Welcome to our viewers joining us in the United States and all around the world. Just ahead on cnn newsroom,. All i want to do is this. I want to find 11,580 votes. Indictment brings Felony Charges against donald john trump. I think there is a trail of information that america is going to get to see. You got a different player that just stepped on the field with a different playbook and a different sense of what justice looks like. It is tuesday, august 15th, 4 a. M. Here in atlanta why former President Trump and 18 codefendants have been indicted for allegedly attempting to overturn georgias Election Results in 2020. The 41 count document was unsealed hours ago revealing all people that abilities as a, quote, conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome in favor of the names includes several high named individuals thate ten da to surrender. And includes Rudy Giuliani and john clark, among others. He faces 13 charges, including conspiracy to commit false statements and forgery in the first degree. The District Attorney broke down the reason for the indictment. The stake roll and the process is essential to our democracy. George, like every state, has laws that allowed those that believed that the results of an election of wrong whether from intentional wrongdoing or unintentional error to challenge the results in our state order. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for legal challenges, they engaged in a Criminal Racketeering Enterprise to overturn georgias Election Results. An indictment is only a series of allegations based on a grand jury determination of probable cause to support the charges. It is now the duty of my office to prove the charges in the indictment Beyond A Reasonable Doubt at trial. And finally, willow says that she will push for a trial date within the next six months. Reporter former President Trump facing his fourth indictment. Fulton county District AttorneyLonnie Willis brings charges against former President Trump in georgia. He is one of 19 defendants charged of this case and it was unsealed late monday evening. Donald trump is facing 19 charges and one of 19 facing a serious racketeering charge in the case. Among the others are prominent names in the circle like his former attorney Rudy Giuliani and former chief of staff, mark meadows. The District Attorney said that the defendants are innocent till they are Proven Guilty and shes going to try to push the trial date in six months. And she wants to charge them all together. Well see how that goes. Trumps events that unfolded is shocking and absurd. And now we wait to see donald trump and his other codefendants turn themselves in. The District Attorney said they will have till august 25th to surrender voluntarily. So lets discuss this now with a Criminal Defense Attorney and former prosecutor. I appreciate you joining us. Thank you for having me. So there is a indictment, including Rudy Giuliani and mark meadows are charged with 41 counts withests to with the charges and charged with violating the states racketeering act. What is donald trump legal generality here . He faces a lot of exposure. This is the fourth indictment that donald trump is facing in less than five months, the fourth indictment. But specifically here in georgia, what he needs to be concerned about is it that, one, were dealing with State Charges. What does that mean, State Charges . No matter if he wins the presidency or another republican wins the presidency. They will not be able to pardon him on State Charges. The ability of having cameras in the courtroom is open, so well be able this watch the trial. The most common one, he is facing five years, at least five years incarcerations on the top count of the indictment and that is the rico charge. Hes not able to get probation on that charge. Why should be concerned . Because there are 18 other defendants on the indictment. And the other 18 defendants are also facing at least five years. What does that mean . There is pressure that is going to be applied on the other 18 individuals to do what . To flip. Why . Because they dont want to do jail time for donald trump. So the thing is what will break dun and flip against him and make the case stronger for the Fulton CountyDistrict Attorney. This is the critical challenge, isnt it . He is facing jail time here, prison time. Use mentioned, hes not going to be able to pardon himself because of the State Charges. So lets talk about what path he has legally Going Forward when with you consider the charges against him and the strong evidence . As you see from his campaign, the campaign are the criminal indictments. His criminal are the criminal charges and allegations stemming across the country. Hes using that as a platform across the country. Why am i saying that . Hes trying to jeopardize the jury pool in all of his cases, meaning hes go in the courtroom, his attorneys, even if the prosecution pulls it Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, he is going to argue for jury notification. Of course hes trying to win in the public media, for the federal charges, he has to hope that if he were to win, hell be able to pardon himself. What it comes to the State Charges, hes not able to do that. Before he was not concerned because the new york charges were not State Charges. But he is not worried about, any jail time. And he may try to push this case out as much as he can and try to point the finger on other people under the indictment if their namessed or not names and five, to say theyre all coming after me. This is all politics. Theyre trying to get me out of the running. This should not be allowed. There are so many ways that hes going to attack the prosecution. The question it will he succeed against those, against donald trump . It is up to the judge to set the date for the trial. The District Attorney said they want to try all 19 defendants together and do that within the next six months. How feasible is that, do you think . You have to think, for all the prosecutions that are taking female announcer attention medicare has expanded dexcom coverage for people with diabetes. If you have diabetes, getting on dexcom g7 is the single most important thing you can do. It eliminates painful fingersticks, helps lower a1c, and is covered by medicare. Before using the dexcom g7, i was really frustrated. My a1c was stuck. female announcer dexcom g7 sends your Glucose Numbers to your phone or dexcom receiver without painful fingersticks. The arrow shows the direction your glucose is heading up, down, or steady. And because dexcom g7 is the most accurate cgm, you can make better decisions about food, medication, and activity in the moment. After using the dexcom g7, my a1c has never been lower. 