Response. And Hurrican Hilary is getting stronger. And timing is everything for team trump. His lawyers proposing new trial dates and negotiating when he will sur render in georgia. We begin with the maui official who defended the decision not to activate the Warning Sirens. He is now stepping down. He cited Health Reasons for his resignation. It comes with the death toll at 111 people and more than 1,000 still unaccounted for. Randi kaye has more on the fallout. So many of the residents felt like we had no warning. Reporter hawaii has one of the largest Public Safety outdoor siren Warning Systems in the world. Sirens that were silent as wildfires raged. The question is, why. First it was this it would not have saved those people on the mountain side. Do you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. Sirens as i mentioned earlier is used primarily for tsunamis. Reporter that is what the head of mauis Emergency Management agency said wednesday. But even before that Press Conference ended, his reason had changed. This time suggesting that the sirens werent used because people wouldnt have been able to hear the warning. It is an outdoor siren. So a lot of people indoors, Air Conditioning on, whatever the case may be, they wont hear the siren. Plus the winds were very gusty and everything. I heard it was very loud. So they wouldnt have heard the sirens. Reporter same story with hawaiis governor. First this sirens typically used for tsunamis or hurricanes. To my knowledge, at least i never experienced them in use for fires. Reporter and then minutes later, another explanation, this time the governor suggested at least some of the sirens were broken. The sirens were essentially immobilized we believe, we believe, by the extreme heat that came through. Some were broken. And were investigating that. Reporter yet that doesnt all track with the countys own web page, maui sirens. Com, which clearly states how the siren system is capable of alerting residents to multiple disasters including wildfires. And we also found this explainer about the sirens uses on hawaiis Emergency Management agencys web page. We also use sirens for hurricanes, brush fires, flooding, lava, Hazmat Conditions or even a terrorist event. Reporter this map shows where the Warning Sirens are located. According to the state, there are about 400 sirens statewide including 80 on maui. And in the Historic Town of lahaina where more than 100 people were killed in the flames, there are five sirens. Five sirens that were not used to warn those in grave danger. Instead, Officials Say they chose to send alerts by text message to cellphones and as well as alerts on land lines and through tv and radio. It is our practice to use the most effective means of conveying an Emergency Message to the public during a wild land fire. Reporter while that may have worked in some cases, the wildfire moved so swiftly, it knocked out power and cell service. So how were residents supposed to receive the warnings . No warning at all. There is not a siren, not a phone alert, not a nothing. Not a call. Reporter randi kaye, cnn. We furnisturn now to a majo weather event. Hurricane hilary has grown into a category 4 storm. Hilary could bring heavy rain and strong winds to california and the southwest this weekend. So lets track it all with derek van dam. When will folks begin to feel the impact from the storm . Depends on where you are located in the western baja peninsula, probably the next 12 to 24 hours. In Southern California, Saturday Night as early as Saturday Night and certainly into sunday and monday. Here it is, Hurricane Hilary latest 5 00 a. M. Eastern standard time advisory from the National Hurricane center, ups those sustained winds to 145 miles per hour. That make this is a powerful category 4 atlantic hurricane, of course it is in the pacific. Steering winds have a major fang t factor on where the system goes and you can see the potential to impact the southwestern portion of the u. S. How much is still to be seen. We have a lot of cool water ahead of this tropical system, so we do anticipate a significantly weakened storm as it approaches Southern California and extreme northwestern sections of the baja peninsula. Perhaps slight strengthening within the next 12 hours. But as it keeps the colder waerks water, it will start to weaken. But the update has a Tropical Storm entering the border of the canada and mexico region. And that will be significant depending on if it moves east of the track or if it stays offshore, it could be a major wind and rain event for Southern California. And into the southwestern u. S. But this is a game of miles. This will determine who receives the most flooding. Well monitor the track. Does the storm system stay offshore or does it move inland. Kind of shredding the system before it reaches lets say san diego or los angeles. But one thing is for sure, we anticipate Flash Flooding Risks and potential for high elevation wind gusts that could top 60 miles per hour. We have a weekend ahead of us here. I can tell. Hopefully people heed the warnings. Appreciate it. To this now. Donald trumps lawyers are proposing an april 2026 start date for his federal election sub version case. That is more than two years later than jack smiths proposal. He wants to start this coming january. But this is all as negotiations are getting fine tuned in georgia for the former president to surrender as soon as next week. That is for the state charges. And all the while were learning the fbi is stepping in after some Fulton County officials were threatened after trump was indicted there. Paula reid has more. I have four of them now if you look. Reporter former President Trump reacting to his georgia indictment for the first time on camera and calling for his party to come to his defense. They have no idea the anger they cause. The republicans have to be tough. The republicans are great in many ways, but they dont fight as hard. They have to get a lot tougher. Reporter this Call To Action comes as the georgia residents who served on the grand jury that indicted trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election are facing threats and even getting doxxed online. They were called to serve and now they have been basically put on the ax by these disclosures. Reporter names, pictures, profiles and even home addresses purporting to belong to the grand jurors are now circulating on far right websites, their names were published on the indictment, a Public Document as is the practice in georgia. But experts say this is really a quirk of law in the state of georgia that the names of grand jurors come out with the indictment. So