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 arent pleased with the developments. And australia and france fighting for a spot in the world cup semifinals. Well have the latest on all the actions. We begin this hour in hawaii, where were 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 whats become of their homes, but authorities closed it again a short time later. Officials say the fire is 85 contained, but the danger isnt completely gone. Criticism is growing on how authorities responded to the fire and why Emergency Management says the wark sirens werent activated when the fire broke out. Many people were unaware how bad things had gotten until it was too bad to leave. The governor talked about what went wrong. What we understand is when the fires reignited in the Late Afternoon or early evening, they were focusing on fires elsewhere on the idensland. And the telecommunications were destroyed very rapidly. Communication was caught off by the destruction of heat coming down the mountain. The destruction is difficult to Fathom Opinion an entire community eliminated in a matter of hours. When the mayor said its all gone, its all gone. Reporter unimaginable shock, an entire city burned completely to the ground. Devastation, everything, gone. Reporter we surveyed the damage from above and the destruction is difficult to imagine. The view from above is apocalyptic. You can see a row of cars trying to make it out. Many of those stuck in accidents, in a traffic jam, all of those cars reduced to ash. Reporter residents allowed back into the city to see the destruction up close, but not without a warning from the the governor who told a local tv station in hawaii, you want to caution everyone, they will see destruction like they have not seen in their lives. Everyone, please brace themselves as they go back. As some maybe able to return to their hometown, as many as a thousand people are still missing and unaccounted for. Honestly, we dont know. Heres the challenge. Theres no power. Theres no internet. Theres no radio coverage. Reporter theres fear the Climbing Death Toll will go high er with more than a thousand buildings destroyed. I do not know what the final number is going to be. Its going to be horrible and tragic when we get that number. Reporter thousands are still displaced and thousands of travelers are still waiting to get off the island. Were leaving primarily because we are using up food and resources. Reporter people remain without power and many have no water. Were talking about measure just days. Were talking about weeks to months. Reporter shelter space on the island is filling up quickly. Were at the limits in some places. Well have to try to get more for folks on the west side. Reporter as the reality sets in, so does the frustration with how it happened. The Tsunami Warnings should have been utilized. This could have been handled so much better in so many ways. Reporter questions are starting to circulate among people who inhabited the island. Why warerent they warned soone. The tragedy would be difficult to anticipate, especially overnight with high winds. But that does not mean we wont do everything in the future to stop this. Reporter cnn, maui, hawaii. Winds are forecast to decrease across maui today, and a few showers are possible. The fires were fanned by winds and detrier than usual conditio. Chad myers explains more. Its obviously good news that Hurricane Dora has moved away. The High Pressure has move d away. The Pressure Gradient making all the wind is now gone. What isnt gone is this Rainfall Deficit. 80 of hawaii in some type of Rainfall Deficit and more importantly in maui county, 16 of the area there under severe drought. Even in the dry areas of maui just to the west of the area. Dry areas, its just a rain forest. Its not. The other side is where it is dry almost a desert. Heres the west side of maui. The wind and the storms come in from the east to the west. If you are on the east side of these mountains, thats where it rains. It rains almost every single day. Places receive 400 inches in some places. So there is the rain forest that we talk about. You see pictures of it. But on the other side when the air comes over the top and back down, thats when you get the dry air. It really looks like a desert on the other side of the rain forest. Something else that may have happened, these canyons that you see coming down from the top of the extinct volcano, they may have acted like a Wind Tunnel Effect funneling that. This is still years and years and years that they will look at this. Something else you probably havent heard of unless youre from the west, Wildland Urban Interface. What is that . Thats when you get wildland here. In fact, those are abandoned Sugar Cane Plantations that are just growing wild Shrub Grasses and things that burn when they dry out. Backed up right up against the town itself. When you catch the Wildland Urban Interface on fire, thats the risk of sending the fire into a town. It happened in paradise, california, with the campfire. Its happened All Over The World where you take a piece