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lobe, plenty of showers around, more detailfor you coming up. it s saturday the 12th of august. our main story 67 people are now confirmed to have died in wildfires which ravaged parts of hawaii. it s now the deadliest natural disaster in the state s history. hawaii s attorney general is investigating how authorities responded to the fires, after some residents said they had received no warning. with the latest details, here s our us west coast correspondent sophie long. the historic still climbing. this was lahaina s historic seafront, now reduced to ashes. bustling streets and shops all raised to the ground. thousands have been left homeless by the ferocious blaze, fanned by the offshore hurricane. they flocked to shelters are seeking food and water. the need further assistance is great, but so too are the challenges to meeting at. the only land route to meeting at. the only land route to those most in need has been blocked. as road access to lahaina was open, people star ....
special counsel jack smith was ever a serious lawyer, he lost that distinction tonight. he now has the sole dysfunction of being a political hack. the attack on this nation s capitol on january 6th, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of democracy, the department of justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. this case is brought consistent with that commitment. laura: well by listening to this guy you would think that trump himself was smashing through the glass at the capitol that day. that was one of the most demogog would assume that trump was alleged to have carried out the capitol riot. this is the criminalization of disinformation in order to get a conviction he will have to use material in of in my view is clearly protected by the first amendment. laura: now this case should never survive a motion to dismiss, a motion of summary judgment, obama judge ever do the right ....
it is described in the indictment, fuelled by lies. lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the us government, the nation s process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election. the men and women of law enforcement who defended the us capital onjanuary the 6th are heroes. they are patriots and the very best of us. they did notjust defend a building, or the people sheltering in it they put their lives on the line to defend who we are as a country and as a people. they defended the very institutions and principles that defined the united states. since the attack on our capital the department ofjustice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. this case is brought consistent with that commitment. our investigation of other individuals continues. in this case, my office will seek a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested in court and ....
interview. there s so much going on. we want to get the court ruling, which we will, but first, i wanted to get your thoughts, really, on the interview that you did and i want to play for our viewers the part where you did discuss what is a huge issue for the nation right now, one president who does oversee a doj, while a former president awaits trial. i want to play from your interview. i made a commitment that i would not in any way interfere with the justice department, who they prosecuted, if they prosecuted, how they proceeded. i ve not spoken once, not one single time, with the attorney general on any specific case. not once. i have faith the justice department will move in the direction that is consistent with the law. and so, it may take time, but i have faith that they re going to do the right but i ve not spoken about that. the president s answer there to you, i m curious your thoughts.on t surprise you that it was rachel maddow that sort of articulated ....
tonight on three 60, can the president get away with murder? that question in the chilling answer got a court today is the former president makes a case for presidential immunity and raises the specter of criminal impunity. also tonight, the grandmother who bought the election lie, does she still believe it going into her first night of a five year sentence? and later, meet the man who has found a airliners missing door plug in his own back yard. his find could help find experts find out what severely damaged airlines flight. that nothing a president doesn t office can be criminally prosecuted unless he or she is first impeached by the house and convicted by the senate that s what his attorney, john sauer told a three judge panel of the d. c. circuit court of appeals today. and what s more, in a remarkable exchange with one of them, judge florence pan he conceded that the principle would apply even if a president ordered a hit on a political opponent. i asked you, y ....