Good morning, welcome to cnn this morning. Great to be with you. So glad youre here. Thank you for being here. Im amara walker. Thank you for waking up with us at 7 00 this morning. We do begin with some very tragic news and the devastation in hawaii. Officials now say at least 80 people are dead. That number is expected to rise. The search teams continue to comb through the destruction. Now hawaiis Attorney General is ordering a review of the states response. And today more republican president ial contenders get ready to make their case to voters at the Iowa State Fair. Well have the latest as the candidates kick their campaigns into high gear. Plus lays down the law to President Trump during a contentious hearing. Shes putting the former president on notice about any fu future inflammatory language or intimidation of witnesses. We begin with the grim news from hawaii, where those devastating wildfires have now claimed at least 80 lives. Officials warn the death toll will likely rise
Tonight. Theres a big lineup of news tonight with smart voices on a scary assassination threat. More indictments coming. A republican Loyalty Pledge. An alleged racist slur in that brawl, you know the one im talking about. Also a Serial Killer suspects dna. And the fires burning maui. First, everyone, the threat of Political Violence against Public Officials taking now a very deadly turn. A accused of threatening to assassinate the president of the United States and other lawmakers walled by fbi agents attempting to arrest m. More on that in just a moment. Were learning the man also threatened some of the people who were prosecuting donald trump. He was also seen in public wearing a trump hat. To be clear, this investigation is ongoing, and there is no evidence that we know of to suggest that he was either inspired by trumps rhetoric or directed in any way. Full stop. But it would be irresponsible if we did not identify the noteworthiness of this moment. The threats that donald trump h
gw toye, feet first that s how we re going to start? little confusion? i have a really hard time reading today. i thought you didn t know who they were. one of the guys on the crew is actually in the band. political comedian, brejohn fugelsang and brett o donnell, presidential campaign adviser and will cain is a columnist with blaze.com. nice to have all of you with us. no surprise, i think, about the charges yesterday. there was sort of a flurry that, in fact, george zimmerman would be charged and then there was a sense that maybe it wasn t coming immediately and then there was a 6:00 pm press conference held by the special prosecutor. i would say i m a little surprised. his former attorneys suggested they had some kind of exculpatory evidence that they had sitting out there. i thought they would it that would preclude charges. i guess i meant there s a sense that there were rumors that charges were about to happen. second degree is a little bit of a surprise