The deadline is set for trump and his 18 codefendants to turn themselves in in georgia, which is why everyone is keeping close watch on the Fulton County jail for any and all to surrender. The death toll is rising in the deadliest u. S. Wildfire in a century. 106 people have been killed in maui, but only a handful identified because the Inferno Made Human Remains largely unrecognizable, and now there are new critical questions about what may have sparked some of those wildfires. For the first time north korean officials go public on u. S. Army private travis king. They claim he is seeking refuge there, in part due to Racial Discrimination in the u. S. Military. Im john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. This is cnn news central. The georgia jail where donald trump and his 18 accused coconspirators are expected to surrender is open and ready for bookings. In fact, the sheriff has made clear its open 24 7, meaning any defendant at any time could turn themselves in. Trump has not i
who is the pick for trump? don. likely temp scott. okay, all right. he s your friend. all of you, my, friends thank you so much for joining me. that s going to do it on this breaking news coverage with jonathan from washington continues next on this big news day. we begin the 4:00 hour with breaking news from the presidential campaign trail. florida governor ron desantis has officially dropped out of the republican presidential race, following his disappointing and distant second place finish in the iowa caucuses. desantis said, quote, we don t have a clear path to victory. instead, desantis said he will endorse former president donald trump. moments ago, the florida governor released this statement on x. we have prayed and elaborated on the way forward. but if there was anything i could do to produce a favorable outcome, and more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources. we don
i m dana perino. bill: i hope you had a good weekend. quite relaxing. bill hemmer, good morning. the biden campaign getting off to a slow public roll-out and republicans are busy courting support coast to coast focusing on important primary states. desantis telling voters why he wants to send biden back to the basement in delaware. you have to recognize our country is in decline right now. i don t think decline is inevitable and i m running for president to reverse that decline and to put us on a path to american renewal. we can do it and we ll get it done. i know it can be done because we did it in florida. dana: bret baier joining us in a moment. first rich edson live in washington. you have an update. good morning, rich. good morning. republicans are courting primary voters across the country. governor desantis campaigned in oklahoma where he picked up the governor s endorsement. his first from a sitting governor. we have an opportunity to get a big coalition tog
stretched for five years. and the source told the fbi about these conversations in june 2020. that s right as joe biden was wrapping up the democrat nomination. the burisma executive told the fbi s confidential source that burisma had to pay the biden administration for help getting rid of the ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating burisma for corruption. quote: 5 million for one biden, 5 million for the other biden, the burisma executive told the confidential human source. now, people who have seen the document tell us that the $5 million payments were a kind of retainer agreement that burisma had with the biden administration do deal with a number of issues. one of which was getting rid of this prosecutor. other issues burisma needed biden s help with was help with oil deals. now, the executives said they needed to pay joe biden because hunter was quote, unquote, dumb and couldn t get much done by himself. now, people who have seen this document say it looks like a pay
massive tornado formed near rolling fork, mississippi. it flattened much of that town as you can see as well as others as it roared eastward across the state into alabama. mallory white for mississippi emergency management standing by live for us as is adam klotz live in the fox weather center but first, let s check in with charles watson live in emory mississippi near the alabama border. i know you been talking with residents today, what have they told you about how much of a heads up if any at all they got before they were hit by the twister? as you mentioned we ve been talking to folks out here throughout the day and many of them say they had plenty of heads up. they say they got the tornado warnings from the national weather service, text watching the news so a lot of these folks were able to take cover but when you talk to these folks who live in the community, you can t help but feel really bad for them they worked their whole lives to build up their homes and their b