Eastern only on cnn. Good morning, and welcome to cnn this morning. Im Rahel Salmon In for victor blackwell. And im am sara walker and thank you for spending a part of your morning with us. The Fulton County jaerm District Attorney investigating Donald Trumps attempts to interfere in the election is expect tods present her case to the grand jury. What were learning about the key witnesses ordered to testify. This is the largest Natural Disaster weve ever experienced. Its also a Natural Disaster that is going to take an incredible amount of time to recover from. The death toll from the maui wildfires jumped to 93 making it the deadliest wildfire in the past century. Were live in maui as help pours in and residents are frustrated with the response. Doctors are warning of a Triple Threat heading into cold and flu season and what we should be doing to prepare. Im back in the element. Im back in that mode. Just back, a part of many my team. And back in action. Buffalo bills safy damar hamli
And the tourists still trying to evacuate. Also ahead, lawyers for donald trump just arriving for a high stakes hearing in the Election Interference Case. How much will trump be allowed to discuss publicly and could that trial begin as soon as january . It is 10 00 eastern, thanks for being with us on this friday, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and we begin with the staggering death toll from the wildfires in hawaii. Authorities on maui revealing overnight at least 55 people have died in those fires, and by one account, up to a thousand remain missing. Communications on the island remain difficult making it hard to confirm who is safe and mauis mayor says intense Search And Rescue efforts are still underway. Search in the interior of the buildings. Were waiting for fema to help with that search, as they are equipped to handle the Hazmat Conditions of the buildings that have been burned. Shelters on the island are full of residents who have now lost everything, along with touri
Afghanistan. The families of the Service Members killed in the bombing are demanding answered. I will fight until my last breath to get to the truth. Shannon will discuss two years of the taliban takeover with congressman michael mccaul. Adam smith top arms democrat. Then surprised about with the hunter biting criminal investigation. On here today to announce he plummeted david weiss as a Special Counsel. Are trying to put out a fire and they just poured gasoline on it progress we will ask our Sunday Pendant what role the Courtroom Dramas could play on 2024. Plus she is the bestselling female Gospel Artist of all time but we go one on one. No matter where you are in life you are praying for something. You are believing for something. Shannon alrig all right now onx news sunday. We begin this morning breaking news. Nearly 100 people are confirmed dead on the island of maui. Making it the single deadliest disaster in hawaiis history. The deadliest u. S. Wildfire in more than 100 years. C
Sirens on this i island. And why that wasnt activated, because it clearly would have given people more time to escape the flames and get out of town. And, of course, the number of fatalities would probably not be the number that it currently is. Another big challenge here, mike, is housing. Why . Theres not much of it. Its expensive to rent or own. And unlike, say, the mainland there are not any towns that can simply absorb 4,500 people right now that need shelter. Lahaina was really small, nice historical place, and its gone. All the kind of, like, precious memories of my kids and kind of generational stuff. Reporter so eva adams, she lost her home. It was in this new 89unit, Affordable Housing complex that is now, of course, as you see, just ashes. There are about 2,700 buildings here that were destroyed in lahaina, 86 of those were homes. And the community of lahaina is a very working class, a lot of Native Hawaiians who serve the resorts, and right now those people who are now home
Donald trump, now has ten days to surrender to authorities in georgia on charges tied to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. It will be his fourth time booked on criminal charges. He wont be alone. The 98page indictment names 18 codefendants, including his former chief of staff, mark meadows. The 41 charges include racketeering and conspiracy. The atlanta area District Attorney fani willis says those 19 defendants in total plotted against the constitution which trump swore to protect and defend and abused the office, trump is of Course Running for once again. Cnns paula reed is at the courthouse in atlanta. Paula, this case is wider both in terms of number of defendants but also took a different legal path for charging this. Reporter thats right. A lot of key differences here. Not only in how its constructed. Fani willis pursuing a racketeering or rico case here. Rico laws were passed to dismantle organized crime. So shes charging former President Trump but 18 allies.