Person arraignment in the maralago documents case. Well tell you what happened when his two codefendants showed up in court. Plus new reporting from propublica about Clarence Thomas and his wealthy network of friends who allegedly financed his luxurious gifts and travel. And we begin this morning with a devastating wildfires in hawaii. At least 36 people have died as the flames rip through the island with crews in the skies and on the ground urgently battling three active fires. The flames have destroyed homes, wreaked havoc on businesses and forced thousands to evacuate. Residents seeking safety are flocking to airports and shelters. My family is thinking of just leaving the island completely. We have nothing but the clothes on our backs right now. Everything is gone. Some had to jump into the ocean to escape dangerous flames, swallowed more 2,000 acres of land. Want you to see Satellite Image that captures what the town of lahaina looked like, a Historic Town before and after the bla
The world. Im kim brunhuber, ahead on cnn newsroom. What we saw was likely the largest Natural Disaster in hawaiis state history. Deadly wildfires tear through maui. Entire neighborhoods wiped out. We write you the harrowing stories of those who escaped the fastmoving flames. Plus, the big event that has them racing to see the iowa fair. In zaporizhzhia, as President Biden asks congress for more assistance for ukraine. Well have the live report from the latest. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. Tremendous devastation, a sense of deep loss and a scramble to save whatever can still be saved. Thats all happening on the Hawaiian Island of maui, where 53 people have been killed by wildfires described as apocalyptic. The death toll is likely to go even higher as Emergency Crews Sift through countless properties, now in ashes. The wildfire is now the second deadliest in the u. S. In a century, and the governor says its likely the largest Natural Disaster ever in h
This morning, we are beginning to learn the costs of those devastating fires in hawaii. Officials confirmed 80 have lost their lives in the fires that broke out on tuesday. But they warn the death toll will likely rise in the coming days. Crews have not yet searched the inside of most of the buildings and it is still unclear how many people are missing. The search is expected to be long, it is expected to be exhausting, and Officials Say that more than 2200 properties have been destroyed. And fema put the estimated cost of the rebuild from the fire from 5. 5 billion dollars. The video shows just the hor horror as the fires as people tried to escape, theview of the fire from lahaina on wednesday as many jumped into the observe ton try to escape the flames. Take a look at this tiktok video. It appears to show some of the desperate people in the water after they were forced to jump in to try to save themselves from the fire. Cnn has not been able to determine the source, or the video of t
Know what question never once crossed my mind . Who played for clarence tomlinsons motor home . But as soon as the New York Times asked the question, i felt like, okay, im going to read the article. But do i really have to . Im just gonna find out the name of the rich guy who paid for him. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is gonna join us with his reactions to the latest turn in the road, so to speak, for Clarence Thomas. The Supreme Court ethics thing, i feel like its a banging your head against the wall, because the more on planetary and consequential the ethical like, literally, financial, ethical Conflict Of Interest issues are exposed, just the clear it gets they dont feel they need to answer anybody, they dont feel constrained by any rules, no matter what you expose, theyre never gonna do anything about it. I feel like Sheldon Whitehouse is the one member of the u. S. Senator was consistent consistently optimistic that something can and should be done. So, im glad youve got him. I will
Out front next, trumps legal team just hours away from facing the judge in the January 6th Case in court for the first time. This is the special counsel jack smith wants to start trumps trial january 2nd. And the death toll rising in maui as Search And Rescue operations are frantically underway. Im going to speak to a woman who narrowly escaped a wall of flames. Her incredible story. Plus, all the republican president ial candidates heading to iowa, our john king just returned from there. Were talking to voters, and he will be at the magic wall tonight. For us, lets go out front. And good evening, im erin burnett. Outfacetoface, trumps team set to meet judge Tanya Chutkan. Chutkan is the judge overseeing the January 6th Case, and their meeting comes as the clock is ticking. Trump now on notice to reply to jack smiths formal request for the trial January 6th Case to begin,anuary 2nd, 2024. That would put the doj case to hold trump to account for trying to overturn the elec ahead of all