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
this storm as it continues its way off to the north, eventually making landfall around california, likely in the tropical storm phase. now, here s the big reason why. it s going to be entering much cooler water, and that s really going to help this storm weaken considerably as it shifts off to the north. the main concern with this storm is certainly going to be the potential for flooding. because as it spreads up into the north, it s going to bring all of that moisture with it. so you have a high risk in effect for excessive rainfall for palm springs, moderate risk for las vegas and san diego just to show you how widespread this rain is expected to be. most of these areas will pick up 2 to 4 inches of rain. some areas could top out at 8 or even 10 inches of rain. keep in mind for a lot of these places that s a year s worth of rain in just a short period of time. last year we had some very heavy rain in death valley. that was only 1.46 inches in a short period of time.