And then these high winds, winds averaging 70 mph, reignited those flames and, at times, they now believe that that fire was moving at a speed of one mile every minute, leaving those residents of lahaina with little chance of escaping. Now here at this harbour today, weve met volunteers who have been taking their boats, packing their boats with aid, trying to get over to lahaina to distribute much needed humanitarian aid. People still need food, water, clean drinking water, shelter. The absolute basics at the moment, which are in short supply. And, speaking to everyone, you get the sense that people are traumatised here. Many people from lahaina in particular have lost absolutely everything but, because their humanitarian needs are so great, theyre barely able to process the loss. Theyre barely able to grieve when essentially they are sleeping out in the open in some cases when they have such dire humanitarian needs. There are other concerns about the weather. You can see that at times
space with afghan women where we could interact with them away from the scrutiny of the taliban. i remember we chatted, we laughed, we had a cup of tea. we got manicures done. we took a photo of of what our nails looked like afterwards, we saw a bride getting ready for her wedding. for that one hour, ifelt like i could be anywhere in the world away from the reality that awaited these women when they stepped outside of the salon into a world where girls are barred from secondary schools in most provinces, where women can t attend university, where women can t work for domestic or international ngos, they are barred from parks, swimming pools, gyms, public baths, where if they have to travel long distances they have to be escorted by a male relative, where they re expected to wear clothing with only their eyes visible. and for this latest restriction, the taliban aren t even giving a reason, especially and women are asking, this was a female only space. there s no interaction b
a daring evacuation. the u.s. military carries out an operation to pull government personnel out of sudan s capital. but thousands of americans are still trapped in the country as it descends deeper into chaos, and the white house says it s not safe to get them out right now. the gop s fight over abortion erupts over the weekend. political peril for the republican party as the national battle over reproductive rights heats up. and kimberly potter set free after serving only 16 months in pr prison for killing daunte wright. the former police officer spent more than two years behind bars for fatally shooting wright while yelling taser. critics say the punishment didn t fit the crime. we re following these major developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. scrambling to get out of sudan as foreign powers rush to evacuate the war-torn country. the biden administration says that u.s. special forces have carried out a daring rescue operation, s
transportation is looking into what caused southwest airlines travel meltdown last month. this is what we begin with. memphis on edge this morning, the city is bracing for the release of police body cam video of officers beating tyre nichols after a traffic stop that turned deadly. we re waiting to see if officers involved will face charges. i have a warning for you, we re going to show you a photo of tyre nichols in his hospital bet before he died. his family has seen the body cam footage they say it s horrific. they demanding murder charges. they say officers beat tyre like a human pinata for several minutes. sara sidner joins us this morning. they re bracing for the video in memphis. the chief condemning what happened to tyre. this is an awful sorry all around. reporter: it is. because we have not seen the video and the public has not seen the video, there is great concern here about what the response is going to be. but we do know that this was a vicious attack really
. top of the hour this thursday morning. i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, testimony is underway in the double murder case against disgraced and disbarred former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh. he s accused of killing his wife and youngest son in 2021. we ll take you inside of the courtroom just ahead. and aas soon as today police in fem memphis, tennessee, could release a number of videos from the death of tyre nichols. you see him there. overnight the memphis police chief called it a failing of basic humanity. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. those five officers and others failed our community and they failed the nichols family and that is beyond regrettable. in our outrage and frustration, there is still work to be done to build each other up, to continue the momentum of improving our police and community relationships and partnerships. to show those who watch us now that this behavior is not what will define our comm