A search for answers. The atf now in maui investigating what sparked a catastrophic wildfire, as crews search for more than a thousand people still missing. And in the aftermath of the disaster, a top Emergency Management official stepping down even as he defends the response to the fires. Plus, delay, delay, delay. Donald trumps legal team testing the limits of that legal strategy, proposing to start one of his special counsel trials in april of 2026. Will the judge buy their reasons for the setback . And serious skepticism from the white house to the pentagon about ukraines current strategy and where kyiv is targeting its fight against russia. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. We start this afternoon with major growing questions on the cause and the response to the deadly maui wildfires. Right now, the atfs National Response team is joining the investigation. The death toll remains at 111. But a thousand people
incident. as part of a pattern of aggressive, risky, and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international air space. i just got off the phone with my russian counterpart, minister shoigu. as i have said repeatedly, it is important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. the united states will continue to fly and operate wherever international law allows. in a news conference with the defense secretary joint chiefs chairman general mark milley said retrieving the wreckage will be very difficult and that it is now in 4,000 or 5,000 feet of water. the u.s. military said on tuesday a russian jet dumped fuel on an mq-9 reaper drone which officials say was doing routine operations in international air space. the russian jet then hit the propeller of the reaper forcing its remote pilots to bring it down in international waters. let s go to cnn s national security analyst and senior white house correspondent. the general said that it is not clear that th
intended to intimidate lawmakers. if we have to, we re going to go to homes and let them know what we think about them. there were multiple protests. i don t remember the exact number, three at least outside either my district office or my home. you re correct. my then 15-year-old son was home by himself for the first one. all of my personal information was online. it was my personal email, my personal cell phone, my home phone number. in fact, we had to disconnect our home phone for about three days because it would ring all hours of the night, would fill up with messages. brian butt cutler, we re outside. outlining pressure from trump aides and the ex-president himself to peddle the big lie even as team trump admitted they didn t have any evidence. he said we ve got lots of theories, we just don t have the evidence. and i don t know if that was a gaff. maybe he didn t think through what he said. both myself and others in my group and my counsel both remembered tha
unprecedented wildfire season, already the worst in canadian history. and throughout this weekend, people in both the northwest in the united states, the midwest and the northeast should watch the weather carefully and those alerts. they do expect some of the smoke from these fires to dip down into the united states certainly by the weekend. jim? you see the importance of making evacuation decisions like this. paula newton in ottawa, thanks so much. next on cnn news central, the suspected killer of four idaho college students in court right now. the major focus of today s proceeding, bryan kohberger s alibi, where he says he was during the murders. stay with us. we ll be right back. to help you get ready your aspen dental team is celebrarating 25 years of affordable care withth an epic summer of smiles event. right now, new patients without insurance get a free full exam and x-rays. plus, everyone can get 20% off their treatment plan.
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