Welcome to the lead, aim jake tapper. And we start with breaking news, violent and explosive wildfires in hawaii. Fueled by strong winds from a hurricane, 800 miles away. It is a situation so sudden and so catastrophic on maui, local Officials Say a dozen people ran into the ocean to try to escape the flames. And they went out so far they then had to be rescued. Hawaiis governor said hundreds of families have been displaced and some loss of life is expected, unquote. Cell towers and 911 are out of service on the the hardhit west side compounding the difficulty for many. Were expecting a Press Conference and well bring you that when it starts but Derek Van Damme looked at where this erratic disaster may be headed next. Reporter hellish scenes of wildfires engulfing normally picturesque maui. Powerful winds, associated with Hurricane Dora helping fuel the flames. Fact that we have wildfire in multiple areas as a result of indirectly from a hurricane is unprecedented. Reporter Lieutenant
World headquarters in atlanta, welcome to the viewers here in the United States and around the world. Imally allen and this is cnn newsroom. And thank you for join us. Our top story. U. S. President donald trump is mourning the loss of a man he called his best friend. His younger Brother Robert trump. President trump visited his brother there friday as he headed to new jersey over the weekend. Here is what he said at a white house news briefing that day. From day one. Its a long time a go and hes in the hospital right now. And hopefully hell be all right. But hes having a hard time. Cnns Kristen Holmes is traveling with the president. Here is her report from new jersey. Reporter President Trumps younger Brother Robert trump passing away late saturday night, a night of President Trump had gone on an impromptu visit to new jersey. We were told he was going to a hospital in new york to visit his Brother Robert. We knew he was seriously ill. Not clear what illness he had. He had been in an
In full site, people are yelling this guy just shot someone. That person does not get thrown to the ground or does not get beaten up or get shot or does not end up losing his life and hes not in the hospital. Really . You are saying no one wants the guy to get shot. Do you think it is coincidence . What did you expect . For people to be out in the streets like this, are you surprise that this young man had to take matter into his own hands . Thats law and order. As reflected by the mouthpiece for the party of trump. Thats the message to america. They think this is okay. Only law and order looks like you. If thats what you mean by law and order, looks like you. What they are saying is the people who had the right to be out on the street at that hour looks like them. Thats what their actions are showing. They must be a good person on our side because they look like us. Thats what they are saying. Because if the person did not look like you, what does your mind go . Where do your actions
Americans who served in vietnam. M many universities are back in session and campuses are facing a hard lesson in coronavirus. How colleges, students and teachers are trying to protect themselves, and kanye west doesnt have a chance of being the next president. Why the worry about his candidacy . We will have all of that ahead. Thanks for your company. New developments right now on a story that has enraged veterans and riled the white house. A former Trump Administration official has confirmed to cnn the allegations made in the atlantic magazine that President Trump made crude and disparaging remarking about fallen u. S. Troops in a visit to france in 2018. Other news outlets including fox news, have corroborated parts of the report. Buff the president and former members of the white house furiously denied the accusations, and now another source saying that President Trumps that repeatedly questions the service of u. S. Troops who went to vietnam. Here now from jeremy diamond. Reporter
Expected to bring storm surges that officials call unsurvivable. Louisiana has not seen a storm this strong in 150 years. Surges of 15 feet or higher could overwhelm coasts in both states. And water levels are already rising quickly, more than 1. 5 Million People are under some type of evacuation order. Coronavirus and the need to maintain social distancing only complicating the hurricane response in louisiana. The state is taking people to hotels instead of shelters. Laura is just the tenth hirk hurricane in history since Record Keeping began. So power is already out for more than 200,000 customers in louisiana. Conditions are dedo toodooro ti rapidly in lake charles and that is where Martin Savidge is. I assume it is not safe to be out in the open . Reporter thats right. We were out there earlier this evening and then it just became far too dangerous. I mean, the winds were not only howling, the rain was cominghor. It just was too dangerous for the crew and us to be out there. We had