good morning, welcome to cnn this morning. great to be with you. so glad you re here. thank you for being here. i m amara walker. thank you for waking up with us at 7:00 this morning. we do begin with some very tragic news and the devastation in hawaii. officials now say at least 80 people are dead. that number is expected to rise. the search teams continue to comb through the destruction. now hawaii s attorney general is ordering a review of the state s response. and today more republican presidential contenders get ready to make their case to voters at the iowa state fair. we ll have the latest as the candidates kick their campaigns into high gear. plus lays down the law to president trump during a contentious hearing. she s putting the former president on notice about any fu future inflammatory language or intimidation of witnesses. we begin with the grim news from hawaii, where those devastating wildfires have now claimed at least 80 lives. officials warn the de
now. i am writing myself a note. it s worth just put the 20 bucks in. buy lottery ticket. it s tonight, right? yeah. to do. i will do that. maybe i ll see you back here tomorrow morning. would you come back if you won? yes. oh, okay. you not? no. a billion and a half dollars? yes, i would. i like what i do. i like it too. but not when i m a billionaire. i hear you, my friend, victor. let s get to the powerful storms ripping across the east coast. they ve been deadly. we know this morning at least two people have died, hundreds of thousands of people, though, waking up to power outages this morning. oh my god. that is a tree snapped in half in north carolina. while indiana residents are digging out after a tornado touched down there. maryland state police say 47 people were rescued after being trapped in their vehicles for hours. look at this. this is the people who were trapped between these power lines. today already nearly 900 flights hav
the headlines saying it all, heartbreak across the state as those fires continue to rage across maui chasing thousands from their homes. no power, no internet and next to no progress in beating back the flames that have already left dozens dead. fema directorwill join me live in a minute. donald trump launching a three-pronged attack using ads, speeches, and tv interviews to go after the men and women charging him with crimes. is there a point in which those criticisms themselves break the law? and a year and a half after russia invaded ukraine, it s a scenario that almost no one would have predicted at the start. moscow now under increasing threat, its airports scrambling planes, government buildings bombed, residents raing for cover. we ll have the latest there as well. but we begin with paradise ablaze. at this hour, at least 36 people are dead as three wildfires rage across maui. parts of the island looking like a bomb went off and evacuations are happening around t
violence. we re erasing generations of traumatized americans. that concerns me as a faith leader. good morning. top of the hour. so glad you re with us here on cnn this morning. another historic day, a really important day for our democracy in court today. not just about an arraignment it s much bigger than that. down in washington. just hours from now, former president donald trump set to appear in a courtroom in washington, d.c. on charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election and hold on to power. night.ty barriers went upover secret service has done walk-through of the d.c. courthouse. trump is expected to plead not guilty to four counts including conspiracy to defraud the united states. his fingerprints will be taken digitally. a preview of trump s lawyers will argue, among those his claims of election fraud are protected by the first amendment s free speech. he truly believed that the debunked fraud claims. our kaitlin collins spoke with bill barr with these m
good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. a fresh start to your weekend. we thank you for starting with us. i m victor blackwell. i m amara walker. thank you for sharing a part of your morning with us. the fight between special counsel and donald trump is heating up. why they re calling on the judge to take action after a social media post by the former president. this was crazy in new york city. look at these pictures. there was some violence but a lot of chaos after a social media influencer posted about a give away and now that influencer is facing charges. and simone biles gets ready for a comeback after taking a break from the sport. we will have the latest on tonight s competition. we begin with this late-night court filing from special counsel jack smith. he is now asking a federal judge to quickly set disclosure rules in the january 6th case against former president donald trump. in the filing smith cited this social media post from trump earlier in the day t