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
Votes against a social media company, taking steps that could lead to a u. S. Ban on the popular chineseowned social media app tiktok. National security concerns at odds with the platforms 170 million american users. We will talk about that and the prospects in the senate. The judge in georgia dropping three of the 13 federal charges against donald trump ahead of his trial. What the judge is calling into question and how that could push the case past election day. Warning signs, as Vladimir Putin talks about nuclear war. Nancy pelosi joins me on new house efforts to force a vote on aid to ukraine. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Theres big news today from capitol hill. In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the house voted overwhelmingly, 35265, passing a bill that could lead to a ban on tiktok over National Security concerns. Specifically, the potential that the platforms chinese owner would have access to sensitive personal data on more than 170 million americans w
johnny irwin died at the age of 50. he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2020. a statement on his instagram account said it is with a heavy heart that we share the news of his passing. a truly remarkable soul, he brought fought bravely against character with the strength and courage and touch the lives of so many with his kindness and warmth and infectious spirit. presidentjoe biden is to take part in a ceremony for the repatriation of the bodies of three american soldiers killed in a drone attack in jordan. the plane carrying their bodies will arrive at an airforce base in delaware. the first lady and the president pay their respects along with us armed forces. the three soldiers, sergeants williamj rivers, kennedy sanders and breonna moffett died in the strike near the border with syria on sunday. the white house has said the attack on its military base which wounded a0 others was carried out by an iran backed militia called islamic resistance in iraq. iran has denie
welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m ar rahel solomon. and authorities are dealing with what seems to be a uniquely american problem, a deadly outbreak of gun violence, this time in the very city where the declaration of independence was signed, philadelphia. what we know is that there are six shooting victims, four are deceased, two that are stable that are juveniles, a 2-year-old and a 13-year-old. the four deceased victims, their ages range from 20 to 59. one victim we don t know who they are yet, we don t know how old they are, but they could be between the ages of 16 and 21. all of the shooting victims are male. overnight authorities discovered a fifth victim tied to the shooting. the rampage happened late last night along several blocks in the area of southwest philadelphia. bob brooks from wpvi has more details. reporter: a tragedy here, four men have lost their lives. two children ages 2 and 13 luckily they are in stable condition. but th
as soon as possible. the launch prompted neighbours south korea and japan to briefly issue then rescind alerts to millions of residents. japan has condemned pyongyang s actions. south korea correspondentjean mckenzie has more from seoul. there was panic and confusion in seoul this morning as we awoke to the sound of this air raid siren which is extremely rare. and messages from loudspeakers telling people to prepare for an evacuation, only to be told 20 minutes later it was a mistake. north korea did fire a missile this morning. it was believed to be carrying a spy satellite. but we now know it was a failure and the rocket exploded in midair and crashed into the sea. this will be a big disappointment for the north korean leader kim jong un. he has been working to give north korea its first ever spy satellite and he announced this week he was planning the launch. a spy satellite would give north korea a strategic advantage to allow it to monitor its enemies from the sky, s