♪ a threat to jurors and judges. names, addresses, even photos of georgia grand jurors are circulating on right-wing media after they voted to indict donald trump. this as he escalates his own rhetoric against the judges. plus a staggering number of people still missing. more than 1,000 unaccounted for after the maui wildfires. crews now combing through the ruins trying to find the remains of loved ones. at the same time new questions about what caused this disaster and what was done to warn the people in its path. was it enough? and another fire system to tell you about, forcing people out of their homes. the evacuation of an entire city in canada. 230 fires threatening 20,000 people as the smoke now encroaches into the united states. we're following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here

to "cnn news central." a judge facing death threats. grand jury members doxed. a disturbing rise in political threats with donald trump now facing four criminal indictments. in texas a woman has been charged with threatening to kill the federal judge overseeing trump's january 6th case after police say she left a voicemail message saying, "you are in our sights. we want to kill you." and in georgia growing concerns for the safety of the grand jurors who just issued indictments against trump and 18 co-defendants. purported names, photos, social media profiles, even home addresses of grand jury members published on far right message boards which have been linked to violent extremist attacks. experts tell us that some anonymous users are calling now

for violence against those jurors. with me is chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller. and john, you've covered during your time on the nypd multiple cases of extremism of a number of kinds, and the rhetoric -- public rhetoric's connection to extremism. we've seen the former president's words helped drive people on january 6th, the events we saw that day. as a law enforcement professional is there a connection between the former president's rhetoric and the kinds of attacks we're seeing here? >> well, i don't think you can disconnect them when you have a former president saying to his supporters "if you come after me, we come after you." and then singling out the judge in new york, the prosecutor in new york, the judge in georgia, the prosecutor in georgia, the judge specifically in

washington, d.c. there is not a large leap to say that is a cue to supporters to engage in this kind of conduct. >> when you look at the severity of these, you have a voicemail message left using the words "we want to kill you," by the way, that's a direct quote. but also things like doxing folks, putting out their home addresses. is that just innocent public sharing of information, or is that -- are those the kinds of words, is that the kind of sharing of information with intent? >> well, it's interesting because the doxing of people, meaning using the internet and public records to sort out names that are posted publicly, and that's a quirk of georgia law, that you know, you have a secret grand jury but then they come out with a public filing and their names are attached to that filing. the doxing isn't illegal. the threatening is, though. under title 16 chapter 10 in the georgia state law someone who threatens a juror or a grand

juror, especially on account of a verdict or an indictment, can face up to 20 years in jail. so this is a very serious business. now, the police down there working with the sheriff have set up directed patrols to give special attention to their homes and to make sure that there's a police presence regularly in those areas. but it's got to be upsetting to people who were called to serve and to come to a judgment based on evidence that they're now in this target zone of threats and that their names are publicly out there with their photos and addresses. >> you bring up an interesting point that that is the law in georgia, that that information is public. john miller, thanks so much. always good to draw on your experience. i want to bring in cnn's nick valencia. he's outside the fulton county jail in atlanta. this of course is where former president trump will have to surrender by next week. what are police there saying about these threats? how seriously are they taking

them? >> reporter: well, this is beyond doxing, jim. these jurors are having their lives threatened for doing their civic duty according to law enforcement with knowledge of the situation. that source telling me that they are working -- this is a main priority right now for law enforcement here in atlanta and beyond. and we learned overnight that far right groups, anonymous people online, were calling for violence against some of these grand jurors, in some cases leaking the home addresses, purported to be part of these grand jurors. we don't know exactly -- we haven't had any comment so far from fulton county grand jurors. we haven't spoken publicly. cnn cannot independently verify those posts. and we aren't naming the website where they appeared. but this really underscores the safety and security concern of those tied to this legal process with trump's name attached to it. safety and security a top concern here for law enforcement officials. jim? >> no question. it appears they're taking it seriously. nick valencia there outside the fulton county jail. boris. this latest threat against the federal judge overseeing the january 6th case follows a

disturbing trend. the u.s. marshal's service says that threats against judges have spiked 400% in the past six years. last september a texas woman was arrested for allegedly threatening federal judge aileen cannon. she's overseeing the classified documents case. we should note that cannon was nominated by former president trump in 2020. our next guest knows all too well about the threats towards judges. federal judge ester salas's son daniel was shot and killed three years ago at their home in new jersey but a disgruntled attorney who had appeared before judge salas in court. last year congress passed a bill in daniel's name. the daniel and rille judicial security and privacy act, it protects judges' personal information and that of their loved ones. we're joined now by judge salas. judge, thank you so much for sharing part of your afternoon with us. we're sorry that your family has had to endure such loss. but we appreciate you sharing that story with us.

