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Hurricane Lee intensifies to a category 5 storm, with sustained winds doubling over 24-hours to 160-miles-per-hour. The big question - is the storm going to hit the East Coast or make a turn and stay in the Atlantic? Plus, after 8 sightings over 8 days escaped murderer Danelo Cavalvante is still on the run, as police expand their search perimeter. And, the ordeal of an American trapped 3,500 feet...

A just-released poll shows a steep uphill battle for Joe Biden heading into 2024. The President faces negative approval ratings and widespread concerns about his age. Plus, the special counsel investigating the President's son Hunter Biden, plans to seek an indictment against him on gun charges by the end of month. And, Trump faces continued legal challenges as a Mar-a-Lago I.T. worker threatened...

The first televised hearing in the Georgia election subversion case will take place today, after Trump and all 18 co-defendants pleaded not guilty. What the judge decides could have a major impact on Trump's very busy calendar. Plus, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on the ground in Ukraine, as Russia launches missiles at Kyiv ahead of his meeting with President Zelensky. And, Mitch McConne...

Special Counsel Jack Smith is not done investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election, setting his sights on a connection between fundraising in the push to breach voter equipment. Plus, First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for Covid-19 and is fighting mild symptoms at home in Delaware. And, new signs in an alliance between Russia and North Korea are strengthening. Kim Jong Un is expected to...

70,000 people are stranded in the Nevada desert for the third straight day at the burning man festival, stuck in mud too thick to drive on, forcing organizers to impose shelter-in-place orders. Plus, the manhunt continues in Pennsylvania for a convicted killer thought to be hiding less than two-miles from where he escaped. And, Trump dominates the 2024 Republican field and pulls even further ahead...

Trump pleads not guilty in the Georgia election subversion case, meaning he will skip his arraignment next week. The former president also wants to separate his case from his co-defendants who want a speedy trial. And, two leaders of the Proud Boys are sentenced to long terms for their role in the January 6 insurrection. Plus, an urgent manhunt is under way after a convicted murderer escaped a Pen...

Tropical storm Idalia floods Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas before moving offshore. Plus, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell freezes while addressing the media for the second time in two months, raising questions about his health and his political future. And, the New York Attorney General says Trump inflated his wealth by $2.2 billion in a single year, in part of the civil fraud lawsuit against...

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BREAKING NEWS: Hurricane Idalia intensifies to category 1 as it heads towards the Florida Gulf coast, and is expected to hit Florida as a dangerous category 3 storm tomorrow. At least 10 Florida counties are calling for evacuation. Plus, Trump vows to appeal the judge’s decision about the start date for his federal election interference case. And, Trump’s former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows testifi...

In a high-stakes hearing in Georgia today, D.A. Fani Willis is set to lay out details of her case against former President Donald Trump - it’s part of his former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows' bid to get the trial moved to federal court. Plus, Trump's legal team will appear in court in Washington, D.C. as part of his special counsel election interference indictment, watching to see if the judge sets...

Trump surrenders in the Georgia 2020 election case, as his team begins fundraising off his arrest and mug shot. Plus, the prosecutor D.A. Fani Willis requests an October 23, 2023 trial date, and a hearing on Monday will decide if former Trump Chief of staff Mark Meadows' case will be moved to a federal court. Also, speculation builds over whether the plane carrying Wagner leader Prigozhin was down...

Just hours from now Trump is expected to surrender at the Fulton County jail in Georgia. This will be the fourth time that he has turned himself in for arrests in a criminal case in just five months - this time, it’s for efforts to overturn Joe Biden's victory in Georgia. Plus, Trump's rivals address his legal battles at the first GOP primary debate. Six of the eight candidates raised their hand w...

Two co-defendants, considered the architects of the legal strategy to try to overturn the 2020 election, surrender at Fulton County jail ahead of Trump’s expected surrender tomorrow. 4 of the 19 have surrendered so far ahead of the Friday noon deadline. Plus, former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows asks a federal judge to block D.A. Willis from arresting him, while he tries to move his Georgia ca...

