Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me from washington, d. C. Im fredericka witfield. We begin with the apocalyptic destruction from the deadliest Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. Almost 80 people are dead and thousands displaced. At any moment, lahaina residents could return to assess what might be left. Crews are working to fully contain three major fires and prevent flareups on maui. The devastation costing an estimated 5. 5 billion. Governor josh green has ordered a comprehensive review of the states response. Lets go to cnns mike valerio. Last hour you were approached by a woman who was very frustrated about the road closures. Whats been happening there . Reporter good morning. The sun is now up over maui. This is the moment, fred, that people have been waiting for for more than 14 hours. Hundreds of car s queued up in the background, now able to move through the main route that goes into the Disaster Zone o f la h these are people who have been waiting after
The death toll for the wildfires numbers rising as we witness the scope of the disaster. Well look at the islands needs with a member from the red cross. Plus donald trump making an appearance at the Iowa State Fair but all eyes are on georgia as a District Attorney there prepares her case for the grand jury. And months after suffering Cardiac Arrest in the middle of an nfl game, damar hamlin is back in action. Cnn sports coy wire joins me live on his incredible road to recovery. Announcer live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. Well begin in hawaii where days after wildfires decimated par parts of maui the death toll is rising. Moments ago authorities confirmed 93 deaths. The fires now the deadliest in the United States in more than a century. That number is expected to climb even more in the coming days as crews sift through the devastation caused by the fires. Governor josh green says the area has suffered some 6 billion in losses. Some 2200 structures damaged
Breaking. Just moments ago, i needed to show my work. Robert here, the man who declined to charge President Biden for his handling of classified documents , prepares to testify on capitol hill this morning. Her will reportedly say the evidence and the president himself put his memory squarely at issue. A glimpse into the future of what a second Donald Trump Administration could look like. The former president vowing to free january sixth rioters if he makes it back to the white house. Absolutely terrifying. New details from passengers aboard that latam flight, a passenger says the pilot told them he temporarily lost control of the plane. Now, investigators looking into the planes black box to see what happened. Im sara sidner with john berman and kate baldwin. This is cnn news central. This is cnn Breaking News. All right. Breaking. Just moments ago, i needed to show my work. Those are the words in the Opening Statement from former Special Counsel robert her in testimony. He will deliv
Suspect in a string of car thefts. They had a witness as describing the suspect as wearing neon shorts and a white shirt. Thats when they saw the boy deshawn and detained him since he was wearing similar clothing and was in the same Apartment Complex as where witnesses saw that Suspect Running off to. The chief here has issued an apology. Heres part of the statement he put out, saying, as the chief of police, i want to apologize this incident had such an effect on this young man and his family. Im asking the community to consider all of the facts of the situation before making a judgment. The relationship with our community has been and will continue to be a top priority for the Lansing Police department. Meanwhile, the Bernard Family Have retains an attorney. The attorney claims the boy was wearing a gray shirt, not a white shirt and that the police should have also seen there was a noticeable Age Difference between the boy, 12 years old, and their suspect. They are considering legal
Moscow as Alexey Navalny is set to be buried, Cnn News Central starts right now the Breaking News mourners, as far as the eye you can see police lined the streets with snipers on the roofs at the funeral of russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny. Now cnns live signal, which was jammed or blocked for a time, is now back up. Locking in a trial date in florida, a critical hearing is happening this morning in the classified documents case against donald trump. Trump is expected to be there. We are there too. So never in the history of recording us whether has 12 feet of snow ever fallen in just one to two days . That could happen this the weekend. Sara is out. Im john berman with kate baldwin. This is Cnn News Central cnn Breaking News and the Breaking News this morning, he was a true hero. I want to say to him, farewell. Youre looking at live pictures from outside the funeral of russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny, thousands of mourners are risking their lives and their freedom to