Wildfire updates. What can you tell us now in. Reporter hey there, griff, good morning to you. Were alongside one of the main entry points into the town of a lahaina. People here have been lined up for hours, some of these folks sleeping in their cars waiting for the curfew in the town of lahaina to expire. Some of these people have nothing left, they just want to get in, see whats left of the town. Take a listen to some folks about what theyve seen there. I want people to know that there are people out here suffering, and we need donations. We need, we need people shipping things out here. We need families fed, we need yeah, we need so much men help. Reporter home after home in lahaina, gone. One estimate from core logic puts the estimate of destroyed homes at more than 3,000. The rising death toll now at 80 people as rescue crews search for more victims. Thousands of people have now left the island, and around 1400 are currently staying in Emergency Shelters here. Its still unclear h
Were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O, say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the Home Of The Brave will we begin this morning with a fox news alert, a tragic update out of maui. Now at least 80 people are confirmed dead after devastating wildfires. Rachel Officials Say more than 1,000 people are still unaccounted for as rescue and Recovery Efforts continue. Joey another fox news alert, Washington Attorney general Merrick Garland making a big announcement about the hunter biden criminal probe. Im here today to announce the appointment of david weiss as a Special Counsel. On tuesday of this week, mr. Weiss advised me that, in his judgment, his investigation had reached a stage at which he should continue his work as a Special Counsel, and he asked to be so appointed. A. Joey Alexandria Hoff is joining us live with the9 story. Reporter Special Counsel
Thank you so much for joining us tonight. Cnn prime time with laura coates starts right now. Hey caitlin, im telling you, if you thought august was winding down. This is heating up. Until your vacations, anyone watching. Did you have a vacation plan, kaitlyn . What is the thing called vacation . Do you go someplace . You dont work . I wonder how that goes . One to answer that one i would think. We are not, i will do a staycation right here. Im laura coates, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. Listen, tonight, donald trump is bracing for two more indictments. You heard that right. One potential counsel, jack smith, for efforts to overturn the election. Another in hot lana, for trying to overturn the results in georgia. And yet, that phrase teflon don . It continues to be one of the oddest juxtapositions in all of politics. As his legal problems start to pile up, guess what, so does his poll numbers. Take a look while it is still early of course. He is crushing the field. Look at
mr. weiss is the single architect over that sweetheart plea agreement deal. i am very fearful that appointing the special counsel is just an attempt to stonewall congress investigation of the biden family. this was a political decision, not a legal decision. they re trying to put out a fire, and they just poured gasoline on it. rachel: we re back with a fox news alert. republicans raising concerns of david weiss appointment of potential counsel in the investigation of hunter biden. will: a spokesperson for jim jordan says wise can t be trusted and this is just a new way to white whitewash the biden family corruption. joey: let s can ask george washington university law school professor jonathan turley. good morning, professor. i watched you yesterday e say in very plain words that there is a regulation on what a special
Found evidence. there is a lot of smoke surrounding the case, and now they can t sweep this under the rug. reporter: republicans have been calling for a special counsel for a long time, griff, to investigate hunter biden, but many in the gop are not happy with david weiss who has already been investigating hunter for the past five year. the appointment of potential counsel allows weiss to bring more charges outside the state of delaware where the u.s. tone. here s jonathan turley about this plea deal and the additional charges. there s no question this magnifies the danger for hunter biden. his attorney told the prosecutor in the courtroom, well, let s just rip it up. well, that doesn t go over well with most prosecutors, and there are some major charges out are there like a fara violation for being an unregistered foreign agent that can be brought forward. they can end up elevating some of these counts to felonies. he is not in a good place. reporter: recall just a few weeks ago