of land and want to put homes up right up against the trees because its so pretty. Then youre in that wui. A lot of this burned right into town. My next guest works on development of Machine Learning for weather and climate predictions. Peter dubin joins us from germany. Thank you so much for being here with us. When were looking at the situation, were learning that the threat of high winds and wildfires were minimized ahead of the tragedy. Could more accurate models lead to better predictions and lives saved in cases like this . Yes, absolutely. We have seen this in the last couple decades that the models are Getting Better and better. Therefore, it was more and more possible to twill kind of issue earlier warning for extreme events. Not just for this situation, but cyclones in general. So yes, better models for better predictions that can help save lives. So many of those better models are coming with the use of ai. How does aipowered Weather Forecasting compare to traditional forecasting in terms of accuracy and speed and so on . Yes, thats a very interesting question. Theres a lot happening right now at the moment. So since the last five years, we were looking into Machine Learning for weather predictions. In the last half year, weather models based on Machine Learning were getting as good or even better than conventional els in some of the aspects of weather predictions. But theres a caveat to this. The models are different in nature. So some predictions are better with conventional models. Its really the synergies. For the positioning of cyclones, the Machine Learning models are getting very good. Its really the synergies we need to look into to really make the best of the both worlds. Interesting. Just from a laymens point of view, youd think ai would be more intelligent and be able to forecast some of those things better. So for winds, why would ai be more limited than traditional models . So traditional models are built on the physics. We look into the equations and the systems and we use Super Computers to solve the equations. For machinelearned model, they learn from the data. The data is basically about the atmosphere for the last 40 years. If you look into extreme events, that happens once in 100 years t doesnt mean that the Machine Learning models will be perfect in learning those events. And we also dont really know exactly what machine learned models are doing. We dont have a physical understanding behind them. They are a different beast. And the reasons why they are not so good in strong winds, we also understand, because it depends on the way, how those models are tra trained that they are better in Making Predictions rather than extremes. But this doesnt mean that in the future we will not be able to build more sophisticated mod thes. So its restaurant very dialic kp situation. Lots of good developments towards machinelearning models making better predictions in the future. But as it stands, ai wouldnt have been able to, in this case, predict what was going on because it was so exceptional, this idea of having these high winds and the fire threat, is that right . I think just right now, would agree with that. But i dont think thats probably true in a year from now. The speed of developments is quite strong. And we still need to learn how to use those Machine Learning tools in the best possible way and build specific tasks. We will also try to understand how Machine Learning would have helped in this specific situation. And im pretty sure in a year from now, well be able to make more use of those models than we are today. Interesting. I really appreciate your insights on this very interesting topic. And clearly, topical on a day like today. Thank you so much for speaking with us. Thank you. Donald trump and legal team are on notice. The federal judge presiding over the election case against the former president is warning to be extra careful of what they say publicly about the case. Jessica snider has the latest. Reporter the case against donald trump in washington, d. C. Is moving rapidly. The judge in this had this case is being firm on what they can and cannot disclose about the case to the public. So the judge issued a protective order, and it lays out the trump and his team cannot disclose any Sensitive Information given to them during this discovery process. That includematerial about the grand jury or search warrants. She issued several warnings to trump. En though hes running a political campaign, still has to yield to the administration of justice. That means that his political speech has to be somewhat limited, then thats how its going to be. Shes going to be carefully scrutinizing statements from trump and his team. She says, anything that can be interpreted to be sintimidating to witnesses or prejudice to potential jurors t could threaten the whole process in this case. So under all of these terms, prosecutors are prepared to begin handing over material immediately. That includes 1. 