Its like an apocalypse. People are running for their lives. Wildfires, high wind, the danger we are looking at video in maui from raging wildfires on the island. Every single memory we had in that household, everything was gone in the blink of an eye. The most complete accounting yet can of the high life of Supreme Court Justice Clarence thomas shows much, much more than previously known. Its the idea that you are receiving gifts of this magnitude. Justice thomas has been living a life of extreme luxury for 30 years underwritten by at least four different ultra wealthy benefactors. Fulton County District attorney fani willis is expected to seek charges against more than a dozen people when she presents her case before a grand jury next week. Cnn has learned that willis received additional security protection. Its pathetic to think we have to have additional security because of a madeup fake narrative around an election. Its unfortunate and necessary. An Opposition Candidate in ecuadors
Breaking overnight, a brazen attack. A president ial candidate in south america is assassinated on the street. The new request from President Trump in the mar a lago documents investigation and trump overnight hints at whether hell attend this months gop primary debate where he could share the stage with former vp mike pence. Dramatic rescue. A construction worker is trapped high in the sky atop a crane with a broken leg. How emergency crews got him down later, the rookie who did the unthinkable during his first at bat in the major leagues. And a new announcement overnight from taylor swift. New york. This is america this morning. Good thursday morning, everyone. Im andrew dymburt. Im andrea fujii in for rhiannon. We begin with the fire disaster unfolding on maui. Hawaiian authorities just confirmed at least 36 people have died and more than 270 homes and buildings are damaged or destroyed. This is a new aerial view of the destruction. Some people were forced to jump into the ocean to
The Deadly Wildfires devastating maui has now killed at least 36 people. Their bodies discovered in the ruins of the raging inferno. Officials held a News Conference just a short time ago. Primary focus is to save lives. Prevent Human Suffering and mitigate property loss. That is what the counties were and are doing. What we do anticipate is additional requests and were already providing support for trying to get the communications back up, water distribution. Were hearing they may need more Law Enforcement official for federal and state Law Enforcement. So were working through that. The damage to the infrastructure, it is not just buildings, i mean these were Small Businesses that invested in maui. These were local residents and we need to figure out a way to help a lot of people in the next several years. School was destroyed. Many of the businesses, a church was destroyed. It will take years. Devastation was most serious in the town of lahaina, a tourist and economic hub with 9,000
Well stay tuned for that. Thanks. New this morning. One person is dead following a car crash in the east bay overnight. Chp officers say it happened just before 11 00 last night on highway 4. One car flipped over on the arnold industrial exit. Authorities say at least one person was killed. An investigation is under way. A south bay woman accused of running over her childhood friend and killing her remains in jail facing murder charges this morning. Meanwhile that victims family and friends h held a special memorial in her honor. More than a dozen custom cars did a pro session for sally munoz who was a big enthusiast in the low rider community. Investigators say munoz and her lifelong friend had been out for a night of drinking on tuesday night in campbell when they got into a fight. They say de la rosa intentionally ran over munoz with her car. She was arraigned in court yesterday. The victims father spoke exclusively with nbc bay area at the arraignment. He says hes kiconflicted beca
Im peggy bunker. Im terry mcsweeney. The president tweeted an old video of him making an appearance at a wrestling match and attacking the wrestler. Cnns logo was superimposed on that wrestlers head. Jennifer johnson has the story from washington. Reporter this is the video the president tweeted, edited to show him at a wwe event beating up on a man with a cnn logo on his face. Cnn shot back saying a sad day when the president of the United States encourages violence against reporters. This after the president personally attacked morning joe host Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough last week. Mr. Trump continued his media assault saturday night. The fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house. But im president , and theyre not. Reporter mr. Trump says his use of social media is modern day president ial. Some republican lawmakers are again calling on him to lay off. Its unfortunate. And people are now begging the president not to do this, and, you know, he ought to stop do