i'm kim brunhuber.cnn newsroom." >>> we are a little more than an hour away from the championship match of the world's women's world cup. after two incredible runs, england and spain will compete for the first title in team history. england are trying to become the second country to host the country as reining european champions and spain are hoping to window spite never advancing past the round of 16 before. cnn's amanda davies joins us from sydney where the final will be played. so i imagine that the excitement is just building there. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, very much so, kim. the doors opened just over an hour ago and i have to tell you, as you would expect ahead of the big one the women's world cup final the excitement is building every second. there are fans arriving here in droves proudly emblazoned in the colors of england and spain. i have to say, there are a few u.s. fans here as well who perhaps were a little bit overexcited when it came to buying their tickets for the u.s. an

i'm kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. a utah man on wednesday is unsettling in its own right, but people in law enforcement say it is not an isolated case. starts against political figures are up sharply in recent years. some experts say the current political climate is making it worse. cnn's brian todd has the details. >> law enforcement officials are conducting a post incident review of a deadly confrontation in utah. an fbi shooting response team launch from the agency's headquarters in washington to the scene. on wednesday, just hours before president biden's visit to utah, fbi agents approached a man named craig robertson in his home at the state. robertson court documents said had made threats against the president and other democratic politicians, a source tells cnn that when the swats agents gave commands to roberts and he pointed a gun at them and he was then shot and killed. in court documents prosecutors say, and one social media post, robertson said quote, i hear biden's coming to utah, taking out my old keely

i'm kim brunhuber, this is "cnn newsroom." want to get back to one of our top stories this hour, the catastrophic wildfires scorching the hawaiian island of maui have now killed at least 55 people, and it's feared that death toll will keep rising as emergency crews reach more areas turned to ash. power and cell service are still out in western maui. and in the main tourist district of lahaina, which is making it difficult to determine how many people are still missing. the iowa governor estimates upwards of 1700 buildings there were destroyed, and the mayor says the heart of the town has been completely wiped out. >> until you see the devastation that we all witnessed maybe through photographs before this morning but in person today, it's difficult to describe, but there are lot of people that will need a lot of help. >> one bit of good news, officials say the wildfires are now about 80% contained, and the winds that fueled the flames are gradually decreasing as cnn meteorologist chad myers reports. >> the severe winds from a

i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom." >>> california's threatened by what could be one of the most devastating storms that we've had hit california in more than a decade. make no mistake, this is a very, very dangerous and significant canned storm. >>> hillary has passed through parts of mexico and is headed straight for southern california. we'll tell you how the region is preparing for the storm, plus you'll hear from a georgia sheriff on what donald trump can expect when he arrives at the fulton county jail this week. and -- >> they are going to put their bodies on the line, their hearts on their sleeves and they are going to bring it home. >> england fans are hoping for a win but they'll have to get past a tough spain team to do it. we're live from sydney with a preview of the world cup final match. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >>> and we begin in california where southern parts of the state are under a state of emergency and bracing for the im

i'm kim brunhuber. coming up on "cnn newsroom", thousands of fire victi

i'm kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. recap of our top story.vgeni prigozhin, the founder of the wagner group, was presumed dead in a plane crash. the war lord was traveling from moscow to st. petersburg on a private jet. russian aviation officials say the aircraft plunged from the sky, killing all aboard. people left flowers and candles at tribute. nick paton walsh walks through the rise from personal chef to rebel, and his rapid fall from grace. >> reporter: he always lived in the shadows until the war in ukraine made him the most public russian critic of how the kremlin's war was fought. the possibility of evgeni prigozhin is dead is a shock wave to an already shaken system. putin's critics rarely survive as long as he did. and the talk in russia and ukraine, that putin might still have wanted to kill him, a sign that chaos in moscow he caused was not over. he led the most brazen affront to putin's rule in his 23 years at the helm. taking an armed rebellion, marching on moscow and turning around. the apparent reason, a deal brokered by belaru

i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom", reaction to donald trump's latest arrest and release mug shot as the former president is already fundraising off it. a look at whether this can help plolitically. >>> plus no end in sight when it comes to the heat. we'll have a look at what parts of the u.s. will have to endure the sweltering temperatures a bit longer. >>> and andy scholes joins me live to discuss simone biles comeback the at the u.s. championships. >>> fresh off his arrest in georgia, donald trump is looking to delay the state's election subversion case, but two of his codefendants are pushing for a speedy trial. zid nee powell is the latest to make such a request. their trials could start as early as october and that isn't clear how it could exact that for trump. in a friday court filing, she served as a fake elector at the direction of the president of the united states. she's the latest to try to get their case moved to federal court. now that will be the subject of a hearing on monday wit

