Washington and this is bbc world news america. It looks like a war zone. It looks like someone came along and bombed the whole town. It is completely devastated. It is burned down to the ground. A thriving town reduced to almost nothing. The destruction left behind after one of the worst Natural Disasters in the state of hawaiis history. A new special counsel is named to oversee the case against hunter biden with mixed reactions. Hello and welcome to world news america. We begin in hawaii where we are getting a better look at the devastation from major wildfires that tore through parts of the island of maui. This is what is left of lahaina. The Historic Town hit hardest by the fires. Blackened earth make for a bleak scene. 55 people have died but that number is expected to rise. The mayor of mao we said earlier the number was based the mayor of maui said the number was based on victims found outdoor spirit it is probably the largest Natural Disaster in the states history. Some people w
Washington and this is bbc world news america. It looks like a war zone. It looks like someone came along and bombed the whole town. It is completely devastated. It is burned down to the ground. A thriving town reduced to almost nothing. The destruction left behind after one of the worst Natural Disasters in the state of hawaiis history. A new special counsel is named to oversee the case against hunter biden with mixed reactions. Hello and welcome to world news america. We begin in hawaii where we are getting a better look at the devastation from major wildfires that tore through parts of the island of maui. This is what is left of lahaina. The Historic Town hit hardest by the fires. Blackened earth make for a bleak scene. 55 people have died but that number is expected to rise. The mayor of mao we said earlier the number was based the mayor of maui said the number was based on victims found outdoor spirit it is probably the largest Natural Disaster in the states history. Some people w
Pair of legal bombshells here in washington today that could have huge ramifications for the 2024 election. Last hour, attorney general Merrick Garland announced a federal prosecutor who is raiding hunter biden has been Special Counsel, at his question. David weiss requested the status change. Garland did grant that. This comes just a few hour after trumps lawyers and Special Counsel prosecutors appeared for the first hearing in the election interference indictment. A key ruling could come down at any moment. Were on top of this. Lets star with the hunter biden news. Kara, tell us about this special appointment. Merrick garland announced this a little less than an hour ago, that david weiss, overseeing the investigation into hunter biden, requested Special Counsel on tuesday. Garland said he agreed to grant that. What this Special Counsel status means is david weiss, the u. S. Attorney for delaware, will have authority to investigate this case anywhere in the u. S. Thats been an issue,
Welcome back to the stage at trumans Vice President of policy and programs john simmons. Vice president simmons hello, everybody. I hope everyone had a great lunch. We are at a portion of the program in many are eager to hear. Please welcome the moderator for our keynote address. Monique good afternoon, everyone. Im delighted to be here today to introduce our keynote speaker Rachel Maddow and moderate q a motion of the conference in a little bit. This is a very special experience for me. I do not think i mentioned it to her when i was chatting with her back there. But, i moved back to austin a couple years ago. Because my father was sick. Sadly, he passed away in october. I remember him telling me a few years ago. He thought everything was extremist attacks on our country except for rachels show. When truman asked me to do this i would like come of court of course. I am a huge fan. I am very grateful to truman for asking me to do this. Lets introduce our speaker. Rachel maddow is the h
victor blackwell back with us. um i m so happy to be back for real. this is real. like for good for good. yes i am so happy to be back. we ll talk more about that in just a moment, because there s a lot going on today. there sure is. well, here s what we re watching this morning. when it came through. it sounds like helicopter real real fast, and it came so fast and quick. we can do nothing but get up on the cover. severe storms ripping through parts of the south more than 20 people are dead and more than 100,000 customers without power. one mississippi town described as quote gone are isabelle rose. salas is there another legal blow for former president trump ? some of his closest advisors are forced to testify in two justice department investigations. judge says trump cannot claim executive privilege to keep them from testifying the united states does not does not emphasis seek conflict with iran. but be prepared, frustrate , act forcefully protect our people. president bid