Trump phrasing criminals that have been describing january 6, wilders as hostages while critics attacked his comments about a bloodbath. If he isnt elected, his Campaign Says those words are being taken out of context. Were going to bring you trumps remarks, plus, he may have a bigger problem today trying to make a 400 and million bond in his civil fraud case . His lawyers say thats easier said than done and securing a bond and the full amount is a quote, practical impossibilities. And ripped apart at the seams haiti descends further into chaos with gangs choking off the supply of food and fuel, turning cations in the capital into refugees and their own city were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central we begin with Donald Trumps 464 problem. Thats the sum is attorneys just revealed that trump cant come up with a court filing. Trumps attorneys said he cant find an Insurance Company to underwrite the nearly half billion dollars
Politics the former president s pardon play. Donald trumps lawyers make a hail mary request for an april 2026 start to the 2020 Election Trial and try to make sure the case never sees the inside of a courtroom. Plus a game of risk. New reporting outlines how republicans plan to conquer a trumpless debate. How another republican warns his party appears poised to fulfill the textbook definition of insanity. President biden invokes the whole enemy of my enemy is a Friend Theory of Foreign Policy today pushing two neighbors to put aside a generation of bad blood and send a message to the country a couple blocks away, china. Im Phil Mattingly in for dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Were going to start with this up first. Two questions. Do you know what youre doing on monday . Do you know what youre doing in april, 2026 . The answer is no for me on both of them. Donald trump, though, has plans for both. More specifically mr. Trump knows where he wont be on monday
Nice one kelly, l0 florida, every step Covered Smerkonish Saturdays at 90 a critical day for former President Trump and his legal cases as a court in florida tackled the core issue over his handling of classified docs and meantime, in georgia, we are waiting on judge scott mcafee weighing a move with huge implications for the Election Interference Case in that state and democrats on the trail and hitting issues that are on the minds of voters. Vice president harris, becoming the first Vice President or prime president to visit an Abortion Provider while President Biden tackles a major problem for his reElection Campaign, his support for israel, even as palestinians plead for aid and an end to the blanchette and to step forward for space x, as it successfully launches its Starship Rocket before losing it altogether suggesting that it broke the part in space why engineers say that nevertheless, this was a huge success were following these major developing stories and many more all coming
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
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