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. Hawaiis 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 hardhit west side compounding the difficulty for many. Were expecting a Press Conference and well 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. Reporter Lieutenant
In his third indictment. Then Police Identify another Murder Victim 27 years later in the Gilgo Beach Killings so why wasnt the Serial Killer charged in connection with her death. Plus back on the mat. Samone biles returns since the First Time Since the toke olympics. Could she be eyeing a comeback at next years games in paris . Welcome to the lead. Im Bianna Golodryga in for jake tapper. We start with the Law And Justice lead and the aftershocks of Donald Trumps third arraignment. Today the former president called on the Supreme Court to get involved in the case. It is not clear exactly what mr. Trump is asking the high court to do. But the former president claims that the charges against him are, quote, election interference. Trump pleading not guilty yesterday inside of a washington, d. C. Courtroom. And his next hearing is scheduled for august 28th. Lets get straight to cnn just justice correspondent Jessica Schneider with more on this. Lets start with the new trump request. Is thi
World hasn t seen but wants results. from the west, they have words and weapons of support. but out here, it is them alone. in searing heat cloaked in dust, in the southern counter offensive near oraheve, ukraine has the initiative. yet, they have to shoot their way forward. round by round. [ sound of gunfire ] the russians are just past the building on the horizon. let s keep moving, guys. they re very anxious that we leave. we re the first journalists to reach this part of ukraine s counter offensive push south towards robatina. we were shotted by the russias anow we re moving fast out of here because their expected return fire. the lots from the early
Assaults evident. the bradley armed vehicle this thick dust and the tankers moving forward to fire at russian positions which they say are beginning to look in peril as ukraine s southern counter offensive pushed forward. the 15th national guard have lost many friends here. but also gained ground. it has been incredibly tough. but some faces we saw over the past week have brightened. it has gotten closer. some of the tools given towards it grates here. they re being expected to do things no nato army would attempt with equipment they would scoff at. the humvee we travel in with tires so thread bare no american soldier would be expected to drive it. they have no time for
Ukraine but likely by ukraine on the kremlin domes and then a attack on moscow skyscrapers in the city and then the attack by another ukraine drone on the bridge between crimea an the russian mainland. perhaps a bit by ukraine to show some sort of military impetuous even though the southern counter offensive is going slower than they would like. be all in all, absolutely not what vladimir putin thought would be happening in this war of choice that he started intoerly 18 months ago. stunning to see the ship in the video listing there. nick paton walsh, thank you as always for your reporting. well even as 2024 republican presidential candidate chris christie made a surprise trip to ukraine to meet with president volodymyr zelenskyy. for the first time since putin s war began, a new cnn poll shows that a majority of americans