news, we are tracking devastating and deadly wildfires across hawaii. drought and hurricane-force winds fueling multiple blazes which have killed at least six people. hawaii s lieutenant governor joins me live this hour. we are following breaking news out of utah where a man accused of threatening to kill president biden has just been shot dead by fbi agents trying to arrest him. the fulton county district attorney is expected to seek indictments against more than a dozen people as she nears charging decisions in her probe of the election interference by donald trump and his allies. stand by for details. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. the horrendous wildfires scorching the island of maui and that way. we are very grim reports of a rising death toll as authorities urge residents and tourists to flee the fast-moving
the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with florida governor ron desantis set to launch his campaign today in an audio interview on twitter conducted by elon musk, part of an attempt to reset the table as donors express concern. there are other unconventional aspects like this dramatic teaser video tweeted out by his wife. is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. jessica dean has more from miami. reporter: news coming on tuesday that makes it official, something that has been talked about for months and months. ron desantis will announce that he is running for the republican nomination for president. what is unique is that he will be sitting down to do so with the owner of twitter, elon musk. he will be doing that on wednesday night. that is not typically how someone would announce their candidacy, but it goes with what we ve been told about what the likely campa
strategy. apparently, they want hunter,o who s facing three active investigationsis facin, to stayt and not bring anythe bi more attention to the big guy. even as hunter faces a looming indictmenta . joining us now with the very latest, our own kevin hawk. b kevin kellyann, great to beau with you. anas you can well imagine, this is a major headache for the white house because apparently hunter biden is ,e, according to some, going rogueu . he sffect, whae t hefa is said to be doing is the whole f the fact he is facing numerouss investigations, apparently he is clashinh thg with the whitei house over his legal defense. now, as you pointed out, a he s facing investigations into possible tax fraud and illegalnd firearm purchase, business corruption, even a child support case in arkansas suppor well, tonight, according to axios, hunter has quote, clashed with top aides to histht father, the president, over that new legal strategy leadings hunter. it has been b said to hire t
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the primary. plus, mama kicked them out, kicked them out. fox news alert.a a prisoner has escaped from a pennsylvania penitents jury.uy he s a convicted murderer. and there s a manhunt underway. state state police are tellingx news that the runaway prisoner, tornillo cabocho n, has just been spotted in southeastern pennsylvania. easterthe 34 year old has beence on the lam since his daring escape last week from chester county prison just south of philly. he crab walks up the side of w the prison wall anand scoots oue the corrections officer who was on duty during the escape hasfi. just been fired. cavalcante was serving lifed in prison. he murdered his ex-girlfriend two years ago. two yeago.police have blanketed eastern pennsylvania in a massive manhun t. on monday, a local trail cam picked up imagesp images of cavi near a botanical garden. we believe the polic beliee arew closing in on the at large fugitive named for is on the ground in pierre with the latest name. well,