there could have been many more, a special grand jury report released hours ago reveals the fulton county district attorney fani willis could have indicted a lot more people in the georgia election case including current and former u.s. senators, ultimately she decided not to, details just ahead. it would unleash serious economic damage and it could happen in just a few days. the new details in the standoff between the big three auto makers and one of the biggest unions in the country. plus of course what it means for all of us. and they are not laughing. staff members for nbc star jimmy fallon reportedly accusing him of fostering a hostile work environment. what fallon is now saying about all of this. following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to "cnn news central".

♪ more legal developments in georgia today. we are learning the sprawling election interference case that brought indictments for donald trump and 18 others could actually have been even more sprawling, special purpose grand jury underpinning that case especially recommended charging some 39 people. a reminder that panel did not have authority to indict, it could hear evidence, interview witnesses and offer recommendations. among those recommendations were charges for three current and former republican senators, south carolina's lindsey graham, georgia's two former senators kelly loeffler and david perdue, they were not indicted in the end. the report does not show us how the da decided which people ultimately made the cut as it were. cnn's paula reid is here. paula, a da does not have to indict all that a grand jury recommends to indict. by the way, some that were split votes in effect from the grand

jurors, others were close to unanimous if not quite unanimous here. that were made headlines. >> incredibly rare for the public to have access to this information, these were the recommendations from the special grand jury. they are not binding on the district attorney but we know who was ultimately charged in this case. after looking at the recommendations we can see she passed on indicting 21 people. there were two groups raising eyebrows, the first are the lawmakers, senator lindsey graham and the former senators kelly loeffler and david perdue. we don't know why she declined to indict them, but if you look at the votes it's clear they did not have unanimous support from the members of the special grand jury. if you can't get a significant support in a grand jury room, it's going to be tougher rent you move to an actual courtroom. that was part of her callous. the other group is the trump advisers recommended, boris

epshteyn, mike flynn and mitchell. if you look at the match, the vote breakdown is similar to many who were charged like former president trump and rudy giuliani. so at this point it's not clear why she declined to charge them, but that's going to be something we're going to be watching during this trial. are they incredibly significant witnesses, are they providing something else that would have prompted her not to move forward with the charges. cnn is one of the media outlets that pushed to make this report public. >> epshteyn, it was virtually unanimous that he be indicted. there were some responses including from senator graham. >> the grand jury were looking at conversations, among things were the conversations he had with the secretary of state brad raffensperger. raffensperger said in interviews that these made him uncomfortable, that he believed that the senator was possibly encouraging him to disenfranchise voters when asking him to look for fraud. let's listen to what graham has said in response to this.

>> i called around different states, including georgia, as a sitting united states senator, chairman of the judiciary committee. i eventually certified the election in all states, including georgia. i didn't find any evidence of mass voting fraud, but i did have concerns about the mail-in ballot systems in georgia and other places. this is troubling for the country. we can't criminalize senators doing their job when they have a constitutional requirement to fulfill. it would be irresponsible for me in my opinion as chairman of the committee not to try to find out what happened. >> as i will remind you that the senator fought having to testify before that special grand jury all the way to the supreme court, ultimately he did provide testimony and could potentially be one of those 150 witnesses at trial. >> and as you said he said doing

his duty, brad raffensperger said he felt that the man was pressuring him to disenfranchise folks. that was his testimony. paula reid, thanks so much. we are racing towards an october 23rd trial date in that georgia election case. there are many legal experts who are skeptical whether that date will, in fact, stand on the calendar and that includes the fulton county superior court judge presiding over the case. here is why. in a televised hearing this week just scott mcafee denied a motion from kenneth chee bros and siddy powell to separate their trials from the other defendants. the judge set a joint trial date for them of october 23rd, but fulton county district attorney fani willis, she is pushing for all 19 defendants, pictured here, including trump himself, to be tried on that same day. in a case prosecutors say will

feature at least 150 witnesses and last close to four months. that's at least an estimate. judge mcafee has serious doubts if the timeline is possible because these five defendants are trying to move their cases now to federal court from state court, plus trump's lawyers just officially notified the court that they might join that effort as well to switch the case, which would of course complicate that timeline. also, trump has asked to sever his case from co-defendants who want a speedy trial, among them his former lawyer, john eastman who is behind so many of those efforts to overturn the election in georgia and elsewhere. so many questions do remain. it's the nature when you have four criminal trials running including this one in georgia. judge mcafee says he will make a decision on some of these issues by next thursday which is just about two weeks from we should note the next gop primary debate.

