washington, d.c. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this morning with the apocalyptic destruction in hawaii, the deadliest national disaster in state history. at least 80 people are dead. and thousands more displaced from the wildfires. and now, rescue crews are bringing in cadaver dogs to help search what is left of burned buildings. devastation from the lahaina fire, costing an estimated $5.5 billion am in mountainy county. one lawmaker tells cnn the statement unestimated the possibility of wildfires and failed to plan for emergency issues with the government alert center. the governor has looked at a comprehensive review of the state s response all of this developing as we are seeing more videos of harrowing escapes. we got to walk somewhere. over there. by the beach. [ bleep ]. no, no, no not like this. not like this. no. [ bleep ]. oh, my gosh. i mean that family did eventually make it to an evacuation shelter, after taking refuge on rocks, by the ocean. let s go no
we heard some things. we heard some things. [ applause ] good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, april 11th. speaking of the former president, his legal team lost yet another desperate delay attempt in the hush money criminal case, making them 0 for 3 in last-minute attempts to push back the looming trial. it starts on monday. we ll look at what legal options they have left. also ahead, speaker mike johnson is headed down to mar-a-lago tomorrow to meet with trump. the trip comes as the former president s allies in the house are threatening johnson s speakership. what are they planning together? so good. a deal in the making. along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. member of the new york times editorial board, mara gay is with us. and donny deutsch of on brand with donny deutsch is with us, top of the show this morning. can we dive into the polling? so much to cover today.
has told this programme that eu member countires have so far been discplined and prevented from making any meaningful pre negotiations with the uk. he also confirmed it would not be possible to agree all of the issues during the two year negotiation period, and he foresaw the distinc possibility of political and economic turbulence. we ll hear his interview with our diplomatic editor mark urban in full in a moment, but first, to our political editor nick watt. what are you hearing tonight? snp sources said that theresa may told nicola sturgeon that the uk government is confident they can do an overall deal within 18 months. so it means the future trading relationship. number ten doesn t believe the future trading relationship can be done and dusted them, it will need what it described as an implementation phase. but it shows that the uk is accepting the timetable by the eu, which is a greek it by the autumn of 2018 so it can be fully ratified. but the eu chief negotiator is s
Biden s son. and he recently requested that he be given special counsel designation after plea talks with hunter biden s lawyers to avoid taxes fell apart. we have more on how the investigation came about and where it may go from here. it is a whole new ball game with david wooers becoming a special coun selling. merrick garland, the attorney general, made the announcement yesterday at a news conference and did not take questions and did not really give a robust explanation for why this was happening now in the process. what was happening outside of that press conference may be was providing the answer. in a court filing, david weiss and his team disclosed to the judge that is overseeing this case the pre-negotiations have collapsed and they now believe a
Russians and ukranians. the evidence that s going to come out here will be ugly and it s going to point badly at the president and who he surrounds himself with. i think manafort gave a shot to not let this trial happen. i think mueller heard what he had to say and he said, it s not good enough. we re having a trial. what do you think of that, cynthia? that s possible. another possibility is they piddled around and danced around to have some plea negotiation to try to give trump a sense of urgency that he needed to get the pardon done quickly. that s also possible. it s also possible, pre-negotiations happen all the time up to trial and it could be just that. we won t know right away. thank you, all. next big primary night before the midterms. steve kornacki is at the big board with the latest numbers, and later the president steps on