Good morning, everyone. We are so glad youre starting your morning with us. Good morning. Happy monday. Its good to be back. A lot of news. A lot of news to get to, so lets get started with five things to know this monday, august 14th. Breaking overnight, 96, that is the death count so far from the hawaii wildfires and only 3 of the Disaster Area has been searched. The governor calling it a Fire Hurricane. It spread faster than a mile a minute, and now a new lawsuit against the states main electric provide r. Hours from now the Fulton CountyDistrict Attorney is expected to present her case to the grand jury in the Georgia Election subversion case. This means a potential fourth indictment looms over former President Trump. Cnn learns exclusively about key evidence obtained by prosecutors. And a home explodes outside of pittsburgh killing five. Gas systems were operating as designed, according to officials, who say it could take months to figure out what happened. A new serious concern over First Amendment rights. Police seizing everything from computers to servers to cell phone. The story poppy cares about so much, Mark Zuckerberg says its time to move on from matchup with elon musk. Cnn this morning starts right now. Its been just devastating for what is happening in hawaii as the death count goes up and up. The pictures are extraordinary. They are heartbreaking. Its tough to put into context given how devastating its been. Were going to get into all of it. 96 people are confirmed dead in hawaii. Wildfires with only 3 of the Disaster Area searched so far. Just think about that. They have so much more to search. You are looking at video of what is left behind. This morning the governor says fema crews are discovering other tragedies in ongoing fashion. Extra search and rescue crews are on the way along with 20 cadaver dogs. They are asking Family Members to provide dna to identify people who died. There are new questions about how this happened and the response to it. Power company now facing a lawsuit for not cutting electricity when forecasters warned about wind gusts. The New York Times reporting that firefighters had to cope with hydrants running dry and backup generators maintained the supply, but water started spewing out of pipes, leading to low pressure. Heres the governmor. I have authorized a comprehensive review of what happened in the rl hours of the fire and the hours thereafter. We will build back together. We will find out what we could have done to prevent such loss of life, to the best of our ability. As of now, the best information we have is that in those hours when the fire sparked, there were several fires across maui. One fire was deemed to be out. It must not have been completely extinguished, because when the winds rose up as high as 81 Miles Per Hour, fire spread rapidly. We believe between 60 Miles Per Hour and 81 Miles Per Hour across that part of the island. And that meant that fire traveled 1 mill mile every minute resulting in this tragedy. With those kinds of winds and 1,000 degree temperatures, all the pictures you will see will be easy to understand because that level of destruction in a Fire Hurricane is something new to this in this age of Global Warming was the ultimate reason that so many people perished. You heard the governor there of hawaii calling it a Fire Hurricane, something new to them, he said. Pointing really at Climate Change and Global Warming. You also heard him say the flames spread 1 mile per minute. Thats faster than anyone could run. Its as fast as you can drive on the freeway. Heres a sense of what that was like. No, no, no, no. Not like this. No, not like this. Oh, no, we have to get out or something. Theres nowhere to go. The car, the car. They did get out. Those people are safe. They ended uptaking shelter on the rocks. Other survivors now struggling with what to do next as so many line up to try to get back into louiah lahaina. Reporter good morning. At this early hour of the toidday, were standing at the check point to get into the lahaina Disaster Zone. No other way in but right here. And whenever you are standing here talking to people, families, people who have lived here for decades, its an extremely emotional juncture for anybody who crosses through here. A few hours ago, we met a woman named susan who told us just what it is like to experience the dramatic change from this landscape to the moon skap of ash and streets, debris and explain to us in quite moving Terms Everything that she has seen. Listen to what she told us. When i drove through on friday, i had no clue what i was going through. I got everything is gone. I lost friends in there. They have gone back to get animals and she died. Its really sad because people come over here. I heard there was a Snorkeling Boat looking at lahaina town. Give them respect. Its so bad. People died here. Its not just a vacation place. We live here. Reporter to give you an idea of the contrast that were seeing, earlier this weekend on saturday, one of the route into the Disaster Zone opened up, ands it was organized chaos. Mostly chaos. It was about a mile long line to get in. Profound frustration, a lack of communication between law enforcement. People who were just struttggli to see if their homes survivored. Now theres a better system. This is the only way in. A counterclockwise direction on a map that we have made showing you the only way in to the Disaster Zone taking about an hour from this position that were in. A thousand feet above the Pacific Ocean into the area near lahaina. So people, again, trying to see what has survivored, as we start a new week here in the heart of maui. Back to you. Mike, thank you for the reporting. Were going to continue to follow the fires and the aftermath all morning here. Also this morning, were following a fourth possible indictment that is looming over former President Trump as the District Attorney in georgia prepares to present her case to a grand jury as soon as today, fani willis is expected to present evidence in her sprawling investigation in the election scandal. Heres cnns exclusive reporting. The prosecutors have Text Messages and emails that Show Trump Lawyer from behind the breach of a Voting System in georgia over the weekend trump continued to insist he did nothing wrong. Is there any chance you take a plea deal . We did nothing wrong. Thats a wise guy question. We dont take plea deals because i did nothing wrong. Its called election interference. These indictments are brought out by people who cant even put two sentences together. Sara murray broke that reporting with zach cohen and joins us live outside the courthouse in atlanta. This Explous Employeesive to see that direct link in