The Hawaii Governor josh green joins us this hour with an update on the crisis, and urgent evacuation. Also a proposed january 2nd trial date. The Special Counsels team hoping to start the trial just ahead of the January 6th Anniversary and first republican president ial contest. And americans released from a notorious prison in iran. Five wrongfully held u. S. Citizens now under house arrest in a potential step toward freedom. Were learning more about why they were moved and how it could wind up helping iran. Welcome to our viewer here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. Lets get right to the Wildfire Disasters in hawaii right now. Its now killed at least 36 people. The death toll expected to keep climbing as prime Tourist Havens become charred ruins. Lets go to derek van dam, who just filed this report. Reporter tonight fires on the Island Of Maui continuing to burn out of control, as new federal help is now being goods patched ami
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Of smoke hanging over a lot of the bay area today. You saw if you were out driving and walkin and if you were close enough to smell the smoke you need to sta inside. A fire burning at a recycling center has been going on for hours. Tonight the bay area is under a air quality advisory because of it. This is in oaklands inner harbor. A scrap metal facility. It starte about 5 30 this evening. Our chopper spotted a grapple lifting chunks of debris out of recycle that is on fire. Tonight, oakland firefighters tweeted out this video showing what they are up against in an up close view of it at that. A pile of debris no telling when the smoke and fire will be out. San francisco and the city of alameda sent their fireboats to battle the flames from the water the smoke has been drifting through Alameda County for hours now. There is what it looked like over time. It has reported as far away to the south and to pittsburg to the east. One people pulled out their masks. You can notice a smell righ
We want to check in with meteorologist lisa argen. Lisa high clouds to the east of us and a deck of clouds at 1600 feet. Clouds from the san to the north bay as we look from our tower cameras. Air quality is good for most of us except the heat is on today. Santa clara valley, temperatures warming. This will take us through monday and tuesday. Our fire index, numbers go from five degrees warmer yesterday to 10 degrees warmer than average. There is. 39 sleepy sea lions. 58 in oakland. Go to the warmup is quick pair pleasant around the bay. Cool and gray for the Morning Hours along the coast. Stephanie 30 say a fire that broke out in livermore overnight Authorities Say a fire that broke out in livermore overnight has been contained. It burned 15 acres of brush. Tracking another brush fire in the south bay. Crews cleaning up after a fire in mount hamilton. This is a video of when flames were still burning last night you the popular grandview restaurants. No structures were threatened. The
Kind of a preview of how shell run her court and this case. And in deciding whether to grant Special Counsel jack smiths request for protective order limiting what the disgraced expresident can and cannot say publicly about the case, judge chutkan cuts through Talking Points like a hot knife through butter. On the First Amendment protections, they are so fond of citing, mr. Trump, like every american, has a First Amendment right to free speech. But that right is not absolute. Adding that without a protective order, the disclosure of discovery materials could lead to witnesses being harassed or otherwise interfering with a fair trial. What about the fact that trump is running for president. And chutkan did not mince words on that eithe saying, this is a criminal trial and i will not take into consideration the impact will have for have for a political came on either side. He will have all of the rights hesen tieptled to. The existence is not going to have any bearing on my decision. I i