wildfires. only 3% of the disaster has even been searched. the governor calling it a fire hurricane that spread faster than a mile a minute. now a new lawsuit gets the state s main electric provider. hours from now the district attorney set to begin presenting her case to a grand jury in the georgia election subversion case. this means a potential fourth indictment looms over former president trump. cnn learns about key evidence obtained by prosecutors. and a home explodes outside of pittsburgh. gas systems were operating as designed, according to officials. it could take months or years to figure out why. the raid of a newspaper head quarters in kansas is raising serious concerns over first amendment rights. police seizing everything. also the lapd says a mob of people stole $100,000 worth of merchandise during a daytime robbery. we ll show you what was caught on camera. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, thank you for joining us. there s a lot of n
good morning, everyone. we are so glad you re starting your morning with us. good morning. happy monday. it s good to be back. a lot of news. a lot of news to get to, so let s get started with five things to know this monday, august 14th. breaking overnight, 96, that is the death count so far from the hawaii wildfires and only 3% of the disaster area has been searched. the governor calling it a fire hurricane. it spread faster than a mile a minute, and now a new lawsuit against the state s main electric provide r. hours from now the fulton county district attorney is expected to present her case to the grand jury in the georgia election subversion case. this means a potential fourth indictment looms over former president trump. cnn learns exclusively about key evidence obtained by prosecutors. and a home explodes outside of pittsburgh killing five. gas systems were operating as designed, according to officials, who say it could take months to figure out what happened.
the defense, in one way or another in this federal case, and the other today, saying not so fast. today, the special counsel, asked for a january 2nd trial date in the election subversion case, which had said partake as little as four weeks. the former president, who is expected to challenge that, took the first step tonight in his social network. quoting now, but leaving out some of the personal tax on smith and president biden. quote, only an out of touch lunatic would ask for such a date. one day, into the new year, and maximum election interference with iowa. now whatever you make of that, in particular the, the proposed date is yet another entry on what is already a very crowded calendar. take a look. surrounding that date are the trump organization s civil fraud trial this october, the e. jean carroll defamation trial january 15th. that is the same day of the iowa caucuses. super tuesday, march 5th, is just ten days before march 15th, manhattan hush money trial. in the
trial. and we get more evidence of defense foot-dragging in the mar-a-lago documents case. also tonight, we re on the scene of the enormous destruction in maui where some of the wildfires are thankfully being contained, but the proportions of this tragedy, including now dozens of lives lost, it just keeps growing. later, florida governor ron desantis adds a new adversary to disney, school liberians and the woke. this time school prosecutors. he is firing them, only he never hired them. the voters did. we ll speak to the latest official to get the ax. good evening. john berman here for anderson. trying to for swift justice in what could become the most significant criminal trial ever in this country. if not unprecedented in its speed, then pretty nearly so. the defense in one way or another in this federal case and the other today say not so fast. today the special counsel s team asked for a january 2nd trial date in the election subversion case which it said could take
week, setting up a fourth possible indictment for trump. also ahead, we will explain the new development in the department of justice s investigation of hunter biden and the special counsel now appointed to that case. and plus, we will bring you an update on the catastrophic maui wildfire which is now the deadliest in modern u.s. history. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this monday, august 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. and we will begin with the latest on the devastating wildfires burning across the island of maui. firefighters there in hawaii continue to battle flames this morning as officials have now confirmed that at least 96 people have died. the wildfire now ranks as the deadliest in modern united states history, surpassing 2018 s campfire in california which killed 85. hawaii governor josh green said the fires will likely be the largest natural disaster in his state s history, with damages estimated a