it's all happening in the midst of a busy election calendar. >> a very busy time for former president trump. let's discuss with former federal prosecutor jennifer rodgers. thanks for being with us. looking at the three senators in the report, the special grand jury was pretty divided on whether to recommend charges for them or not. in fact, there is one footnote from a juror that thought some were simply pandering to their political base and not engaging in a criminal conspiracy. this report is a fascinating look at the way that jurors interpret evidence. >> it really s you never get this sort of insight into what grand juries talk about but ultimately the decision was up to fani willis and she and her team must have decided she couldn't indict the senator and former senators or it wasn't doing. there are some legal issues here, there's first amendment political speech issues that

arise with elected lawmakers, speech or debate clause issues that come up that they could have had defenses on. it's a trickier case than with a lot of these other folks and i think that's at least part of the reason why fani willis and her team decided not to charge the three ultimately. >> yet she did wind up charging former president trump. could we potentially see him argue that he was just pandering to the political base? >> well, i think we will see him argue a whole bunch of stuff including that he is immune from prosecution by a state prosecutor. we have a lot of motions coming in not just this case but in all the cases. i do think we will see during the course of all of these trials a lot of statements by president trump being read into the record to make the prosecutor's case. i think his response to all of that evidence is going to be, hey, you know, i'm just a politician kind of saying what i need to say. i do think that kind of argument will rear its head in different ways, but it's not really a

defense. i mean, if you have proof that someone was subverting the election results in a criminal way it's not a defense to say i was also just pandering to my base. i think prosecutors will be ready for that. >> any of the 19 co-defendants could have objected to this report being released. the deadline was on wednesday. none of them did. jennifer, who do you think benefits more from these details being made public, the prosecutor or the defense? >> well, it's interesting because i think what it does show is that fani willis and her team did use their discretion here. they didn't just rubber stamp the special grand jury's desires, this he decided not to charge in 21 instances. to the extent they will say this was political, she just indicted me and the other 18 defendants because we are republicans, that doesn't hold up when you look at

who they decided not to indict. there is a group who isn't being talked about so much who has interests and that's the 21 people whose names are out in the public realm and we all know that the special grand jury suggested they be indicted but the prosecutor decided there wasn't enough evidence or they shouldn't be indicted. that's a real problem. the fact that georgia law allows for this release shows a real commitment to transparency on the part of georgia which is terrific in a lot of instances but i do think that there's value in not releasing people's names in connection with suggested charges if they are not ultimately charged and so i don't want that issue to get lost here. >> i wanted to look more closely at the question of discretion that you brought up about fani willis because there are people that were looked at here that received just as many votes recommending indictments as folks that were indicted but yet they were not. walk us through potentially some of the logic behind those

decisions. >> well, it's hard to know why folks in the grand jury room vote one way or the other, you know, you can see what they're doing but not really into their heads. what prosecutors have to do is different. they have to knowing the law, being lawyers, they have to walk through each defendant and each charge and say do we have enough in connection with this person when you look at the elements of this statute to charge and so they can't really rely on what the grand jurors think about that. they of course are taking into account the investigation that the grand jury put forward but they are the ones that have to make those decisions. i don't think they were overly concerned with the vote counts except in one instance. it is a good barometer if you are a prosecutor. if you are in the grand jury and you barely eek out the number of grand juries that you need in a regular grand jury, a charging grand jury not a special grand jury, that is a trouble sign for you at trial, right, if you can barely get the grand jury you're going to have trouble with the actual jury that has to final

unanimously beyond a reasonable doubt. in that sense they may have looked at that time it but not in the sense of can we charge this person, how strong is the evidence. >> very barely do we get access to a report like this. we appreciate you walking us through it. thanks. a senior u.s. general warns that china is exploiting u.s. service members to try to train its own military. we will tell you exactly how they say that's happening coming up. and we are now a week away from a possible union strike against the big three auto makers. right now there's no deal in sight. we will tell you what the impact could be on the economy just ahead. later, the race to save the american trapped in a cave more than 3,000 feet down. a doctor is with him to get his strength up so they can begin the rescue mission. you're watching "cnn news central" and we will be right back.

