Good morning. We are 13 miles away from the town of lahaina. Next to a road block. Seeing heart breaking scenes of folks come out. Pleading with officers, wanting to be let in because they lost their friends and Family Members residents arent going to be let in for some time now. This is still an active Search And Rescue scene. They are still trying to get people out, busing people out of the Evacuation Zone this as the death toll unfortunately continues to climb. 55 people at least confirmed dead at this time. Several fires burning on the island of maui since tuesday. None of them yet fully contained by officials here. Yet unknown how they started. Most destructive on mauis west side ripped through the community of lahaina driven by fierce winds High Pressure to the north and Hurricane Dora as it passed hundreds of miles to the south. According to hawaiis governor the fire destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in lahaina and destroyed the towns ban i dont know tree the peaceful Island P
case after liberal justice brown jackson recused herself. all conservative justices siding with the majority. they decided both programs do violate the 14th amendment equal protection clause and therefore unlawful. shannon bream, chief legal correspondent is watching it for us. this is a big day. we look back 19 years ago. in 2003 justice sandra day o connor was the swing or deciding vote in what was a landmark supreme court case over race. perhaps the most divisive social, political and cultural issue in the country s history. fast forward to today. tell us about the conservative court majorities blocking colleges using race as part of the admissions process. this case came from a group of asian-american students part of the emphasis saying we re being harmed by the way the race is being used in admissions processes. justice gorsuch during the arguments about this policy said what are you supposed to tell asian american applicants who have coaches telling them try to hide
the 2024 election is quickly approaching in donald trump is showing no signs of tempering his dangerous rhetoric. for months, the disgraced ex president has spent his time on the campaign trail echoing the language of dictators like adolf hitler. you may be asking yourself, why is a former president stealing lines from history s worst figures? well, because it is working. i knew des moines register and nbc new post poll of likely iowa republican caucus goers reveals that voters are embracing trump s authoritarian language with a greer percentage saying they are more likely to vote for him after he referred to his political adversaries as, quote, vermin. even more concerning, they support his racist attacks on immigrants. including his remarks that they are, quote, poisoning the blood of the country, which he doubled down on this week. they come from africa, they come from asia, they come from south america, but not just south america, they re all over the world. they dump
maria: good sunday morning, everyone, welcome to sunday morning futures. i m maria bartiromo. today republicans dig in leaving for the christmas holiday with plans to double down on their investigation if into president biden amidst brazen defiance from first son hunter blowing off a congressional subpoena and instead trying to set the rules of any deposition congressional a investigators are asking for. coming up, house ways and means committee chairman jason smith with more on the republicans investigation of president biden along with his list of depositions he s pursuing in the new year. then, targeting trump. special counsel jack smith tries to get the 45th president on trial before he can cam pawn for president as campaign for president as the amount of surveillance, propaganda and censorship spikes across merge former department of defense chief of staff kash patel along with alan dershowitz on the soft attacks on america s way of life in plain sight. then, the pr
a sunday morning, welcome to morning futures.m ma i am maria bartiromo. thank you for joining us this morning.ans leaving for the christmas holiday with plans to double down on their investigation if into president biden amidst brazen defiance from first son hunter blowing off a congressional subpoena and instead trying to set the rules of any deposition congressional a investigators are asking for. coming up, house ways and means committee chairman jason smith with more on the republicans investigation of president biden along with his list of depositions he s pursuing in the new year. then, targeting trump. special counsel jack smith tries to get the 45th president on trial before he can cam pawn for president as campaign for president as the amount of surveillance, propaganda and censorship spikes across merge former department of defense chief of staff kash patel along with alan dershowitz on the soft attacks on america s way of life in plain sight. then, the propaga