A search for answers. The atf now in maui investigating what sparked a catastrophic wildfire, as crews search for more than a thousand people still missing. And in the aftermath of the disaster, a top Emergency Management official stepping down even as he defends the response to the fires. Plus, delay, delay, delay. Donald trumps legal team testing the limits of that legal strategy, proposing to start one of his special counsel trials in april of 2026. Will the judge buy their reasons for the setback . And serious skepticism from the white house to the pentagon about ukraines current strategy and where kyiv is targeting its fight against russia. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. We start this afternoon with major growing questions on the cause and the response to the deadly maui wildfires. Right now, the atfs National Response team is joining the investigation. The death toll remains at 111. But a thousand people
the lead with jake tapper starts now. at any moment we are expecting a big court decision that could cost donald trump tens of millions of dollars, the lead starts right now. a jury deliberating after a dramatic day in the e. jean carroll defamation case, donald trump stormed out of the courtroom and the judge threatened to lock up trump s attorney and now jurors will decide how much you must pay for defaming the woman he already found liable for sexually abusing and defaming. the showdown, texas defies a court ruling court ruling keeping razor while and the national guard at the border, one of 25 governors siding with the lone star state over the rule of law. one of the most stunning acts of violence we have heard of from gaza, palestinians shot dead despite waving white flags of surrender. a scene investigation coming now about how bad and how often it is happening. welcome to the lead, i am jake tapper a day of antics inside the man tent a manhattan courthous
newly appointed proprieor of that material as the new speaker of the house. that s despite the fact that he pointedly refused a lawful congressional subpoena from the 1/6 select committee last year. now in defending his decision to share 41,000 hours of previously unreleased footage exclusively with far-right insurrection-friendly personality tucker carlson, mccarthy is showing americans he either does not understand or does not care about the potential risk that decision presents. speaking with the washington post, mccarthy suggests this, that the public fury over the selective release isn t really about egregious security concerns. in fact, it s about jealous, he insisted on the part of the media at the heart of the outrage. hang on. it gets better. today politico is first to report that house republicans, many of whom have framed the 1/6 insurrection as the defendants in those criminal cases as victims of a political attack are now moving to provide those defendants acce
as it relates to president biden and donald trump. listening to biden s words and watching his actions, i feel i don t have a choice. what about if donald trump had given a major u.n. speech and stopped short with what to do next. we all know how the media would react. but not a word about that stuttering word. can you imagine, four days of the deadly hurricane as it makes landfall, he kept his date for a party fundraiser at which time he ripped that governor and other republican governors instead of going to the situation room, putting on the wind breaker and making some decisions. we all know true leaders are defined by how they react to disasters. now back to the what aboutisms. what if mike pence said, north korea. the united states shares a very important relationship which is an alliance with the republic of north korea. it s an alliance that is strong and enduring. uncorrected and they changed the transcript. can you imagine if donald trump forgot a congresswoman h
as it relates to president biden and donald trump. listening to biden s words and watching his actions, i feel i don t have a choice. what about if donald trump had given a major u.n. speech and stopped short with what to do next. we all know how the media would react. but not a word about that stuttering word. can you imagine, four days of the deadly hurricane as it makes landfall, he kept his date for a party fundraiser at which time he ripped that governor and other republican governors instead of going to the situation room, putting on the wind breaker and making some decisions. we all know true leaders are defined by how they react to disasters. now back to the what aboutisms. what if mike pence said, north korea. the united states shares a very important relationship which is an alliance with the republic of north korea. it s an alliance that is strong and enduring. uncorrected and they changed the transcript. can you imagine if donald trump forgot a congresswoman h