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
hearing a four person crew that includes saudi arabia first space their destination the international space station. good evening i am jon scott for this the fox report. will have one historian acxiom launch in moments. first at lucas thomas and live in the white house with the latest on the debt negotiations. jon, president biden spoke to house speaker kevin mccarthy will flank back aboard air force one. both sides are currently meeting virtually accord to the white house for here s the house speaker after the phone call the president. i believe it was a productive call. we are 11 days out. we ve got to solve this problem. we have to spend less than we spent last year. every household in america. our own peter doocy did not travel 7000 miles to japan without getting a question into the president. here he is before biden left the podium. do you think if there is a breach nobody s going to blame you? or is no blame and you won t you ll be biden did a wonderful job. nex
gop race for the white house, what he says about governor rhonda sanchez and former president trump. but first the marine that charged with the choke hold death of a black homeless man on new york city subway he has broken his silence. telling the new york post the killing of jordan he said and nothing to do with race but everything to do with the broken healthcare and criminal justice system. nate foy live with more on what he had to say. practice first interview since his may 12 arrest daniel penny told the new york post quote i judge a person based on their character. i am not a white supremacist. describing himself as a normal guy. he said of the men he killed while trying to protect others on the subway, that quote it s tragic what happened to him. hopefully we can change the system that so desperately failed us. he was on his way to the gym when he encountered jordan neely the marine vet did not go into specifics about what happened before he put neely in a choke ho
let me close with this. as much as i m excited about this journey, i simply want to say this. it s really not about me. it s about that 7-year-old girl named jordan who brought roses to the stage for my mother. it s about 12-year-old who came on the stage. you see, america is a city on the hill. we are the beacon in the midst of darkness. we have an unusual responsibility. we have the responsibility to prove that self-governance works. we have the responsibility to share for thousands of generations what america has done for me, she can do for you. this can t be a another presidential campaign. we don t have time for that. we need a president who persuades not just our friends at our base. we need a president that persuades. we have to do that with common sense. conservative principles, but we have to have a compassion for people. we have to have a compassion part people who don t agree with us. we have to believe that our ideas are so strong and so powerful and persuasive th
off-campus house near that university in a case that gripped the nation and terrorized a small idaho town. was arrested in december at his parents house in pennsylvania. he faces four counts of first-degree murder is expected to enter his appeal plea in court tomorrow let s go to christina coleman live in los angeles. what can we expect in this hearing do we know? quick tight arthel demented 28-year-old bryant kohberger is expected to enter a plea deal tomorrow morning at his arraignment in idaho. the grand jury indictment means kohberger s attorneys will not prosecute that evidence cross-examine any witnesses including two surviving roommates and the preliminary hearing that was scheduled to start on june 26 years legal expert lexi reagan s take on the matter. i think it s a really good idea they did it this way. one of the bruises they might at that at this way is a prosecution has actually asked the names of the witnesses who testified be sealed because apparently they a