just entered a not guilty plea in the georgia election interference case. we are following a busy day of new legal filings and awaiting a critical ruling that could come at any time. also tonight, one of the longest prison sentences yet connected to the january 6 riot. a proud boy who led members of that far right group to the capitol was just ordered to serve 18 years. and we re tracking a huge manhunt for a convicted murderer on the loose after escaping from a pennsylvania prison. authorities now warning he is extremely dangerous and likely heading toward mexico right now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i mal i m alex marquardt and you re in the situation room. first this hour, rudy giuliani is now the most prominent trump co-defendant to enter a not guilty plea in georgia. besides the former president himself. let s get straight to jessica schneider. so jess, we have seen a series of new not g
the accidents from hydroplaning. last time we got some big rain, the 78 got closed down. people are afraid to come out, you know? that s not usual californians. will: diss disneyland resorts is planning to close early today while universal studios says they ll monitor the situation closely. let s turn to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. are. rick: that s probably a good call with disney, to be honest. it s going to be really windy. right here is kind of the center of the storm, but you see a lot of energy to the knot of it. sill to the south of it. we re going to have a lot of moisture for the next 3-4 days, so we ll keep rain in the forecast for quite a while. as you just mentioned, tropical storm warning in effect for los angeles, that has never happened before. and this is one of the wind gust forecasts. take a look at this. you ve got some winds that are probably 60-80 miles an hour across the mountains to the east of san diego area. this is to start the day today. i
all eyes on georgia. and a potential fourth donald trump indictment. every time the radical left democrats indict me, i consider it a great, great, great badge of honor. and new cnn reporting links a post election break-in back to the former president s lawyers. plus the president s son and the special prosecutor. he has been granted ultimate authority over this matter including the responsibility of deciding where, when and whether to file charges. and there was a special counsel and guarantees a collision between law and politics. and the fair brings a face-off over january 6. did you intend to over turn the 2020 election. you know the answer. and overheated hecklers. my question is this, why did you commit treason? and gives one candidate one shot. good morning and welcome to inside politics. i m casey hunt in for abby phillip this morning. this morning the politics of the campaign playing out alongside the trials and tribulations of the former
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 trump s 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 cnn s 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 trump s legal team an the breach if coffee county, georgia. a rural republican heavy county, abou
welcome to the lead, aim jake tapper. and we start with breaking news, violent and explosive wildfires in hawaii. fueled by strong winds from a hurricane, 800 miles away. it is a situation so sudden and so catastrophic on maui, local officials say a dozen people ran into the ocean to try to escape the flames. and they went out so far they then had to be rescued. hawaii s governor said hundreds of families have been displaced and some loss of life is expected, unquote. cell towers and 911 are out of service on the the hard-hit west side compounding the difficulty for many. we re expecting a press conference and we ll bring you that when it starts but derek van damme looked at where this erratic disaster may be headed next. reporter: hellish scenes of wildfires engulfing normally picturesque maui. powerful winds, associated with hurricane dora helping fuel the flames. fact that we have wildfire in multiple areas as a result of indirectly from a hurricane is unprecedented.