welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. thank you for sharing part of your morning with us. as the grim reality sets in for survivors in hawaii, some are questioning the state s response beforehand and how much was done to try to warn residents to get out. plus hunter biden s legal troubles heat pup the justice department elevates the attorney to special counsel after plea talks fall apart. and donald trump and his legal team get a stern warning from the judge. we ll have the latest on the contentious hearing. new data shows americans are pulling out of their 401(k) and relying on credit cards. we ll have a financial expert to weigh in with her advice. we begin with really grim news from hawaii, where those devastating wildfires have claimed at least 80 lives so far. the death toll will likely rise in the coming days. crews have not yet searched the inside of most of the buildings and it s unclear how many people are unaccounted for. video shows the horror
maker of oxycontin. what happens in vegas, hacking, the white house telling thousands of hackers to try to do their worst against chatgpt. cnn this morning starts right now. the tragedy in hawaii is getting worse by the hour. overnight, the increase in the death toll up to now 55, and most people we speak with expect it s going to go even higher. and very concerned about a lack of warning that we re hearing from some of the residents there. hawaii s governor says that number of dead likely to increase significantly as search and rescue teams go through hundreds od washington are headed to hawaii now. they will be searching for survivors. they are also bringing cadaver dogs. we re getting intel now that the rescue effort is severe. and we want to match that need with what we have. our personnel here are highly trained. they train over the course of several years for this very moment to serve. and as poppy mentioned, there are serious questions about if and when
beyond imagining. wildfires, hurricanes, extreme heat. pour water all over it. 2023 was the world woke up to the climate change threat. i don t think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore. what have we learned and what will next year look like? plus, landmark pact. world leaders agree to transition away from fossil fuels, the chief driver of the climate crisis. we re not turning back, that is the future. but with loopholes, is that enough? and seeing green, as governments around the world struggle to combat climate change, what role does wall street have to play? who s got to money? unlock that by being able to make it profitable. i ll ask the multimillion investor who s focused on climate change. ray dalio is coming up. hello. i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is sounding a very clear alarm. we are closing out 2023, the year we may look back on as the time that people started to truly grasp that the climate cr
Completely gone. right over here was the library. it s a stone shell of scorched. fleetwood, his place is gutted out with flames. it s just unrecognizable. one of the most charming, beloved port cities anywhere in the world is just scorched like a bomb went off. this farmer lost a small fortune in crop damage ask now is bracing for much bigger losses. when i was down there early, there were people i know in the streets, people were trying to get to the end of the street. you can the tell hundreds of people jumped in the water. you personally lost what? i lost nothing compare d to what people lost. i lost farm stuff and food and whatever, tiny little things
But the history can never be replaced. right here, this is the first hotel in hawaii, the pioneer hotel, pioneer theater. it s completely gone. right over here was the library. it s just now a stone shell of scorched blocks around front street there, fleetwood, mic fleet wood of the band fleetwood mac. his place is gutted out with flames. it s just unrecognizable. one of the most charming, beloved port cities anywhere in the world is just scorched like a bomb went off. wow. like a bomb went off. we ll have much more live with our bill weir in the next hour. our thanks to him. as we mentioned, it s unclear how high the death toll in maui is and how high it could go. police don t know how many people are actually missing. how many people are still missing at this hour?