Welcome to the lead, aim jake tapper. And we start with breaking news, violent and explosive wildfires in hawaii. Fueled by strong winds from a hurricane, 800 miles away. It is a situation so sudden and so catastrophic on maui, local Officials Say a dozen people ran into the ocean to try to escape the flames. And they went out so far they then had to be rescued. Hawaiis governor said hundreds of families have been displaced and some loss of life is expected, unquote. Cell towers and 911 are out of service on the the hardhit west side compounding the difficulty for many. Were expecting a Press Conference and well bring you that when it starts but Derek Van Damme looked at where this erratic disaster may be headed next. Reporter hellish scenes of wildfires engulfing normally picturesque maui. Powerful winds, associated with Hurricane Dora helping fuel the flames. Fact that we have wildfire in multiple areas as a result of indirectly from a hurricane is unprecedented. Reporter Lieutenant
Atlanta, making final arguments for why judge gotten mcafee should disqualify Fulton County Da Fani Willis, whos overseeing his election, Racketeering Trial The Other in fort pierce, florida, pressing a federal judge, aileen cannon, to delay his classified documents trial until after the election. A busy day for Trump Lawyers and for prosecutors. Seen as paula reid starts us off in florida former President Donald Trump at Federal Court in florida. Today for a highstakes hearing to decide when he will be tried for allegedly mishandling classified documents an indictment was unsealed. Charging donald j. Trump with Felony Violations of our National Security laws, as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice trump faces 40 felony criminal charges related to the alleged mishandling of Classified Information. Some seen here in properly stored at maralago. They raided my house. They did it for publicity reasons. They did it for election interference reasons. They want to inter
Soul and now 85 in mice, all of his 20 years ago you in 2000 and what you were what . 2003 i was 15 back then. Wow. Yeah. I was i was 15. 2003 and i was measuring the snow and then i went to weather camp a year later. Yeah, i was truly it was a great time though and you know what the kids loved me at school because i was the weather guy. What we said, what year were you born . I guess that would make me 1988 wow. I hope graduated college. Isnt that scary, but you got it out at me because youre a deep reporter whos investigative and youre able to dig out that your age, you dont think . I hate telling my age. I always say im like roughly between 25. 40 you actually say yeah, absolutely. Youre out on a date now. You have a beloved now, but before when youre dating and people would lady would say, whats your how old do you say . Im between 25 and it wasnt until the third date where i revealed my age. I had to really get to know them. Harry enten, thanks. The news continues right here on cn
hello, welcome to cnn newsroom. we begin with this monster winter storm. its core is hovering over the great lakes, and its trailing arctic air is causing power outages and dangerous travel conditions two days before christmas. life-threatening windchills have permeated all the way to the gulf coast, over 70 million americans are experiencing below freezing temperatures, that includes the entire state of texas. this video s from kentucky where the governor has just confirmed three people have died as a result of this storm. and this from our affiliate whbq in memphis, tennessee, their high today, 16 degrees. it s usually around 52 this time of year. the city s enforcing rolling blackouts to reduce the strain on their power fwrid. and damaging winds grid. and damaging winds have knocked out power to a million customers nationwide. and look at this the storm system causing heavy flooding in parts of new england. just a harrowing sight for a region expected to hit freezing
Jesse things are so bad for biden that he is in a brawl with the New York Times. Behind the scenes the paper of records relation with the president is reportedly tense. Beset by grudges and a general lack of trust after publishing a slew of pieces on joe bidens age and his son, hunter. They are calling to reporters at the times arrogant and stubborn for trying too hard to be impartial. And other words, suck up to me more. Some reporters say they have been cut off by their white house sources completely. Think about it. A democrat president is icing out the times over negative coverage. The times hasnt even covered uncle bo. But the Times Publisher sees it a different way. Is retribution for breaking tradition and not giving the paper of record an interview. The New York Times had this to say. Quote, for anyone who understands the role of the free press in a democracy, it should be troubling that President Biden has so actively and effectively avoided questions from independent journali