this is really the first time weve seen this kind of thing come out in a national case. What im going to do now reporter cnn cannot independently verify the details and it is unclear if the information circulating online is that of the actual grand jurors or just people of the same name. Former Georgia State senator and attorney testified in the case and she says these threats might impede prosecutors ability to find a trial jury. Everyone is going to know who they are. Their lives will be turned upside down. So just to be able to sit a jury of people who would be even willing to put, you know, their lives on the line is going to be really, really difficult. Reporter and it is not just the grand jury under threat. Judge Tanya Chutkan who is overseeing the federal location interference case against trump received a threatening voice mail earlier this month. According to court documents, a texas woman called chutkans chambers on august 5 and left a message threatening to kill anyone who went after former President Trump. She also allegedly threatened to kill congresswoman Sheila Jackson lee as well as people in the lgbtq community. She is now in custody. Over the last week, trump has repeatedly posted to social media speaking directly to the Fulton County grand jurors and judge chutkan saying will someone please tell the Fulton County grand jury that i did not tamper with the election . And saying that chutkan obviously wants me behind bars. Very biased and unfair. Trump was scheduled to hold a press Conference Monday to amplify his baseless claims of voting fraud, but now weve learned that that is unlikely to happen after his advisers who are currently negotiating his surrender in georgia told him that an event like that could just add to his increasing legal problems. Paula reid, cnn, washington. Along the political lines, President Biden will give trilateral diplomacy a try as he hosts the leaders of japan and south korea today at camp david. The sun mimmit aims to tackle is like russia and china and they will discuss more defense cooperation. Anna coren is live in hong kong. A summit like this is really unthinkable just a few years ago. So this is a pretty big deal, right . Reporter yeah, this is very significant, danny. As you say, a few years ago this would never have happened considering the historical grievances and at times hostile relationship between South Korea And Japan. These are americas two most important allies in the indopacific region and yet here we have the south korean president and the Prime Minister of japan putting aside those gives to meet with President Biden at camp david in maryland in about six hours time. At its core of the susummit, it about dealing with north korea and more importantly how to deal with arising and aggressive china. Beijing is making its Military Presence felt in the region. Think of taiwan and territorial disputes in the south china sea. And we heard from the u. S. Ambassador to japan and he said that china assumed that South Korea And Japan would never resolve their differences and get on the same page. He believes that this mechanism of cooperation that is forming now between the three governments will be a major deterrent for china. Take a listen. I think it doubles down not only our strength of our alliance, but more importantly, it doubles down on the fact that weve created something that exactly is what china was hoping would never happen. Reporter beijing will be watching the summit very closely. We heard from wang yi last month warning against aligning themselves too closely with the u. S. At the end of the summer, leaders are expected to announce expanded cooperation not only in joint Military Drills and military information sharing, but also in ai, Supply Chains and cyber and economic security. The hope is for this trilat to become an annual meeting in its own right. It kicks off at 11 00 local time when President Biden will be meeting with them. And well be watching closely. Thank you. To this now. A federal judge in delaware has dismissed two Tax Misdemeanor Charges against hunter biden. Those were the last remaining components of the plea deal that fell apart. It paves the way for special counsel david weiss to potentially bring more charges in other jurisdictions. The fate of a separate but related deal to resolve a Felony Gun Possession Charge though is still unclear. Coming up in a moment, dramatic moments in the courtroom with a mistrial declared in the case of two white men charged at shooting at a black fedex driver. 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Before that, he served at the state Inspector General and both state and federal prosecutor after graduating from the university of Georgia Law School in 2013. Classmates and professional acquaintances say he is politically conservative. Notably mcafee was a State Prosecutor in the complex Trial Division in Fulton County led by fani willis. A Georgia State representative and a Defense Lawyer has handled two cases where mcafee was the prosecutor. In the cases i had with him, he made reasonable decisions related to pleas or discovery requests and he was fair. Politics never came into it. Reporter University Of Georgia Records show he was the treasurer of the law republicans, a group that serves libertarian members of the Law School Community and provides support for republican political candidates. He was also treasurer of the federalist society, an influential conservative and Libertarian Organization in the u. S. Just a few months ago he presided over a case involving an outspoken trump supporter and conspiracy touting lawyer. I have political views. I believe our country has been taken over by communism. Reporter but this case didnt involve politics or trump, it was a contempt case. Judge mcafee held him in contempt and leveled fines against him. Scott mcafee has only been on the bench a few short months but now dealing with a case that could be one for the ages. Gary tuchman, cnn, atlanta. For more, lets bring in a former federal prosecutor and author of a spy in plain sight. I cant imagine, this would be a pretty daunting case for a new judge, right . Sure, for any judge. I mean, come on, danny. But the fact is he has a conservative background. He has lived in atlanta his entire life. This is not some guy that the trump team can say is just a raging democrat, you know, who is out to get him. That song and dance wont work. And he is a young guy, he has a lot of energy, he is going to attack this case. He has a lot of experience both state and federal. Yes, in the prosecution, but you heard the Defense LawyerSpeaking Laudbly about him. So he seems to be fair