i'm kim brunhuber. coming up on "cnn newsroom", thousands of fire victims are staying in emergency shelters with many not knowing when basic services will be restored and if their homes are still there. >>> plus hunter biden is being investigated by a special counsel. why republicans aren't pleased with the developments. >>> and australia and france fighting for a spot in the world cup semifinals. we'll have the latest on all the actions. . >>> we begin this hour in hawaii, where we're getting a better understanding of the devastation caused by deadly wildfires that tore across the island of maui and sadly a new death toll. 80 people are now confirmed dead from the fire. that number could rise dramatically in the coming days as crews with cadaver dogs sift through the ashes of homes and buildings. the only public road in and out was open briefly on friday to give people a chance to see what's become of their homes, but authorities closed it again a short time later. officials say the fire is 85% contain

i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> they targeted a certain group of people and that's black people. that's what he said he wanted to kill. >> a florida community is reeling from a racist mass shooting. it's one of several instances of gun violence across the u.s. this weekend. >>> and soccer's body bans the head of the spanish federation after his unwanted kiss of a female player. we're live with the details. and -- >> 60 years since the march on washington. we'll look towards the anniversary of dr. martin luther king jr.'s famous "i have dream" sp speech. >>> we'll get to those stories in a moment, but first, we have some breaking news from australia, where the crash of an osprey helicopter has killed three u.s. marines. cnn's angus watson is monitoring this breaking story for us from sydney. angus, what more can you tell us? >> reporter: kim, this incident happened nine or ten hours ago off australia's north coast, but we're only just starting to learn some details. the scale of the trag

welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i'm kim brunhuber, ahead on "cnn newsroom," donald trump's latest arrest adds to his already busy trial calendar, look at what's next for his legal team amid the run for the white house. >>> plus, spain's soccer chief is refusing to step down after kissing a star player without her consent. now many, including government officials, say this is the country's me too moment. >>> and -- with that, nasa's spacex is on its way to the international space station. i'll speak with the head of the european space agency about what we can expect from this mission. >> announcer: live from cnn center this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >>> we begin wh what comes next in georgia's election subversion case now thatormer all 18 of his co-defendants have turned themselves in. trump is furiously working to try to turn his arrest and booking into a political advantage. meanwhile, the fulton county district attorney is preparing to begin sharing evidence as part of the discovery process next month. now, a lot is sti

i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." former president trump is now facing criminal trials in florida, georgia, washington, and new york. on monday, there will be two hearings that may provide indications about when some of those trials might begin. in atlanta, former trump chief of staff mark meadows will argue that his trial should be transferred from state to federal court. other defendants have similar requests before the court. meanwhile, the judge overseeing the federal election subversion case in washington, d.c. will hear arguments when to schedule that trial. that could be as soon as january. and the u.s. president is chiming on trump's mug shot. cnn's kevin liptak has more on joe biden's reaction. >> reporter: president biden is back in washington after a week vacation in lake tahoe. while he was here, he did make a notable comment about his predecessor's legal saga. we caught up with the president after he went to a pilates class in town here and he was asked what he thought of president trump use mug shot. lis

welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i'm kim brunhuber, ahead on "cnn newsroom," much of southern california now under a storm warning never seen before. we'll tell you what the region could see. >>> in hawaii, the latest on rec recoveriests and the search for those still missing. and cnn learns when donald trump is expected to sure rending himself to a jail here in tlapt. details and the legal negotiations going on right now behind the scenes. >> reporter: live in cnn center this is "cnn newsroom," we begin this hour in the southwestern united states where people are bracing for catastrophic flooding. hurricane hilary could dump more than a year worth rain of in a few days. it's likely to make landfall in mexico but it's moving fast and could arrive in california as a tropical storm, the first such storm to do so in decades. >> it's been 84 years since one came ashore, so it's a once in a lifetime event that we're going to be experiencing. >> preparations are already under wa the federal emergency management agency is sending personnel a

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