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
you have waimea, kihei, all these other parts of the island that welcome tourists and still do today. the way maui is geographically is you have the main island mass, and then west maui which juts out. that s where i am right now where lahaina is to the south, and the towns of kanapali up to napili where i am now and kapalua. those are the towns that cannot support tourism at this time because of the decimated infrastructure, the rest of the island is welcoming tourists. sometimes what starts as a social media campaign with good intentions may not necessarily deliver what would be good for the economy here on maui. such an important thing to point out. jeremy lee, thank you so much for your reporting. let s discuss the investigation into the cause of the fires now. we have the former assistant special agent in charge for atf.