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lines. the united auto workers union says their demands against ford, general motors and stelantis is not been met while calling gm's latest proposal insulting, general motors offered higher wagers, more time off and a higher starting wage. the union says it is not and next week's strike deadline stands. the uaw is demand ago 40% pay raise, restoring cost of living increases and restoring traditional pension plans for all workers. remember the last strike against gm in 2019 cost the company $2.9 billion over the course of six weeks. a strike against all big three u.s. auto makers has never happened before and it could mean losses of $5 billion in just ten days. let's discuss with robert rice,

former labor secretary under president clinton. obviously, robert, there would be a huge economic impact if a strike were to happen. should the white house, the biden administration, get involved? >> well, my advice for what it's worth is not to be involved. basically the white house does not have not only this white house but white houses in general don't have great track records in terms of getting involved in labor disputes unless those labor disputes are so serious that they threaten the economy overall. you have to go back years to the truman administration before you see something like that. i would say the biden white house should stay away from this one. it could be very costly, but both sides know exactly what they are getting into and they are very, very, very sophisticated in terms of handling a strike and handling labor management relations.

>> on the note that it could be costly for the u.s. economy, couldn't it also be costly for president biden in the sense that in general the american public doesn't have enormous confidence in his handling of the economy? there is a new cnn poll showing some 60% of americans believe he's actually hurt the economy? >> well, boris, first of all, as a factual matter the economy is actually in very good shape right now. inflation is way, way down, there is no sign of recession. this is as close to a goldilocks economy as i have seen in my many years of providing economic analysis and advice. beyond that obviously if you have a prolonged strike that costs $5 billion or more in just ten days in terms of not only the workers and manufacturers, but also suppliers and consumers, it could have a negative effect.

the political fallout could be negative, obviously, but the political fallout would be much more serious >> on the question of perception regarding the u.s. economy, you are right, we have not seen the recession that many had been worried about for several years, but does the white house need to do more so show the work that they have done to enhance the economy and to provide things like the infrastructure act or the inflation reduction act when so many believe that president biden is hurting the economy? >> well, i would say, you know, these are -- the messaging action -- legion -- boris, every administration is frustrated inevitably because it's not getting its message out. i think the biden administration could presumably do a much better job. you've got these extraordinary -- extraordinary achievements, not only the chips act, the infrastructure act, the inflation reduction act with

huge solar and wind and noncarbon-based initiatives that are going to be very, very helpful in terms of fighting climate change, which we are all suffering from and all dealing with, and at the same time we are -- we have avoided a recession and brought inflation way down. i think there's a lot to cheer about and so i can't advise the biden administration obviously on exactly what to say or how to say it, but i do hope that the public pays a great deal of attention with the coming months because we've got an election coming up in 14 months that could be one of the most critical elections in american history. >> quickly, robert, your impressions on what it would take from both sides to prevent a costly strike? >> well, look, the big three auto makers in the united states have over the last ten years they've made a huge amount of

money, about $250 billion in the first six months of this year alone, $21 billion, huge amounts of money, and yet workers, auto workers, are still back in 2009, 2 2010, they have had very little by way of a raise. the ceos of the big three, they have -- they're earning about 29, 28, $25 million a year just the ceos, we are just talking about the chief executive officers. and they have had a raise of about 40% over the last four years. so if i were a uaw worker i would be clamoring, i would say now is the time. you've been doing so well, now is the time for a major raise, a lot of benefits that i have foregone for years. i should be getting right now because why should the ceos and top executives be doing so well and the shareholders be doing so

well and everybody else be doing so well but i as a worker doing all the work, i'm not doing so well. it's about time i did. that's what the auto workers probably are saying to themselves. >> robert reich, we appreciate the perspective. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, boris. jim? now to a warning from one of the nation's top generals that foreign companies are, quote, targeting and recruiting u.s. and nato training military talent to educate and train the chinese military. air force chief of staff general charles brown who has been nominated to replace general mark milley as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has written, quote, by essentially training the trainer, many of those who accept contracts with these foreign companies are eroding our national security, putting the very safety of their fellow service members and the country at risk and maybe violating the law. i'm joined now by cnn military analyst general wesley clark, former nato supreme allied

