Giving you the information you need to know. What we know at this hour is at least 36 people are confirmed dead. More than 270 homes and businesses have been destroyed. The flames scorching more than 1800 acres there. Bill staggering. The fires were moving so fast forcing some to flee into the ocean. Coast guard rescued dozens from the water. Thousands will be without a home. The former hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard. Bill when you look at the sidebyside comparisons of what was to what people are waking up today, it is kind of difficult to conceive of what they have been through over the last 24 to 36 hours and how to move forward from here. Dana a look at where the fire is burning right now. Fox weathers max gordon is live in maui. Max, this is an incredibly fastmoving story. What do you know this morning . Flying into maui earlier in the evening we saw the flames from our airplane window. A harrowing sight. You are supposed to drop into paradise. Unfortunately This Is Hell On Ear
Forward and shot him in the head. His death was confirmed on social media by current president guillermo lasso. Mr lasso vowed that this crime will not go unpunished. He called for an an urgent meeting of his top officials to address the killing. The countrys attorney general s office said on social media that the suspect in the attack had died from injuries sustained in a shoot out with police. Ecuador s election is scheduled to take place on august 20th. Live now to samantha schmidt, Washington Post Bogota Bureau chief. What is the latest you are learning about this attack . This is a really abrasive assassination that is stunning ecuador. It is unprecedented in this country which is a historically peaceful country that has recently begins doomed by Drug Trafficking and violence, in the aftermath of this attack two other president ial candidates said they are suspending their campaigns. In response to this, to the security threats, but also to respect this event and the president is
North carolina. Here tonight headlines. Track and the urgent situation of dangerous storms, strong winds and excessive heat as thousands of flights are delayed or canceled. You details after helicopters collide with firefighters responding to a brush fire. Although this was a tragic death, we are also thankful today that it was not worse. Terms lawyers push back against prosecutors and their request to limit what the former president can say, arguing it is in effect asking the court to cr his political speech. Reporter Ukrainian Authority is her saying they have thwarted an Assassination Plot against president volodymyr zelenskyy. One woman has been detained, saying she was planning a russian air strike to hit a Southern Region of the country where the preident was said to be visiting. A new study found black men are more likely than white men to die of melanoma despite making up fewer cases. Its time we are aware that this is a Silent Killer and our community is. This is something you
right now on early start, americans are lined up outside the supreme court to witness the biggest presidential election case since bush v. gore almost a quarter century ago. plus round two here. otherwise we re getting nothing on the border. two big republican priorities go down in flames in the same week. when can congress get its act together. and foul play, the new nikki haley campaign ad that called donald trump chicken. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is thursday, february 8, 5:00 a.m. on an historic day in washington. the supreme court will consider a question that has never before been asked. did donald trump engage in insurrection and if so does that allow him to be disqualified from the ballot before the justices answer has the potential to upend the 2024 race. trump is now for all intents and purposes the presumptive nominee and that is exactly how his party is acting. following his lead congressi
tonight, the 2024 primary is officially underway. last hour in south carolina, the first democratic contest in the nation closed, president joe biden easily secured a victory there, flowing his rival out of the water. all eyes are on the number of down the a total of 55 are up. those will be awarded remember of course that they need a total of 2000 to capture the democratic nomination. a short time ago the president issued a statement thanking the voters of south carolina saying in part quote, in 2020 it was south carolina who proved p- breaking news coming out of the middle east in the united states launched strikes targeting the cuties in yemen, they hit 36 targets across the country. an official told nbc news today that the strikes in yemen and yesterday s attacks on more than 85 targets linked to iranian-backed militias in iraq and syria are not related. let s go back to politics, and the primary results we re getting out of south carolina. msnbc correspondent trema