And shelter for survivors. 93 people are now known to have died, but the governor of hawaii has warned people to expect that number to rise significantly, after the worst wildfires to hit an american state in more than a century. Our North America correspondent, john sudworth, reports from the island. Vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. These boats are now making multiple daily trips into the Disaster Zone with a growing sense of frustration. We are all wondering, why was there no help sent from oahu . Why the limited resources or police on this island let alone . Where is support for them . Why are we taking supplies on a boat instead of helicopter . We do this because we have two. An hour into the journey and the devastation along the shoreline comes into view. We can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and you can make out is the blackened landscape above the town where the grass is burning and what happened with the H
called working area during a routine inspection. it caused a brief evacuation of fire and emergency crews. pointing out that there could be a lot of suspects. where this was discovered is a heavily traveled area where many white house west wing i should be even more specific. the west wing visitors come through this particular area when people visit the west wing. there is the area of the west wing where it is highly traveled. and that is what happens when people come through this particular area. it s highly traveled. i m not going to get into specifics. we have west wing tours. this particular past couple of days happen on friday and saturday and sunday. the white house also dodging questions left and right on the cocaine caper. something that is not magnetic into the white house. i totally understand that question. it is under investigation. does the white house support the prosecution of this individual? i m not going to get into hypotheticals. with the pr
literally tilting at windmills. it comes as his legal team decides its best defense in his civil rape trial. no defense at all? another deadly mass shooting in america. the latest, a medical center in atlanta, prompting an impassioned plea from georgia senator raphael warnock. also, new reporting on the deep financial ties between supreme court justice clarence thomas and a texas billionaire. keep getting deeper. it keeps getting worse. on capitol hill, there is no off-ramp when it comes to a deal on the debt ceiling. we ll have the latest on the contentious negotiations. meanwhile, the markets mostly flat this morning in response to the latest interest rate hike from the federal reserve. we ll have a full breakdown of what could be the final move from the central bank in the fight to bring down inflation. good morning, everyone, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 4th. we got two out of three birthdays under our belt here. exactly. willie
past brooks koepka sunday, turning into a lapper by four strokes. didn t look like they would be able to play, trees falling down, half the course underwater. beau beautiful. lisa: it felt loo like the easter egg roll steve: you were a subjective leader. lisa: you train your whole life and win. brian: jon rahm played well, brooks koepka led for three days, five over 75, but the guys came storming back. phil mickelson had a shot at winning. i m sure he watched broadcast television, ended tied with brooks koepka, both liv guys on the greg norman tour and jon rahm from spain, oddest, funny to watch him jamming sandwiches down his throat. i guess that gave him energy. he wound up winning. tough to lead for 3-1/2 days. he said, do you feel confident? why wouldn t i. lisa: how many hours are they playing? steve: 10 hours. then they had half days because of the weather. lisa: i tried playing golf when i was younger. steve: go buy a red jacket rather, a green ja
top of the hour here in the cnn newsroom. thanks for joining us. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. happening now, attorney general merrick garland on capitol hill to testify before the jen at judiciary committee for the first time here. you see senators cruz and holly. he is expected to be hit with a wide range of questions including allegations from republicans as they said that the justice department is being weaponized against conservatives as well as updates into investigations into trump and biden and we ll take you there live as it happens. the annual cpac conference happens today as we get new cnn reporting about what trump s allies are doing to get house republicans in his corner. for 2024, not all of them are there. sdwloo also ahead, closing arguments are expected to begin today in the double murder trial of disgraced former lawyer alex murdaugh. jurors in that case at the crime scene at this hour. we will take you live to south carolina. let s begin this hour with