These are serious charges. These are like for the mafia or mob. What were they thinking . Something that campaign cant get involved in. Kids screaming, babies being handed off to other people. It was like out of a war movie. The Historic Town of lahaina burned to the ground. Well find out what we could have done to prevent such loss of life to the best of our ability. Live in london, this is cnn newsroom. It is august 14. And the District Attorney is expected to present the case against donald trump this week. She could possibly seek more than a dozen indictment including a fourth round of charges for the former president. It comes as cnn has new details on the case. Sources say there is new evidence linking Donald Trumps legal team to a voting breach. Reporter specifically he these Text Messages show that lawyers working for trump actively sought to get a written letter of recommendation in the days leading up to the breach. Lawyers like Rudy Giuliani and former trump attorney Sydney
ruling to testify in the special counsel s january 6th investigation. pence is now poised to recount for the first time under oath. his conversations with donald trump leading up to the january insurrection. also tonight, kevin mccarthy leads a defiant show of force in the face of stern warnings from china, the speaker and a bipartisan delegation of u. s lawmakers holding a historic meeting with taiwan s president on american soil. speaking with top democrat who was in the room for the talks. and later this hour, we will go live to jerusalem amid rising tensions in the middle east. there are new fears that violence could boil over after israeli forces raid one of the holiest sites in islam for the second straight night. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today . i m alex marquardt in your in the situation room. let s get straight to our top story tonight. special counsel jack smith notches a major victory, securing a
authoritarianism is to taiwan, we won t be scared nor cower. we will uphold the values of democracy and freedom. reporter: the u.s. administration officials have said that these transit visits are from senior officials are unofficial. and it is in keeping with the one china policy. but that is not good enough for beijing. they have consistently had and an i didn t response to these transit visits and we have a statement from the foreign ministry saying that they formally oppose any official interactn between the u.s. and tien wi taiwan and saying that they cling to the stubborn position for independence and is a troublemaker. and also the taiwanese president also met with senior u.s.
transit visits as they ve been called. what more should we expect from beijing? well so far , alex. we ve heard this angry rhetoric that is expected beijing threatening to fight back against the visit and repeatedly accusing the meeting of undermining china s sovereignty and regional peace. now the context here is that china gets angry whenever taiwanese leaders hold these hope high profile international meetings because beijing sees taiwan as a breakaway province that is part of its territory and kevin mccarthy with tying win at the ronald reagan presidential library. that was a strong show of democratic solidarity. take a listen to what taiwan s president sanguine had to say. we once again find ourselves in the world where democracy is under strap. and the urgency of keeping the beacon of freedom shining. cannot be understated their presence. and i m wavering support. reassure the people of taiwan. that we are not.