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We never expected to see this anywhere in america. But burdened by climate and tragedy at the same time. That is why the fire occurred for the most part. Were going to get to the bottom of it. I authorized a comprehensive review so we have every answer Going Forward. Moodys predicts that the fire will cause a severe local recession on maui estimating the toll could run between 3 billion and 7 and a half billion dollars. We look at how fellow hawaiians are trying to. Reporter when the couple saw the devastation from maui, they knew they had to do something. S. We have on the way. Reporter they put a plea on facebook. When thousands of dollars began rolling in, they began handing it out. Were coming for you. Reporter but that didnt seems like enough. So they organized a caravan and sweet talked their way around red tape and checkpoints, when they saw it for the first time, they wept. Reporter just on the edge of the burn scars, we find an inspiring example of hawaiian togetherness. A whole pallet . Are you kidding . There you, man. Reporter archie is a hall of fame surfer and lifeguard that goes back nine generations. This is your house here . Yes. We were lucky because our neighbors they were here fighting the fire and the Fire Department said that this is our last stand. Were going to hold the line right here. Reporter there is so much frustration over the response so far, he said that officials deserve some understand is just because of the side of the disaster. This is a crime scene. The government has to do its Due Diligence before they start moving in. Reporter is it a humanitarian response in the middle of a working crime scene . Exactly. Reporter but another relief pod at a beach nearby, frustration has turned to anger. Everybody is like, they dont come and help. They dont come and help. Nobody cares about that. We rely on you guys that have compassion like we do. We need help. We need the next step. This is just the first week. This is the first inning of what were facing. Reporter tourism is our number one source of income. I would hope that our representatives and politicians our government would ask the people from here, when can we open . They should not telling us, we want to open six months from now. The truth of the matter, when you look at the overall devastation, we are not going to be ready to allow people to see what were living through in six months. Reporter there are a lot of conflicting emotions around the Tourism Industry around the hawaiian locals that some tourists did not hed shelter in place or orders while the fire was raging and clogged the roads and some even went snorkeling which was very offensive to the locals. They say it was the power lines that brought this down. They were hot well After The Fire started. And that is a lot of the reason that a classaction lawsuits that just been filed against Hawaiian Electrical over the weekend. The stock in the company dropped 40 on the news. So a lot of questions where it started and where the warnings were for the locals and where the help is now . It would be nice to see one person in uniform come check on us. Bill weir, cnn, maui. We look at how it took the fire to travel one mile in just minutes. They were caught in traffic so they did the one thing they thought would save their lives, sprint into the ocean they spent about five hours before they were taken to safety. It was just so suffocating, the air was to thick, so heavy with smoke. I said in the video, if you look to the left, it was on fire, to the right it was on fire. At that moment, i realized that were going to be in the water for a while. They spent 12 hours when they tried to escape and finally got rescued. And they were able to get to a place where they were able to get a Cell Phone Signal on top tv a building. And noah calmly called me as i talked to my neighbors. While i was telling the story to my neighbor, noah called me. And he said to me, is dad, were okay. Were okay. And that was just a huge relief. Terrifying moments for so many survivors. If you would like to help the survivors of the maui fires. You will find a list of aid groups working on relief efforts. 80 million americans across the south and west will be under heat alerts for tuesday and some places are getting a small break. The extreme heat is set to return later this week. Cnn meteorologist Jennifer Grey has details. Heat alerts are in place across the gulf coast and extending into the southeast. But you can see a large area that we have had heat alerts in place for days and weeks on end. It has really gonna way. So well get a brief break from the heat for those areas for a day or so. But along the gulf coast, the heat will still be alive and well. The pacific northwest, the heat is building there. We could see records across this region and the deep south. Look at the highs, 103 in portland, vegas 103. Were looking at temperatures 102 in houston later today. Dallas is actually 95 degrees. That is about ten degrees cooler than we were sunday and monday. So were going to sew a above average temperatures, not only remaining across the south but building into the plains but the Upper Midwest and the below average temperatures will build in in the southwest. So there is a maximum temperature and high minimum records will be set this week. Houston hot. The temperatures are in the triple digits. For orleans is ten degrees above normal. We drop a little wednesday and thursday. Dallas hits 109 on thursday. After a small break from the heat, if you can call 95 great, 109 on thursday. So the temperatures will be building. The heat will be builting over the course of the week. The feelslike temperatures this afternoon, 112 for baton rouge. 