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 bad things got until it was too late to leave. And critics say that may have cost many lives. The states governor talked earlier about why the notification was not given. What we understand is that when those fires reignited in Late Afternoon or early evening they were focusing on fires elsewhere on the island, and the telecommunications were destroyed very rapidly. Communication was cut off by the destruction of, essentially 1000 degree heat that was coming down the mountain. That is not, again, to make an excuse for anyone. And we will check and be very safe and sure that we did what we could. While the lahaina fire is now 85 contained, but at least 67 people are confirmed dead. Officials predict that number will rise, as crews are finally able to sift through the wreckage of hundreds of homes incinerated by the flames. For a short time on friday, many residents of lahaina were given the opportunity to return to their community to check on their homes, and salvage any possessions they could find. But the opening was short lived. Authorities soon closed it again. We got a look at the devastation wrought by the fires and it is heartbreaking to see. The trees that you guys see behind you right here, this one from the tornado that came through. We have never even seen a tornado in hawaii. In a place so familiar, with Weather Extremes it is crazy. Maui locals have never seen anything like the firestorm that obliterated lahaina. You can see a little smolder of smoke. Like oh, the house survived, but now there is a little brush fire. We are just pulling into lahaina now, first clips this town after hearing stories. It is worse than you can imagine. It is a World War Two set. A scorched devastation. What was once the capitol of the kingdom of hawaii. One of the most wellpreserved towns in the nation, is ash, including bill weilands famous art gallery. He said he escaped the flames on his harleydavidson, riding around evacuees, trapped between fire and ocean. Everyone else jumping in the water, flames were shooting over the top, i didnt even want to look behind me. Theres no one to go. All of those cars waiting to move in front of him, no one was moving anyway. You were dead in the water. A lot of them didnt make it from what i heard. Im sure if the winds were 80 miles an hour. There was diesel fuel floating in the water as well in the coast guard couldnt coming too far, because of the reefs, and a lot of people cant swim that far a couple of people died of Smoke Inhalation as well. I know of a lady who stood in the water for 8 hours. This is the historic banyan tree, 150yearold majestic tree at the center of lahaina town. It looks like it may have survived. You need water desperately to survive right now, but for the locals who were coming down, this is such a sign of hope that maybe their iconic tree would have lived when so much all was gone here. But they history can never be replaced. Right now with this is the first hotel in hawaii, the pioneer hotel, pioneer theater. It is completely gone. Right over he was the library. It is just now a stone shell. Scorched locks. Around front street there, fleetwoods, the band fleetwood mac, his place, it is got it out with flames. It is just unrecognizable. One of the most charming, beloved port cities in the world is just scorched, like a bomb went off. Reporter former, eddie garcia, lost a small fortune in property. But now he is bracing for much bigger losses. When i was down there earlier , there were uncles and people that i know on the street, people that i know that were trying to get to the street. They say hundreds of people jumped in the water. He personally lost crops . I lost nothing, compared to what people lost. I lost farm stuff, and food and whatever. Tiny little things, compared to what people lost. People lost their family, their houses. Everything weve seen, landmarks, everything weve seen for years, history, it is all gone. Alice lee is the chair of mauis counsel. And she joins us live, from maui. Well, thank you for joining us at this very difficult time. We understand that hawaii morning Emergency Management agency has said on friday that mauis Warning Sirens were not activated. Has it been determined . What was behind that . Was that a System Failure . A human error . I think that is still being investigated. But i do want to point out one thing. Most of us were aware that we were about to be hit by a very severe storm. For days we were forewarned that Hurricane Dora was going to pass the islands to the south. Packing winds up to 80 miles an hour. So, even myself and my family we sort of battened down the hatches, knowing that we needed to prepare for this severe weather. So, i think, people need to understand that we all were advised about this oncoming storm, and when it hit, it was well beyond anybodys expectations. We lost power, we lost the use of our cell phones , not in central maui, but in west maui. People lost the use of water, we lost internet. Communications became extremely difficult. People need to take all of those facts into consideration, that we could not have anticipated dealing with all of these adversarial challenges, and today, i flew over lahaina. I was in a helicopter, with our fire chief, brad ventura, and the site is unbearable. Barely bearable. It is heartbreaking to see the desolation. And one of the things that stuck in my mind was passing over some of the leveled homes, and yet people were parked near their homes, just crying, because in disbelief that this could happen , so swiftly, and so completely, so, this is the sad part that we all have to deal with, and now it is our turn, the county counsel, and the administration , to do something about it. You mentioned someone mentioned that the death toll has risen, it is probably going to go up a little higher, because what has happened, the rescuers have, at this point in time, covered the streets and the yards of these hundreds of homes that were burned down. Tomorrow, they will enter the homes. They had to make sure, before entering the homes, they had to make sure that the gas lines, and electrical lines, and the houses ready to collapse, would not impede searching within the houses. So, tomorrow might be even more difficult day. Yes. Very difficult days and months ahead for your community. Criticism is growing, in terms of the handling of this, in the early stages. How do you respond, for instance, to the records, showing that hawaii, underestimated the increasing deadly threat, posed by a wildfire, exacerbated by Hurricane Force winds, like the lahaina blaze. Again, it was hard to predict that the Hurricane Winds would turn upward, toward our islands, instead of the expected path below the islands. So, that was something that nobody knew was going to happen. Although, we need to keep in mind