Right now on cnn this morning the rematch is on joe biden and donald trump clinching their respective nominations as the country prepares for the most grueling, longest president ial campaign. General election ever Vladimir Putin declaring russia is prepared to use Nuclear Weapons after the white house announces a new Military Aid Package for ukraine and the house set to vote on a bill that could effectively ban tiktok. But can it pass for donald trump . Said hes against it . All right, 05 00 a. M. On the east coast. Live. Look at lady liberty pretty on this wednesday morning beautiful. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Wonderful to have you with us. Are you ready for the rematch after last nights primary wins, cnn projects, President Biden and donald trump have clinched their respective party nominations, setting up the longest General Election jin president ial campaign ever. Both candidates quickly releasing videos to try and spread the news. Were not going to take time to cele
To a point. In my opinion, this trial despite what dates anybodys asking for or anything else, it is not going to happen before the election. Plus, the aloha spirit on maui, Lahaina Strong Spray painted on the side of an overpass, but that phrase is being tested every single day. The Recovery Process there painfully slow. Now a key official has resigned as authorities admit theyve searched just 40 of the burn zone. Weve got the latest straight ahead. And deadlier wildfires, record breaking heat and stronger hurricanes all tied to Climate Change, a new study now finds the massive role the richest americans have when it comes to climate emissions, but they arent the ones paying the price. Ill speak with the lead author of that study. But we begin with the move that brings to mind the old adage go big or go home. Former president Donald Trumps lawyers are now officially asking for a major delay in his federal Election Interference Trial in washington, d. C. , asking the judge to push it t
Hearing with special counsel jack smiths team. Theyre trying to determine what evidence trump may discuss publicly in the Election Interference Case. Plus, we have two Nbc News Exclusives today. New reporting about the special counsels investigation into classified documents found at President Bidens office and home. And democratic senator joe manchin skipping a major white house event as he considers running against President Biden. And celebrations are being held around the world today. The 50th Anniversary of hiphop. We begin this morning with Breaking News for the Third Straight day. Catastrophic wildfires are tearing through hawaii with six active blazes. Six still burning. It is now the second deadliest wildfire in u. S. History. 55 people died. The death toll is expected to rise as the fire is just 80 contained as of right now. With over 1,000 structures burned, thousands of acres of land scorched, the governor says it looks like a bomb went off and thats the likely the Largest
Threatening federal prosecutors. Today, the judge in that case could decide exactly how much he can talk about it. It comes as federal prosecutors are now pushing for a trial right after new years day. Cue up u2. Well have much more on trumps legal issues ahead. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is i mean, come on, man, its august. Its august. This is moving. This year is moving too fast. Its midaugust. You know, you get old like me, and it just flies, right . Its august 11th. With us, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, Jonathan Lemire. Host of politics nations, wearing tan today, the reverend al sharpton. Looks good. Come on, man. President obama wore tan, and look what happened. It was a big news story. With me, its just another day. Can you believe that . That was a big news story. The president of the United States wearing tan in the white house. We have a the same people that were upset by that are now, like, hey, its really cool. We su
We have a new look now at the epicenter of the devastation in maui, and also now are learning that only a handful of the 106 confirmed dead have been identified. Any day now former President Donald Trump and his 18 codefendants are expected to go to jail after being booked in georgia. We are live outside with the very latest. For the first time north korean Officials Say they are holding u. S. Army private travis king. They claim hes seeking refuge because of racial discrimination, they say, in the u. S. Military. Im john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. This is cnn news central. Lets start with the new video coming out of maui. A camera crew travelled in with fema to get a first look at portions of the Historic Town of lahaina that had been blocked off until now. The oncevibrant paradise now the epicenter of devastation. The death toll is that 106 People Killed and only about a third of the fire zone has been searched by recovery crews. The governor says until now most of the