commander. general, always good to have you on. >> thank you, jim. >> so, first -- >> i really -- >> go ahead. >> what general brown is saying is spot on. our big advantage in the united states military, not just the training, of course china wants to put can you tell into that advantage. >> no question. i heard about this from lawmakers about this children, particularly pilot trainers so that they can get up to speed on some of the most advanced aircraft and learn something about u.s. and nato -- nato skills and tactics here. my first most basic question is why wouldn't it be illegal for current or former u.s. and nato military trainers to do this kind of work? >> well, for retirees, for military retirees, they are

covered by the constitutions a moll -- clause. they do work, even retirees, work for foreign corporations. they may be doing training for those corporations and they may not even understand that training is actually being exported into china in some way. for the people who are not retirees, there's a lot of skill at the bottom of the armed forces. the armed forces are all about training and education so they come in, they get their basic training, they get their expertise training, they get their pilot training, their tactics and techniques training and then maybe they're out and they're 30, 35 years old, they don't have retirement benefits, they're looking for a way to use their skills, no comparable civilian demand authorize those particular skills, some foreign country says this country would like your skills, come with us, you might live abroad for a

couple of years and before you know it that technology, all that technique is going to china. >> now, listen, it makes sense for folks, particularly they leave the military, they want to be able to continue and earn a living, that makes sense and invariably there are going to be private companies willing to pay for that, but is there a way to delineate which companies and which contracts are dangerous in effect, i mean, you see the u.s. government making judgments like this all the time in terms of, say, which chips they are exporting to china, right? you can export some, but not others. there a way for the way for the military to say you can work for these guys, but not those guys? >> i think there is a way to do that. i think the government now that they've been alerted by general brown probably can do a lot more in this area, jim, but it's a slippery area because once you take employment with one of these companies and some friends of mine were employed by a company in the gulf and before they knew it that company was involved in doing some things

like wiretapping american citizens that it wasn't doing before, and they didn't know that they had been signed on to do that. so they got drawn into it inadvertently. there are a lot of traps out there. when you are out of the military, you have military-specific skills and you are looking for employment abroad, it's a very tough transition for people to make. >> understood. well, something clearly there keeping a close on eye on. general wesley clark, always good to have you on. >> thank you, jim. boris? when we come back, hurricane lee is now a major hurricane in the atlantic. we have the latest on its track. and after several incidents involving passengers and flight attendance being stuck on planes on the runway in the bliss ring heat airline unions are demanding change. we will show you what they want to see happen when we come back. because you call these communities s home, and we do too.

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we may be just a few hours away from the start of a rescue mission for the american who has been trapped inside a turkish cave for case. 40-year-old mark dickey was on a research expedition when he began suffering from gastrointestinal pleading. there is video showing him alert and upright after he received six units of blood. his condition is stable but he remains 3,600 feet underground. eleni, what can you tell us about this rescue mission? >> reporter: look, this video showing us an alert and stable mark dickey and this is important, look, the authorities, emergency services

are telling us that he is doing well. he himself said in a video that he released that he is feeling good and he's alert, but he's still not healed inside and that is really important because we've spoken about narrow passage ways they're trying to blast to try to expand. they are talking about stretchers and harnesses. in terms of the operation it's set to start on saturday if everything goes well and mark dickey is feeling healthy enough. 182 rescuers on the ground from various countries from around the world, 32 people are currently underground within the cave planning and preparing for this exit. making sure there is enough assistance at every stop. i want you to take a listen to some of what mark dickey had to say. >> i look forward to working with everyone to safely get myself out with their assistance. as you can see, i'm up, i'm alert, i'm talking, but i'm not