i'm wondering what your reaction is to hearing the news that judge chutkan received this threatening voicemail. >> you know, the reaction is obviously sadness. we continue to deal with a war, a war of words. words matter, mr. sanchez. the way we treat each other. it matters. the lack of civility. the inability for us to just agree to disagree. all of that is leading to lives being lost. my son's life i can never get back. and mark and i, my husband, have been without him for three long years. and so you know, i'm just again dismayed by what we continue to do to really threaten democracy, whether it be the physical threats of violence against judges, whether it be our

political leaders on the right or left questioning our justice system and perpetuating false narratives about judges somehow conspiring to be on the other side, whatever side that is. and then of course the real public erosion in confidence in our justice system. we're doing some serious damage to this country. and we are threatening dem democracy. and i continue to advocate for increased protections for judges at all levels of government. and i won't stop doing that. neither will my husband, mark. we will continue to advocate for protections for state judges, who are incredibly vulnerable. >> judge, on that note you've worked very hard to secure your son's legacy given everything that's happened. i remember you and i actually spoke last year about another judge in wisconsin who was targeted and killed by a gunman. and at the time you were pushing

lawmakers to pass that piece of legislation. they eventually did. do you feel that it goes far enough? does more need to be done to secure judges? >> absolutely more needs to be done to secure judges. the daniel andril judicial security and privacy act, it is a great solid step in the right direction. but there are obvious limits. it protects federal judges' personally identifiable information. state judges, there are over 30,000 state and local judges that serve this country and serve the states that they sit in. they are very vulnerable. from our rough numbers there are 22 states and territories where there are no laws aimed at protecting judges or privacy. these states are vulnerable. the judges there are vulnerable. and we have to protect judges at all level because really judges stand at the front line

protecting democracy. we are the ones that are standing there when people want to voice their opinions and their objections, they should be. but when lines are crossed, judges are counted on to really uphold the constitution. our government doesn't work without the judiciary, without the justice system. and we need to ensure that we don't cross lines when we're talking about speaking and voicing perhaps our feelings about one thing or the other. words matter. words matter and how we treat each other, it matters. >> that is such an important point. judge, i'm also curious to get your thoughts on the news that it appears that personal information of grand jury members in fulton county, georgia was leaked online and that they are now being threatened as well. that could have a big impact on jury pools. >> you know, i know my lane, and

i can tell you that i leave it to the legislature and our legislators to really decide what needs to be done with respect to other categories of individuals that we count on, by the way, for our justice system to operate. i can tell you that i speak as a judge who knows firsthand what will happen when we don't secure personally identifiable information like home addresses. i can tell you firsthand the pain i deal with every morning when i wake up and i have to think about life without my only child. i can tell you firsthand about that. life is a precious gift and we have to start treating each other and how, you know, we actually speak about each other's lives seriously and with much respect. so you know, i obviously want to stay in my lane and remind your viewers and remind you, mr. sanchez, that, you know, we need the justice system to operate if

we want to live in a land that quite frankly protects the rights of its citizens. we need that justice system to operate as it should, as it always has. and i'd like to say why i think it makes this country the best country in the world. we need to make sure we protect those that are just doing their jobs. and in this case judges do their jobs and we need to be able to do our jobs without fear of retaliation, retribution, or death. >> judge esther salas, we're so grateful not only for your time but also the work that you've done to honor daniel's legacy. thanks so much. >> thank you very much, mr. sanchez. >> of course. jim? >> yeah, quite a statement there from the judge. well, a majority of american voters believe that donald trump broke the law as he tried to overturn the 2020 election. that according to a new fox news poll. 53% say he did something illegal. 20% say he did something wrong

