Help now and officials working to identify the victims. Among the dead, a 68yearold man, who died shielding a Golden Retriever. Our team in the fire zone north koreas new claims about detained u. S. Soldier travis king. What he supposedly said about his reason for crossing into the country. Severe thunderstorm watches on the east coast, on the heels of Flash Flooding in the midatlantic were tracking it all. The mother of a 6yearold virginia student who shot his teacher. What she pleaded guilty to today. And the Superstar Surfer who jumped onto his jet ski to help after the fires that devastated his native maui announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome. Already facing a Dizzying Crossroads of nearly unprecedented legal and political challenges, Donald Trumps trail of criminal indictments has grown longer the newest handed up late last evening by a Fulton County, georgia, grand jury. Mr. Trump hit with 13 charges, accusing him of being part of a consp
Were live in atlanta where an indictment against former President Trump and others could come at any time. Plus in hawaii, a new lawsuit blaming the Power Company for those catastrophic wildfires on maui, but officials have not said what caused them. The humanitarian crisis now growing along with the death toll. The fire now the deadliest in the United States in over 100 years. Tense moments in the black sea as russia fires warning shots at a cargo ship, then sends armed soldiers aboard. Were following those developing stories and more coming in to cnn news central. A fourth donald Trump Indictment could be on the way, and even as soon as today as the grand jury in the trump election subversion case in georgia is rapidly approaching the finish line. Today jurors are hearing from witnesses as Fulton County District Attorney fani willis presents her case. Things appear to be moving faster than expected. Two witnesses set to testify tomorrow got bumped up to today. Trump has tried to coun
In the trump administration. Some of the accusations against mr trump include violating georgias racketeering act. Racketeering is a type of organised crime where someone profits through dishonest or illegal activities. And the ex president s also accused of soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer. Also, Making False Statements and filing false documents. A reminder that these charges are all in connection to accusations of Election Meddling by trump. The bbc s Kayla Epstein has been following the events in georgia and has more on the legal view of the charges. Ive been speaking to legal experts about this all day and theyve told me they are not surprised that a Racketeering Charge was brought by fani wills. Its a Signature Charge brought in the past and we expected to see this, but weve still got indictment, which is nearly 100 pages, it names 19 defendants, including donald trump, i think a lot of people were struck by the breadth of the evidence she lays out. Almost 70
Hello, everyone. Im sandra smith, along with judge jeanine, judge jeanine pirro, i should say. Harold ford is here and pete hegseth and greg gutfeld. 5 00its 5 00 in New York City. And this is the fight. All right. The big news, special prosecutor nathan wade falling on his sword to protect his former flame. Bonnie willis dramatically stepping down from the trump Georgia Election case. Georg judge scott mcafee had given the Fulton County d. A. Judge theme massive ultimatum. It happened earlier that shee mu must cut ties. Wade or step aside herself. Willis silent so far. Dg and while the judge did not outright disqualify her, he did not let he didnt willis skate cy back by calling the pairs junduct a tremendous lapse of judgment. But he says theyre bad choicees do not constitute a direct conflict of interest. The judge alsoe a bonnies furis courtroom appearance, saying that She Behavedshe Test in unprofessional manner when she testified. I think you live right here. No, no, no, no. This
Pleas to the charges. Our correspondent Daniel De Simone has been tracking the Court Proceedings and sent this update from the old bailey. Theyve been in the uk for between ten and 15 years. The three defendants are orlin roussev, Bizer Dzhambazov and katrin ivanova. The latter two have been living as a couple in a series of suburban properties in london for about ten years. Mr roussev arrived earlier in the uk, about 15 years ago, and he worked in financial services, in a technical role in communications, and later moved on to, he claims, own a company that was involved in signals intelligence, which involves the interception of communications. The other two worked, were told, in health care jobs. Thats what they told neighbours. They did own a local Community Group that supported bulgarian people who moved to the uk with english language classes and other things. This investigation is by the met Police Counterterrorism team, which has responsibility over espionage investigations. It