what potentially could be next? reporter: it doesn t seem as if there s a larger strategic shift in play. that tweet went out on social media, that fund raising appeal just as trump was arriving at the fulton county jail. of course, president biden has been very intentional not trying to weigh in on these cases. that s a strategic decision as much as a moral decision. president biden very much believes in the independence of the judiciary, but he also doesn t want to provide president trump with the pretext for claiming political persecution. it has been interesting to see these developments. in both of these cases, the campaign and president biden adopted sort of a sardonic tone, approaching this with something of a light touch, not necessarily weighing in on the gravity of what s at stake here. of course, president biden will have a balance to strike as we
goes forward, because the issues that are at play in these indictments go to the very heart of democracy, subversion of democracy, president trump s attempts to remain in power. those are issues that president biden feels very strongly about and has weighed in on in the past. president biden certainly doesn t want to appear as if he is meddling. his strategy has been to go about the business of the presidency. in fact, you saw that in lake tahoe this week. on the day president trump was arriving at the fulton county jail, the white house said that president biden had spoken to the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy going about the business of american foreign policy. so even though there isn t a larger strategic shift at play, what we can take from this is that the white house, the campaign and president biden aren t going to be completely silent on these issues going forward. thank you so much. still ahead, maui county is suing a power company over that
confirmed dead. authorities say they re still making recoveries. on thursday, maui county formally assigning blame for the first time, now suing the island s electric companies for damages and loss of life. mike valerio is following the latest. reporter: officials are saying, quote, the negligence, carelessness and recklessness of hawaii electric campaign and its subsidiaries is directly responsible for the fires. the electric company strongly denies that. there s the issue of who s to blame, and then there s the incalculable loss of life and dreams. we spoke to small business owners on maui about how this disaster has changed them forever. this one used to be a restaurant. reporter: there is agony in every stone of lahaina s front
trying to explain to this judge and the conditions in which he voluntarily came to atlanta to face charges. thank you so much. on the same day as trump s arrest, president biden solicited campaign donations, saying in an e-mail, quote, today is a great day to give to my campaign. while biden has remained silent on the trump indictments, he did weigh in on trump s mugshot. have you seen donald trump s mugshot yet? i did see it on television. what did you think? hand ssome guy. the president is in lake tahoe wrapping up his vacation. the white house has steered clear of talking about trump s legal problems so far. this is the closest we could get to a comment from the president.