Week, setting up a fourth possible indictment for trump. Also ahead, we will explain the new development in the Department Of Justices investigation of hunter biden and the Special Counsel now appointed to that case. And plus, we will bring you an update on the Catastrophic Maui Wildfire which is now the deadliest in modern u. S. History. Good morning, and welcome to way too early on this monday, august 14th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And we will begin with the latest on the devastating wildfires burning across the island of maui. Firefighters there in hawaii continue to battle flames this morning as officials have now confirmed that at least 96 people have died. The wildfire now ranks as the deadliest in modern United States history, surpassing 2018s campfire in california which killed 85. Hawaii governor josh green said the fires will likely be the largest Natural Disaster in his states history, with damages estimated at close to 6 billion. Ha
doing the same. co-founder of punchbowl news anna palmer, msnbc contributor and a big help to us this morning. thank you for being with us. still ahead, we will switch to business news. cnbc joins us with this morning s headlines and some insight on the markets which are up following a sluggish start to you go a. we will be right back with that. o you go a we will be right back with that.
to testify that would suggest the timeline is pushed back even more, maybe a week, maybe more than a week. it s hard to say. that means the system is working the way it s supposed to because grand juries are conducted in secret and these witnesses were not supposed to know when they re coming in, it s only through watching the courthouse closely or watching the locations closely or putting our ear to the ground and figuring out that there s a possibility an indictment may come this week. but it equally could come next week if witnesses are still testifying. the doj on friday announced attorney general merrick garland announced they would be appointing a special counsel in the hunter biden case. later in the show we will talk about the political ramifications of that with anna palmer of punchbowl news, but just in terms of legal matters, if this has happened, does this increase the likelihood that hunter biden is going to trial, that special counsel david weiss suggested that it would
they re not happy with attorney general garland s appointment of weiss at special counsel, even after they initially asked garland to do exactly that. in fact, 31 gop senators wrote a letter to garland back in 2022 asking him to do exactly this, appoint weiss as special counsel, but now many of those same republican senators are saying weiss cannot be trusted given the plea deal he previously offered hunter biden. this is also when we note that weiss was appointed to his post by president donald trump. joining us now co-founder of punchbowl news anna palmer, she is an msnbc contributor. anna, help me understand this. this is something republicans wanted for a long time, the arguments they are now making against it are saying, well, weiss cut hunter a sweetheart deal so, therefore, he can t be trusted, or appointing a special counsel is just to now deflect attention from the hearings that
into the holidays if they doing on strike it would be a massive problem for this administration going into the holidays. i was in the rose garden for when president biden held a news conference sort of celebrating the agreement of the deal earlier this fall. that now seems premature. while it got pushed beyond the midterms, you re right, coming here against the holidays, a rail strike would be devastating for the nation s economy. we will be paying attention to that and looking for your newsletter. co-founder of punchbowl news anna palmer, thank you for joining us this morning. still ahead we will switch to business news and an early check on the markets which are coming off their worst day in almost three weeks. we will talk to our friends at cnbc for that when we come right back. cnbc for that when we come right back