and you are watching velshi on msnbc. i am charles coleman jr. filling in for my friend ali velshi. like so many different places across the country, july saw record breaking temperatures in the state of georgia. well, for donald trump, the last two weeks, it s about to get hot as fish grease. and with that, we begin this morning with the latest details out of fulton county, georgia, where a possible fourth criminal indictment of the former president could be filed in a matter of days. the state s former lieutenant governor geoff duncan confirmed just yesterday that he received a notice to appear before a grand jury on tuesday. additionally, independent journalist george chilly also said he received a call from the office of fulton county district attorney fani willis that also asked him to come in on tuesday to give his testimony. these are the clearest signs yet that willis will present her case to the grand jury in the coming weeks in pursuit of criminal indictments in the
district attorney as well as making threats against law enforcement officials according to court documents filed a day earlier in u.s. district court in salt lake city. he owned numerous firearms including a sniper rifle. the complaint laid out his history of threats on social media. other subjects of mr. robertson s threats, attorney general merrick garland, governor gavin newsom of california, letitia james, the new york attorney general. this at a time donald trump is directly going after prosecutors who either indicted him like jack smith or alvin bragg or maybe on the verge of doing so. like fani willis. donald trump airing a tellvision add in atlanta and other tv markets attacking the fulton county district attorney charging him with his fourth criminal indictment. the new ads released sunday accuses willis of previous wrongdoing. also names attorneys who already brought charges against trump including manhattan district attorney alvin bragg and special counsel jack smi
declaration for hawaii. the lead starts now. unprecedented disaster. new images showing the power of flames ripping through communities in hawaii. the death toll rises to 36 as crews anticipate that number growing even higher and president biden $6 billion deal with iran, will the regime free five americans in exchange for frozen funds? the first steps in the works, plus the deepest dive yet into the lavish life i ll supreme court justice, clarence justice, private planes, luxury trips all bankrolled by billionaires detailed by propublica and never disclosed. welcome to the lead. i am jake tapper. we start with the other did it of the utter devastation in hawaii. a lack of power and cell service complicates search and rescue efforts. at least 36 people have been killed in what the state lieutenant governor calls unprecedented wildfires. most of the wildfires on maui island are still not contained. it could take days or even weeks for power and cell phones service restored.
person arraignment in the mar-a-lago documents case. we ll tell you what happened when his two co-defendants showed up in court. plus new reporting from propublica about clarence thomas and his wealthy network of friends who allegedly financed his luxurious gifts and travel. and we begin this morning with a devastating wildfires in hawaii. at least 36 people have died as the flames rip through the island with crews in the skies and on the ground urgently battling three active fires. the flames have destroyed homes, wreaked havoc on businesses and forced thousands to evacuate. residents seeking safety are flocking to airports and shelters. my family is thinking of just leaving the island completely. we have nothing but the clothes on our backs right now. everything is gone. some had to jump into the ocean to escape dangerous flames, swallowed more 2,000 acres of land. want you to see satellite image that captures what the town of lahaina looked like, a historic town befo
we have secured the convictions of leaders of both the proud boys and the oath keepers for seditious conspiracy. specifically conspiring to oppose by force the lawful transfer of presidential power. guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. four members of trump s maga army, the proud boys, including leader enrique tarrio, are convicted of seditious conspiracy in the january 6th attack. also tonight, yet another allegedly undisclosed big money gift to justice clarence thomas from the same big money republican ben affecter. what is going on and will there ever be any recourse for this supreme court corruption. plus, my conversation with soon to be 109-year-old viola fletcher, and her 102-year-old brother, hughes van ellis, two of the last remaining survivors of the 1921 tulsa massacre, who are in town to meet with the justice department. we begin tonight with the breaking news of a partial verdict in the trial of five members of the far right group, the proud boys. for their inv