Hard questions on maui. How did this wildfire start . How did it grow so fast . Destroy lives all with so little warning . Now a top official in charge of the response to that crisis has quit even as he stands up for how his agency handled the disaster. Plus a historic hurricane. Hilary is now a huge category four storm. It could be the first storm of its kind to hit california in some 84 years. Some areas could get a years worth of rain in just one day. And justice deferred. Donald trumps legal team trying to push one trial years into the future. While the former president backtracks his plans to hold an explosive News Conference monday. Were following these developing stories and more right here all coming in to cnn news central. The origin and the response to the deadly maui wildfires are both under growing scrutiny. Just a couple of hours, residents of the devastated town of lahaina are set to hold a News Conference to address how officials responded to the disaster. It comes after
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Again, that is going to take place saturday 8 00 pm eastern right here on cnn. The news continues. The source with Kaitlan Collins starts now. Tonight, straight from the source i have new reporting on how Rudy Giuliani is Learning The Hard Way theres a hard use huge price to pay for pushing trumps election lies. And the ex president who demands loyalty doesnt often reciprocate. What my sources are saying about a maralago meeting and giulianis big ask. Was, the prosecutor in georgia with an ambitious trial line. She wants trump in court the day before super tuesday. Could the 2024 frontrunner be in front of a judge for most of that Election Year . And hawaiis governor says that more than 1000 people tonight are still potentially missing, as fema is acknowledging challenges in the Relief Efforts there, well get an update from a top official and a new look at some of the harrowing scenes on the ground. I am Kaitlan Collins and this is the source. We begin tonight, though, with some exclus
Know how theyre going to do this. Will cain has an advantage, hes a swimmer, but has had a week off because hes been reporting out in maui and doing a lot of hard work. Pete, i know, has been training hard because he loves to win, but he lost at least so far. Griff i think somethings slowing him down. Douglas at least we can see which one he is in the water. Well be able to see them coming towards us. Griff look at that. The only channel youre going to get Shirtless Navy seals jumping off a barge into the river all for a good cause. Navy seal foundation. Org if you want to support will and pete and all the great warriors that fight and sacrifice for our nation. Rachel were going to check in with or charly reporting on everything for us with a birds eye view here. Reporter a fabulous birds eye view, and im not just talking about the water, the statue of liberty. Being surrounded by 220 very jacked, inshape men who serve our country, im to not mad about a it. And i have to say im really
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