The RNC formally announces the eight candidates who will appear in tomorrow's GOP presidential nominee debate. As expected, front-runner Trump will snub FOX by not participating. Instead, he will be counterprogramming with a taped interview with former FOX host Tucker Carlson. Plus, hours after the debate, Trump will surrender at the Fulton County jail on charges related to his effort to overturn...

Hurricane Hilary tears through the Southwest after slamming California with catastrophic flooding and mudslides. Plus, President Biden will visit Maui today to meet with survivors of the devastating wildfires. And, former President Trump makes it official. He says he will not show up to this week's GOP primary debate and even suggests he may not show up to any of them. Also this morning. a jail in...

Maui's emergency management administrator quits abruptly a day after he defended not sounding the island's sirens as deadly wildfires tore through Lahaina, citing health reasons. Plus, Federal prosecutors recommend the toughest January 6 sentence yet for two leaders of the Proud Boys. And, Hurricane Hilary intensifies to a major category 4 storm, and is expected to bring flooding and rain to Calif...

A Texas woman is arrested for threatening to kill the judge in the Georgia election subversion case, as the purported personal details of the Fulton County grand jurors circulate on far-right websites. Plus, the trader who predicted the collapse of the housing market in 2008 bets more than $1.6 billion on a stock market crash by the end of 2023. And, more young people are being diagnosed with canc...

CNN learns Trump is expected to be booked into Fulton County jail at any point in the next nine-days. That, as Rudy Giuliani says he’ll surrender in Georgia next week, blasting prosecutors as “incompetent’ & “sloppy”. Plus, court transcripts reveal the special counsel in the January 6 case obtained a warrant to get Trump’s Twitter direct messages. And, new questions about what caused wildfires on...

Trump and 18 allies are charged in a 41-count indictment in Georgia, accused of allegedly trying to subvert the 2020 presidential election. Each of the 19 defendants faces RICO racketeering charges that were meant to take down mob bosses and gangs. Plus, our panel discusses the complete list of the 91 charges across four indictments the former President now faces. And, 99 people are confirmed dead...

96 people have been killed in the Maui wildfires, but only 3% of the disaster area has been searched so far, with the Hawaii Governor calling it a “fire hurricane” that “travelled one mile every minute”. The state's main electric provider now faces a lawsuit for not cutting electricity when forecasters warned about wind gusts. Plus, Trump faces a possible 4th indictment as the Fulton County D.A. p...

The death toll in Hawaii rises to 55 as catastrophic fires scorch Maui. Many more people are still missing, and some survivors tell CNN say they didn't get evacuation orders, or that they came too late. Trump's legal team is to face the federal judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case today in a hearing to decide the scope of evidence. This, as the special counsel requests an aggressiv...

36 people are confirmed dead in the devastating wildfires across Hawaii. Black Hawk helicopters have been deployed as paradise burns. Plus, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ luxurious lifestyle and his billionaire friends who funded 38 luxury vacations, 26 private jet flights and a dozen VIP passes to sporting events. And, a presidential candidate in Ecuador is assassinated at a campaign rall...

Ohio voters overwhelmingly reject a GOP-backed measure that would have made it harder to amend the state’s constitution, in a major win for abortion rights supporters ahead of a vote to ensure access to abortion in Ohio. Plus, the New York Times obtains a secret memo from an unindicted co-conspirator in the January 6 case against Donald Trump that shows the evolution of the fake elector scheme. An...

At least 2 people are dead and nearly 400,000 are in the dark after powerful storms ravage the East Coast. Plus, Four arrest warrants have been issued after brawl broke out in Montgomery, Alabama on the City's river front. It started after a black dock worker was attacked by a group of white boaters. And, 11,000 Los Angeles City workers, including sanitation workers, engineers and life guards, hea...

At least three people die after two helicopters collide mid-air while fighting a wildfire in California. Plus, Ukraine arrests a woman in connection with a plot to assassinate President Zelensky. And, The Red Cross drops blanket restrictions based on sexual orientation, clearing the way for more gay men to donate blood. Also this morning: Trump has 11-hours left to respond to the protective order...