6 million pagesf documents, interviews, which trump will be prohibited from disclosing publicly, and now well see how quickly this case can go to trial. Prosecution has already said they want it to start january 2nd. Trumps legal team has to propose their start date next week. They will likely propose after the election, but at the rate the judge is moving, she might want to move closer to the prosecutions proposed january 2024 date, so we will see. Jessica snider, cnn, washington. Republican critics have long demanded that hunter biden be investigated by a Special Counsel, but now that its happened, theres complaints its too little, too late. On a post on social media, Kevin Mccarthy blasted the appointment saying federal prosecutor has already investigated hunter biden for five years and cant be trusted to prosecute him. Paula reid has more on why this decision was made at this time. According to the Justice Department, on tuesday, the u. S. Attorn asked the Justice Department to ange his designation to Special Counsel for the purposes of the hunter biden investigation. Now hes a trumpappointed u. S. Attorney. Hes been investigating biden for five years. But the Justice Department has not put forth any official explanation for why he suddenly wanted to change his status and become a fullblown Special Counsel. There are some clues in the Court Documents because on friday Court Filings reveal that the Plea Agreement that had been reached has fall apart. They have reached an impass after a judge expressed some concerns and had some questions about the plea deal and after reaching this impasse, it a appears that that case related to some tax charges and one charge related to Gun Possession could now go to trial. One of the big differences once youre a Special Counsel, not only can you bring a case in any jurisdiction, you also have to write a full report detailing your findings. The Justice Department emphasizes that will help with the transparency around this investigation. Its not clear that republicans on the hill are going to see it that way. They wanted him to come and testify, answer questions. Its unclear how becoming a Special Counsel wocould impact husband willingness to testify before him. The previous Special Counsels like Robert Mueller have testified, but only after their investigations and after they submitted their reports. 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He fired all top Regional Military recruiters across the board, and at least some of them now face criminal investigations for reportedly profiteering on their jobs. More on all this, we have more from london. Lets start with the evacuation of the children. Theres already mandatory evacuations in place, but now authorities considering specifically an Evacuation Order for children. Theres about 800 children that live there, so that would make them the priority. It comes as ukrainian Officials Say that russia is intensifying efforts in the ckharkiv Region O Take Grab Land and push its forces forward. Ukraine military Officials Saying that russia is trying to make the north region the. Center of the fighting, pulling away Ukrainian Forces from their focus in the south along the southern access. So true concern ab the children living in that area. It comes just a day after that attack, that horrifying attack in a hotel, one that the United Nations called utterly inadmissible because it was a hotel being used as a childrens camp. So all of this paint ing an imae of concern and worry about the youngest living in those frontline regions. It comes as, you mentioned, the president zelenskyy is Fighting Corruption among husband own ranks. In a recent video statement, he said all Heads Of Offices across the board in ukraine will be dismissed from their jobs amid allegations of corruption. He says anyone carrying out misdeeds, corruption during a time of war, he accused them of high treason. Take a listen. Translator some took cash, some took crypto currency, thats the only difference. The cynicism is the same everywhere. Legalization of illegally obtained funds, illegal transportation of persons across the border, this system should be run by people who know exactly what war is and why cynicism and bribery in times of war constitute treason. Its not the only time that ukraine has had to tackle corruption during the war, during this conflict. Earlier this year, there was a major shakeup in his cabinet after allegations of War Profiteering came up among his own men, among his own ranks. This is critical, it strikes a nerve at a time of war when Tens Of Thousands of soldiers are fighting and dying on those frontlines. President zelenskyy wanting to appear strong, wanting to appear responsive saying that investigative committees, governmentbacked committees will continue their work. Some 100 criminal proceedings have already byebye been opened, but this is critical to ukraines allies. They know the funding, the billions of dollars they are pouring into ukraine is being used appropriately. And the context of President Biden just asking congress for billion billions more. Thank you. As ukraine fights russian aggression, its allies are starting to work on deterring future incursion. G7 countries saud they are