenary fighters. its chief yevgeny prigozhin ordered his troops to march towards moscow to seek revenge after accusing the military leadership of killing his forces and claiming to seize military sites in two russian cities and then claim within 125 miles of the capital but the insurrection came to an abrupt end when prigozhin said a deal was struck to avoid bloodshed. the kremlin said criminal charges against prigozhin will be dropped and he ll go in exile in belarus. but prigozhin himself hasn t confirmed any of that detail and russian state media report this morning that prigozhin remains under investigation for inciting the armed rebellion. the entire episode raises questions whether vladimir putin is losing his decades-long grip on power. cnn s nic robertson joins me n