Toll rising, up to 1,000 people still unaccounted for on the island. The Historic Community of lahaina that stood for centuries, now a wasteland. Hundreds of homes, businesses and cultural landmarks Reduced To Ashes by a fastmoving inferno. Shelters jammed with survivors. Residents saying they had little to no warning before being forced to evacuate. Fire officials now being pressed on why Warning Sirens were not activated when the fires began. The governor saying its likely the largest Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. Whit johnson in maui tonight. Also on this friday night, the surprise turn in the hunter biden investigation. After the plea deal for president bidens son fell apart in federal court. Attorney general Merrick Garland today granting Special Counsel status to u. S. Attorney david weiss. What this means for the case. Could hunter biden now stand trial. Pierre thomas in washington. Mary bruce at the white the judge warning donald trump about his public attacks, possibly
Toll is rising, up to 1,000 people still unaccounted for on the island. The Historic Community of lahaina which stood for centuries, now a wasteland. Hundreds of homes, businesses and cultural landmarks Reduced To Ashes by a fastmoving inferno. Shelters packed with survivors. Residents say they had little to no warning before being forced to evacuate. Fire officials now being pressed on why Warning Sirens were not activated when the fires began. The governor says its likely the largest Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. Whit johnson in maui tonight. Also on this friday night, the surprise turn in the hunter biden investigation. After the plea deal for president bidens son fell apart in federal court, today attorney general Merrick Garland granted Special Counsel status to u. S. Attorney david weiss. What this means for the case. Could hunter biden now stand trial . Pierre thomas in washington. Mary bruce at the white house. The judge warning donald trump about his public attacks, pos
decision. he said students must be based on his or her individual experiences, not on the basis of race. many universities have for too long done just the opposite. in doing so, they have concluded wrongly that the up to stone of challenges bested schools built or lessoned learned but the color of their skin. he says that is not going to work with our constitution as we know and understand it. and it doesn t do us service to students of other races. in this case, asian american applicants that said that they were being passed over with perfect test scores and fantastic gpas because of their race. president biden says that there s more to the story. he s upset. the biden administration had argued in favor of harvard and u.n.c., the policies continuing this. not surprising that he had the reaction that he did. he adds this in speaking about it today. we cannot let this decision be the last word. i want to emphasize, we cannot let this decision be the last word. the court can
the bbc can t verify that figure, but understands many children have gone from care homes and residential schools. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has followed the story of parents desperate attempts to bring their children home. it is the most anxious journey of these mothers lives. dashing to reach the children they d been separated from for six months. ukrainian children, sent to summer camps run by russia, and then never returned. alla tells me every minute now counts. the children have been told they ll be put in care if their mums don t come for them. that means a gruelling trip across thousands of miles, from ukraine, deep into the country that s declared war on them. translation: i should never have let him go but we didn t know. - theyjust took him and that was that. my son had seen explosions. i wanted him to relax from the war, and then this happened. ijust hope we make it in time. russia has been removing children from parts of ukraine it occupi
so they have a deal, but do they have the votes? right now the race to get party holdouts onboard with the debt ceiling agreement, that potentially catastrophic default just days away. we ll have the latest. plus, what caused part of an apartment building to collapse? rescue dogs are now scanning for any sign of survivors in davenport, iowa, as the city s fire chief says the building is structurally up snsound posing threat to his teams. we ll follow those and more stories coming in right here to cnn news central. so some good news over the weekend. president biden and speaker mccarthy face another heavy lift after hammering out a deal in principle to raise the nation s debt ceiling. they have to get their parties to support it. based on early reaction, it may not be entirely easy. the house vote is expected on wednesday. hard liners from both sides are signaling they at least will not support the agreement. so here s part of what s in it. it suspends the debt ceiling thr