opening talks with kyiv on how to build a military capable of heading off future russian invasion. A thousand marines are returning home after six months of training in britain. They were trained by british forces. And in washington, the white house says its open to training ukrainian pilots to fly f16s on u. S. Soil. European countries are putting together plans for that training. As the number of dead in hawaii continues to rise, there are questions about what could have been done to prevent the disaster. State officials underestimated the threat posed bid wildfires. Thats next on cnn newsroom. Plus republicans have been demanding a Special Counsel take over investigations of hunter biden, but they are complaining now that one has been named. Details, coming up. Stay with us. Welcome back to all of you watching in the united states, khan around the world. Im kim brunhuber. This is thn newsroom. An update on the devastating wildfires in hawaii. Authorities now say 80 people have been cop firmed dead. The number is expected to rise in the coming days. I i sat up on. Of roof and battled for about three hours. I couldnt do it anymore. I said i have to move. Then i ran to the ocean and gave in. So you literally saved yourself by jumping into the ocean. Yes. When you turned around and looked back, what did you see . Devastation, everything, gone. Criticism is growing over how officials handled the early moments of the wildfires since flames spread across the identity lapd. No warning sirens were activated, which critics say cost lives. Reporter cnn is Learning Officials underestimated the risk of wildfires in a recent report, even other documents knew they lacked resources to prevent and fight fires. We had advanced notice coming into the summer. The winds, low humidity, any ignition would have sparked a big fire, and thats exactly what we saw. Reporter in a state report Ranking National disasters, officials classified the Wildfire Risk to human life as low in this colorcoded chart. The assessment coming years after Hurricane Lane fanned the flames of fires in hawaii ravaging maui in 2018. That perfect storm of conditions highlighted the threat and how unprepared officials in hawaii were dealing with such a disaster, with a county report noting Hurricane Lane made small fires swell and stretch Public Safety resources with strong winds grounding air support. That storm should have been a wakeup call, according to this Planning Document from hawaiis Emergency Management agency. Other state and local documents show hawaii lagged behind in preparedness for the devastating wildfires playing out now that have killed more than 50 people, left countless people missing and triggered widespread evacuations. A cruel deja vu for some residents. Four years ago, we had another hurricane. We lost our house in the fire. Rebuilt, and what happened yesterday is killing me right now. We just lost our house again. Twice in four years. Reporter a 2021 report also makes the troubling point that despite the increasing number of wildfires, Fire Prevention was given, quote, short shift in the department of fire and safety. The plan also included, quote, nothing about what can and should be done to prevent fires, which is called a significant oversight. Given how catastrophic this event was, i think there will be a lot of pressure on the state and other organizations to improve their Fire Prevention actions that they are taking at the statewide level. Reporter the fires come as maui has faced increasing Drought Conditions in recent years contribute iing to warnin like this in a webinar from the hawaii wildfire management organization. Hawaii has a big wildfire problem. We are on par with thes most fireprone states in the western u. S. The impacts of fire are broad and long lasting. Reporter now residents are left to rebuild again as the threat of future disasters looms with no clear plan in place. I mean, i know what i need to do. We have done it before. It just sucks. Reporter pamela brown, yellocnn, washington. If youd like to help those impacted by the hawaii wildfires, you can go to cnn. Com impact. There you can find a list of vetted organizations that you can check out. Fridays announcement that hunter biden will be investigated by Special Counsel came as a surprise to most people and left many of the harshest critics unsatisfied. Hunter biden has faced a plea deal on back taxes and a gun charges but that deal fell apart, which means he will most likely head to trial. Some president ial hopefuls were asked about it while campaigning in iowa. Lets listen. I think its about time that we saw the appointment of a Special Counsel to get to the bottom of not only what hunter biden was doing, but what the biden family was doing. The American People deserve answers. You see this stuff with hunter biden. Its like if he were republican, he would be in jail by now. We all know that. The doj is putting up a charade. They are blowing smoke to make it appear like they are bringing him to justice, when they are just satisfying a quest to take down their political opponent. Hunter