The world. Im kim brunhuber, ahead on cnn newsroom. What we saw was likely the largest Natural Disaster in hawaiis state history. Deadly wildfires tear through maui. Entire neighborhoods wiped out. We write you the harrowing stories of those who escaped the fastmoving flames. Plus, the big event that has them racing to see the iowa fair. In zaporizhzhia, as President Biden asks congress for more assistance for ukraine. Well have the live report from the latest. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. Tremendous devastation, a sense of deep loss and a scramble to save whatever can still be saved. Thats all happening on the Hawaiian Island of maui, where 53 people have been killed by wildfires described as apocalyptic. The death toll is likely to go even higher as Emergency Crews Sift through countless properties, now in ashes. The wildfire is now the second deadliest in the u. S. In a century, and the governor says its likely the largest Natural Disaster ever in h
The deaths are caused by a crush of lorries running people over. Our Special Correspondent working with bbc verify has spent the day piecing together more details of what happened and i should warn you, this contains distressing images. Shots cracked through the night. People start to move. Then run to get away. In this section of the crowd there is panic. As casualties streamed into local hospitals, the testimony of witnesses. Translation situation was unimaginably crazy. I if aid is going to come to us in this way, we dont want it. We dont want to live on the blood of our children. The israelis say that at 4 40am, the convoy left here under an israeli tank escort and began to move towards the crowds waiting for food. The army supplied Drone Footage but there is no way of telling the sequence of the images because there is no timestamp. At 4 16, the israelis say, crowds began to surge around the tracks. In this sequence, bodies can be seen lying on the ground. So others can be seen cr
hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. now to a big political story in the uk, with the main opposition labour party being accused of a major u turn. the party is to announce that it will no longer spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the general election. the party made the pledge 2.5 years ago. let s get more on this major political move. sir keir starmer has just been speaking about labour s green plans to our political editor chris mason. keir starmer, let s be clear. what are you binning today and what are you keeping? since we ve announced the green prosperity plan, we ve made a number of very important commitments, like green steel so we continue to make steel in this country, giga factories so we can do the next generation of cars, a national wealth fund so that we can have investment coming in for the jobs of the future, and green energy, which will be
sent to the front lines. as putin s paranoia is leading to a bigger military purge. breaking news, two of trump s most senior white house aides, jared kushner and hope hicks have now testified before the grand jury investigating trump s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. we re going to tell you a key question that both of them were asked. and we have new audio tonight of a passenger plane s frantic call for help after hitting extreme turbulence. that plane dropping thousands of feet in seconds. what was it like on board, two passengers on the florida-bound flight are my guests. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett, outfront tonight, putin s military meltdown. we re getting new video tonight of a deadly fight that broke out at a military camp near moscow. according to russian media, these men were about to be sent to the front lines, and then one of the soldiers here is said to have upset his superiors, he was reportedly beaten by members of a recon
significant shift. jacqui: it would be, a year ago i asked the white house about russia using the weapons. jen psaki said we have seen the reports, if that were true it would potentially be a war crime. jack a war crime. see how the white house explains the shift in thinking. tom cotton applauding the move, saying it s long pastime we give ukraine equal access to the same weapons that putin is using. mike: first to america s crime crisis. jacqui: a heartbreaking story out of our nation s capital as a former afghan interpreter for the u.s. army who served for nearly two decades assisting americans in afghanistan was senselessly shot and killed while working as a lyft driver. he escaped the taliban less than two years ago, moving his family to what he thought was safety. mike: the father of four was killed monday shortly after dropping off customers. security video capturing four suspects running from the scene. jacqui: do we have any idea of leads here? this is