that this is Hurricane Season for hawaii. So, that is one area that we have to look more closely at, and see if there is anything that we can do, to provide more provide more whether it is alerts, or sirens, or other ways of advising our people ahead of time. But the fires were wild. The fires were relentless, and once they started, you should have seen the site that we looked at today in the helicopter. Overlooking the entire lahaina. It is just flat to the ground. And for that to happen so quickly, it is hard to imagine fire traveling that fast, but it had to have. It was terrible, and just a horrific experience. Terrible, and breathtaking in its devastation and speed. Alice lee, we thank you for talking with us, and appreciate you taking up the time to speak with us, and share what you have seen at this very, very difficult moment. Thank you for having me. And we are going to turn our attention now to the federal judge, presiding over the Election Subversion Case against donald trump. He put trump and his legal team on notice on friday, warning them to be extra careful. What they say publicly about the case, or risk the trial date moved up. She said, the more a party makes inflammatory statements about this case, which could taint the jury pool, or intimidate potential witnesses, the greater the urgency. It will be that we proceed to trial quickly, to ensure a jury pool from which we can select an impartial jury. While the judge granted the Special Counsels request for a protective order on the most sensitive evidence, effectively barring trump and his team from sharing those details in public. The judge also told trumps lawyers that she didnt see any evidence the case was politically motivated. Wild republican . Have long to meant that hunter biden be investigated by a Special Counsel, but now that it has happened, there are complaints it is too little too late. President bidens son has faced an onagain offagain plea deal on back taxes and a gun charge. But that deal has fallen apart. Which means he will most likely have head to trial. David weiss, The Trump Appointed Prosecutor who has been handling the case, was elevated to Special Counsel on friday, to prepare for their trial. Cnns paula reid has more now, and why this decision was made at this time. Well, according to the Justice Department, tuesday, u. S. Attorney, david weiss, asked the Justice Department to change his designation to Special Counsel, for the purposes of the hunter biden investigation. Now, weiss is a trump appointed u. S. Attorney, and has been investigating right in for 5 years, but the Justice Department has not put forth any official explanation for why he suddenly wanted to changes status and become a fullblown Special Counsel. But there are some clues in the court documents, and Court Filings, because on friday, Court Filings reveal that the Plea Agreement that had been reached between the u. S. Attorney in hunter biden, has fallen apart. It has reached an impasse, after a judge expressed some concerns and had some questions about this plea deal according to Court Filings it appears that tax charges and one charge related to gun violence could go to trial. Once you are Special Counsel, not only can you bring a case in any jurisdiction, you also have to file a full report, detailing your findings. The Justice Department emphasizes that that will help with the transparency around this investigation, but it is not clear that republicans on the hill are going to see it that way, because they wanted weiss to come and talk to them, testify, answer questions, and it is unclear how becoming a Special Counsel could impact the willingness to testify before them. We know the previous Special Counsels like Robert Mueller and John Durum Have testified, but only after their investigations that they submitted their reports. Now, sources tell cnn that what the white house was not notified before the Special Counsel, or the special lawyers. A deadly russian strike was caught on video in ukraine. A Russian Missile strike on a childrens daycare, but the young ones were saved by a stroke of sheer luck. Heres how tommy lost 30 lbs on noom weight. Im tom. Noom helped him us psychology to lose weight. The mindful aspect made me feel more conscious about what i was eating and why i was eating it. 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President , Volodymyr Zelenskyy, hired all Heads Of Regional meant military Recruitment Offices across the board. The reason . Mr. Volodymyr zelenskyy says they use their jobs to commit serious crimes. Some took cash, some took crypto currency, thats the only difference. The cynicism is the same everywhere. And richmond, illegal authorization of illegally obtained funds, illegal benefit, illegal transportation of peoples transportation across the border. This system should be run by people who know exactly what war is, and why cynicism and bribery in times of war consist of treason. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Military Recruitment from now on will be managed by soldiers, who can be trusted, including those who suffered serious injuries in battle. Meanwhile, the city of sup for asia is really once more from a hotel, once served as a childrens day camp. Two missiles struck on thursday and as nick pate and walsh reports, one of the strikes was caught. Reporter the first strike brought horror. This man, with his family, in a zaporizhzhia park. Terror, then another. Some spotted it first. As though the hotel they targeted were a kids camp and adjust an hour earlier, needed to be hit twice. Imagine how the children in the hotel pool felt, dozens of guest injured, one dead, who did not walk away. This is what it looked before the two missiles hit, the playground. A russian than declared all of these hotels in the city to be targeted, full of ukraine soldiers. In the hours after, sirens sounded and kyiv, as ukraine only managed to take down one of four hypersonic missiles. Another official saying another target was an f16 Training Facility in the west. These nightly strikes, russias response to the pressure on the southern front. Where, friday, importantly small gains were claimed. President , Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has urged patients to study a slowmoving ship, Firing The Heads of Regional Military recruitment, after a series of Corruption Scandals, replacing them with wounded veterans. Warriors who left their lost their health, limbs, but retain their dignity can be trusted for the system. Reporter cnn, ukraine. Reporters have staged a large protest against the block, a day after it activated a Standby Force for military intervention. On friday, thousands of people condemned the block, as they demonstrated in the capitol. Many voice to their support for the leaders of the coup. Others rallied behind russia, which has warned against militar