bidens attorneys and his client has been investigated already and the danger is he will become a victim of the highly charged partisan atmosphere in d. C. Every maga rightwing Person Yelling and screaming and saying its not right and its not fair and its not just, you have the former president trying to use hunter biden as a way to excuse his own conduct, and at some point, that could pierce the noise and be so noisy that it gets in the way of the facts and the law. Joining us live from new york is Criminal Defense Lawyer who is also a former prosecutor. Thank you so much for being here with us. So first off, this is the same person who has been overseeing the case now for years. What difference does being appointed Special Counsel make . Well, with being appointed Special Counsel, whats going to happen in this case is he has broad latitude, meaning he can actually pursue charges in other jurisdictions aside from delaware. Remember, he still remains as the u. S. Attorney for delaware, but now he can look at other jurisdictions without having to look for the other jurisdictions to cooperate. Also, it gives him independence in the sense that hes not going to be under the scrutiny of supervision from the department of justice. So that is the main authority that hes getting is the independent and the broad latitude. This has been going on for five years now. So why now . Is this just about Public Perception or is hunter biden in worse legal jeopardy here . Thats the milliondollar question, why now after five years. Buzz why now after you were going to enter into a Plea Agreement that was going to end these charges. So whats the difference between the a couple weeks ago and now. They are saying that he requested to be Special Counsel and thats why he decided to appoint him as Special Counsel. But it doesnt change things. If i were hunter biden, i would be nervous. I would be nervous because at the time of the plea, the judge specifically asked the prosecution, is the investigation still ongoing. And that right there, that answer was yes. So why would they have entered into a plea. Will there be additional charges for hunter biden . Is he facing additional charges in other jurisdictions . Will this end in a trial . Will this end in a plea . What will happen, we dont know. Were going to have to wait and see. But its more to appease the republican base. But its not appeasing any republicans. They have been panning this after all the Special Counsel, a trump appointee, we should note, was implicated in the Sweetheart Deal and house republicans, as we heard there, they are still going after the bidens. So how big of a drag will this be on joe biden in an Election Year . First off, youre never going to be able to appease everyone. Which i find it so difficult here because the Republican Party had been saying a Special Counsel should have been appointed from the very beginning. Here you have a Special Counsel. Here you have a trumpappointed u. S. Attorney, that originated under trump. You finally have a designation of Special Counsel. In terms of how its going to affect him, aside from running as a candidate, you also have to think hes also a father. It is the father of hunter biden. Its going to have a personal effect. And questions are going to come up throughout the entire campaign. Hopefully, maybe they will be able to resolve this matter before the november election, but who knows. Its going to take awhile. Its definitely going to be conversation thats going to be happening throughout this campaign, whether its on the democratic side or republican side. But either way, lets remember hunter biden is separate from President Biden. Yeah, ab ssolutely. Although republicans will be clear to sort of square that circle. Thank you for your insights really appreciate it. Thank you. Donald trump will campaign at the Iowa State Fair later today where he remains the front runner in a crowded race for the nomination. But he will have to tone down his usual rhetoric after a judge is warning not to make inflammatory statements. Reporter the rides, the animals, the deep fried everything, then add in more than a million visitors to the Ah State Fair and you have the reason why president ial candidates are flipping pork burgers in the first in the nation caucus state. Thats how tcandidates have traditionally won, county by county, bone voter at a time. Mike pence draws some attention. Many pass right on by. Donald trump was here, it would be packed here. If trump goes to jail, i will change my mind. Reporter cooking in the rear of the pork tent. This iowa farmer has seen cycle after Cycle Flip Pork in his fair tent. This year johnson doesnt want the usual iowa persuasion. As far as moving you at all, is that even possible . No, im pretty well sure where im at. Most people already have their minds made up. I know in my area, its trump country. So different. Havent experience anything like this because of trump. Reporter dave price has covered iowa politics for more than two decades. When trump come ss to the fair this weekend, he will skip the traditional soap box and the