News, we are tracking devastating and Deadly Wildfires across hawaii. Drought and hurricaneforce winds fueling multiple blazes which have killed at least six people. Hawaiis Lieutenant Governor joins me live this hour. We are following Breaking News out of utah where a man accused of threatening to kill President Biden has just been shot dead by fbi agents trying to arrest him. The Fulton County District Attorney is expected to seek indictments against more than a dozen people as she nears Charging Decisions in her probe of the Election Interference by donald trump and his allies. Stand by for details. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get straight to the Breaking News. The horrendous wildfires scorching the Island Of Maui and that way. We are very grim reports of a rising death toll as authorities urge residents and tourists to flee the fastmoving blazes. Cnn Meteorologis
Its smarter, healthier pet food. Get 50 off your first box at thefarmersdog. Com realfood right now, wildfires continuing to rage across western maui, and the businesses and homes are just destroyed and thousands of people are homeless, and officials are worried about the number of people who are killed, they are afraid the number will grow higher. Two codefendants of Donald Trumps Legal Proceedings have just arrived at the courthouse. We are getting a look at the scene. John berman with kate bolduan. This is cnn news central. A Tropical Pairradise is turned into a hellscape in hours. Compounding the tragedy of the wildfires, at least 36 people are confirmed dead, and officials and residents who had to flee for their lives fear that the death toll could be growing, because many people are missing this morning. If anybody is out here, it is the fire on front street, and it is time to go. Reporter what you are hearing is one member of the Charter Boat Crew to sprint down the boat dock to
That they have gone through, frankly, are continuing to go through. This crisis is far from over. Theres so much frustration, theres so much suffering, you know . The real mourning has not even been able to begin to start because of people really looking to how do i just get me and my family to tomorrow. Joey yeah. And even still firefighters are working to pull ily contain some fires burning on the island. Officials calling it the worst Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. To a fox news alert, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointing a Special Counsel to the hunter biden criminal probe. Rachel but republicans and if even some democrats arent happy with who he selected. Will Alexandria Hoff joins us live washington. Reporter good morning. It is an interesting turn of events or at least title, right . Now Special Counsel david weiss and the Attorney General, they both previously maintained weiss did not need Special Counsel powers in pursuing charges against hunter biden. Of course,
Will have to also cover this story. One expert is saying that it is sufficient for a real federal probe into bribery and Money Laundering and the joe biden family that means the big guy himself, joe biden, and this was on about a half hour ago, coming up tonight, ted cruz, the former acting attorney general, matt whitaker, they will be here to break down the law, how much trouble are they really in. Lets jump into what we are calling the evolution. As you may remember, they all swore, joe biden cited as president and candidate that never once ever did he ever speak or talk to hunter biden or his brother joe or anybody for that matter about his foreign Business Dealings and he never discussed this with anybody ever. And then they said joe biden was never in business with hunter biden or his brother or foreign Business Partners and that has evolved into an admission. Joe biden met with the Business Partners, two dozen of them on the phone, but he did not discuss business over a dozen con
Alleged coconspirators be in the works . Also tonight, were learning that western hopes for ukraines counteroffensive are fading right now as officials receive very sobering updates on the fight to retake territory from russia. Ill get reaction from key white house official john kirby. And in the president ial race, Florida Governor ron desantis boots his Campaign Manager in an ongoing shakeup, replacing her with a trusted adviser as his bid for the gop nomination keeps on struggling. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Breaking News on a key hearing in the January 6th Criminal Prosecution of donald trump. Were joined by our Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid. So what are we hearing tonight from the judge whos overseeing this critically important case . Wolf, the Rocket Docket continues here in d. C. The judge who will oversee the January