Now. At least 67 people have died in maui. And that toll is expected to unfortunately rise as more rubble is being searched. The wildfires damaging more than 3,000 home. Cnn is on the ground in maui with the very latest reporting from there. And a moment in American History. 50 years ago today hip hop was born in the bronx. Tonight we celebrate this Trailblazing Art Form that has changed america and the world. We have a whole lot of superstars on this stage tonight but i want yall to know one thing this is my house i wish we could start with run dmc, but we are starting here. The Attorney General has announced a Special Counsel will take over in the hunter biden investigation. Its not someone from outside the system. It is the same trump appointed federal prosecutor whos been overseeing the case for five years now. This is because the settlement, both Hunter Bidens lawyers and the prosecutors had agreed upon in his tax evasion and Gun Charge Case fell apart when the judge rejected it.
Plus, rising tensions in the red sea. The u. S. Military firing on houthi vessels targeting commercial ships. Were live in the region. Also ahead, under pressure. The u. S. Supreme court facing even more calls to take up the president ial immunity issue, with donald trump facing several trials this year. And later, decision 2024, the iowa caucus now just two weeks away. But is there any real competition in a gop field dominated by trump . Hey, there. Happy new year. Im steven romo in new york. We start with 24 with yet another escalating situation in the middle east. This time involving the u. S. Navy. Tehran ns agencies say an ann warship is operating in the red sea, potentially near some u. S. Destroyers. This adding to tensions following u. S. Military helicopters sinking three houthi boats early sunday, killing ten members of the malitia. Central command said the houthis were feet away from boarding a commercial cargo ship and they shot at u. S. Aircraft responding to the ships dis
plus, rising tensions in the red sea. the u.s. military firing on houthi vessels targeting commercial ships. we re live in the region. also ahead, under pressure. the u.s. supreme court facing even more calls to take up the presidential immunity issue, with donald trump facing several trials this year. and later, decision 2024, the iowa caucus now just two weeks away. but is there any real competition in a gop field dominated by trump? hey, there. happy new year. i m steven romo in new york. we start with 24 with yet another escalating situation in the middle east. this time involving the u.s. navy. tehran ns agencies say an ann warship is operating in the red sea, potentially near some u.s. destroyers. this adding to tensions following u.s. military helicopters sinking three houthi boats early sunday, killing ten members of the malitia. central command said the houthis were feet away from boarding a commercial cargo ship and they shot at u.s. aircraft responding to the
communities on the brink, as thousands cross into the u.s. daily. we are live once again at the border. plus, released on bond. the u.s. marine who held a homeless man in a deadly chokehold on a new york city subway is now out of jail, after his first court appearance. daniel penny is facing a second-degree manslaughter charge. we have the latest on this case. and the oklahoma governor is waging a war on a pbs station, the home of sesame street. why the governor says it doesn t line up with oklahoma values. we are following major developing stories and many more coming in here to cnn news central. we begin with the crisis many fear has no clear end in sight. the rush of migrants to the southern border now that title 42, which of course dates back to the covid pandemic, is over. the policy allowed the u.s. to immediately remove undocumented arrivals, it expired 14 hours ago. and over the last two days federal authorities reported more than 10,000 people in border custo
so the lesson is, is that people respond to leadership. people were were moving to florida because we were going a different way during covid just as your governor did, standing up for kids, being in school, protecting people s freedoms and jobs. but you know what? we had a lot of folks in places like miami who had been democrats and had voted for democrats, and they voted not only for me, but now they re registering as republicans. so don t buy this idea that we can t expand our base of support. of course you can do that. yo you can t win big with just republicans, and we proved that. but here s the thing, we didn t do it by rim thing our sails, we didn t contort ourselves to be anything that we re not. we led boldly. we led conservatively, and we delivered results, and people responded. so that is a lesson from iowa with what governor reynolds has done and florida with what we ve been able another. and at the end of the day, governing is not about entertaining. governing is