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
good morning, welcome to way too early on this monday, january 16th, martin luther king jr. day. thank you for starting your week with us. one week after we first learned that a small number of classified documents had been found in president biden s personal collection that number of files continues to grow. in the same box where a single other document was found the previous day. the president s personal attorney discovered the documents, they stopped searching because they lacked the security clearance needed to handle classified material. and they return the next day with department of justice officials, he says he discovered the additional five documents in the same box. those files are separate from two other batches we report on last week. one found inside president biden s garage and another found inside an office he used at the penn biden senter in washington, d.c. sources tell nbc news that one of the documents was marked with the highest security classificatio
would like to live a long life, longevity has its place, but i m not concerned about that now. i just want to do god s will. and he s allowed me to go up to the mountain, and i ve looked over, and i ve seen the promised land. i may not get there with you but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. a haunting speech from reverend martin luther king jr. delivered the night before he was assassinated in memphis. we ll be honoring dr. king this morning and exploring his legacy throughout the morning on morning joe. also ahead this hour, we ll have the latest developments on the classified documents found at president biden s home, and the gop s false equivalency when it comes to this discovery. hundreds of files of donald trump tried to stash away at mar-a-lago, to equate is a little tough. congress is on the clock to raise the country s debt limit. it comes after a dire warning from treasury secretary janet yellen. plus, we ll get a live
polls, but on telephone polls, which is a different segment of the electorate, he is sometimes in seventh place, or in sixth place. so far behind a lot of the others in the pack. and iowa itself, it found that ron was behind trump, desantis, and senator tim scott, so not really leading that much in iowa, which of course, the reason that iowa is so key again is because it is the first s state, it s a state where a candidate like ron can try to win and re-set the narrative about whether or not the former president trump can win the nomination. speaking of re-setting, one person who seems to be re-setting his campaign is desantis, and you said you re skeptical that this, the iowa state fair will necessarily provide a break through, but you could argue perhaps, no one needs it more than desantis. that s right. he definitely need it.
ago, tracking this by telephone polls that it was a third, a third, a third, republicans, democrats, independents. so a lot more independents. a lot more for young people. what does that mean for the parties? i talked to john dell volpe, what does this mean for both parties, democrats need people to trust their party. republicans need to show young people they share some of their values. mike allen, fascinating stuff, thank you, we ll see you on morning joe in a moment. thank you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. well, i don t know what will happen now. we ve got some difficult days ahead. but it really doesn t matter with me now because i ve been to the mountain top. i don t mind, like anybody, i