what your sources are telling you guys. Yeah, thats right. Fani willis and her team have spent two and a half years investigating this case. They could go before the grand jury today and seek charges against more than a dozen individuals. This is coming as we are learning about new evidence prosecutors have obtained throughout the course of this longrunning investigation. Security precautions already underway at the courthouse in atlanta as Fulton CountyDistrict Attorney fani willis is expected to begin her case today. We have working for two and a half years. Were ready to go. Reporter its the clearest sign shes expected to seek charges into election interference. Jeff duncan, the former Lieutenant Governor and cnn contributor, confirming hes been summoned to appear before the grand jury. I did just receive notification to appear on tuesday morning. I will certainly answer whatever questions are put in front of me. Reporter it was posted on social media hes also been called to testify on tuesday. He watched in on lelectors gathered to sign an illegitimate certification for President Trump in december 2020. They all marched me out of the room and posted somebody out went in. Make sure nobody else reporter in addition to putting forward fake lek tors and the phone call from President Trump to georgias Secretary Of State ji i just want to find 11,780 votes. The breach of Voting Systems is part of the probe. Sources tell cnn investigators have long suspected the breach was a topdown effort by trumps team the rather hasnt an organic effort by trump backers. And sources say they have Text Messages and emails that directly connect members of trumps legal team to that breach. Did you have any sense this was tied to other operatives in the Trump Campaign and beyond lower level people . Not initially, but there were allegations and then, as you dig down deep, more is revealed. Reporter Surveillance Video previously obtained by cnn shows a local election official escorting a team of protrump operatives in to examine the machines on january 7th. The group included scott hall, an atlanta bail bondsman. Im the guy that chartered the jet to go down to have them inspect all of those computers. They scanned all the image, equipment and scanned every single ballot. Reporter according to Text Messages obtained by cnn, former Elections Official offered a a written invitation six days prior to examine machines. That invitation shared with attorneys working with trump and others hunting for Election Fraud on behalf of trumps then lawyer rudy giuliani. Just landed back in d. C. With the mayor. Huge things starting to come together. An employee for the firm hired to access Voting Machines wrote in one text in a reference to former mayor rudy giuliani. With we were just granted Act Zest By Written Invitation to the system. Yay, another message reads. Now when i i talked to Rudy Giulianis lawyer, he insisted he had nothing to do with the breach and then pointed the finger at sidney powell, another member of trumps post election legal team and say you cant hold giuliani county for what powell was up to. Sara murray, thank you. Donald trump and other republican president ial candidates square ing off over e weekend at the Iowa State Fair. The former the president tried to upstage and steal the spotlight from his top rival ron desantis. They faced heck letters on the ground and in the air. You have to be willing to stand for whats right. You know what . Were in iowa. And in iowa, were iowa nice. So lets give everybody the opportunity to hear our candidates. So thats a plane circling above. Its one of those banners that says be likable, ron. Lets bring in jeff zeleny. Thats not very iowa nice. Reporter we should point out those were liberal protesters and hecklers there, so perhaps a sign of strength as well. But it was a weekend of risk and opportunity as this big field of republican candidates descended on iowa. President trump seized many of the headline, but his rivals opened this campaign in just five months. Reporter ron desantis and his wife Riding Bumper Cars with their kids. A weekend filled with the traditions that make the Iowa State Fair a stop on the president ial campaign trail. Desantis encounterred protests and support from many conservatives, as he walked through the fairgrounds. Which he described as a sign of strength. I think when the left comes out, thats a sign of strength because they know that we will beat bideooid be able to turn t country around. Reporter former President Trump took the spotlight when he arrived bypassing traditional fair events but greeting ad admirers. He trolled his leading rival by traveling with with florida Members Of Congress who are have endorsed him over their states governor. And with the looming fourth indictment expected in the coming days, he pledged to remain the front runner in the race. Were not take ing any chanc. Were way up in the polls in iowa and all over the country. Were up by over 50 points. Thats a lot, but we dont want to take any chances. Well be back. We lo you very much. Reporter some republicans still Backing Trump are open to considering other candidates, or at least hearing them out. Right now, im for trump. My mind is open. We have to do something different. Reporter iowas republican governor says she believes the primary race is far from settled. Its so early. People are paying so much attention to the national polls, and i can tell you, its just not reflective of kind of what im hearing from iowans as im traveling around. Theres always surprises. Thats part of the process. Reporter republican hopefuls worked the crowd with a message of change, while taking a subtle jab at President Biden. I think that it takes a person of a different generation to reach the next generation. Young people have lost their sense of national pride. I dont think some can Reinspire Pride in the next generation. Reporter former governor nikki haley logged hours at the fair Flipping Burgers and playing games after a fairside chat with governor reynolds. She urged republicans to turn the page. It is time that leave the negativity behind, the drama behind. If you look at the shirt that nikki haley was wearing there, it perhaps describes her message. Underestimate me, that will be fun. So clearly, when we talk to a lot of iowa voters over the last several days and months, many of them have more open minds. Theres no doubt that the former president has his core supporters, but its always surprising to know that many people are just beginning to look at this race. Next week the first president ial debate happens on the republican side. That could reshape things as well. 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