jonathan hunt is live watching this writing situation unfold. jonathan, good evening. jonathan: good evening. there are stunning and devastating. just emerging from the island of maui tonight. with the popular tourist town appearing to have been largely destroyed. take a look at these pictures. they are breathtaking. at least 66 people have died in the fires. hundreds of homes and businesses have burned to the ground and it appears many as 10,000 or so year-round residents will now be homeless. as a result of what is certainly the worst natural disaster to hit the hawaiian islands in decades. possibly the worst ever. the main focus right now is to stabilize and preserve lives. are secondary, of course, is to try to save as much property as possible. jonathan: unlike the hurricanes that hawaii is what used to, this externally powerful fire fled up with most flared up little warning and it quickly burned through dry brush and trees and into the wooden homes and stores tha
attorney general merrick garland, appointing a special prosecutor david weiss us special counsel in the probe of president biden s son hunter. upon considering his request, as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, i have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint him as special counsel. this appointment confirms my commitment to provide mr. weiss all the resources he requests. it also reaffirms that mr. weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently. based only on the facts and the law the law. brian: let s try to break this down. keep this in mind. david weiss is the same prosecutor who cooked up the original sweetheart deal that hunter kind of blew up. judge kind of blew it up. involved in foreign business dealings, now we are learning tl prosecutors expect hunters taxing gun know my tax income . as for the big guy s involvement in the new hu
ohio sends a signal to the nation. voters there decide on a ballot measure with big implications for women and 2024 as brand new poll numbers show a second straight summer of deep discontent with the supreme court s decision to wipe out roe. plus the reset ripples all the way the to the top. ron desantis replaces his campaign manager. will the shird shakeup in less that be a month be a charm. and tell it to the heart. republicans say an impeachment inquiry is the only one and the only way to move forward versus joe biden. new cnn reporting pins down when house republicans plan to do this. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. first, a special election that will tell us a lot about 2024 and just how much abortion rights will motivate voters. today ohio goes to the polls. it may seem like a mundane question about constitutional math, but you read between the lines, it is very clearly about abortion. republicans want to make it harder to rewrite
atlanta with the new indictment against donald trump possibly coming out of georgia at any minute. is a the deadline approaches in the january 6th federal case against the former president. it could give us a signal of where exactly that case is headed. the foiled assassination attempt on ukraine s president. had, but we learned about the plot and the russian woman allegedly at the center of it all. the ntsb investigating after two firefighting helicopters collided in california, killing three people. what went wrong here? we re following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. it s legal deadline day here in d.c. former president trump s defense lawyers have a few more hours to respond to a special counsel filing. prosecutors asked the court to place restrictions on what trump can do with aunt say about certain evidence in the election interference case. trump s lawyer suppose it could have until 5:00 p.m. easte
former u.s. president donald trump is on the campaign trail in south carolina as he faces several indictments, still railing against the special counsel investigating him. more than 1,000 wildfires burning in canada right now. we ll hear how those blazes are affecting an indigenous community. simone biles is back. her return to competitive gymnastics. republican front-runner donald trump was in south carolina on saturday night complaining once again about the numerous criminal indictments he s facing and calling on republicans in congress to do something. addressing the friendly audience, trump grossly understated the seriousness of the charges against him, take a listen. the fake charges put forth by the biden sham, we call it a sham indictment. i really believe he s mentally ill. but these are outrageous, and it is an outrageous criminalization of political speech. they re trying to make it illegal to question the results of an election. he s also lashing out at h