Hard questions on maui. How did this wildfire start . How did it grow so fast . Destroy lives all with so little warning . Now a top official in charge of the response to that crisis has quit even as he stands up for how his agency handled the disaster. Plus a historic hurricane. Hilary is now a huge category four storm. It could be the first storm of its kind to hit california in some 84 years. Some areas could get a years worth of rain in just one day. And justice deferred. Donald trumps legal team trying to push one trial years into the future. While the former president backtracks his plans to hold an explosive News Conference monday. Were following these developing stories and more right here all coming in to cnn news central. The origin and the response to the deadly maui wildfires are both under growing scrutiny. Just a couple of hours, residents of the devastated town of lahaina are set to hold a News Conference to address how officials responded to the disaster. It comes after
military promotions by senator tuberville. what does this say about u.s. military readiness? would you talk with tuberville to work out a solution? i would be willing to talk to him if i thought there was any chance of him changing this ridiculous position. i expect the republican party to stand up and do something about it. it s within their power to do that. the idea that we don t have a chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the idea that we have all these promotions and we don t know what s going to happen, the idea that we re injecting into fundamental foreign policy decisions what, in fact, is a domestic social debate is bizarre. i don t ever recall that happening, ever. it s totally irresponsible in my view. i just think that i mean, i m confident that the mainstream of the republican party no longer does not support what he s doing, but they got to stand up and be counted. that s how it ends. reporter: you ve been working on fortifying the fence along the bord
both sides kept their word. i think we did pretty dang good for the american public. can both parties claim victory? i ll talk to democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia and mike rounds of south dakota. plus, a crowded field. former vice president mike pence, former new jersey chris christie, and north dakota s governor are all set to officially announce their 2024 bid this week. meanwhile, the 2024 gop front-runners, ron desantis and donald trump begin to attack each other. donald trump, attack each other. he used to say how great florida was. his whole family moved to florida under my governorship. are you kidding me? with a crowded field help trump win? and trump on tape. the special counsel has an audio recorder of the former president taking a classified document after leaving office. all i know is everything i did was right. we had the presidential records act. which i abided by 100%. with the grand jury set to meet again this week, will the form
report giving him a free pass on his disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. and blaming it all on his predecessor of course the president couldn t be bothered to answer questions. joe biden sent joe kirby out for an embarrassing news conference while he snuck away to camp david for some r&r. liberal media is furious after getting a ten minute heads up on the bombshell release. and it looks like they re having a hard time spending it. the word mistake appears once in this 12 page report there were going to do a hot wash this 12 page document is a whitewash. it is narrative its light on specifics it s devoid of citations. considerable frustration that some people at the department think that they are not being honest. the white house needs to take responsibly for what happened in august on its watch over which it had control. the father of a marine killed in the airport attack agrees. you re the president of the united states, the buck stops with you which a responsi
classrooms. goo good morning, everyone. and welcome to way too early on this friday, august 12th, i m alex witt in for jonathan lemire. we begin with new information on the fbi search of the donald trump s home, people familiar with the investigation tell the washington post that classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items agents were searching for on monday. the sources did not disclose any additional details about the type of documents or if any were recovered. here s reaction from the trump attorney who was at mar-a-lago during the search. is it your understanding that there were not documents related to our nuclear capabilities or nuclear issues that have national security implications in the president s possession when the agents showed up at mar-a-lago? that s right. i don t believe they were. and if they thought do you know for a fact? do you know for a fact they were, have you spoken to the president about it? i have not speci