Watching. I will be back tomorrow in the Situation Room six pm eastern. Cnn tonight with Victor Blackwell starts right now. Hey, wolf. Good evening. I am Victor Blackwell blackwell. Trumps former impeachment attorney, a lawyer for one of the mafia bosses that Rudy Giuliani prosecuted eric tegans champion, daniel dale, and linette lopez. But first, if democrats are not worried about next years election new numbers suggest they should be. Listen to this. Into new polls, General Election is a dead heat if the matchup is President Biden versus a dead heat, despite trump facing his fourth indictment, 91 charges in all, and several trials next year while people will be voting. Something else noteworthy, as we talk about the health of americas democracy nearly 60 of republicans today think that biden was not legeyt it elected legitimately. Also today, Fulton County da fani willis that she wants trump travel start the day before super tuesday. And of course, trump is intensifying his rhetoric
A search for answers. The atf now in maui investigating what sparked a catastrophic wildfire, as crews search for more than a thousand people still missing. And in the aftermath of the disaster, a top Emergency Management official stepping down even as he defends the response to the fires. Plus, delay, delay, delay. Donald trumps legal team testing the limits of that legal strategy, proposing to start one of his special counsel trials in april of 2026. Will the judge buy their reasons for the setback . And serious skepticism from the white house to the pentagon about ukraines current strategy and where kyiv is targeting its fight against russia. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. We start this afternoon with major growing questions on the cause and the response to the deadly maui wildfires. Right now, the atfs National Response team is joining the investigation. The death toll remains at 111. But a thousand people
Rocket blasts off to new heights. Now the question is, where did it go . Our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin in florida, where theyre in court, and the judge just made things interesting. Back in session after the lunch break. I understand that judge cannon is showing some skepticism. About what . Reporter thats correct, chris. Its always perilous to trying to interpret judge cannon. She has a habit of asking tough questions on both sides, but it was pretty clear shes baulks at the argument that the president ial acts means this case should be thrown out. She replied, its difficult to see how this gets you to the dismissal of an indictment. She added that this line of argument cements better suited in trial or during jury instructions, which is a point that some of our legal experts have made. This question that he decreed that some of these documents were personal, thats a fact question that should be decided at trial. Even though theres no evidenc
Suicide. And the investor immortalizing The Big Short for predicting the Housing Bubble would burst is back at it again. Why hes betting 1. 6 billion that the stock market will crash. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin in hawaii with the growing questions about the role downed power lines may have played in those deadly wildfires. Nbcs dana griffin is live from maui. Some hawaiian residents are suing the Utility Company as videos emerge of what happened to the power lines during the high winds. Dana, what can you tell us . Reporter well, chris, i can tell you, we have seen a lot of videos on social media, one in particular that purports to show downed power lines and smoke, and that could have been the reignition of that fire after it was contained. Nbc news has not independently verified those videos yet. Were hearing reports from several people including one guy who says that fire started behind his home, and now there are concerns that that
To flow along with millions of illegal immigrants. The cartels threatening our National Security reaping billions in profit. A nonstop surge turning every state into a border state and making it a critical issue on the campaign trail. Wars against the mexican drug cartels. They are foreign Terrorist Organizations. When im president that stops. They try to break into our country with fentanyl. That will be the last thing they do. They will end up stone cold dead. No nation can survive unless it controls its borders. Even more concerning is the humanitarian crisis this is causing in cities across america as these immigrants land in those cities with no means and no legal way of making a living. Dana fox team coverage. Madison in New York City. Plans are underway to build something for migrants. Bill melugin is in mission, texas. A major update to a cartel story we brought to our viewers last week. Lets get into the photos which we showed last week showing several armed Cartel Gunmen cros