Oh, my god oh my god. Jesse the Hawaiian Island of maui has burned beyond recognition, devastating wildfires roaring across the islands and residents are comparing it to the apocalypse. The death toll is expected to increase. Significantly. Dozens more are missing as the island resembles a war zone. Oh, my gosh, look at the harbor. Oh, my gosh this looks like baghdad or something. Jesse the historic vacation town is almost unrecognizable. Thousands evacuated behind charcoaled cars and homes. Joe biden is asking for aid from fema. It is affecting everyone from surfers, workers, to retirees. Even Oprah Winfrey owns a home there. We have Trace Gallagher with the latest. Thats right, we should begin by saying the damage is widespread, the images as you saw there were astonishing. But right now, that is the second biggest concern because there are still hundreds of people missing at this time, families and neighbors using google documents to try to locate loved ones. Although we should note
Place by giving the first Sweetheart Deal of the century until a judge lit up and you got gop president ial candidates and lawmakers calling out how they see it. David weiss cannot be trusted. Kid gloves is the treatment hunter biden received from the Department Of Justice appointing david a Special Counsel like keeping your protecting. Think the people trusted. What took so long . Is it hunter biden or the biden family . Did they do it is a distraction take away from the place of coming out . Is another reason form of justice serious issues and needs to be we not along with our intelligence agencies. David weiss the u. S. Attorney that will allow statute of limitations to expire on serious tax returns. This was, this will not restore confidence all. Of course the liberal media is pulling out the stops to defend hunter biden saying is being treated worse than donald trump. I think the evidence ive seen so far in this case is is under fire . Never met him being treated worse than anyone
Diversion program. Its the same prosecutor that took forever to navigate a Pretty Simple fact pattern, sam prosecutor who negotiated a plea deal that fell apart with just a slightest scrutiny from a federal judge. Folks on the left and the media, which may be redundant will remind you it was approved by donald trump and thats true. Its also true wise was supported by the two democrat senators from the state of delaware. I dont care in wise was appointed by martin van buren. What i do care about is a prosecutor and a process we can trust. One who gathers facts and dependent of political pressure and moves and responds fairly and quickly and most of all justly. A senate might think the Department Of Justice was trying to drag the Hunter Biden Case Out Beyond November of 2024 in the president ial race. Congress does not have the power to indict or to take a matter to court. Congress can investigate and will be joined by the chief investigator from the great state of kentucky, House Oversi
Sirens on this i island. And why that wasnt activated, because it clearly would have given people more time to escape the flames and get out of town. And, of course, the number of fatalities would probably not be the number that it currently is. Another big challenge here, mike, is housing. Why . Theres not much of it. Its expensive to rent or own. And unlike, say, the mainland there are not any towns that can simply absorb 4,500 people right now that need shelter. Lahaina was really small, nice historical place, and its gone. All the kind of, like, precious memories of my kids and kind of generational stuff. Reporter so eva adams, she lost her home. It was in this new 89unit, Affordable Housing complex that is now, of course, as you see, just ashes. There are about 2,700 buildings here that were destroyed in lahaina, 86 of those were homes. And the community of lahaina is a very working class, a lot of Native Hawaiians who serve the resorts, and right now those people who are now home
Some republicans going as far as calling it a coverup. What is the white house saying . For that we go to Lucas Tomlinson at the white house. Federal prosecutors say negotiations with bidens legal team have hit a snag and this case could be going to trial. The Justice Department refused to rule out if President Biden would be part of future investigations after that Special Counsel was named yesterday. Special counsel will not be subject to the daytoday supervision of any official of the department, but he must comply with the regulations, procedures and policies of the department. Republicans have been calling for Special Counsel for a long time to investigate hunter biden, but many in the g. O. P. Are not happy charles that it was david weiss named who has already been investigating hunter for the past five years. The appointment of a special council allows him to file additional charges against hunter biden outside delaware. Heres Jonathan Turley. Theres no question this magnifies t