Toll rising, up to 1,000 people still unaccounted for on the island. The Historic Community of lahaina that stood for centuries, now a wasteland. Hundreds of homes, businesses and cultural landmarks Reduced To Ashes by a fastmoving inferno. Shelters jammed with survivors. Residents saying they had little to no warning before being forced to evacuate. Fire officials now being pressed on why Warning Sirens were not activated when the fires began. The governor saying its likely the largest Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. Whit johnson in maui tonight. Also on this friday night, the surprise turn in the hunter biden investigation. After the plea deal for president bidens son fell apart in federal court. Attorney general Merrick Garland today granting Special Counsel status to u. S. Attorney david weiss. What this means for the case. Could hunter biden now stand trial. Pierre thomas in washington. Mary bruce at the white the judge warning donald trump about his public attacks, possibly
And an agonizing wait for news of their loved ones. And a new twist in the hunter biden program. U. S. Attorney general announcing its Special Counsel to investigate president bidens son. History taking shape at the womans world cup stage, now set for a first time winner, after japan was knocked out in the quarterfinals. Live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we begin in hawaii, and wouldve another evacuation on maui. The Police Department just posted that there is a fire in west maui, and residents in the area are currently being evacuated. That comes as a whites Attorney General says she will lead a comprehensive review of the decisions officials made, as Deadly Wildfires broke out earlier on maui. More criticism is now growing over how authorities handled things in the early stages. As flames quickly spread and destroyed the iconic area. Hawaii Emergency Management says mauis Warning Sirens were not turned on after the fires broke out. But many people were unaware of just how b
Another defendant. Also a Special Counsel named in the hunter biden case with orders to investigate the president s son and others. The question now, who are the others . We are live in maui, where the death toll just rose sharply. Some especially powerful new video is coming in, which we will bring to you, along with exclusive reporting on how hawaiian officials may have missed Key Opportunities to prevent a tragedy like this. Good evening, everyone. John berman here in for anderson. We begin with what we learned today about how judge Tanya Chutkan intends to handle what could be the most important trial this country has ever seen. Someone who is held and right now running to reclaim the highest office in the land. And on top of that, hes donald trump. The venue, as you know, was a hearing on how he and his legal teammate handled evidence, some of it sensitive, that prosecutors will be turning over to them, specifically what they are allowed to make public. And on that, judge chutkan
North america correspondent, sean dilley. A community in smouldering ruins. Many homes here in lahaina burnt to charred wrecks. The church and the harbour among the Historic Sites wiped out by the flames that tore indiscriminately through the formerly picturesque tourist town. The us marines and National Guard among the Emergency Workers on the ground. The us president , joe biden, has declared the situation as a major disaster. We are seeing loss of life here. As you know, the number has been rising and we will continue to see loss of life. But we have extraordinary professionals working on this job. We also have seen many hundreds of homes destroyed. And that is going to take a great deal of time to recover from. Lahaina has felt the biggest impact from the wildfires. The death toll is rising. Most fires are under control, but authorities are still working on a number on maui and the neighbouring big island. Here in lahaina, Rescue Efforts are moving more quickly now that winds of up
To deploy and we know Search And Rescue from california are being sent fema. Governing avenue sum has said they will be going in and they have experience with dealing with wildfires so how important is that to try to get the expertise onto the islands governor gavin newsome. Its governor gavin newsome. Its critical. This governor gavin newsome. Its critical. This is governor gavin newsome. It s critical. This is probably a bit outside the norm for most of the agencies that are dealing with this in maui and just establishing a sense of normalcy and getting people the basic needs so they can be able to put things back together and certainly, those resources from california, under other states have reached out and the challenge in these kind of incidences is sometimes you have people who Self Dispatch and want to help and while it is well meaning, inside the structure that hawaii and the county of maui are establishing and that fema is assisting with is really assistance will be best plac