Good evening, im laura coates. Thank you for joining me this friday evening. Tonight, donald trump is on some thin ice. In the first hearing with the judge in his third indictment, the one over Election Interference, she warned the former president about his rhetoric and his agreement, by the way, not to intimidate witnesses in order to stay a free man. But she also favored some of the arguments by his attorneys, for example, on whether evidence can be discussed publicly. More on that whole dramatic Courtroom Scene in just a moment. First, hunter biden. Hes likely going to trial. Attorney general Merrick Garland effectively appointed a Special Counsel in the guns and taxes investigation of the president s son. Youll recall there was a plea deal, and it also recently broke down. And weve talked about the questions surrounding how that could have happened. Even a judge that questioned the terms of the agreement with the doj. Before we get to all of that analysis, youre probably thinking,
people here are bracing for that fatality count to jump again here. and the damage to lahaina is just it s as bad as you can imagine. it s as bad as paradise, california, the deadliest fire from a few years back. that was a mountain grunt. this is grass, this is invasive grassland that was fueled by these unbelievably punishing winds. turned into a blow torch. was so fast, this is the scene now. they ve finally opened up the road to lahaina so people, residents, even tourists who left everything and are going back to get their passports and salvage their things, is just miles long. i think we have a drone shot to give you a sense. this butcher to bumper as maui county is overwhelmed with this disaster. we ve heard dozens of sirens. we checked, apparently there s a fatal accident that happened as all of this stressful chaos is unfolding here.