healed on the inside yet, so i'm going to need a lot of help to get out of here. >> reporter: yeah, i mean, look, boris, you can see how cold it is, you can see that mist coming out when he's speaking. so it gives you a sense of the conditions. it is cold, it is wet, it's a difficult scenario. i have to remind you he started gastrointestinal bleeding on saturday. we are talking about seven days into this. incredible effort by the international community and by local rescuers. the question now is is he going to be feeling good enough to start this on saturday. >> glad to see him speaking and smiling and seems to be a that he's laughing down there, even though this seems like a very difficult or neil. el eleni, thanks so much. hurricane lee is now a category 4 storm churning its way through the atlantic. the latest update shows lee with sustained winds at 155 miles per hour, the national hurricane center is warning of dangerous surf and rip current conditions

across the caribbean over the next few days. cnn's meteorologist chad myers has been following this. so what is the latest track? tell us where it's headed. >> still headed to the west-northwest. i mean, that's been the track from the hurricane center and all the models for at least four days. yes, 155, it was briefly yesterday a category 5 at 157 or higher, but we were all the way up to 165. right now we're still kind of losing a little power. there's some shear out there. there's also colder water up to the north, maybe that's another five days away, though, that's how long we will be talking about this same storm because it's moving very, very slowly, but moving right along the path here of where the models say it should be going. while we are all going to wait for this big turn to the right. does it happen a little bit early? maybe bermuda is in trouble? does it happen a little late and maybe the northeast could get brushed by this thing. it's in very warm water, obviously the steering currents

around the high and ahead of the low, this is a typical pattern for a recurbing storm. the cold water is from franklin, mixed the atmosphere up. all of the water came from way down below. hurricane lee the third fastest rapid intensification tied with matthew. yes, this was a very intense storm. and still is. >> let's look at texas now. and a historic heat wave, every time i talk to you it's historic. records are being broken almost every day. historic rains in hong kong, historic heat in texas and historically busy hurricane season. tell us what's happening in texas and how bad and how unusual. >> today should be the worst of it for north texas, for dallas-fort worth, waco. tomorrow they are very worried about the power grid, obviously

not going down but saying please conserve, don't do anything silly in the middle of the afternoon, don't run your drier if you don't have torques don't bake a turkey in you don't have to. that's more power consumption that can be put off especially the drier until 8:00 or 9:00 tonight when the air conditioning use starts to go down a little bit. it's hot and it's going to stay hot. six days above 100 in september for houston. 34 days in the summer above 100, only two more days above 100 to break the all time record. it's a year of records and i think we will break that for sure. >> chad myers, thanks so much. as chad mentioned, with all this heat it's being felt especially at airports where extreme temperatures on the tarmac with a problem that's become much too common affecting passengers and airline workers. in phoenix where temperatures can reach well into the triple digits baggage handlers and airplane cleaners are filing a safety complaint with osha saying they're being forced to

work in blistering hot conditions. listen. >> i often feel like i'm going to faint and i've caught myself briefly dipping in and out of consciousness. i sometimes resort to drinking water left over from the passengers. it's grueling work and we often have so many airplanes scheduled to clean. >> airline unions across the country are joining the fight demanding new regulations to keep things cool in the cabin. we're joined by cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean who took a break from his unofficial duties of mayor of dca to join us in the studio. what are the unions asking for? >> this is a big ask because they want regulations here, also passengers want regulations and flight attendants want regulations so there is a maximum temperature in the passenger cabin. it's a big problem and planes have been baking in the hot sun and it's changing with climate change. we have seen issues where planes are stuck on the tarmac and

passengers become overheated in vaccination, in arizona and dallas. those are big hubs in the southwest. you expect it to be hot there. atlanta can be pretty hot. this is moving north and east, though, with climate change and we're seeing this happen in places like new york. the real issue and the big situation here is that pilots will sometimes turn off the air conditioning on board a plane when it's in something called a tarmac delay. this is something where there have been some regulations around but not completely when it comes to the temperature on board the plane. flight attendants have been gathering complaints from themselves, the numbers are through the roof. 4,000 complaints of extreme temperature on board a commercial airliner since 2018 so over the last five years. the issue is that the rules are a little bit murky. the department of transportation says if a plane is sitting on the tarmac during a delay, either waiting for a gate or waiting to be pushed back from the gate before takeoff they have to maintain a comfortable

cabin temperature. it's up to the airline policy to police this, but that's the airline policy. there's no rule from the federal government about this. the department of transportation does fine airlines when it comes to this. now congress is getting involved, congress' purse -- the faa's purse strings are held by congress here. congress could force them and there is some language in the house faa reauthorization bill that would make it so that there is a rule that the faa has to look at temperatures on board planes and maybe come up with an official standard. we will see, though. clearly a lot of people are upset about this and they want some change here. not only workers, but passengers, too. >> could be a significant health concern. >> no doubt. >> pete muntean, thank you so much. jim? american ben shelton is about to battle it out on the court with novak djokovic for a spot in the u.s. open stadium. we will go live to arthur ashe stadium next.

