We have a new look now at the epicenter of the devastation in maui, and also now are learning that only a handful of the 106 confirmed dead have been identified. Any day now former President Donald Trump and his 18 codefendants are expected to go to jail after being booked in georgia. We are live outside with the very latest. For the first time north korean Officials Say they are holding u. S. Army private travis king. They claim hes seeking refuge because of racial discrimination, they say, in the u. S. Military. Im john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. This is cnn news central. Lets start with the new video coming out of maui. A camera crew travelled in with fema to get a first look at portions of the Historic Town of lahaina that had been blocked off until now. The oncevibrant paradise now the epicenter of devastation. The death toll is that 106 People Killed and only about a third of the fire zone has been searched by recovery crews. The governor says until now most of the
i would argue that these times are not normal and donald trump should go and be the leader of his party, right? he s going to go down to georgia. he will dominate the cycle and go there and answer your critics in person. don t let them punch up on a disembodied donald trump. this is an argument matt lewis said persuasively and particularly political consultants and it is incumbent to have a clear contrast and take a stand and dancing around donald trump if your name is not chris christie, it s dumbing down the country. s.e., first on the question when conventional wisdom says he shouldn t go. s.e. cupp says? listen, john avalon has great advice, but we should we should say at the outset, this is so unprecedented. the idea that we have a former president of the united states
probably the issue. communication was down, cell phones were down, power lines were down and that made it very difficult, even to this day some people do not have communication. they don t have television. they don t have internet, so it s still hard to communicate, but it s getting better. we heard at one .911 was down. i am so sorry you were going through this in your community. i am so sorry that the community is going through the heartbreak and the search is continuing all these many days after the fire started. thank you so much, council member lee for coming on cnn. i appreciate you. thank you. john? donald trump has to go to jail or at least report to one. new details on how the georgia case will proceed. mark meadows wants to move his case to federal court. this all turns on whether his
seen. he can show up and as john says look like a leader and be the tough guy that he is. he can stay home and not risk any bad moments or disadvantages. it s really up to the other opponents. the other would-be candidates to decide what they want to make of this debate. all right. let me play conventional wisdom. please, don t criticize me. i m playing a role here, s.e. don t drag me down. and if you are a nominee, part of it now is that youio can t upset the trump wing and you can t mention the fact that he s been indicted four times. what do you say to conventional wisdom, s.e.? i mean, it is so ridiculous! the only way to win and become president is to beat the
this matter is in the hands of a district judge in georgia. kate? thank you for being there. senior political commentator s.e. cupp and john avalon, friend, there is a republican presidential debate scheduled one week from today, if i m not mistaken. i d like to talk about this with you, john, here and s.e. over here. s.e. cupp over there, and i want to role play. i m going to play the role conventional wisdom. john, i would like you to play john avalon and s.e., i would like you to play s.e. cupp. duly noted. me, donald trump should not go to this first debate one week from today. he is the front-runner in his campaign. he has nothing to gain by showing up. john avalon? oh, conventional wisdom. when won t you be wrong? that s exactly what political consultants would say. don t debate. it can only bring you down.