Disaster in state history. Confirmed deaths at 55. Were told that number will likely grow. None of the fires right now is fully contained. Not one. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Those fires have left a wasteland of obliterated neighborhoods and landmarks and think about the economy there with the businesses knocked down. They dont know when they can get in there and when tourism will be an option again. The historic city of lahaina, once hawaiis royal capital, is charred ruins now. Survivors stunned at just how fast Hurricane Doras winds helped the flames to spread. People are found in houses in a huddle. There was nowhere to go. Beyond any other tropical storms, 100 times, covid, everything for our small town. People lost everything, homes, jobs, their cars, some their pets. There are still people missing. I have never seen something ravaged so fast. Harris take a look at the video. Look at the sheer scale of damage. Rescue crews now combing through the rubble
Investigation of hunter biden, a special counsel has been announced, signaling that a trial is now likely to fall into legal and political implications. Plus blunt words from a judge to Donald Trumps legal team, reminding the former president he cant intimidate witnesses and warning more inflammatory statements lieutenants require a quicker start to a trial. In hawaii, at least 55 killed, thousands displaced, as fires devastate maui. One official says the Historic Town of lahaina is all gone. This hour, a look at what some has lost to the hawaiians, and what they need most. All of this is coming in right to cnn news central. It is happening again. Another highprofile special counsel has now been appointed, this time its in the Hunter Biden Investigation. Today Attorney Garland announced he elevated david weiss to special counsel status. Hes been leading the yearslong investigation, and he recently requested he be given special counsel designation. The reaction in washington is pouring
Commissioner daryl deseussa. I went through that storm in my life. This is the way the criminal Justice System is supposed to be, again, i have to say that, you know, i wanted to own up and take accountability for what i did. This is the way the Justice System is supposed to be designed, then it should be everyone should be held accountable across the board. They should be held at the same standard as me or someone else that, unfortunately, had to go through this. Harris he was sentenced to 10 months in prison on tax fraud charges. Very similar to Hunter Bidens, and he faced the exact same prosecutor who cut hunter biden that sweetheart plea deal. Leo terrell on focus yesterday. The weaponization of the Department Of Justice and the f. B. I. Basically is taking place right now under the biden administration. We have the transcript release of archer. And guess what happened . President trump is going to be indicted today on the same day. They are trying to deflect the attention away fro
his party remains in denial. you are saying you are not sure, as a republican party chair, that he was a legitimate in the 2020 election. as tornadoes landed chicago, flash floods rage through vermont, and the ocean of florida reaches record temperatures, business as usual for the maga conference. i believe that you are representing a far-left radical agenda. why do you think 195 countries in the world, their prime ministers, they re presidents because they re grifting like you are, sir. when all in starts, right now. this good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we ve got some big breaking news tonight of special counsel jack smith s investigation into donald trump s attempt to overturn the election. jack smith s office is zeroing in exactly on donald trump s state of mind in the run up to and on january 6th. today the obvious, that is really significant. as trump s state of mind is one of the key maybe even the key element of a possible prosecution
use an aed. they save lives. the response to damar s injury was able to bring our nation together for a moment. let s remember that feeling of unity, and he was at to make sure that we can save the next life to. so genuine heroes taking us off the area tonight, and i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow! tomorr ow tonight on all in. does the president really think that he lost? a lot of times he will tell me that they lost, but he wants to keep fighting it. what did the president know and when did he acknowledge it? and he was looking at the tv and he said, can you believe that i lost to this guy? bombshell reporting from the new york times, prosecutors asking witnesses whether trump acknowledged his laws in order to gauge and what we know about jared kushner s grand jury appearance, and as prosecutors bear down on the republican front runner,