Wildfires force evacuations as the death toll in maui climbs. Donald trump will have to watch what he says campaigning. The latest ruling by the judge in the Election Subversion Case. Meanwhile, a Special Counsel is now investigating president bidens son hunter, yet many republicans dont seem to be happy about the development. Announcer live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. Were getting a better look at the devastation caused by wildfires on the island of maui. Hundreds of homes and other buildings across lahaina were turned to Ashby The Fire leaving almost nothing behind to show for what just days ago was a thriving community. So heres what we know right now, authorities just a shor time ago reported they have now confirmed 80 deaths, and there are fears th number could continue to rise. Crews with Cadaver Dogs Ar sifting through the wreckage. The only public road in and out of lahaina was open briefly on frid tgive people a chance to go in to see what if anyt
out? reporter: pulling into lahaina now, getting our first glimpse and it s worse than you can imagine. it looks like a world war ii set, like a bomb went off here, utter scorched devastation everywhere. melted boats in the harbor. what was once the capital of the kingdom of hawaii and one of the most well preserved towns in the nation is ash. including this art gallery, he escaped the flames on his harley davidson riding around evacuees trapped between fire and ocean. i took the car instead of motorcycle, i took the everybody else jumping in water. flames were shooting over the top coming at i didn t want to look behind me because i knee they were behind me. that s what happened to all the people, i think, all those cars sitting waiting for someone to move in front of them, no one was moving in tfront of them. they jumped in the ocean. a lot of them didn t make it,