interview with the states popular republican governor writing his own rules and still leading in the polls. What price doesnt know is if that lead holds until januarys caucuses. There is still concern from republicans about, hey, we want to win in 24. We lost in 2022. Is trump really the guy to get the party there. Reporter at the fairs famed butter cow, you hear the partys divide and the role the indictments against trump play in the primary. Even among lifelong friends like these three republican women. Are the indictments changing how you feel . No, because i do think a lot of that is for a fact. A lot of those are trumped up. I dont find the charges against them being trumped up at all. Thats my opinion. And i believe in a judicial system, so i hope our judicial system holds together. Reporter on saturday, think of the Iowa State Fair as having its main event at least politically. Ron desantis and donald trump will both be here at the fair at around the same time. And trump will be bringing Florida State representatives to accompany him here at the fair. Not so much a Decorum Break there, but think of it more as trolling to jab at delawasantis. Cnn, des moines, iowa. Still ahead this hour, more protests against a west africa bloc as it moves closer to military intervention. Why some people are voicing support for coup leaders instead. Stay with us. Spend momore mo . Hes eight and he gets itit. Im 10. Well, thats less impressive. With powerful, easytouse tools, power e trade makes complex trading easier. React to fastmoving markets with dynamic charting and a Futures Ladder that lets you place, flatten, or reverse orders so you wont miss an opportunity. E trade from morgan stanley. Bridgett is here. She has no clue that im here. She has no clue whos in the helmet. Are you ready . Im ready alright. Xfinity rewards creates experiences big and small, and onceinalifetime. Thats why Comcast Business De is launching theal. Mobile made free event. With our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. Its our best internet. 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And they would like to avoid the kind of thing we saw with the demonstration yesterday, where demonstrators were saying things like down with france, we need russias help to get rid of these french monkeys. Theres a lot of animosity to this day against the french community, who were there for almost a century in charge, and as a consequence, the demonstrators would have liked to see the french get out. The french are saying their Military Deal was with the government. That deal stands, as far as they are concerned. The french diplomats have, to some extent, scaled down their operations, but the Military Base is still where it was. For the moment, that seems to be where its going to stay. Jim bitterman in paris, thank you so much. Still ahead, down to the wire. France and australia need penalties settle their world cup match. Its going ton rion right now. Please stay with us. Makes sense oh, i see what you did there what . What . I dont get it. Hehe. 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So i think australia has to score. France just scored one of their penalties. Now australia has to equal this or france wins, if i have that right. Reporter were now in sudden death penalties. Thats exactly right, kim. Im just watching on my end here on the tv. The french team is going crazy. Were seeing the australian player put the ball down to take this penalty. I can see people just watching this with baited breath. What are you seeing . The nerves. The nerves are real here. Oh, sent the keeper the wrong way. Australia still alive. Thats why youre seeing the cheers and excitement in the crowd there. Reporter both of these teams have a first ever womens world cup semifinal at stake. Boy, the nerve that it takes to deliver on a stage like this with so much at stake, i just cant imagine it. Reporter yeah, this is the longest Penalty Shootout in womens world cup history. Oh, my gosh. Reporter there was nothing at all to split these two sides over 120 minutes. France scores again, so australia will have to score again here. Im surprised, while we wait for australia to take the kick, that new zealand would be so behind their rivals in this. Is that what youre seeing . Reporter i have to say, there is a lot of support for australia. A lot of people wearing the green and gold. Theres a big french contingent here as well. Theres been a brilliant c cohosting atmosphere of this tournament. The first womens world cup that has been cohosted. And the real understanding of the importance for the region. This Australia Team are very much carried the mantle, seen as the golden generation that has gavlvanized more support behind their National WomensFootball Team than ever before. Okay. Reporter and we go on. I mean, it feels like this could go on forever. I just cant imagine now were getting into the Penalty Takers who didnt want to take the penalties. And you never know whats going to happen then. Reporter this is down to the wire. 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