A huge announcement from Attorney General Merrick Garland, Special Counsel is now investigating hunter biden, the president s son, after a potential plea deal collapsed. Plus, 59 people are now confirmed dead in the hawaii wildfires. It comes as residents start to return to lahaina to see the rubble where they used to live. One of them is my guest tonight. Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, major developments on multiple legal fronts for both donald trump and joe biden. Trumps attorneys coming face to face with judge Tanya Chutkan for the first time today as the Attorney General spoke publicly, something he rarely does. Merrick garland announcing he is authorizing a Special Counsel to investigate bidens son hunter. And all of this comes as witnesses subpoenaed in the fulton county, georgia, investigation, can be told any minute they need to testify monday in front of a grand jury. Thats when the grand jury meets again and could indict if trump is indicte
Tonight on 360. The race is on two president ial candidates, two very Different Campaign days after the State Of The Union. And what that says about the race ahead. Also tonight, with three days to spare, the former president comes up with a nearly 92 million bond in one civil case. Well tell you how he did it. And the question is, can he do the same for the other nearly half 1 billion judgment . And a day after President Biden committed to building a port to bring aid into gaza, look at just how long that might take. And correspondent Clarissa Wards confrontation with israelis trying to block any aid from getting in. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin tonight keeping them honest with how President Biden and the man last night, he called my predecessor, spent their day after the State Of The Union. It was a study of contrasts. President biden went on the campaign trail, speaking this evening at a suburban philadelphia middle school, hitting many of the themes he laid out las
Know that there are several factors that have played a role. When we talk about wildfires, we tended to talk about wildfires, we tended to talk about wildfires, we tended to talk about three ingredients. We do know when it comes to whether, in hawaii, strong womens have fans the flames. Strong winds. Its red area represents severe drought in the structure and the orange areas moderate drought. They represent 14 of the state. These larger yellow areas are abnormally dry conditions. This sucks the moisture out of vegetation, which means in turn, these areas are more likely to catch fire. On top of all of this, scientists have recorded 90 less rainfall than a century ago. When you talk about a spark in fuel, scientists have also said that some parts of hawaii have grasses that are not native to the state and are far more flammable than some of the native plants they are. Couple that with those dry conditions, and it means those area are more likely to catch fire and spread. Hawaiis govern
it is 4:00 here in new york, 3:00 p.m. in des moines where in just a few hours, the doors will open at caucus locations across the state. and the first votes will be cast in the 2024 election. voters going to the polls today in 1600 precincts across all of iowa s 99 counties will do it in some of the most brutal conditions imaginable. tonight could be the coldest iowa caucus ever. windchills could gets a low as 45 degrees farenheit, that is freezing. that brutal cold is putting a damper on what is normally a frenzy of campaigning. trump campaign and haley campaign canceled three events, but it doesn t mean candidates aren t asking people to get out and vote. ex-president said even if you vote and then pass away, it is worth it. yes? he really said that. there is no early voting and no mail-in ballot, so all of it comes to turnout tonight. the last nbc des moines register poll released last night shows trump with a commanding 28 point lead. if he wins by anything close to th
a violent shake, i mean violent shaking. search and rescue teams race to find survivors trapped in the rubble, thousands try to evacuate spirito area assaults on gaza intensify as israel prepares to withdraw some troops from the territory. unprecedented border crisis 300,000 migrants were processed at the border with mexico in december putting pressure on the white house to step in. tonight s eye on america, how one aerospace company is working to get more pilots in the cockpit. we need people to be able to get on an airplane and see people that looks like them and say i could do that too. finally, a class on media literacy showing students that seeing isn t always believing. or any part of you that s like if that is fake than what is actually real? yes. good evening, thank you for joining us on this first day of 2024 i major garrett in for nora. we begin tonight with a powerful 7.5 earthquake destroying homes, buckling roads and forcing thousands to flee to h