Maui, the death toll is soaring as we get new reports from the devastation. And back in court. Donald trumps legal team is about to appear before the judge in the 2020 election case for the first time, as prosecutors are now asking to start the trial in january. What is the judge going to say . Five americans wrongly detained in iran on the verge of freedom after the u. S. Strikes a deal with tehran. Im john berman with kate bolduan. This is cnn news central. This morning the scenes in parts of maui are apocalyptic as Rescue Crews Reach new areas. The death toll rose sharply overnight to 55. The governor estimates some 80 of lahaina were destroyed. When the mayor said its all gone, its all gone. Its all gone. Its gone. Im telling you, none of its there. Its all burned to the ground. The mayor says the death toll is likely to rise. They have only been able to count bodies found outside structures and many people are still unaccounted for. Today Search And Rescue teams from california an
that s it for us, have a great weekend. the source with kaitlan collins starts now. tonight straight from the source, donald trump and his gop rivals now canceling almost all of their in-person events in iowa. less than 70 hours out before the critical first vote in the nation. the extreme weather and sub zero temps up ending their plans. plus new u.s. strikes against iranian backed militants in yemen tonight hours after president biden said he delivered a message to iran that the barrage of strikes last night. the question now is escalation inevitable? and complications of the trump case in georgia. allegations of the improper relationship between the fulton county district attorney and her lead prosecutor. a judge is now looking into the matter. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. we are now down to the crucial final three days before the first vote in the nation. right now the republican front runner will be off the trails and on the phones instead just like
least eight and wounding dozens more. a new week, a monday. good morning, everybody. i m bill hemmer live in new york city. hello. dana: i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. this escalation is striking at a time when people overnight the destruction of the lone bridge connecting russia to crimea happened over the weekend. a key supply line for russia. vladimir putin targeted civilians. zelensky said russia is trying to wipe us off the face of the earth. they want to destroy our energy system and they are hopeless. the second target is people. they chose such a time, such goals in order to cause as much harm as possible. bill: check out the video here. one missile left a massive crater feet away from a children s playground. dana: the first major attack on kiev since june. 1 of 10 major cities targeted in the assault. bill: the white house trying to clean up president biden s remarks from last week on the russia nuclear threat. he said the u.s. was facing
newsroom. i m jim acosta live in washington. just 16 days to go until the midterm elections. we are now getting multiple reports of voter intimidation as millions try to cast their ballots early. take a look at these images from mesa, arizona, where armed individuals wearing masks and tactical gear were stopped near a ballot drop box. maricopa county officials calling them, vigilantes, who are disrupting the voting process. the state also getting reports of so-called ballot watchers, who have set up near drop boxes to film and take pictures of people who show up. joining me now, former democratic senator from minnesota and host of the al franken podcast, al fran nk, and cnn political commentator and former special assistant to president george w. bush, scott jennings. let s get straight to it. al, let me start with you. i want to show those pictures again. they are disturbing. this is what a lot of people anticipated, heading into this midterm election cycle, because of the
U. S. President. So we are all in luck. We know that Closing Arguments at Donald Trumps new york Hush Money Trial begin tuesday. They are expected to take most of the day, and then its a matter of how long it takes a jury to reach a verdict. That is, if they are able to reach a verdict at all. Were going to get back to that. But first, lets not forget that this Hush Money Trial is just one of Donald Trumps many indictments. There was bad news for him this week and one of the other cases against him. And trumps classified documents case, the one in which he is accused by federal prosecutors of illegally hoarding classified documents at mara lago and then trying to hide them from the federal government, newly unsealed documents this week revealed new evidence of more possible Obstruction Of Justice by the former president. Quote, once trump realized that Security Cameras at maralago could capture his employees moving classified Government Information that officials were attempting to ret