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normally when you say that l.a. river, it s a joke. you could drive your car down it. movies have been shot in it. really, there has been so much rain over the last 24 hours from tropical storm hillary that this river as you can see behind me is flowing. it is a fast flowing river and all of that rain that has fallen really causing flooding throughout the region. we are hearing of power outages as well as cancellations. parking lots are underwater. it is making driving conditions throughout the greater los angeles area not only really tough and difficult, but also extremely dangerous. out in palm springs in the desert communities, they got a heavy dose of nonstop rain. at one point it was so bad that crews had to pump water out of a nearby hospital. it s not just the flooding. all of that ring combined with very loose and dry ground is only a recipe for disaster. we saw mudslides and mud flows throughout the region as a result of tropical storm hil hillary. well we ha ....
i m charles payne in for neil cavuto. this is your world. first to david spunt at the justice department with the very latest. david? karine jean-pierre answered question after question. she didn t say much but added a little more here. watch. i will say this. you ve heard this from the president. he loves his son. and he is proud of him overcoming his addiction and how he s continuing to build his life. i don t have anything else to add to that. so today david weiss begins his first full week as special counsel, the same david weiss that saturday in a courtroom with hunter biden and prepared to enter a plea teal with him. the case will move toward trial in washington d.c. or california where hunter biden lives or possibly both. if the now special counsel decides not to go by the deal, it will money that he or they decided that something other than the facts and the law are coming in to play. hours ago, republicans released a transcript of an interview from ....
the world. i m kim brunhuber, ahead on cnn newsroom. what we saw was likely the largest natural disaster in hawaii s state history. deadly wildfires tear through maui. entire neighborhoods wiped out. we write you the harrowing stories of those who escaped the fast-moving flames. plus, the big event that has them racing to see the iowa fair. in zaporizhzhia, as president biden asks congress for more assistance for ukraine. we ll have the live report from the latest. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. tremendous devastation, a sense of deep loss and a scramble to save whatever can still be saved. that s all happening on the hawaiian island of maui, where 53 people have been killed by wildfires described as apocalyptic. the death toll is likely to go even higher as emergency crews sift through countless properties, now in ashes. the wildfire is now the second deadliest in the u.s. in a century, and the governor says it s likely t ....
americans were moved from tehran s notorious eivin prison to a hotel guarded by iranian officials earlier today. cnn s christiane amanpour was first to break the story. she also spoke with one of the iranian american detainees in an unprecedented interview from the prison back in march. she joins us now. christiane, siamak namazi took a huge risk talking to you, but it does seem his message has been heard. reporter: well, let s hope so because he was desperate. and you re absolutely right. he told me desperate times, you know, mean you have to take desperate measures. and it was an extraordinary thing for somebody to be able to take a phone call out of eivin. he had been in nearly eight years, so he had some privileges like the ability to use a phone. but never had this been allowed to the press, and he didn t get permission. he just did it. but it just goes to show how desperate they were and how they absolutely wanted to get their message in front and center of the ....
saying, quote: the fires began on tuesday and are now about 80% contained. the blazes spread quickly, fuelled by strong winds generated by a hurricane over the pacific ocean. thousands are still in emergency shelters. visitors are being evacuated from the island. these are the latest pictures we have smouldering ruins and total devastation. the worst destruction has been on the island of maui, where some beachfront areas have been completely levelled. us presidentjoe biden has now declared the wildfires a major disaster. this triggers the release of federal funds to help recovery efforts. he spoke earlier. we have just approved a major disaster declaration for hawaii, which will get aid into the hands of people who desperately need the help now. they ve lost, anyone who has lost a loved one, whose home has been damaged or destroyed, is going to get help immediately. and i ve directed that we send support to these brave firefighters and first responders and emergency p ....