though not illegal. about a quarter say he did nothing seriously wrong at all. this poll was taken before his latest indictment on election subversion efforts in the state of georgia. trump now has eight days to surrender to authorities there on charges including conspiracy and racketeering. and we have some fresh insight into when exactly his surrender could happen. cnn's alayna treene has new reporting. alayna, what's the timeline? >> well, it's not going to be this week. he will not be surrendering this week. there was actually some chatter this morning, people noticed donald trump's plane leaving from newark from where he leaves when he gets out of new jersey. he's actually in a fund-raiser in tennessee today. in nashville. not on his way to georgia. from my conversations with donald trump's team it's definitely going to be happening next week. but there are still conversations to be had between trump's team as well as the district attorney's office in fulton county and those are going to continue into next week i'm told.

>> did they say what it's going to look like when he walks into the fulton county jail, into the room where other folks charged with anything from misdemeanors to felonies to gun possession to violent crimes, he's going to be in the same room. >> it's going to be a remarkable image to see, jim, one we haven't seen so far with these past indictments. but that's part of what they are negotiating right now. they're trying to figure out the details for this. they're obviously coordinating with secret service and donald trump's team to make this go as smoothly as possible next week. >> so there's another big event next week in this campaign. that is the gop primary debate. it is not believed, at least that's the betting, that trump's going to participate in that. so what are his plans? >> that's right. donald trump is most likely not going to be on that debate stage, i'm told. although i have to hedge, i did this in my story, as it always is with donald trump, he could always change his mind at the last minute. but no, he's not expected to be there. what i am told he is doing is he's been throwing out personally ideas about counterprogramming and that includes a potential interview with tucker carlson as well as calling in to different media networks. we've seen this playbook with

donald trump before. and one thing i find very interesting is even if he's not there he wants his surrogates to be there. his team has been talking to people like congressman byron donalds and congressman matt gaetz both of florida as well as kari lake and members of donald trump's team himself to be in the spin room that night and represent him. >> some of whom you mentioned kari lake have also spouted falsehoods about the 2020 election. alayna treene, thanks so much. boris. >> more than 100 people now confirmed dead in the hawaii wildfires. more than 1,000 still missing. we're going to take you live to lahaina with more on the painstaking search for victims. plus, if you're over covid you're not alone. a new poll shows the rest of america is too. but is the threat over? a lot of folks getting sick. get ready for virus season. it's coming. and we need to prepare. but now i'm working for schwab. i love t to help people understd the world through their lens and invest accordingly. you can call us christmas eve at four o'clock in the morning.

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the scope of just how deadly it was remains unknown. the governor says over 1,000 people remain unaccounted for. the confirmed death toll, meantime, stands at 111 with just 38% of the disaster zone searched. state officials have confirmed that children are among the dead. a genetics team will now help identify their remains as officials have received some 41 dna samples from relatives. only a handful of families have gotten official confirmation that flames killed their loved ones. among them is 71-year-old mefla benjamin. her granddaughter says the last time her family heard from her she and her partner were evacuating toward a shelter. let's take you now live to the area with cnn's gloria pasmino. so gloria, set the scene for us. i imagine there are painful moments for families that are for the first time returning home. >> reporter: that's exactly right, boris. and the main road into lahaina

is now open. and what that means is that people who were able to make it out of lahaina, those who were able to escape the flames, are starting to come back to assess the damage and to look at everything they've lost. they haven't just lost their homes. most of the houses on lahaina are completely gone. they've also lost their neighbors, their family members, their loved ones. now the disaster zone, ground zero, where the fire was the worst, where most of the victims have been found so far, that area continues to be restricted. that's because there's a critical mission under way and that is to find human remains. now, i want you to hear directly from the people of lahaina who are starting to return to find that most of this historic town, once the capital of the hawaiian kingdom, is completely gone. >> make me crying. over 20 years i'm staying in my

