Washington, d. C. Im fredricka whitfield. We begin this morning with the apocalyptic destruction in hawaii, the deadliest National Disaster in state history. At least 80 people are dead. And thousands more displaced from the wildfires. And now, rescue crews are bringing in cadaver dogs to help search what is left of burned buildings. Devastation from the lahaina fire, costing an estimated 5. 5 billion am in mountainy county. One lawmaker tells cnn the statement unestimated the possibility of wildfires and failed to plan for emergency issues with the government alert center. The governor has looked at a comprehensive review of the states response all of this developing as we are seeing more videos of harrowing escapes. We got to walk somewhere. Over there. By the beach. [ bleep ]. No, no, no not like this. Not like this. No. [ bleep ]. Oh, my gosh. I mean that family did eventually make it to an evacuation shelter, after taking refuge on rocks, by the ocean. Lets go now to cnns mike val
you get a fair shake. why would i allow a hostile network and allow people that are polling at zero, polling at zero, one is zero with an arrow left. why would i allow people at 1 and 2% and 0% to be hitting me with questions all night. i don t think it s fair. that was former president donald trump s noncommittal answer on debating the other republican candidates because of their polling numbers when new data shows his own are starting to slip amid his federal indictment and the possibility of another indictment for january 6th coming this summer. the numbers are starting to slip, and you look at the people outside the hard core republican base, republicans and even independents leaning republican. you get outside of that to swing voters, to independents, to everybody else. something like 85% of those voters. i think he needs to drop out of the race right now. we ll have more on that ahead. also ahead, we re learning more about the plea deal for hunter biden as the
the billionaire is here, too. let s get the latest from kelly o grady in los angeles outside first republic bank that yesterday at this time, its very future was in question. not so much today. kelly? that s right, neil. first republicly closed down 62% yesterday. i just checked and looks like it s up 28% today. that s a good sign for them. we re seeing more concern with scb. the fdic is looking to avoid a bailout and look for a buyer. we re learning that the fdic is looking to hold another auction to sell svb after attempts failed this weekend. my sources tell me a number of private equity firms are considering the acquisition but they re not sold on buying the bank in its entirety yet. this comes as a shareholder class action lawsuit has been filed against the bank and the former cfo and coo. there will be many suits to follow on this front. this comes as governmental scrutiny ramps up on what went don at svb. the doj is investigating the collapse. this is routine in a si
relatively easy time passing its rules package, its first order of business, but the rules package includes provisions like the motion to vacate, which makes it easier to remove the speaker, kevin mccarthy. it also gets rid of pandemic era changes like proxy voting, it imposes rules and limiting spending and blocking tax increases. house republicans also passed a pair of disingenuous and deceitful antiabortion bills that were designed to push propaganda rather than addressing real concerns about women s reproductive rights. their decision to pass these bills during the first week of that new term, and despite the overall unpopularity of their antiabortion positions, demonstrates how they seriously are about governing in general. republicans made it clear months ago that they intend to use their tenure to investigate democrats. the rules package includes a provision that allows the house to create a new subcommittee to investigate the origins of covid and to scrutinize the wor
the heat will be lasting. dr. deborah birx on why covid cases are surging. welcome. i m neil cavuto, this is your world. you piled the news into this day capping a news week. let s go back to the white house with a president trying to get back to business as usual. moments ago, we heard from the white house. said the president is doing well. that his condition as improved and his appetite is still there. certainly trying to put a positive spin on the president s diagnose. officials say that he was still suffering from some of the same symptoms that we saw just yesterday, which was the cough, the run any nose and the fatigue. the same officials say the president has been responding well to an anti viral drug and his condition will only improve. we saw president biden on camera. pool cameras were allowed to go in the south auditorium and get a shot of the president as he was conducting a meeting with his economic team. the team was focused on lowering gas prices. the presid