108 in houston and 106 in panama city. Hitting 90 tuesday and wednesday in seattle. It should be 78 degrees this time of year. 103 in portland, should be 83 and 107 in medford. It should be 92 at this time of year. A Severe Threat later today, damaging winds and large hail for the southeast. We have a level 2 out of 5 across North Carolina and virginia. Here is the forecast radar, you see the storms building throughout the day, mainly in the afternoon. Well see that threat come alive for that region. So the forecast rainfall looking at about two inches of rain. And some areas could see up to four. It depends on where the strong storms set up and if not they are slower moving. Well see more rain from those. The heat for today, once again and the Severe Threat this afternoon. Still ahead, the political ramifications of Donald Trumps indictment. Will the charges sway the Republican Voters in the next election. Well ask a political political analyst to weigh in. He snores like an angry rhino. Youve never heard an angry rhino. Baby i hear one every night. Every night. 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The former press faces 13 criminal counts and racketeering and acting like a criminal enterprise to allegedly try to change the states Election Results. Fulton county District Attorney fanny willis said that they will try all 19 defendants together and they must surrender to Georgia Authorities by august 25th. This is what she had to say about a trial date. What is the timetable for the trial . As you know, in this jurisdiction trials are set by the judges. And to it will be the judge that sets the date of the trial. This office will be submitting a proposed scheduling order within this week. However that will totally be at the discretion of the judge. I want to try him and be respectful for our sovereign state. We want to move this case alone and we will ask for a trial day within the next six months. Former President Trump is reacting to the georgia indictment, calling it politically inspired and trumps former attorney, Rudy Giuliani said, quote, an front to american democracy. But Fulton Countys District Attorney spent more than two years investigating the case. We have more on the da fanny willis. It doesnt matter if youre rich, poor, black white, democrat or republican, if you violate the lay, youre going to be charged. Reporter Fulton CountyDistrict Attorney willis talking about donald trump attempt to change the election. I just want to find 11,780 votes, that is one more than we have. We won the state. Reporter what that call was made, willis had only been in office for one day. Ever since, she has been leading the charge on the investigation. Weve been working on this for two and a half years and ready to go. Reporter it is the acquisitions of racism, unfounded. Team trump also included willis in the ad called the fraud squad. Despite it all, willis hardly seemed rattled by trumps continued attacks. It is ridiculous in nature. But i support his right to be protected by the First Amendment and say what he likes. Reporter willis said she has been subjected to racist taunts. Ive never been called the n word so much in my life. She but a name for herself in the Atlantic Public School cheating schedule, securing convictions for 11 of the 12 defendant. She is juggled Investigating Trump and subpoenaing some of his top rallies and going after drug gangs and rich. Reporter after her parentss divorce, she was mainly raised by her father what was a lawyer. She worked in the private sector for a time and joined the fulton prosecutes office. Her Conviction Rate is close to 90 . In donald trump is indicted in Fulton County, this will be the biggest case in her career. Im going to do the job that im blessed to be able to do it. Donald trump is now facing 31 charges. One is classified documents, four charges in the special counsels Sub Version Case and now 13 in the Georgia Election case. We have a special cnn political analyst. I appreciate you joining me. Quite a night. Yes, quite a night. We focused on Donald Trumps 41 criminal charges trying to overturn the defeat. Lets look at the political ramifications of this. What stands out, is if trump is reelected in 2024, he will not be able to pardon himself or his allies. Will that be his most challenging indictment . It is his most challenging indictment. If he is elected in 2024, he cannot make it go away. And the governor cannot make it go away. The governor cannot pardon him. So there is the potential that this is a case could transcend a successful reelection for trump and put him in legal jeopardy as president if he was reelected and create conditions and circumstances and legal questions that we have not had to deal with as president. How did the gop graupel with that, the fourth indictment and statebased . I think the vast majority of the republican officials have made a decision that that they are in with trump to the end. They are so dependent, that they cannot stand up to him in any way or draw a line. It is a self fulfilling prophesy. One of the reasons that she stay with him through all of these indictments, is that her not hearing from my voices they trust for a Counter Argument for the president ial race. So they are along for the ride. They have latched themselves to his mask as they have throughout his presidency. And there are a minority of republicans that are uneasy about it. But right now, the dominant faction in the party is the trump faction. He sold to them, the argument is that the indictments are really to silence them by going after them. How big a problem is it