Hours in the Oval Office Last night. The gop plan proposing 1 3 of the 1. 9 trillion democrats are looking for. It was a very Good Exchange of views. I wouldnt say we came together on a package tonight. No one expected that in a twohour meeting, but what we did agree to do is to follow up and talk further. The devil of course is in the details. Theres plenty of kidisagreemen in the dollars in the plan. Its unclear how much republicans are willing to go up and biden willing to go down but a Top White House aide suggests not much. Everything here is to help people stop suffering from the pandemic. This will lift 4 million kids out of poverty this year. We are more than willing to keep engaging, but at the end of the day what the president and Vice President wont do is compromise their values or let the American People down. Democratic leaders in the house and senate have taken the first steps towards reconciliation, a Budget Maneuver that would allow the Biden Relief Act to pass with a s
And yet another indictment for former president trump. And more than 100 Million People are under a severe storm threat this morning. Well tell you the areas most at risk. Good morning and welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Im rahel solomon. Great to be with you. The officials in hawaii raised the death toll to 96. Already it is the deadliest wildfire in more than a century. Officials say the lahaina fire is 85 contained. A lawsuit has been filed against the main power company. The company kept its lines energized despite dangerously high winds. The cause of the fires has not been determined. The high winds drove the fire to spread at the stunning speed of nearly a mile a minute. In the wake of widespread criticism, the state has launched a formal review of the Emergency Response including why a Warning Siren system wasnt activated. In the meantime they are being given permission to be allowed back into the town and homes. Reporter this is the only checkpoint for
Resident about what life on the island has become. Donald trumps legal troubles in the State Of Georgia could be coming to a head. Well tell you the message from the prosecutor to certain witnesses. And how the white house is responding after a special counsel is appointed to look into president bidens son, hunter, and why some republicans say theyre still not satisfied with the investigation. Announcer live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. We begin in hawaii where days after wildfires decimated maui, the death toll is rising. Authorities have confirmed 89 deaths making the fires the deadliest in the United States in more than a century and that number is expected to climb even more in the coming days as crews sift through the devastation caused by the fires. Governor josh green says the area has suffered some 6 billion in losses with some 2200 structures damaged or destroyed, vast majority of them residential. This is the largest Natural Disaster weve ever expe
Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. A fresh start to your weekend. We thank you for starting with us. Im victor blackwell. Im amara walker. Thank you for sharing a part of your morning with us. The fight between Special Counsel and donald trump is heating up. Why theyre calling on the judge to take action after a social media post by the former president. This was crazy in new york city. Look at these pictures. There was some violence but a lot of chaos after a social Media Influencer posted about a give away and now that influencer is facing charges. And simone biles gets ready for a comeback after taking a break from the sport. We will have the latest on tonights competition. We begin with this latenight court filing from Special Counsel jack smith. He is now asking a federal judge to quickly set Disclosure Rules in the January 6th Case against former president donald trump. In the filing smith cited this social media post from trump earlier in the day that reads, if you go af
happy mother s day, you are live in the cnn newsroom. we began with another community in the united states rocked by a mass shooting, this time it s yuma, arizona, police are investigating a shooting where two people were killed and another five injured, almost all of those involved were teenagers, the youngest injured in the gunfire, just 15 years old. police do not have any suspects in custody. the let s get straight to camilla for now. what more do we know about the shooting? authorities are trying to figure out exactly what happened here because clear clearly these were teenagers and young adults, who were hanging out. it happened yesterday at around 11:00 p.m. and authority say when they got to this gathering, that s what they are calling it, there were already people who were in shot and there was a 19-year-old who had already been taken to the hospital. he was pronounced dead. there was also a 20-year-old who was taken to the hospital afterwards, and later, also died