Good morning, welcome to cnn this morning. Great to be with you. So glad youre here. Thank you for being here. Im amara walker. Thank you for waking up with us at 7 00 this morning. We do begin with some very tragic news and the devastation in hawaii. Officials now say at least 80 people are dead. That number is expected to rise. The search teams continue to comb through the destruction. Now hawaiis Attorney General is ordering a review of the states response. And today more republican president ial contenders get ready to make their case to voters at the Iowa State Fair. Well have the latest as the candidates kick their campaigns into high gear. Plus lays down the law to President Trump during a contentious hearing. Shes putting the former president on notice about any fu future inflammatory language or intimidation of witnesses. We begin with the grim news from hawaii, where those devastating wildfires have now claimed at least 80 lives. Officials warn the death toll will likely rise
and their property, but it is limited because the hot spots and the flare-ups we want to protect safety first. as the fires are continued to be con tand, more tainted, more people will be able to go in. this is a toxic situation at this point. we have had person after person after person on our air say that the warning sirens were not sufficient, if at all. can you help me understand who would be responsible, what agent us is would be responsible for setting off those sirens? well, as you pointed out, there are serious questions about this. governmor green has vowed to ge to the bottom of it. he s directed our attorney general to conduct an investigation into exactly what policies work, what practices work and what happened with the warning issystem for this seaso event. it s too soon to say who notified whom, but i can assure