A huge announcement from Attorney General Merrick Garland, Special Counsel is now investigating hunter biden, the president s son, after a potential plea deal collapsed. Plus, 59 people are now confirmed dead in the hawaii wildfires. It comes as residents start to return to lahaina to see the rubble where they used to live. One of them is my guest tonight. Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, major developments on multiple legal fronts for both donald trump and joe biden. Trumps attorneys coming face to face with judge Tanya Chutkan for the first time today as the Attorney General spoke publicly, something he rarely does. Merrick garland announcing he is authorizing a Special Counsel to investigate bidens son hunter. And all of this comes as witnesses subpoenaed in the fulton county, georgia, investigation, can be told any minute they need to testify monday in front of a grand jury. Thats when the grand jury meets again and could indict if trump is indicte
Love, its what makes subaru subaru. Tonight on 306, 360, so much for lazy summer days. The first big moment of the election case, the judge warns donald trump to watch what he says and says to her he is just another defendant. And a Special Counsel appointed to investigate hunter biden and others. Who are those others . Plus, we are live in maui where the Death Toll Rose sharply. Some especially powerful new video is coming in which we will bring to you along with exclusive reporting on how hawaiian officials may have underestimated the risk of a tragedy like this and missed key opportunity to prevent it. Good evening everyone. John burrman here for anderson. And how the judge will be handling the most important trial this country has ever seen and the most singular Criminal Defendant ever. Someone who is running to reclaim the highest offense in the land. On top of that, he is donald trump. The venue outside a hearing on how he may have handled evidence that prosecutors will be turnin
Another defendant. Also a Special Counsel named in the hunter biden case with orders to investigate the president s son and others. The question now, who are the others . We are live in maui, where the death toll just rose sharply. Some especially powerful new video is coming in, which we will bring to you, along with exclusive reporting on how hawaiian officials may have missed Key Opportunities to prevent a tragedy like this. Good evening, everyone. John berman here in for anderson. We begin with what we learned today about how judge Tanya Chutkan intends to handle what could be the most important trial this country has ever seen. Someone who is held and right now running to reclaim the highest office in the land. And on top of that, hes donald trump. The venue, as you know, was a hearing on how he and his legal teammate handled evidence, some of it sensitive, that prosecutors will be turning over to them, specifically what they are allowed to make public. And on that, judge chutkan
Likely. Were following the legal and political implications. Plus a warning to Donald Trumps legal team from the judge overseeing the election interference case, saying more inflammatory statements will require a quicker start to the trial. We are live outside the court. And the death toll as they have yet to even start searching the hundred of burned out buildings. Well take you live to maui. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Another controversial investigation that could have some pretty big repercussions for 2024 is escalating. Today a Special Counsel was designated in the federal probe of hunter biden. Attorney general Merrick Garland named david weiss to the role. Weiss has been leading this investigation. Yes, he has. Hes been leading the investigation into hunter biden for the past five years, in fact. This week he asked himself to be elevated to that role of Special Counsel. Were following that in realtime.
Political candidate, she said, in her words, he still has to yield to the administration of justice. so, she said, if that means his political speech has to be somewhat limited, that s just how it s going to be. judge chutkan said trump does not have the absolute right to free speech as a criminal defendant. he has to play by the rules to make sure the jury pool isn t tainted and to make sure witnesses are not intimidated. what about the timeline? did the judge tip her hand at all? she s signaling throughout this process that she s ready to move quickly in this case. and she said the danger to tainting the jury pool is a big reason here. she warned trump. she said him and his team, the more comments you make about this case, the greater chance she ll have to order a quick start to this trial to ensure a fair jury pool. and, john, you mentioned it, the special counsel s team has already proposed the january 2nd start date. trump s team needs to put in a filing next week to propose t