prosecutor will begin presenting her case to grand jury setting up a fourth possible indictment. and speaking of iowa, ron sdaens did not have a great time there. he was heckled several times by trump supporters and trolled by the former president s campaign. also ahead, a special counsel is appointed in the doj investigation of hunter biden. we ll explain the new development. and plus an update on the catastrophic maui wildfire which is now the deadliest in more than history. joe, the scenes are just staggering. yeah, what a tragedy. unspeakable tragedy. and it seems to have been a perfect storm. winds blowing and whipping around, a lot of people saying they should have turned off the electricity. but the response from officials, that is how they were keeping the water pumps going. really just again a perfect storm, a disaster of unspeakable proportions for the people there. and we ll be covering that obviously across the four hours. and also a lot going on in politics t
week, setting up a fourth possible indictment for trump. also ahead, we will explain the new development in the department of justice s investigation of hunter biden and the special counsel now appointed to that case. and plus, we will bring you an update on the catastrophic maui wildfire which is now the deadliest in modern u.s. history. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this monday, august 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. and we will begin with the latest on the devastating wildfires burning across the island of maui. firefighters there in hawaii continue to battle flames this morning as officials have now confirmed that at least 96 people have died. the wildfire now ranks as the deadliest in modern united states history, surpassing 2018 s campfire in california which killed 85. hawaii governor josh green said the fires will likely be the largest natural disaster in his state s history, with damages estimated a
confident as they settle on a playbook for the 2024 race. in new york a grand jury just indicted the former u.s. marine who held a homeless man in a fatal chokehold on the subway. we ll tell you what we re learning about the charges. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight as the federal prosecution of donald trump moves into the next phase the nation s chief law enforcement officer is breaking his silence about the case. we re following all the new developments of trump s indictment. as the former president is predictionably lashing out what is the attorney general of the as you know attorney general garland doesn t like to talk at all about ongoing cases. this is the first time since former president trump was formally charged that we ve heard garland speak. of course he appointed special counsel jack smith back in november. today he talked just a little bit about his historic role i
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