The mayor of murdaugh says what is expected rise because it doesnt account for people inside of the buildings. In a few hours, Donald Trumps Legal Team Face as federal judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case as the Special Counsel requests an aggressive trial date. Five americans wrongfully detained in iran a step closer to free tomorrow this morning. The Details Behind that deal that includes 6 billion of frozen iranian assets. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. This News Breaking overnight. The death toll from the catastrophic wildfires in murdaugh has risen to 55. There is also growing fear this morning that that number could rise significantly. Has risen to. There is also growing fear this morning that that number could rise significantly. Lahaina evoice ratesed by the fastmoving inferno. The mayor said those buildings havent been searched yet and the Death Toll Recommendation bo represents bodies found outside the buildings. We are waiting for fema to hel
Good morning. We are glad you are with us. Victor blackwell by my side as we get to the significant Breaking News. So much happening overnight. Here are the five things to know this morning. 36 people are confirmed dead in this devastating wildfire across hawaii. The flames charring hundreds of buildings. Black hawk helicopters have been deployed as paradise burns. Just out this morning, Supreme Court Clarence Thomas and His Luxurious Life Tstyle A who was funding it. 38 luxury vacations, 26 private jet flights and a dozen vip passes to Sporting Events. And a president ial candidate in ecuador assassinated at a rally. The anticorruption candidate was killed just ten days before the election. New video coming in of a deadly fbi raid, a man killed after making threats against President Biden and other elected officials. And new information in the atlanta area investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Sources tell cnn Prosecutor Fani Willis is seeking more than a dozen ind
we have the capability of doing it ourselves, but if it you can imagine the department s limitation is, you know, one building. this is a whole village, many structures that need to be searched. it s going to take some time. we have learned about the communications problems that, to get speaking to people in the hotel zones and on the western side of the city. it must be even as the mayor describes it, impossible to get a count of how many people are missing, to do the job when you can t even communicate with the parts of the island? that is so true. the communication, you know, earlier when we were talking about the evacuation of the people and you take into consideration the winds that were coming through there and the power poles, the tirlutilit
hundreds of people spending the night at the airport waiting to catch early morning flights today. officials here asking people respect cancel your vacations. do not come to maui, save the resources for those who need it. let s bring in the director of the department of business economic development and tourism for the state of hawaii. thank you for your time. we re sorry to speak with you considering all that is happening. when we last heard from you, it was tough to even assesses hotel zones, the challenges there because of the infrastructure problems. roads closed. do you have a better idea of the destruction and damage in those areas now? we do. we re leaving the information to the residents of maui first.