We have a new look now at the epicenter of the devastation in maui, and also now are learning that only a handful of the 106 confirmed dead have been identified. Any day now former President Donald Trump and his 18 codefendants are expected to go to jail after being booked in georgia. We are live outside with the very latest. For the first time north korean Officials Say they are holding u. S. Army private travis king. They claim hes seeking refuge because of racial discrimination, they say, in the u. S. Military. Im john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. This is cnn news central. Lets start with the new video coming out of maui. A camera crew travelled in with fema to get a first look at portions of the Historic Town of lahaina that had been blocked off until now. The oncevibrant paradise now the epicenter of devastation. The death toll is that 106 People Killed and only about a third of the fire zone has been searched by recovery crews. The governor says until now most of the
Republicans roll into Iowa State Fair for Deep Fried Tingys and a chance to deepen a connection with voters. It maybe the only chance to see the front runner, whose Debate Stage Decision is still tbd. Plus lifestyles of the rich and connected. Yachts, vip pass, ranches, hospitalers, private jets, Clarns Thomas got it all on someone elses dime. Who paid for what and how many times the justice may have broken the law. And a Cnn Exclusive, joe bidens Campaign Manager joins us for her first interview here in minutes. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and Inside Politics. Up first, new reporting. A source tells me that nikki haley just signed the Loyalty Pledge required to punch her ticket to the first debate stage. Haley is the third republican candidate to do so. More on that in a few minutes. Were going to start in iowa where candidates hope to turn a state fair into their own field of dreams. The fair is a tradition drenched in butter and opportunity and risk. It give candidate
welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. the u.s. will cross 100 million vaccine shots since joe biden s inaug inauguration. that s 42 days ahead of the biden pledge. the u.s. is averaging 2.5 million coronavirus vaccines a day with 35% of americans partially or fully vaccinated. now, there are plenty of folks that noted that 100 million was a very low bar to begin with, but if you do the math going forward, at the pace we re going, we ll cross 200 million vaccinations within the first 100 days, and honestly, you would have been hard-pressed to find anyone that optimistic. but and this is hugely important there is concern this morning the u.s. may be on the verge of a new surge. the drop in hospitalizations, i want you to look at that graph. you can see it was going down steeply for weeks and weeks and weeks, but that decline has stopped. it s completely stalled right now. hospitalizations static and may be ticking up slight
story this morning. full spaj statement from the family responding to the statements. it s getting ugly. i want to read part of it. they are saying that michael oher is shaking them down. this season the first attempt he s done that. he s trying to get $15 million from them. and part of that statement reads, anyone with kmngs can see the outlandish claims made i by michael oher about the family are hurtful and absurd. the idea that they have sought to profit off mr. oher is not only offensive but ridiculous. it s getting little ugly. this story, trying to figure out what is going on here. but there s still a lot of questions. we don t know why michael oher came forward now with this lawsuit. we also don t know the details of that conservatorship. they admit in this statement that there was a conservatorship. yesterday we were asked what it was. they talk about conservatorship, but we don t know the details. were they still making money off
the candidates on spaj. what she s calling a fairside chat. this is just a right of political passage here in iowa. a lot of opportunity. but also the opportunity for some missteps, how do the candidates interact with voters. donald trump brought his hospelicopter here in 2015. i m told that s not going to happen. he will not be giving helicopter rides, but he will be here along with all the other candidates. i remember that well. off minute before the candidates get there. can t wait to see the photos of all the amazing fried food you re going to be eating. thank you so much. here to share their insights is cnn s nia-malika henderson, jonah goldberg and sung min kim of the associated press. he has a really great assignment. we can all go out there. he s at a place where not the big donors, regular iowans are going around. some who are republican voters, who are not republican voters, but we thought this was a chance