house. >> it's hard to take in. you know. just seeing how this devastation -- i don't know what to think. we grew up here. this is home to a lot of us. >> reporter: the people of lahaina have a lot of unanswered questions. one of the big ones is why the siren system did not go off. now, officials here have been somewhat defensive about that. they have said that the alarm system is designed to warn people about incoming tsunamis. and the protocol there is to seek higher ground. there's a big mountain directly in front of me, and officials here say that that's where people would have headed towards had the alarms gone off and that means they would have headed directly into the fire which started in the mountains beyond. so a lot of unanswered questions. a lot of aid that's starting to slowly come in. and on monday president joe

biden and the first lady, jill biden, will get a firsthand look for themselves at the devastation and the damage. they'll attempt to provide some comfort to the people of lahaina. boris? >> gloria pazmino reporting live from hawaii. thank you so much. we want to take you now to the pentagon and cnn pentagon correspondent oren liebermann because oren, you have some reporting about additional help that is on the way. >> reporter: boris, we have seen the number of hawaii national guardsmen devoted to helping with the recovery efforts from the wildfires rapidly increase. it was 250 at the beginning of the week according to the pentagon press secretary. it has since more than doubled to 557 hawaiian national guardsmen activated on state orders to help. and they're doing a number of different roles including search and recovery, helping with command and control, supporting local law enforcement. so different elements in what is becoming a massive response to this and all of the efforts that are needed around this. on top of that the military has also set up what's known as

joint task force 5-0. and that's designed to coordinate the response, the assistance and the capabilities that come in from all the different services. we've heard from the pentagon that there are assets on standby and that includes helicopters and aircraft. they've already dumped nearly 200,000 gallons of water on areas of the fire over the previous few days. so that effort continues and there are more assets on standby. there's certainly been a bit of a clamor wondering where is the military, especially because hawaii is the base of indo-pacific command and there are significant military forces there. but the military is cautious not just to send in too many forces and create a logistical problem. and on top of that it is fema that's leading this response and d.o.d. is working to fulfill fema's requests if and when they come in. so boris, we'll keep you posted. we'll have a briefing in a little bit and see if there are more d.o.d. assets and guardmen committed to this effort. >> we look forward to details from that. oren liebermann from the pentagon. thank you so much. jim? >> it is not just hawaii. hundreds of wildfires in canada

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in southern california a u.s. marine is charged with sexual assault after a missing 14-year-old girl was found in the barracks at camp pendleton. the girl had been missing just over two weeks when she was discovered on the base. right now military leaders at camp pendleton are convening to review evidence in that case. cnn's josh campbell is following the story. and josh, goodness, the age of this girl, the details, on base for two weeks. walk us through the possible charges and what we're expecting from today's hearing. >> yeah, jim, very serious accusations here. now, the u.s. military obviously has its own judicial system and this unidentified marine has been charged under the code pertaining to rape and sexual assault of a child. as we look at those charges we're talking about three counts of sexual assault of a child who has attained the age of 12 years

old. now, i won't go into the specific graphic details that were in this charging document but suffice to say it is graphic indeed. it's worth pointing out that if this marine is actually convicted he faces potentially 90 years in prison because each of those counts, what the military calls specifications, carries a maximum penalty of up to 30 years in prison. and just to walk our viewers through this timeline, authorities say that on june 13th this 14-year-old girl was reported missing by her grandmother. about two weeks passed. it's unclear what the nature of the relationship was between this young girl and the marine, whether it was romantic, whether this was a trafficking situation. but this alleged conduct took place on june 27th. and the next day, june 28th, this 14-year-old is discovered inside the barracks at camp pendleton. days later that suspect is charged. as you mentioned, jim, at this hour this command group in camp pendleton is meeting to determine whether this suspect will actually be court-martialed. as we wait to see what happens there. it's worth pointing out that

there are still very serious questions for the u.s. marine corps. jim, you've been on numerous military installations. there are checkpoints. there are roving sentries patrolling the area. so still a major question, how did a 14-year-old girl get into the military barracks? a very serious situation. >> yeah, and exactly how long was she there? josh campbell, thanks so much for covering. boris. >> you bet. first on cnn a source tells us that secretary of state antony blinken has spoken by phone with paul whelan. remember, he's one of the americans that the u.s. considers wrongfully detained in russia. whelan has been held for more than four years and is being held at a remote prison camp. cnn's kylie atwood helped break this new reporting. what can you tell us about that call from the secretary of state? >> reporter: well, listen, we just had a state department briefing here where the state department deputy spokesperson said the secretary was able to hear directly from paul about his condition. he wouldn't get into the details of what that condition actually

is. but it's hugely significant that an american who is detained in a russian prison camp was able to speak on the phone with the secretary of state. of course we have been told according to a source familiar with that call this is the second time that they have had a conversation, but it comes at this pivotal moment when paul whelan has been wrongfully detained for more than four years and of course the u.s. continues to try to push for his release. we're told that the primary messages from the secretary of state were twofold. first of all, to keep the faith and also that the u.s. government is doing everything that they can to secure whelan's release. now, his brother, david whelan, was able to speak to paul about that phone call, said it was a long and frank conversation. and here's what he said about the message that that phone call sent to the family and also to the russians. >> i think that secretary blinken has obviously sent a message and that message is for paul and for our family that the

u.s. government is continuing to advocate for paul and his release. and i think it's also a message for the kremlin that the u.s. government hasn't let up and in fact their lead foreign policy person is willing to call a prisoner, which is i think ast astounding. >> now, when it comes to the u.s. government's efforts to get paul whelan out of prison, we know that earlier this year actually back in january, more than eight months ago, the u.s. put a substantial offer on the table with the russians according to sources familiar with those efforts. the russians haven't responded in a substantive way. but of course u.s. officials are saying that is still a lievl offer. they still want russia to pursue that offer they put on the table. but as you know, jim, it's only gotten more complicated since they offered that to the russians given that evan gershkovich, another american, that "wall street journal"

reporter was also wrongfully detained in march of last year. so u.s. officials are working to secure the release of both of those americans in russia right now. >> kylie atwood from the state department, thanks so much. jim? a political fight with huge implications for trans youth in north carolina. lawmakers are pushing through new laws over the governor's veto that touch on everything from health care to schools to sports. we're going to have a live report from north carolina ahead. and an entire city forced to pack up their belongings and leave. this as wildfires creep closer and closer in canada. that's next on "cnn news central." should we sell it? we hold... hold... silver vans are going for more right now, should d we... hold... our low mileage is p paying of. you think we should... hold... depreciation is really heating up you thinknk... hoooold!!! hooold! hooold. hold! we just dipped 2.5%! hooooooold!!! now!!!! i'm on it. i'm, on it. already sold to carvana. go to carvana and track your car's value today.

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a trio of actions that will affect transgender youth are now law in north carolina. this after the republican legislative supermajority there overrhode the governor's veto blocking, or attempting to block those measures. this means right now in the state gender-affirming care for minors is banned. there are restrictions on how gender identity can be discussed in schools. and transgender athletes are prohibited from compete on girls' sports teams. cnn's diane gallagher is in charlotte today. diane, tell us what the reaction has been there to these laws. >> reporter: you know, jim, supporters of this legislation are doing a victory lap as north carolina joins a host of other states in enacting similar legislation. but about a month and a half ago when democratic governor roy cooper vetoed these bills initially, he said they were, quote, hurting vulnerable children and pushing political

culture wars. and look, much of what we heard on the floor last night as these veto override votes were being conducted, was echoed by democrats. the lgbtq organizations have said the bill they're most about is house bill 808 which effectively bans all gender-affirming care for minors, even if they have parental consent. so we're talking about surgical procedures, puberty blockers and hormone therapy. there are some limited, and we're talking extremely limited exceptions for children who may have certain disorders as well as children who began care before august 1st with parental consent and a doctor who deems it medically necessary for them to continue. republicans have said they are, quote, allowing the state to take a cautious approach by limiting access to what they call life-altering procedures. but look, democrats and lgbtq organizations have called the legislation cruel and unnecessary. they cited suicide and mental health statistics. and we should point out that these types of care do vary by

the age and goals of the recipient and they're considered the standard of care by many mainstream medical organizations. now, sponsors of the bill hb-574, that bans transgender athletes from playing girls' and women's sports. we are talking about the middle school, high school, and college level sports. look, those sponsors say that they are, quote, protecting girls and women, that they are leveling the playing field. but look, democrats and lgbt organizations again say that this is singling out a tiny fraction of the population. and as one lawmaker said using a sledgehammer when a scalpel is probably more appropriate. one democratic lawmaker pointed out that since 2019 the north carolina high school athletic association has only approved two transgender girls to play in high school sports across the entire state. they say that it's simply singling out already vulnerable children. the third bit of legislation,