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now to some of the other headlines we're watching for this hour. former house speaker nancy pelosi at 83 years old announced today that she is running for reelection. the california democrat made history becoming the first woman to hold the speakership back in 2007. she stepped down as leader in january after republicans won control of the chamber. looking overseas, record-breaking rainfall in hong kong trapping drivers, submerging train stations and causing major road damage. officials say it is heaviest downpour the city has seen in a single hour since the late 1800s, more than 100 people are reportedly injured. finally -- a somber salute

in london marking the one-year anniversary of queen elizabeth's death. a special service of remembrance at a church in scotland where the late queen used to worship. queen elizabeth was the uk's longest monarch ruling the kingdom for over 70 years. this afternoon at the u.s. open ben shelton will attempt to pull off another upset in his quest to reach the finals there. to do it he has to have his work cut out for him. defeating 23-time grand champion and heavy favorite novak djokovic. shelton will try to join coco gauff who advanced to the women's finals. the 19-year-old is now just one win away from becoming grand slam champion. carolyn manno joins us.

already they've had a great u.s. open. let's throw that out there. they're causing a stir. this is all icing on the cake. but what chances do you place for an upset over djokovic from shelton based on how he's playing right now? >> reporter: well, listen, i think you hit it exactly on the head, he has absolutely nothing to lose. when you look at the stats head to head ben shelton is looking for his first career title, djokovic has 100 of them. ben shelton has won 15. there is no pressure on him. if he lost to novak djokovic, nobody would think, wow, i can't believe it. i mean, novak djokovic is the best player in the world for a reason. his serve is absolutely massive. will he meet the moment which he's proven he can do as a collegiate player who embraces this environment. he loves this crowd and the crowd loves him right back.

watching him warm up there were a couple hundred people cheering for every shot made. talking about how exciting he's been. it's going to be a difficult test. i think it would be pretty wild if he could pull it off against the likes of novak djokovic but the run has been story book with how far he has made t the break out star of this year's tournament. coco gauff has a likely shot of ending this tournament with her first major slam. sabalenka will be a tough test but cocoa playing phenomenally well. quite a story for the americans at the u.s. open heading into tonight's matches. >> you're right, listen, when they have nothing to lose you can take some risks, you might push the limits and maybe you knock off a champion. carolyn manno, again, i'm jealous, she's there, we're here. boris? still to come, "the tonight sh show"'s jimmy fallon is apologizing to his staff after allegations of a toxic workplace

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tonight show host jimmy fallon is apoz logizing for a toxic work environment. past employees claimed they were bullied by leadership, instud i -- including the star comedian. lisa, what can you tell us about the report? >> reporter: allow me to quote just a little bit of the report to set the stage for what has been a bombshell about the show. it says according to two current and 14 former employees, "the tonight show" has been a toxic workplace for years. far outside the boundaries of what is considered normal in the high pressure world of

late-night tv. they say the ugly environment starts at the top, with fallon's erratic behavior and has trickled down to its ever changing leadership teams, nine show runners in nine years who don't know how to say no to jimmy. from there, we had a lot of testimonials and allegations from past and present employees who paint a picture of an extremely toxic work environment. surprising to many, jimmy fallon apologized within hours of the story being published. he said, sorry if i embarrassed you and your family and friends. i feel so bad, i can't even tell you. i want the show to be fun and inclusive to everybody. people are saying he sounded really contrite, like he is really sorry for everything that is being reported about his late night show. >> "the tonight show" a big deal for nbc. what are they saying? >> reporter: nbc interestingly enough released a statement in support of the show, but it's not a statement that actually

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