Prosecutor will begin presenting her case to grand jury setting up a fourth possible indictment. And speaking of iowa, ron sdaens did not have a great time there. He was heckled several times by Trump Supporters and trolled by the former president s campaign. Also ahead, a Special Counsel is appointed in the doj investigation of hunter biden. Well explain the new development. And plus an update on the Catastrophic Maui Wildfire which is now the deadliest in more than history. Joe, the scenes are just staggering. Yeah, what a tragedy. Unspeakable tragedy. And it seems to have been a Perfect Storm. Winds blowing and whipping around, a lot of people saying they should have turned off the electricity. But the response from officials, that is how they were keeping the water pumps going. Really just again a Perfect Storm, a disaster of unspeakable proportions for the people there. And well be covering that obviously across the four hours. And also a lot going on in politics this past weekend
Week, setting up a fourth possible indictment for trump. Also ahead, we will explain the new development in the Department Of Justices investigation of hunter biden and the Special Counsel now appointed to that case. And plus, we will bring you an update on the Catastrophic Maui Wildfire which is now the deadliest in modern u. S. History. Good morning, and welcome to way too early on this monday, august 14th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And we will begin with the latest on the devastating wildfires burning across the island of maui. Firefighters there in hawaii continue to battle flames this morning as officials have now confirmed that at least 96 people have died. The wildfire now ranks as the deadliest in modern United States history, surpassing 2018s campfire in california which killed 85. Hawaii governor josh green said the fires will likely be the largest Natural Disaster in his states history, with damages estimated at close to 6 billion. Ha
Happening now, breaking news. A new Protective Order just issued 8020 20 election interference case against donald trump. The judge, barring the former president and his lawyers from publicly disclosing Sensitive Information. Also tonight, as the flames ease and the death toll is expected to keep rising, we are getting uptotheminute accounts of the damage from the Wildfire Disaster in hawaii. Cnn is of course on the scene. And the Hawaii Governor will join us live with all the latest developments. And the top prosecutor in the Hunter Biden Probe is elevated to Special Counsel as the president son now appears headed to trial. We are breaking down the legal implications and the political fallout. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I am wolf blitzer and you are in the Situation Room. This is cnn breaking news. Lets get right to it. Coming out of the first hearing before the judge in the trump election interference case. Cnn justice correspondent is on t
They re not happy with attorney general garland s appointment of weiss at special counsel, even after they initially asked garland to do exactly that. in fact, 31 gop senators wrote a letter to garland back in 2022 asking him to do exactly this, appoint weiss as special counsel, but now many of those same republican senators are saying weiss cannot be trusted given the plea deal he previously offered hunter biden. this is also when we note that weiss was appointed to his post by president donald trump. joining us now co-founder of punchbowl news anna palmer, she is an msnbc contributor. anna, help me understand this. this is something republicans wanted for a long time, the arguments they are now making against it are saying, well, weiss cut hunter a sweetheart deal so, therefore, he can t be trusted, or appointing a special counsel is just to now deflect attention from the hearings that
Special counselor has been appointed to investigate hunter bipartisan. biden. and david weiss will be responsibility. he was already overseeing the hunter biden case and is based in delaware. several republicans are publicly expressing that they are not happy with attorney general gar land s appointment of weiss after initially asking garland to do exactly that. in fact 31 republicans wrote a letter to garland back in 2022 asking to appoint weiss as special counsel. but now many of those same ones are saying that weiss cannot be trusted given the plea deal he