With alicia menendez. Thank you so much reverend sharpton. Menendez hello everyone, im alicia menendez, coming and they are tonight with Breaking News L of maui, where the death toll has risen to 93. Sadly, officials fear that number will rise. These are now the deadliest wildfires in modern u. S. History. Heres hawaiis governor, josh greene, earlier today, on msnbc. If they need, they need our love. They need our embrace, and they need resources. Right now, we are still in the throes of the acute phase of this recovery. Meaning that we are still recovering the tragic loss of life, and the bodies that were, that were previously here in hawaii. Its a war zone. As the death toll rises, and rescue Recovery Efforts expand, theres also a growing push for accountability across hawaii, three law firms have already filed a Class Action Suit against the Electric Company on maui, claiming the wildfires could have been avoided if the Utility Company had turned off powerlines ahead of the wind sto
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
Jail for several years for counterfeiting one vote. If they try to vote illegally once, he tried to steal the entire election. And his lawyers out there are saying that its just a matter of him expressing his First Amendment rights. And that is deranged. That is a deranged argument. Trumps lawyers also making the case that mike pence will be the defenses, quote, best witness. Today on cnn, pence contradicted lauras take on the Pressure Campaign to block the certification of president bidens election victory. What President Trump did not do is direct Vice President pence to do anything. He asked him in an aspirational way, asking is covered by the First Amendment. In the days before the president was talking about us rejecting votes. And then late in the process, his lawyers suggested that we return votes to the states. But frankly, the day before january 6th, if memory serves, they came back, his lawyers did, and said we want you to reject votes outright. They were asking me to overtur
Voting machines. Bornean. Top of the hour this friday morning. So glad youre with us on ccnn this morning. What a week it has been. And so much more to come. Thats exactly right. This is going to be a very intense, very consequential months, years. Many years. Sawyer, dejected, defiant. Donald trumps mood, State Of Mind after his third arraignment in four months. Trump, for his part, proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. And indianas neartotal abortion ban appears to be underway. Some clinics in the state have already stopped taking appointments, forcing women to seek outofstate options. We will talk to illinois governor j. B. Pritzker. Also, the jops report, we will get an example of the economy in general after a pretty shaky week for u. S. Markets. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Heres where we begin this morning. Former President Trump back in new jersey after pleading not guilty to his arraignment in the past
Responsibility for the fact that inflation in the uk is much higher than it is in comparable countries. In the us, it is 3 . In the eurozone it is 5. 3 . And yet, here in britain, inflation remains stubbornly at 7. 9 because of a decade or more of mismanagement by the conservative party. Lets talk to our work and money reporter peter ruddick. What does this mean for people with mortgages . It what does this mean for people with mortua. Es . , what does this mean for people with mortua. Es . , , what does this mean for people with mortauaes . ,. Mortgages . It was widely expected but unfortunately mortgages . It was widely expected but unfortunately that mortgages . It was widely expected but unfortunately that will mortgages . It was widely expected but unfortunately that will not but unfortunately that will not prevent the pain from hurting. Lets break this down, for people on a variable or a tracker rate mortgage, which tracks the Bank Of England base rate, they will see immediate im