Washington, d. C. Im fredricka whitfield. We begin this morning with the apocalyptic destruction in hawaii, the deadliest National Disaster in state history. At least 80 people are dead. And thousands more displaced from the wildfires. And now, rescue crews are bringing in cadaver dogs to help search what is left of burned buildings. Devastation from the lahaina fire, costing an estimated 5. 5 billion am in mountainy county. One lawmaker tells cnn the statement unestimated the possibility of wildfires and failed to plan for emergency issues with the government alert center. The governor has looked at a comprehensive review of the states response all of this developing as we are seeing more videos of harrowing escapes. We got to walk somewhere. Over there. By the beach. [ bleep ]. No, no, no not like this. Not like this. No. [ bleep ]. Oh, my gosh. I mean that family did eventually make it to an evacuation shelter, after taking refuge on rocks, by the ocean. Lets go now to cnns mike val
search in mar-a-lago. meanwhile, it s primary day in two states, typically don t get a lot of attention, but the elections in alaska and wyoming could derail one political career and reignite another. and back here in washington, the white house and democratic leadership want to remind people that they re passing historic legislation. we ll have more about their plans in just a moment. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, august 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. the justice department has asked a judge to keep the affidavit pertaining to the search warrant of mar-a-lago sealed. citing a need to protect the investigation and witnesses. the affidavit contains the government s reasoning for conducting the search. in a court filing submitted yesterday, federal prosecutors argued quote, it disclosed the affidavit would serve as a road map to the government s ongoing investigation. providing specific details of the direction and like
constant writings on social media interfere with that, i will no choice but to move this up closer to limit the impact of witness interference or jury tampering. stick around, michael zeldin. we have more to talk about straight ahead. also still to come, shuttle diplomacy. how u.s. and iranian diplomats worked in separate hotels in doha, as qua tar officials delayed relayed messages back and forth to reach deal to detain four americans in iranian. and the attorney general and the special counsel into the investigation into hunter biden, the stunning twist coming with prosecutors and defense attorneys at an impasse in the case, making it more likely the president s son is heading to trial. stay with us. almost is just another word for not as good as mine. save 50% on the sleep number limited edition smart bebed. plus, 36 month financing onon select smart beds. shopop now only at sleep number.
violence is very bad, the economic conditions are very bad, so it is possible that people who didn t want to leave at the time, now they do want to leave. but in any case, it paints a very different picture of what life looks like in afghanistan right now. it has been a year since the american withdrawal of course, and you spoke with former chief of u.s. central command frank mckenzie, and heard his thoughts about how that withdrawal went. what were his biggest take-aways? well, it was really interesting to speak with him, and at the time, he commanded all u.s. troops in central command, so he was obviously a key player in the withdrawal, and he implemented, he negotiated with the taliban, and he told me the story of how he discovered that kabul had fallen, he had actually been on a plane to doha, qua tar at the time to negotiate with the taliban to tell them to stay with the city which he discovered they were already within the city walls and now the most controversial things abou
qua tar. and meanwhile the president revealed today that u.s. forces did have to go outside the airport grounds into the city of kabul to help retrieve americans. just yesterday, among the many americans we evacuated there were 169 americans who over, we got over the wall and into the airport using military assets. late today, the pentagon confirmed this incident saying three chinook helicopters picked up the americans from a nearby hotel because of concerns for their safety. the pentagon says the u.s. commander on the ground made the call to use the choppers to bring the evacuees over to the airport. even with the chaos outside the airport gate, inside, american troops are trying to bring even the smallest sense of humanity to their mission, as some of the pictures emerging from there now show. many families with children are among the thousands of evacuees, as they wait for flights out of