It certainly isnt, and as the House Republicans continue to investigate hunter biden, the Justice Departments investigation, including bringing the iris whistleblowers, investigating that, its going to be a continuing thorn in the side of joe biden as he pursues reelection. Tell me more about Special Counsel david weiss and what he might do with these new Special Counwers . He was appointed byr President Donald Trump in 2017 and confirmed unanimously by e senate, so he was something that the Biden Administration decided to keep on because he was already independent, not somebody that biden put into place, now with the Special Counsel powers it means you have additional resources, a budget to bring in additional staff if you want also remove him from the daytod oversight of the justice will be able to continue to u invee this as they have been, and also allowed to look into charging any potential crimes in other jurisdictions, he doesnt have to stick in delaware, where the case has gumm
South. Its closed some of thats going through the Santa Clara Valley. Santa cruz mountains over towards santa cruz, monterey. I dont think it will amount to too much, but its in the mix there. So 68, mostly cloudy south, partly sunny, north, 6070s and 80s. Sal is here on a friday and im i got to get out of the house right now. My commute is its pretty good you know we do have a new crash reported on the san mateo bridge on westbound 92. We can go right out there. I dont see anything yet, but chp is on the way to a crash westbound bound near the high rise. And well see if chp does indeed find something when it gets there. You can see also that the traffic is going to be okay. In fact, a lot lighter than usual at the bay bridge toll plaza. Another update in just a few. But now at 701, lets get back to the headlines. We begin the latest this hour with the latest information on the wildfires in maui. Officials confirmed the fire killed at least 55 people. That number, however, is expected
Amy the death toll from the devastating fires on the Hawaiian Island of maui has reached 55 and is expected to rise. The Historic Town of lahaina has been largely destroyed in what is now being described as the largest Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. We will speak to two native hawaiian activists in maui about the fires, the legacy of colonialism, and the Climate Crisis. The fire is a symbol of the terminal point, where it all end s up if you continue down this mode of extraction as a way to live. But it is also it contains the most deep and durable relic of our history. Amy we will also speak to a fire scientist at the university of hawaii about how the Climate Emergency fuels the deadly fires. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In hawaii, the death toll from the historic maui wildfires has reached at least 55 people and decimated the town of lahaina, once the epicenter of the kingdom of hawaii. On
Driverless cars are coming to San Francisco as officials rely their expansion despite opposition from taxi drivers and Rideshare Companies will help all that and more coming up. From the areas local news station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning news well, good friday morning. Thank you for waking up with this bright and early for the kron. 4 morning news friday. August 11th, im reyna harvey. Its the weekend and i know youve got a whole lot of plans john, im thinking of maybe catching the Perseid Meteor Shower theyre going to you know what tomorrow night looks great for. Thats what its going to peak your saturday night after 10 00pm into sunday morning. Out there. Watch it. And hopefully thats something to get a chance to enjoy what weve got right now. Quite our is a little bit of a low gray. We are seeing skies that are clear for some patchy fog for others. That fog along the for some coastal drizzle, some mist out that direction and up into the east bay hills. Most of our visibilit
District. The amount of financial penalties valero will face for the safety violations is still being determined by regulars. We are being told, the fines will be significant. Lets take you to maui and talk about those devastating wildfires. The total of 6 buyers, still burning across maui, and the big island tonight. Much of the focus remains on rescuing people who have been trapped since the blaze began. Tonight, we were talking about 67 people dead, but that number is expected to rise. Rescuers are now reaching new areas, going into some of those burnout homes. The Historic Town of lahaina, among the hardest hit. Some 80 of the fires there are now contained, and some people are getting the chance to go back to check on their homes, to see if theyre still standing. There are also growing questions about how much was done to warn people as those fires started reaching across maui. Hawaii has warned warning signs of it is but they were never activated. Emergency services say, the alert