Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com tonight straight from the source, the man investigating hunter biden is now a Special Counsel, and Hunter Bidens attorney will respond in his First Exclusive interview. Plus a judge lays down the law for donald trump, reminding the former president that he is now a criminal defendant whose right to free speech is not absolute. And the death toll still tragically climbing in maui, as rescuers are now entering some of the hardesthit neighborhoods for the first time, most of which have been burned to the ground. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. Good evening. Tonight we start with tonights big story, which was news that we learned today regarding the Special Counsel investigating hunter biden. It is the same person who has been investigating him for several years now, david weiss, a u. S. Attorney who was appointed, i should note, by former president trump. But today we heard from Attorney General Merrick Garland, who announced that david weiss
This morning, we are beginning to learn the costs of those devastating fires in hawaii. Officials confirmed 80 have lost their lives in the fires that broke out on tuesday. But they warn the death toll will likely rise in the coming days. Crews have not yet searched the inside of most of the buildings and it is still unclear how many people are missing. The search is expected to be long, it is expected to be exhausting, and Officials Say that more than 2200 properties have been destroyed. And fema put the estimated cost of the rebuild from the fire from 5. 5 billion dollars. The video shows just the hor horror as the fires as people tried to escape, theview of the fire from lahaina on wednesday as many jumped into the observe ton try to escape the flames. Take a look at this tiktok video. It appears to show some of the desperate people in the water after they were forced to jump in to try to save themselves from the fire. Cnn has not been able to determine the source, or the video of t
who could say that they have been the subject of such a pain-staking investigation, looking at every nook and cranny in which a conclusion was two tax misdemeanors and a diverted gun case to turn into anything else. there has been no evidence or fact that wasn t uncovered a week ago that will be uncovered tomorrow. so, essentially has he indicated that there are any other avenues that they re pursuing here beyond those tax and gun measures? he hasn t said. in the proceedings that occurred on july 26th, there were a lot of hypothetical questions the judge asked as to whether the agreement covered this or covered that. once again, when we re talking theoretically, we don t have to. you have five years, pain-staking investigation, looking at every possible transaction that mr. biden was involved in, concluding that the only appropriate charges were two misdemeanors and a diverted gun charge. what could possibly change after five years? the answer is not the facts.
take a listen. it should not change the outcome. who could say that they have been the subject of such a painstaking investigation, looking at every nook and cranny, in which a conclusion was two tax misdemeanors and a diverted gun case, to turn into anything else, there s been no evidence or fact that wasn t uncovered a week ago, that will be uncovered tomorrow. so he s basically saying that nothing changed but i ll tell you something huge that changed. this case went from a likely plea deal to a possible trial, and they are adversaries now, more charges could be on the table, and everything is different. and here we go. if i remember correctly, you are in the courtroom the day this plea deal fell apart, and so this will be a lot to watch, and i know you will be watching it for us. thank you very much. the judge presiding over donald trump s election case is setting broupd ris when it comes to what he can and cannot talk about publicly.