politically that georgias District Attorney fanny willis did not answer the question about how the document leaked a little earlier just before the official indictment was released. Critics are already climbing all over this. It will be a republican Talking Point. But im not sure they need a Talking Point at this point. You saw kevin mccarthy, the House Speaker out again tonight where he could have read through this very detailed voluntary indictment. This is the view of the republicans. The leak however it came about, gives them a weapon. But if that didnt exist, there would be something else. Donald trump will have a Press Release tonight. Saying that the prosecutor is the daughter of a black panther. So in essence, hes accused her of being a racist and two other africanamerican Criminal Justice officials are, racist. He is essentially trying to fold all of these indictments into the predominant belief among the Republican Voters that the real victims of discrimination and diversifying society is basically them, whites, christian, conservatives. That messaging is in place for Republican Voters. It is a complete different question if the Republican Voters are on board that he is the victim of a massive nationwide conspiracy of prosecutors. The da wants to try all 19 defendants together within six months that will collide with the gop primary calendar, getting crowded with cases. What are the likely political ramifications with that . That is the next week. The other republican candidates, buy and large, Replicating The Strategy of 2016 have close season to really minimize the directed confrontation with trump. They are still hoping that some ex external event will cause the voters to peel away from him. Were seeing that again. And through these indictments that is not happening. The opposite is happening in the context of the republican primary. Is it still an open question if any larger share of Republican Voters will react differently if a trial is going on, much less if he is convicted. We have to say based on Current Evidence that there is not a lot of chance of meaningful numbers from the voters. But that is still unpredictable. With the broader electorate, i think the conviction could be devastating to the prospects of him being president. Heavy fighting wasas on ukrainines Eastern Front linen as russia launches new Missile Attacks and civilians. That is coming up. Wow, you get to watch all your favorite stuff. Its to die for. And its all right here. Streaming was never this easy, you know. This is the way. You really went all out didnt you . Um, its called commitment. Could you turn down the volume . Here, you can try. Get way more into what your into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. Subways now slicing their meats fresh. Thats why subways proffered by this champ. And this future champ. And if we proffer it, we know youll proffer it too. Hes cocky for a nineteen year old. Ukraine said that russia is saying that Russian Forces are regrouping. Heavy fighting is where ukraine says that the forces have liberated more land around the city. We go live from london to clair. We just heard from President Putin at the security conference. What do we know about the strategy in ukraine . Reporter we have been speaking at the moscow security conference, which is an event theyre holding there is a lot of countries, where there is no nato countries. What we glean is that russia is doubling and tripling down on the idea of it being a watershed moment, this struggle against western and u. S. Dominance in the world as they see it. They say that the u. S. And the allies are trying to stoke conflicts around the world. And they said that her continuing this policy in ukraine. What this fire leads to is clearly seeing the example of ukraine by Pumping Billions of dollars in the regime and supplying it with equipment, ammunition and sending the military advisers and missionaries. Everything is being done to draw other states into it. The fact is that russia invaded ukraine almost 18 months, and it is russia said that the Ukrainian Air force launched 12 missiles over them. The Western Region seems to be the hardest hit. This is a hundred kilometers over the border. So i think putin is making the argument that they need to band together and show that russia is the key destabilizing force here. Thank you for joining us live from london. U. S. Retail earnings are out later today with the Quarterly Results from target, walmart and home depot. They will be looking for clues on the resiliency of the Consumer Spending power after an earlier washing that the americans are spending more on the necessities and less on discretionary purposes, that the retails is a way for the federal reserves decision whether to raise rates next month. You see that they closely. And u. S. Fuel prices been fraudulently moving higher. And now theyre at their highest level in nearly ten months. We look at why. Reporter don look now, but u. S. 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There are 11 states averaging 4 or higher, including arizona, illinois, and, of course, california. You have colorado and michigan, theyre just pennies away from the 4 level. Still to come, a huge legal victory for young environmental activists in montana as a judge sides with them in a a landmark trial. female announcer atattention medicare has expanded dexcom coverage for peoeople with diabetes. If you have diabetes, getting on dexcom g7 is the single most important thing you can do. Itliminates painful fingersticks, lps lower a1c, and is covered by medicare. Before using t dexcom g7, i was really frustrated. And imy a1c was stuck. Care. female announcer dexcom g7 sends your glucose nuers to your phone or dexcom receiver without painful fingersticks. The arrow shows the direction your glucose is heading up, down, or steady. And because dexcom g7 is the most accurate cgm, you can make better decisions about food, medication, and activity in the moment. 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