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
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what we re seeing in that area. is it possible that we may never know the true source of these wildfires? and that s a great question, and that does happen frequently. not only is it an immense scene that s been charred, it s also been run over by first responders, people escaping by other people that were in the area. a lot of these times you re trying to unpack what happened and try to get down to the bottom most layer to find it. and sometimes the answers are not as clear as we want them to be. but it s still very early in this investigation. there s still a lot of tasks for all the investigators to do and all the engineers to look at. yeah, no question it is going to be an immense task. i am wondering, edward, residents and state officials have been very focused on faulty powerlines as a potential spark for the wildfire. how big a focus is that going to be for investigators, the local power company?
is going to continue to be a big a big focus for them. and for republicans, i mean last night was there a bit of relief on their side as well. now that this is for the near term, of course, the appeals are still going through, um, not something that will as they know it is bad politics for them, challenge them in the same way as the opposite ruling would have well , that s an open question. i think i mean, certainly this drug remains available in the near term, but we re going to see these legal proceedings continue to play out as this campaign gets going, which means this is going to be in front of mind for voters, and we know that certainly in a general election. um this is a tough issue for republicans, and they re in a tricky space because conservative base voters , uh you do want a lot of them do want to see abortion restrictions comfortable with the overturn of roe. well, you know, i would be comfortable with the rejection of this abortion drug when you get to a