found people peoplewhen i havenn told their families. right now, recovering the dead on maui as the living try to recover from their own trauma. plus donald trump s crowded calendar, a possible trial right before super tuesday among other important dates. and no-show strategy, the republican frontrunner could skip next week s debate but it doesn t mean he won t be on tv. good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m danny freeman. we begin this morning in atlanta with the prosecutor there fani willis having set the date she wants to start the georgia election interference trial of donald trump and his 18 co-defendants and already there is a significant conflict with the political calendar. willis has asked the judge to start the trial march 4, 2024 just one day before trump would compete in the super tuesday primary contest. that is when more than a dozen states including california and texas go to the polls. and as you can see, the
united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. max foster is off today. just ahead it is a tragedy beyond any expectation. but we are buoyed by the fact that the world has tried to lift us up and help us through this. mark meadows was not just setting up meetings. he was not arranging telephone calls. that is done by secretaries, staffers, white house operators. he is in the thick of this. i think the u.s. government probably has pretty good idea of what the kremlin wants and it is a question of whether they can make that concession. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, august 17, 10:00 p.m. in maui where at least 111 people are confirmed dead a little more than a week after devastating wildfires swept through the island and the hawaiian governor says some of the victims are children. not yet clear how many or if they have been identified. but we re told more than 1,000 people could still be missing an
bracing for landfall. parts of mexico and the southwestern u.s. are in the path of hurricane hilary. the powerful storm could bring floods and catastrophic destruction. ukraine says its pilots are already training on f-16 fighter jets, but just when those planes will be ready for use in combat is an open question. who will get the trophy in the women s world cup? we will find out just a few hours from now. a live report from sydney, australia, ahead. the southwestern united states and parts of mexico are bracing for the arrival of hurricane hilary. the historic storm expected to make landfall in the coming hours in mexico s baja california peninsula. the region is already feeling the effects. hilary is now a category 1 storm, but it remains dangerous with maximum sustained winds of around 85 miles an hour. it s expected to bring catastrophic and life-threatening flooding and california s governor has declared a state of emergency for southern parts of the state. officia
just ahead for you every time they file an indictment, we go way up in the polls. we need one more indictment to close out this election. his name has been at the center of this whole issue the last 2 1/2 years. all these defendants have until next friday at noon to surrender. the state will have everything it needs from the federal government. even is pitching in, doesn t matter where you are from. from the ashes we will survive. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is august 16, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in atlanta where in just nine days donald trump is expected to turn himself in at the fulton county jail over charges to subvert georgia s 2020 election results. the former president faces 13 criminal counts in the georgia election investigation, but is already denouncing the indictment against him and 18 other cope defendants. in the meantime he has announced a, quote, major news conference next monday t
response. and hurrican hilary is getting stronger. and timing is everything for team trump. his lawyers proposing new trial dates and negotiating when he will sur render in georgia . we begin with the maui official who defended the decision not to activate the warning sirens. he is now stepping down. he cited health reasons for his resignation. it comes with the death toll at 111 people and more than 1,000 still unaccounted for. randi kaye has more on the fallout. so many of the residents felt like we had no warning. reporter: hawaii has one of the largest public safety outdoor siren warning systems in the world. sirens that were silent as wildfires raged. the question is, why. first it was this it would not have saved those people on the mountain side. do you regret not sounding the sirens? i do not. sirens as i mentioned earlier is used primarily for tsunamis. reporter: that is what the head of maui s emergency management agency said wednesday. but even