Im Bianca Nobilo live from london. Max foster has the week off. Just ahead when you see the full extent of the destruction of lahaina, it will shock you. It does appear like a bomb and fire went off. Compared to the walking dead, it was completely apoca apocalyptic. Almost no idea that is north american than the notion that any one person can pick the president. The presidency belongs to the American People alone. When i show up, cops act differently. We all act differently when people are watching. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and Bianca Nobilo. It is friday, august 11th, 9 00 a. M. In london and 10 00 p. M. On the Hawaiian Island of maui which is coming to grips with a tragedy that many say came out of nowhere. At least 55 people have been killed and the death toll is likely to keep increasing as Emergency Crews Scour block after block of destroyed properties. And much of the Historic Town of Lahaina Business hub is no more. The wildfire now the second deadl
happening now, president biden delivers an impassioned plea to african american voters in south carolina, hoping the state that propelled hem to the democratic nomination in 2020, can recharge his reelection campaign, this as top republican hopefuls hit the final stretch with just one week under the iowa caucuses. in georgia, donald trump is asking a judge to throw out the state s election subversion case against him. the former president once again claiming immunity, the same argument a federal court will hear tomorrow with trump in tapedance. plus, we have breaking news about the terrifying mid flight fuselage blowout aboard an alaska airlines plane. now united airlines says it s uncovered loose bolts on the own flight of boeing 737-max-9 aircraft. i m object object, you re in the situation room. we begin tonight with president biden ramping up his reelection campaign, the president trying to rally support from african american voters, a key piece of his winning coa
times that he s losing support amongst groups that he must wip. he cannot just win voters of color. he must win big. and right now, he s running even with trump in one crucial group. today why more men of color are backing trump and the states where those votes could be decisive. plus the white house hosted an event this week, but some guests rejected the invitation because of the handling of israel s war. we ll talk to one of them. and it s veterans day. we ll look at the push to further recognize the contributions of black veterans. i m victor black well. let s start the show. there s a new cnn poll of recommegistered voters this wee the news is not good for the president. he s running nearly even with donald trump among men of color. 49 and 46 with trump at 49. that s within the margin of error, but that s remarkable. in 2020 biden won men of color by 34 pointings. he won black men by 60 points. la tee know men, 23. and sure the election is not going to be held today.
we started. nobody told us the road would be easy. i don t believe you brought me this far to leave me. reporter: the church in charleston is when five black worshippers were shot and killed in to 15. he recalled visiting the community as vice president just days after the death of his son beau. we came to offered comfort, and we received comfort from you. reporter: as the boiden campaign starts to gear up, with recent polls showing some warning signs of softening support, congressman clyburn, a co-chair of the 2024 campaign it s because of this congregation, and the black community in south carolina, and not an exaggeration, with jim
softening support for the war. 55% believe that congress should not more additional funding for ukraine and that is compared for % whsaid lawmakers should ay more aid. and we re learning more about a new wave of missile strikes on ukraine. air defenses have been at work in kyiv and in western ukraine and some missile fragments have fallen on the major city. salma abdelaziz is joining us. what more can you ityou tell us? in the early hours of this morning, families were told to take shelter because the air defense systems were at work. officials in kyiv saying highway sonic missiles fired by the air were making their way towards the capital. we do understand now that the air raid sirens have been turned off and some frag thes have