A search for answers. The atf now in maui investigating what sparked a catastrophic wildfire, as crews search for more than a thousand people still missing. And in the aftermath of the disaster, a top Emergency Management official stepping down even as he defends the response to the fires. Plus, delay, delay, delay. Donald trumps legal team testing the limits of that legal strategy, proposing to start one of his special counsel trials in april of 2026. Will the judge buy their reasons for the setback . And serious skepticism from the white house to the pentagon about ukraines current strategy and where kyiv is targeting its fight against russia. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. We start this afternoon with major growing questions on the cause and the response to the deadly maui wildfires. Right now, the atfs National Response team is joining the investigation. The death toll remains at 111. But a thousand people
putin is facing another round of military setbacks. and at our nation s border, the government says arrests have now exceededn just one year. we ll talk to the chair of a congressional hispanic conference, raul ruiz about that and much more. and we begin with our top story this morning, hurricane fiona strengthening to a category 3 storm after devastating parts of the caribbean leaving at least three dead in puerto rico and one dead in the dominican republic. now, the storm is now barrelling up the atlantic taking aim at turks and caicos. next, take a look at the intended path of this of this storm. meanwhile, let s take a look at puerto rico: we re expecting an update later this hour right there after fiona made landfall on sunday as a category 1 hurricane unleashing massive floods. two feet of rain and landslides. the island s power grid ravaged again, four out of five people still without power this morning. over 800,000 people do not have access to running water. th
. . pete: once again beautifully done, america, our nation s anthem, bright and early at 6:00 a.m. he is a happy camper. fox & friends on sunday morning outside in new york city, june 12th, year of our lord, 2022. i m joined by will cain, rachel campos duffy. there is a side shot. rachel: so glad to have you back. pete: good to be back. will: loving your pictures. it would be awesome if you did send in where those pictures are coming from. it would be extra work for our producers we re not afraid of committing them to on air. if you put where the pictures are coming from, we would like to add a bug, prove to rachel they re not all from wisconsin. honor wherever you are across the nation. if you can remember, add where you re from, state, city, we ll do best to put that on the picture. rachel: telling will playing national anthem. i had been to a pro-life event. one of the ladies said, i love the national anthem less pets more babies. i like them both. appropriate for pro-
reportedly abandons his struggling pick for governor. just left him in the dust. never would have seen that coming. i know. no loyalty. things go back, and he throws him under the bus. who has ever seen that? that s shocking. other than anyone he s ever dealt with. the latest on the war in ukraine. british intelligence reports russia has been firing high-level commanders over the military s poor performance in ukraine. we ll talk a lot more about that. along with joe, willie, and me on this friday morning, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. he is white house bureau chief at politico. willie, we re going to get a lot of news here, but i must say, jonathan and i just shocked. a storied night in major league baseball last night, as the little engine that could just went a half notch up the hill and said, i think i can. jonathan, give us a qu
potentially more legal liability. exactly. thank you so much for the reporting. jim? coming up next, the u.s. and other western nations have been pumping weapons and money into ukraine since the russian invasion to help it defend itself. we do have new reporting that u.s. officials are not entirely on board with kyiv s latest military strategy. plus, it is not what you want to see when you look out the window of a plane. what happened on this flight from texas to mexico? goodness. looks scary. start yoyour day with nature made. the #1 pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand.