Hard questions on maui. How did this wildfire start . How did it grow so fast . Destroy lives all with so little warning . Now a top official in charge of the response to that crisis has quit even as he stands up for how his agency handled the disaster. Plus a historic hurricane. Hilary is now a huge category four storm. It could be the first storm of its kind to hit california in some 84 years. Some areas could get a years worth of rain in just one day. And justice deferred. Donald trumps legal team trying to push one trial years into the future. While the former president backtracks his plans to hold an explosive News Conference monday. Were following these developing stories and more right here all coming in to cnn news central. The origin and the response to the deadly maui wildfires are both under growing scrutiny. Just a couple of hours, residents of the devastated town of lahaina are set to hold a News Conference to address how officials responded to the disaster. It comes after
You watching us here in the United States, canada, and all around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom efforts to air drop aid into gaza turned deadly as a parachute malfunctions. Were live in cyprus with look at what this says about the ongoing struggled to respond to an exploding humanitarian crisis. Plus us President Joe Biden takes his fiery state of the Union Message on the road. As he kicks off a Battleground State tour. Well look at how his message is resonating on the Campaign Trail and bragging about turning to roe v. Wade. Have no clue about the power of women reproductive rights are hot topic this Election Year will look at how the issue is motivating those going so the polls live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with Kim Brunhuber in the past hour or there has been a new air drop of aid into gaza. Have a look here. You can see the parachutes and aid pallets in this video. Now we dont know which country dropped this aid, but its one of many airdrops thats happe
an autocrat facing dozens of ny charges with an ax to grind against the government he seeks to lead. that s a question that republican candidates are either unable to answer or unwilling to answer at this moment. there s now just one major challenger to ex-president trump after florida governor ron desantis dropped out and endorsed donald trump. it s hard to remember but for a time, ron desantis was seen as the much vaunted trump slayer, the one candidate who could break the hold on trump that he had on the voters in the republican party. appeal to those alienated by trump and ultimately beat joe biden. back in 2022, the new yorker asked, can ron desantis displace donald trump as the combatant in chief? the new york times asked, quote, is ron desantis the future of the republican party? but a las as it turned out, voters didn t want a trump alternative, they wanted trump. that became clear as his legal troubles mounted with every indictment the trump got stronger in the pol
freezing temperatures from chicago all the way to new york city. and now the new storm on the move tonight. the washington, d.c. to philadelphia to new york all bracing for the next system coming. rob marciano timing it out. in new york city tonight, the manhunt for a possible serial stabbing suspect. authorities say surveillance images show him armed with a hunting knife. at least three victims attacked just today. one victim stumbling into a dry cleaners for help. stephanie ramos with new reporting. also in new york, an explosive day in court at the civil defamation trial against donald trump. a jury. reporter: finding trump liable, with his accuser, e. jean carroll on the stand today, trump lashing out. the judge threatening to kick him out of court. the disturbing video tonight. a 14-year-old boy with autism tased by police in his own backyard. the boy suffering a broken hip. the family calling it a case of mistaken identity. an officer can be heard questioning if
bret: let s all have town hall. vivek is going to be on this show little bit later. beers and town hall. thanks, jesse. bret: good evening, welcome to des moines iowa, i m bret baier. five days away from the first in the nation iowa caucuses. tonight at 9:00 p.m., we will hold the third of this week s candidate town hall meetings right here and our guest tonight on this stage former president donald trump. we ll have more on that in just a moment. but, we are following two major stories at this hour. hunter biden makes a surprise appearance at the congressional hearing today up on capitol hill on whether he should be charged with contempt of congress. but we begin with a late afternoon surprise. this one in the 2024 campaign. republican presidential candidate chris christie is suspending his campaign and is dropping out of this race. christie making that announcement just minutes ago. you saw it live on the five. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is here in de