S is it is saturday. I hope you are just waking up and starting your morning off calmly and slowly. The death toll in hawaii rises to at least 80 people after a devastating wildfire. And as a grim reality sets in for survivors, some are question ing the states response before and how much was done to warn residents to get out. Plus Hunter Bidens legal troubles heat up. The Justice Department elevates the u. S. Attorney investigating his case to Special Counsel after plea talks fall apart. Republican president ial candidates descend on iowa. Today all eyes will be on the ah state fair as donald trump and ron desantis go head to head. Well have the latest as the candidates make their pitch to voters ahead of the crucial and critical Iowa Caucuses and the first president ial debate. And get ready for an Out Of This World show in the sky as a Meteor Shower is about to rain down. Well tell you when to look up. Good morning, everyone. Good to see you. Good to be here. Were going to begin wit
hello, everyone, and good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, february 26. i m amara walker. good morning. i m boris sanchez. we are so grateful that you are spending your morning us with, starting your week with us. i am pumped to be alongside amara. how are you doing? same here. good to be with you. it s our friday. i am doing great. plenty to get to this morning. here is what we are watching. one thing that has been made clear to me is that everyone wants this contamination gone from the community. the epa stopping the removal of all contaminated material from that toxic train derailment in ohio as a battle now looms over how and where it should be moved. there is an outcry from neighboring states and the white house is responding, too. the war in ukraine is now in its second year and marked by fierce fighting in the east. our alex marquardt is there with troops from around the world who joined the front lines to fight russia s invasion. see
. and i m amra walker. thank you all for spending a part of your morning with us and to you, victor, i have to tell you i tweeted out a photo of us yesterday and the excitement level for victor blackwell was pretty intense. and everyone s saying, look, is this permanent ? i m like, yes, yes. yes it is permanent for real and for keys as long as long as you wake up the reason. i mean, the schedule again, cycle is a chance. here is what we are watching this morning. i got my wife we got in the tub covered our heads. by the time we did that the storm was coming over and all we could hear was the house. breaking apart. so many terrifying stories. the death toll continues to climb after at least 10. tornadoes ripped through the south friday. the recovery efforts now underway as federal resources are moving in , and we are also tracking the threat for more severe storms today. due to the violence of the explosion and the amount of time that has passed the chance of finding survivors
i m amara walker. in the dark, intensified attacks by russia leave more than a half a million people without power in ukraine and this morning there are no signs that the attacks are letting pup we ll have the latest. plus, full speed ahead on student debt relief. the white house doubling down against the legal challenges facing a signature program for the biden administration. what it means for millions across the country. a shooting at a hospital in dallas leaves two people dead. we re going to have the latest on the investigation and tell you what we know about the suspect. nasa getting ready to launch a new study on ufos. what could their research reveal? we ll talk about that ahead. it is the start of a new week. happy sunday, everyone. it is october 23rd. thank you so much for waking up with us. we are awake, right, boris? how are you doing? we re awake. we re getting there. warming up. we are warming up. that s right. great to be with you. we re followi
how the state is preparing and why this will be the second round of flooding for some. plus, we are on the eve of history. one day away from the launch of artemis i, nasa s next mission to the moon. how the forecast is shaping up and some of the more interesting things that are heading up to space in that rocket. plus, how extreme weather is uncovering some of the world s ancient treasures. thanks so much for waking up with us this sunday, august 28th. we hope you re having a great weekend. the start of a new week. good morning. i have a confession to make, i just gorged myself with a cupcake for breakfast, so i m beating you out on the prosciutto, much healthier. good to be with you. the sugar keeping me awake. some news to get to this morning. up first, assessing the damage to national intelligence from classified documents found at donald trump s mar-a-lago estate. the director of national intelligence tells congress she is conducting a damage assessment of the doc