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
Of this week where things are finally going to happen. What is the significance of what we just heard from the former Lieutenant Governor there . Yeah, i mean, this is the culmination of a two and a half year Criminal Investigation that Fulton County District Attorney fani willis has been overseeing. So the fact that witnesses have finally been put on notice with a day to appear before the grand jury that can actually issue indictments is an indication she is going to go before the grand jury, present her case potentially against donald trump and, you know, a dozen or so others and she going to ask this grand jury to hand up indictments. We have been told this presentation could take as long as two days. Its possible that she actually begins with this on monday and then we see some of these witnesses, including former Lieutenant Governor geoff duncan and george chidi showing up on tuesday. Now, you have interviewed k george chidi and talked to him. Thats going to be the second witness,
Basically all of the reports and videos being sent to me is like an apocalypse. Stories of despair and destruction from hawaii. As firefighters battling multiple blazes and residents and tourists seek any shelter they can. A man accused of making threats against u. S. President joe bidens shot and killed by fbi agents attempting to arrest him. And new details on what former President Donald Trump and his allies can expect when a georgia prosecutor pursues new indictments from the 2020 election investigation. Next week. Good to have you with us. Right now, wildfires are burning through two islands in the u. S. State of hawaii. The flames are raging Out Of Control and on now they have killed at least six people. Footage from Need Tourist Hot Spot shows a decimated community that looks more like a war zone then a tropical haven. Many people do not have power or cell phone service. And thousands are in shelters as Emergency Crews Carry Out Search And Rescue operations. The National Weather
Filing, citing this social media post from trump that reads, if you go after me, im coming after you. Trumps campaign defended the post as the definition of political speech. And said it had nothing to do with the case. Now smith wants the judge to ban trumps defense team from sharing sensitive evidence with the former president. He argues trump may publicly disclose that information, as hes done in the past. And yesterday, the former president also entered a not guilty plea to three new charges. Those are in the classified documents case. The filings mark the second time in 24 hours that the former president entered a not guilty plea. The former president s extensive legal troubles dont appear to be slowing his campaign. Last night in alabama, he called the cases election interference. Every one of these many fake charges filed against me by the corrupt biden d. O. J. , could have been filed two and a half years ago, they didnt want to do it two and a half years ago, they wanted to wa
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