Good morning, everyone. We are so glad youre starting your morning with us. Good morning. Happy monday. Its good to be back. A lot of news. A lot of news to get to, so lets 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 states 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. A new serious concern
interviews instead a ten page home office questionnaire will decide the cases. labour leader sir keir starmer is launching what he calls five national missions for a future government. we ll bring you his speech live at 10:30. a tv reporter and a nine year old girl have been fatally shot near orlando, florida close to the scene of a murder that took place hours earlier. the bbc learns that only half the recommended number of medical staff were on duty at the 02 brixton academy in london on the night of a crush, which killed two people in december. david bowie s personal archive comprising of more than 80,000 items, has been purchased by the victoria and albert museum and will be on display in 2025. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a senior police officer shot in northern ireland has been named as detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell. an attempted murder investigation is underway; police say their primary focus is on dissident repub
control of products. they are making more money than they ve ever made. bill: opening arguments in the cop s trial are set to begin there. hello, bryan. bill, good morning. luna is mexico s highest ranking government official to be criminally charged and tried in the u.s. in the early 2000s he let mexico s federal agency akin to the f.b.i. before becoming the top law enforcement official in mexico controlling the federal police force as the secretary of public security until 2012. prosecutors say the man who led mexico s war against the drug cartels was instead accepting briefcases stuffed with tens of millions of bribes from the sinaloa cartel. in exchange luna provided second ratty intel protection and helped with smuggling at least 50,000 kilos of cocaine into the u.s. over the course of the eight-week trial there is intrigue about embarrassing and damning revelations with high ranking u.s. and mexico officials who trusted him. he served as the right-hand of the mexica
You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im in washington. We begin this hour with news that the Florida Republican party has scrapped its own loyalty oath requiring candidates to pledge support for the partys eventual nominee. It is a promise donald trump has flatly refused to make all along. It is seen as a major defeat for trumps closest rival in his own state, Florida Governor ron desantis, and a big win for donald trump. Meanwhile, as trumps legal woes consider to pile up, the judge has been asked to place a limited gag order on trump. They want to continue to block his ability to make continuing attacks in the federal case. Trump still leads the republican pac by more than 40 Percentage Points in the lowest cnn polls. Jeff, were about four months from the iowa caucuses. Youre at a key event tonight in des moines. What do you think well hear tonight . Reporter jim, the rest of the republican rivals will be gathered here on stage one by one reaching out to evangelical voters. A key consti
you are watching symone. american hostage released by hamas, abigail edan just turned for two days ago. president biden says abigail is proof that the hostage deal is working. she is among the 17 hostages let go of three of a four-day truce in exchange for 39 palestinian held in israel. the president saying the goal is to extend the pause in order to get more hostages out and more humanitarian aid into gaza. where displaced civilians are in desperate need. we will break down what happens next and hear from a family member of one of the hostages. plus, new york congressman george santos blasts his colleagues and doubles down against the damning report alleging his misuse of campaign funds. the house vote to expect them is expected this week. we will hear from ethics committee member lynne ivey about what to expect there. i am symone sanders-townsend and i have something to say. it is four pm in washington, d.c., and 11 pm in israel and gaza, where hamas release