sb-479, is a bit more expansive. it's called according to the right, the sponsors there, the parents' bill of rights. organizations have noted it's still going to likely disproportionately affect lgbtq kids and their families. it requires parents to be notified if there's any pronoun or name changes. it also bans instruction on gender identity, sexual activity or sexuality from kindergarten through fourth grade. jim. >> dianne gallagher. sweeping legislation. thanks so much. boris. now to some of the other headlines we're watching for at this hour. a rare flesh-eating bacteria is being blamed for the deaths of three people in new york and connecticut. now, two people died in connecticut after swimming in two separate locations on the long island sound. new york officials are still investigating whether a person who died in suffolk county encountered the bacteria in new york waters or elsewhere. officials from both states are now advising people to take precautions before consuming raw oysters or being exposed to

salty or brackish water. also, a stunning new prediction for taylor swift's eras tour. the tour could gross more than $2 billion in north american ticket sales alobe. that's according to august survey data provided exclusively to cnn by the research firm question pro. and a new hurricane just formed in the pacific just south of the western u.s. tropical storm hilary became a hurricane early this morning as it whipped up winds off the coast of mexico. forecasters are warning that hillary is rapidly growing stronger and could bring heavy rain to southern california and the southwest this weekend. jim? an entire capital city now ordered to evacuate as wildfires rage in canada. the national weather service warns the toxic smoke could spread to cover the entire state of minnesota here in the u.s. today. the smoke so heavy you could see it from space. look at that picture there. more than 200 fires have already

burned a large area of the northwest territories. and as they creep toward the canadian city of yellowknife, officials are undertaking what they call the largest airlift in its history because many highways across the territory are closed. cnn meteorologist jennifer gray. jennifer, the images, they show the scope, the satellite images do, the video you're showing there, but also the images of that orange-colored foreboding sky as a result of the smoke as well. tell us the extent of this. >> yeah, it's really terrifying, jim, and you know this is such a rural area, this is part of the northwest territories of canada. so when you tell someone to evacuate there's really not a lot of choices on how to get out. a lot of the locations, the fire is on both sides of the road. so people are having trouble. it is a terrifying situation and all of that smoke not only extremely dangerous for the folks in canada but it is coming down into the u.s. like we've seen periodically throughout the

summer with other fires. so here is yellowknife and you can see from the satellite imagery and you've been showing that as well all of the smoke. poor air quality all over portions around the fire, which is in extreme northern sections. and then just falling down to the south into the u.s. and so that's where we see those air quality alerts for portions of minnesota. here's yellowknife right there and you can see all of the fires burning around. so you can see how people could get trapped in that region and trying to find a way out because we have so many fires and more fires are igniting by the day. we are going to see rounds of rain, wind around this region. so the rain definitely helps. if there are lightning strikes that doesn't help. and of course the wind is something that is not going to be in favor for the firefighters as well. but the winds are going to stay at about 15 to 20 miles per hour with gusts a little bit higher all the way through saturday, jim. >> yeah, and of course smoke knows no borders as it comes this way as well.

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faced a triple threat. rsv, the flu and covid-19. public health officials say it time to focus on these viruses again. dr. sans egg gooped a joins us now. let's start with covid-19. it seems like we all know someone who has it right now. where do things stand? >> just with regard to the number of cases it's hard to know because there's not a lot of testing and testing is not required it's harder to get a sense of the overall levels. they do waste water and that math gives you an idea. there have been increases in the amount of waste water

samples. green is where it has gone down and yellow has more plateaued. a lot of the country has seen in increase, but to your question, this is a trend and compared to august last year, while we go up, we are about a quarter of where we were last year. good news and bad news. bad news is going up and the good news it starting from a lower level overall. you have to keep an eye on it as the weather gets cooler and drier. respiratory viruses increase in transmission for us. >> if you could, what is the latest guidance if you test positive for covid-19? >> right and some of the

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