53 according to the latest Statement Released in the last hour from the maui county government. Joe biden has already issued a major disaster declaration and the governor has said it is the deadliest Natural Disaster for generations. Thousands have been forced to leave their homes and hospitals have been treating patients for burns and smoke inhalation. Nomia iqbal has this report. Much of the Hawaiian Island of maui is now scorched earth. A pilot can hardly believe what hes seeing. Oh, my gosh look at the harbour this looks like baghdad or something. The Historic Town of lahaina barely exists anymore. Since the fire began on tuesday, it has ripped through, fuelled by Hurricane Force winds, leaving burnt out cars on once busy streets and instead of historic buildings, there are Smoking Piles of rubble. Everybody still out here, its time to go for anyone still in the town, the message is clear get out. If anybody s still here, the fire is on front street and it is time to go this Satell
Higher housing, cars and food costs but once his take out Core Inflation was 4. 7 , the lowest since october 2021. The good news is that inflation has drifted down from last summers 40 drifted down from last summers a0 year highs but its still well above what the Federal Reserve thinks of as normal prices. With the overall trend heading in the right direction, policymakers may feel that they dont need to raise Interest Rates further. Us central bank, you may recall, raised its benchmark Interest Rate to more than five and a quarter , the highest in 22 years, all in a bid to call the economy and ease the pressure is pushing up prices. Cool. Qualities too early to say mission accomplished, from the white house to wall street there is a sense that progress has been made in the Worlds Largest economy. Chinas e commerce Giant Alibaba reported its strongest quarterly Revenue Growth in almost two years, pushing its us listed shares up by more than a . Earlier this week the latest data shows C
florida to new york on his own jet lands there this afternoon, then heads to trump tower where he will spend the night and just minutes we expect to see new york s mayor eric adams and the n y b p d commissioner addressed security concerns ahead of tomorrow s arrange arrangement. cnn is covering this from new york and from all rock marlet mar-a-lago. but we ll start in florida with cnn s kristin home, so kristin tell us more about the former president s travel plans. we are waiting for him any moment now i am told by a source who is familiar with his plans that he is running on time . he is expected to pull out of the gates, mar-a-lago and a small motorcade at 12 pm so we ll be watching that closely. he is traveling with a small group of aides and advisers, including his two heads of campaign, suzy wiles and chris la savina. they re going to head over to the airport, which is just about a 10 minute drive. and, as you said, take his private plane to laguardia in new york, wher
navarro s arrest and indictment and what it means for the insurrection investigation. just ahead of a pivotal public hearing next week. and destruction and defiance in ukraine. as the nation marks 100 days of russia s brutal war, president zelenskyy vowing victory even as russian forces control a fifth of the country right now and the kremlin pledges to keep fighting until its goals are achieved. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to the new reporting on the texas school massacre as the investigation into police failures is clearly intensifying. here s cnn s senior national correspondent ed lavendera. reporter: tonight new questions raised in the investigation of the deadly school shooting in uvalde. texas state senator roland gutierrez says pete arredondo didn t have a radio with him at the scene, something that may have hindered his ability to communicate di
Price pm price - ressures are price -ressures are easin in the pressures are easing in the world s biggest economy but the battle against inflation is still on. plus, a bright spot in china s economy with e commerce giant alibaba delivering its strongest revenue growth in almost two years. hello, welcome to asia business report with me, mariko oi. beginning the united states where prices rose moderately last month, despite a sharp increase in interest rates to stamp out inflation. the figures suggest that america s central bank monetary policy is succeeding in containing soaring prices but thejob may not be done just yet. shall flory has more from new york. the us government reported that inflation increased 3.2% from a year earlier which was up from a 3% annual rise injune. michelle fleury. it s due to