And the tourists still trying to evacuate. Also ahead, lawyers for donald trump just arriving for a high stakes hearing in the Election Interference Case. How much will trump be allowed to discuss publicly and could that trial begin as soon as january . It is 10 00 eastern, thanks for being with us on this friday, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and we begin with the staggering death toll from the wildfires in hawaii. Authorities on maui revealing overnight at least 55 people have died in those fires, and by one account, up to a thousand remain missing. Communications on the island remain difficult making it hard to confirm who is safe and mauis mayor says intense Search And Rescue efforts are still underway. Search in the interior of the buildings. Were waiting for fema to help with that search, as they are equipped to handle the Hazmat Conditions of the buildings that have been burned. Shelters on the island are full of residents who have now lost everything, along with touri
and emmy nominated journalist caroline modarressy tehrani. in washington, new house speaker kevin mccarthy is about to preside over his first order of business. the new republican led congress will sit in the next hour to vote on the rules package. now that might sound a bit in the weeds but it is the nearest thing to a formal contract, setting out everything the speaker gave away last week, as he fought to secure the support of those on the hard right. it includes a rule change that will meanjust one member can bring a motion to throw him out. there are also concerns among more moderate republicans that mccarthy has agreed to a budget deal that could result in a cut to defence spending. this has a proposed billions of dollars cut to defence, which i think is a horrible idea. when you have aggressive russia and ukraine, you ve got a growing threat of china in the pacific i m going to visit taiwan in a couple of weeks, how will i look our allies in the eyes and say, i nee
On their way to the u. S. Right now five americans held hostage in iran are free after the Biden Administration unfreezes 6 billion of iranian oil money, but the u. S. Is imposing new sanctions on iranian agencies and officials with connections to another detained american. We have details. Hunter biden now suing the irs. The president s son says agents illegally released his personal information. He claims the agency failed to protect his private records. Plus, a former Department Of Justice official and donald trump ally asking a federal judge to move his Georgia Election subversion case to federal court. How the judge is now reacting. We are following thinks major developing stories and more coming in here to cnn news central. Here in a few hours five americans who were wrongfully detained in iran will be back on u. S. Soil for the first time in years. Their plane in the air as we speak. It left from qatar a bit ago and President Biden has spoken to each of their families, families
the country of which is going to hold the money once the south koreans transfer it to them, switzerland, oman, american officials went to oman to have indirect conversations in order to negotiate this. the sultan of oman directly engaged on this. it s been a remarkable few months of quiet diplomacy outside of the public eye, and it has arranged for these five individuals, some of whom have been held for many years, so far they re not out of iran. they ve been released from the notorious evin prison. they re in a hotel under guard. this money has been transferred where iran will have access to it for humanitarian purposes. money is all fungible, what they use for humanitarian purposes now could be used for something else. those five would then get on a plane hopefully in a few weeks and leave the country for good. i can only imagine how their families are feeling right now and the optimism, hope that they have about reuniting with those five americans.
whose micro satellites will be on board, including the ministry of defence, the sultan of oman, the us national reconnaissance office and several british start ups. this is the scene live in cornwall where the final preparations are under way. our science correspondent jonathan amos is there at the spaceport in cornwall. jonathan, nice to see you. what can you tell us? you tell us? will it be on time? well, i you tell us? will it be on time? well. i think you tell us? will it be on time? well, | think it you tell us? will it be on time? well, | think it is you tell us? will it be on time? well, i think it is going - you tell us? will it be on time? well, i think it is going to - you tell us? will it be on time? well, i think it is going to slip l you tell us? will it be on time? | well, i think it is going to slip to the right, as they always say in space, that means we are going to get a bit of a delight. not much, we thought they might go in the next ten minutes or so but i t