But breaking tonight, we first told you about this last night. But now at least 36 people are dead and thousands are fleeing their homes as i will wildfires sweep across the Hawaiian Island of maui. The flames have forced some adults and children to literally run into the ocean to avoid blaze. This is a disaster of historic proportions for the island state. President biden is promising immediately help for those affected. And the u. S. Military is assisting in the response. Some historic areas have been totally destroyed. National correspondent William La Jeunesse joins us now from outside a shelter on maui. Good evening, william. Good evening, bret. You know, the fires are still burning. So this remains a Search And Rescue operation. In fact, were told a number of individuals are still up in lahaina. They survived the fire but they dont want to leave because they wont get back. In the video i want to show you is from lahaina. Thats the commercial heart of this island and it was litera
Just ahead on cnn newsroom. Pushing back. Donald trumps legal team says that a protective order proposed by the Special Counsel would infringe on his First Amendment right. We will look at whether that has any legal merit. Severe weather across the u. S. Ripping off roofs, taking down power lines and disrupting more than 10,000 flights. Details on the plot ukraine says it foiled to assassinate president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Good to have you with us. The judge in Donald Trumps Election Subversion Case appears ready to move forward quickly. She is looking to schedule a hearing this week on how to handle evidence and what trump can say publicly about the case. Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys are facing a three pm eastern deadline. 13 hours from now to come up with options. The Justice Department wants restrictions on trump. Fearing that he could disclose Sensitive Information or intimidate potential witnesses. The former president s attorneys say that would infringe on his First Amendme
postponing all public facing royal duties. we ll go live to london. the state of emergency in california as crews race to save people and pets from flash floods triggered by a monster storm with up to 8 trillion gallons of rain expected to fall. the dramatic new images just coming in. the growing pr disaster for boeing. first it was a mid flight blow out. now it s misdrilled holes. what the faa is saying today about those 737 max planes. plus, will the fifth time be the charm? secretary of state antony blinken returns to the middle east with hopes for a new gaza truce that could lead to the release of hostages. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with nbc s meagan fitzgerald who is outside buckingham palace with the breaking news on the king s health. what do we know at this hour? reporter: chris, according to buckingham palace, we understand that as the king was undergoing treatment about a week and a half ago for a benign
out front next we are following several breaking news stories this hour. first, the united states striking back. new video just in to cnn right now showing the aftermath of 85 targets hit in iraq and syria. president biden warning that this is just the beginning of the strierks. and more breaking news. mass confusion surrounding ukraine s military. president zelenskyy calling the fired head of his entire military, the commander in chief. what s going on. and postponed, the department of justice election interference case against donald trump is delayed indefinitely. why? we ve got the details. let s go out front. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and good evening. i m erin burnett. we do begin tonight with the breaking news. america strikes. the biden administration carrying out a mass series of airstrikes in both iraq and syria and i want to show you some new video that we have just gotten in of what s happening on the ground. this is the aftermath of one of the
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