More charges could be on the way, but for now, three white men have been charged with assault in the third degree for allegedly attacking a black boat cocaptain in a fight that quickly morphed into an Ugly Riverside Brawl in alabama this weekend. Videos of the incident went viral. And it showed fighting broke down largely along racial lines. But last hour, police in montgomery said, none of the actions they have investigated so far have met the threshold for hate crime charges. Heres cnns ryan young who was at the Press Conference where we just learned a whole lot. And, ryan, i know that you have been speaking to officials there. Youve been speaking to witnesses. What are they telling you . Reporter yeah, absolutely. After talking to mayor reed, its pretty clear here everyone in the city was shocked. This is obviously a place a lot of people like to enjoy on the weekends. The video has obviously shocked the nation as its gone viral. We do believe the suspects theyre looking for are in
Right now, new terrifying images from hawaii. Entire neighbors on fire, people fleeing to safety in a State Reckoning with a terrible tragedy. Were going to speak with a maui counsel member and the Lieutenant Governor as President Biden promises help from the federal government for this disaster. Also ahead, new details about the deadly encounter in utah. Fbi Agents Shooting and killing a man they were trying to arrest after his alarming and threatening post about President Joe Biden and other public figures. A sign of hope for Five Americans wrongfully detained in iran. A deal could bring them home soon. Were following these major developing stories and more coming in right here to Cnn News Central. Right now it is all Hands On Deck as firefighters are battling flames that are still sweeping across maui and as Rescue Workers intensify their search for survivors. Right now at least 36 people are confirmed dead in Hawaii On Maui and there are Major Concerns that that death toll is going
Likely. Were following the legal and political implications. Plus a warning to Donald Trumps legal team from the judge overseeing the election interference case, saying more inflammatory statements will require a quicker start to the trial. We are live outside the court. And the death toll as they have yet to even start searching the hundred of burned out buildings. Well take you live to maui. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Another controversial investigation that could have some pretty big repercussions for 2024 is escalating. Today a Special Counsel was designated in the federal probe of hunter biden. Attorney general Merrick Garland named david weiss to the role. Weiss has been leading this investigation. Yes, he has. Hes been leading the investigation into hunter biden for the past five years, in fact. This week he asked himself to be elevated to that role of Special Counsel. Were following that in realtime.
People. Black people were just so absent in Science Fiction, and its a blind spot. Black panther was a massive moment in our culture. They thought it was going to make 700 million. But it actually made 1. 3 billion. So, it had a business impact. It had a community impact. It opened up doors. It showed that these kinds of stories, looking at black speculative fiction, looking at black looking at horror was also highly profitable. Scifi is really a conversation about our humanity and mans relationship to technology and exploring other worlds. Its really exciting to know that more blackcentric Science Fiction is making its way onto the Television Screens finally. Black people have always loved Science Fiction and have always loved fantasy. We just didnt know it. When you think of how broad that landscape is, to not include every single individual that is participating in the world, then its a lie. We have millions and millions of stories that need to be told. And us getting our due is lit