All so much for joining us. Cnn newsnight with Abby Phillip starts right now a counterpunch as the president races to save his campaign. Thats tonight on newsnight good evening. Im Abby Philip in New York and i want to get right to it tonight in just a few moments, the head of the Congressional Black Caucus will join me live on his groups critical meeting with the president. Just a short time ago but here is the backdrop that we face as a country, the president is now defiant. Hes launching an allout offensive as conversations in time and so far among democrats about replacing him over conversations about questions about his mental fitness now, today alone, he called into a morning show. He sent a letter to house democrats. He spoke with his donors. He chatted with black lawmakers. And Bidens Message is that hes not going anywhere he says that hes fine. Theres nothing to see here. And he continues to insist that he is the only one who can beat Donald Trump. Hes even daring democrats to
the investigation into the january 6th insurrection. the house committee has issued a subpoena to phil walden. who is the? he s a retired army colonel who served in aided in a power point plan, yes i said, a power point plan. in how to overturn the 2020 election. the committee obtained that document from former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, who insists that he had nothing to do with it. january 6th committee member kissinger said that the panel is now focused on what took place the days before the capitol riot. about a year ago now, and i can t believe it s been a year. seems like it s been ten years ago and yesterday at the same time. but there was this kind of fever pitch to not accept the fact that a legitimate election had happened. that is why the committee is so important. it s not just about the day of january 6th. that s an important point. but it is what is the rock that led up to that. we have a clock on this. we need to get this. quickly we need to ex
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
other was an executive with the national enquirer. i need to be careful what i say about national enquirer. my grand mother, god rest her soul, would from time to time read that publication. for my part i never believed that aliens came to earth and had children with hollywood stars or elvis was living on an island with jijimi hendrix. one can imagine a jury asked to choose between michael cohen and melania trump in terms of credibility. as for the but, trump is accused of falsifying records with contempt or conceal a crime. all defendants are entitled to know the changes they are face, indictments are not mysteries or dramas. so what is that additional crime which makes this a felony? calls state of new york to go where the u.s. attorney in new york would not go. represents the first indictment of a former president. what you ask is that additional crime? we do not know because alvin bragg will not tell you, either he himself does not know or he is trying to figure it ou