Investigation of hunter biden, a special counsel has been announced, signaling that a trial is now likely to fall into legal and political implications. Plus blunt words from a judge to Donald Trumps legal team, reminding the former president he cant intimidate witnesses and warning more inflammatory statements lieutenants require a quicker start to a trial. In hawaii, at least 55 killed, thousands displaced, as fires devastate maui. One official says the Historic Town of lahaina is all gone. This hour, a look at what some has lost to the hawaiians, and what they need most. All of this is coming in right to cnn news central. It is happening again. Another highprofile special counsel has now been appointed, this time its in the Hunter Biden Investigation. Today Attorney Garland announced he elevated david weiss to special counsel status. Hes been leading the yearslong investigation, and he recently requested he be given special counsel designation. The reaction in washington is pouring
Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome, everyone. In maui tonight, residents and survivors of this weeks deadly firestorm are being allowed to return to the scorched neighborhoods they called home to see what is left, but warned by hawaiis governor to brace for the worst. Many residents of lahaina after making harrowing escapes from the advancing flames asking the tough questions tonight, why there were no warning sirens before flames consumed everything around them. Tonight, the lahaina fire is largely and service areower slowlying back to fe momeny interview iis governor about concerns over warnin but first our standing by in maui. Tom llamas leads off our coverage tonight. Tom joining us now with some breaking News Reporter we learned Emergency Management did not sound off those sirens, which could have let residents know danger was approaching. Alerts did go out via phones and on broadcast tv and radio, but we just got back from flying over la
The former president made on the trail and in social media. Major . A key word in that memo, deprive. Robert costa, thank you. Supporters of abortion rights in ohio are claiming victory after voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have made it more difficult to add abortion protections to the states constitution. Cbs Caitlin Hueyburns reports on the political impact of the vote. Reporter ohio, we did it. We did it reporter voter turnout far exceeded expectations for a summer special election that sent a message across the they underestimated ohio. And they have aye awakened a sleeping giant. Reporter at issue, whether to raise the threshold to amend the state constitution from a simple majority, 50 plus one vote to 60 . Republicans, including secretary of state frank larose had hoped to implement the change ahead of november when enshrining abortion protections into the state constitution will be on the ballot. Of course we dont want the see a really radical abortio
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