And an agonizing wait for news of their loved ones. And a new twist in the hunter biden program. U. S. Attorney general announcing its Special Counsel to investigate president bidens son. History taking shape at the womans world cup stage, now set for a first time winner, after japan was knocked out in the quarterfinals. Live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we begin in hawaii, and wouldve another evacuation on maui. The Police Department just posted that there is a fire in west maui, and residents in the area are currently being evacuated. That comes as a whites Attorney General says she will lead a comprehensive review of the decisions officials made, as Deadly Wildfires broke out earlier on maui. More criticism is now growing over how authorities handled things in the early stages. As flames quickly spread and destroyed the iconic area. Hawaii Emergency Management says mauis Warning Sirens were not turned on after the fires broke out. But many people were unaware of just how b
sharing those details in public. the judge also told trump s lawyers that she didn t see any evidence the case was politically motivated. wild republican? have long to meant that hunter biden be investigated by a special counsel, but now that it has happened, there are complaints it is too little too late. president biden s son has faced an on-again off-again plea deal on back taxes and a gun charge. but that deal has fallen apart. which means he will most likely have head to trial. david weiss, the trump appointed prosecutor who has been handling the case, was elevated to special counsel on friday, to prepare for their trial. cnn s paula reid has more now, and why this decision was made at this time. well, according to the justice department, tuesday, u.s. attorney, david weiss, asked the justice department to change his designation to special counsel, for the purposes of the hunter biden
reporter: the 2021 report also makes the troubling point that, despite the increasing number of wildfires, fire prevention was given quote, short shrift in a strategic plan for maui s county department of fire safety. they also said quote, nothing about what can and should be done to prevent fires, which it called a significant oversight. given how catastrophic this event was, i think there will be a lot of pressure on the state and other organizations to improve their fire prevention actions that they are taking statewide. the increase in fires comes, as maui has faced increasing drought conditions in recent years come a contributing to warnings like this, at a may webinar of the hawaiian wildfire management organization. hawaii has a big wildfire problem. we are on par with the most fire prone states in the western continental u.s. the impact of fire are broad and long-lasting. reporter: now residents, like mark, are left to rebuild
investigation. now, weiss is a trump appointed u.s. attorney, and has been investigating right in for 5 years, but the justice department has not put forth any official explanation for why he suddenly wanted to changes status and become a full-blown special counsel. but there are some clues in the court documents, and court filings, because on friday, court filings reveal that the plea agreement that had been reached between the u.s. attorney in hunter biden, has fallen apart. it has reached an impasse, after a judge expressed some concerns and had some questions about this plea deal according to court filings it appears that tax charges and one charge related to gun violence could go to trial. once you are special counsel, not only can you bring a case in any jurisdiction, you also
have to file a full report, detailing your findings. the justice department emphasizes that that will help with the transparency around this investigation, but it is not clear that republicans on the hill are going to see it that way, because they wanted weiss to come and talk to them, testify, answer questions, and it is unclear how becoming a special counsel could impact the willingness to testify before them. we know the previous special counsel s like robert mueller and john durum have testified, but only after their investigations that they submitted their reports. now, sources tell cnn that what the white house was not notified before the special counsel, or the special lawyers. a deadly russian strike was caught on video in ukraine. a russian missile strike on a children s daycare, but the young ones were saved by a stroke of sheer luck.