Illegal Clarence Thomas exception of luxury gifts and travel might finally force the court to take action. And, breaking developments in the Georgia Election probe, our strongest indication yet that a grand jury could indict donald trump in a matter of days. I am Ayman Mohyeldin lets, get started. And we begin with that Breaking News out of georgia this hour, fulton countys returning fani willis will begin presenting her Election Interference case against donald trump and his allies to a grand jury early next week. The Atlanta Journalconstitution is reporting the timeline came into sharper focus when former georgia Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan and independent journalist George Shady Separately confirmed they had received notifications they will testify on tuesday. Now, this means the public might know by tuesday whether jurors indict the ex president. Tuesday evening, to be specific. Willis is expected to begin her presentation to grandeurs on monday. Were gonna have more on this br
Declaration for hawaii. The lead starts now. Unprecedented disaster. New images showing the power of flames ripping through communities in hawaii. The death toll rises to 36 as crews anticipate that number growing even higher and President Biden 6 billion deal with iran, will the regime free Five Americans in exchange for frozen funds . The first steps in the works, plus the deepest dive yet into the lavish life ill Supreme Court justice, clarence justice, private planes, luxury trips all bankrolled by billionaires detailed by propublica and never disclosed. Welcome to the lead. I am jake tapper. We start with the other did it of the utter devastation in hawaii. A lack of power and cell service complicates Search And Rescue efforts. At least 36 people have been killed in what the state Lieutenant Governor calls unprecedented wildfires. Most of the wildfires on maui island are still not contained. It could take days or even weeks for power and Cell Phones Service restored. Issues that a
The world. Im kim brunhuber, ahead on cnn newsroom. What we saw was likely the largest Natural Disaster in hawaiis state history. Deadly wildfires tear through maui. Entire neighborhoods wiped out. We write you the harrowing stories of those who escaped the fastmoving flames. Plus, the big event that has them racing to see the iowa fair. In zaporizhzhia, as President Biden asks congress for more assistance for ukraine. Well have the live report from the latest. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. Tremendous devastation, a sense of deep loss and a scramble to save whatever can still be saved. Thats all happening on the Hawaiian Island of maui, where 53 people have been killed by wildfires described as apocalyptic. The death toll is likely to go even higher as Emergency Crews Sift through countless properties, now in ashes. The wildfire is now the second deadliest in the u. S. In a century, and the governor says its likely the largest Natural Disaster ever in h
This morning, we are beginning to learn the costs of those devastating fires in hawaii. Officials confirmed 80 have lost their lives in the fires that broke out on tuesday. But they warn the death toll will likely rise in the coming days. Crews have not yet searched the inside of most of the buildings and it is still unclear how many people are missing. The search is expected to be long, it is expected to be exhausting, and Officials Say that more than 2200 properties have been destroyed. And fema put the estimated cost of the rebuild from the fire from 5. 5 billion dollars. The video shows just the hor horror as the fires as people tried to escape, theview of the fire from lahaina on wednesday as many jumped into the observe ton try to escape the flames. Take a look at this tiktok video. It appears to show some of the desperate people in the water after they were forced to jump in to try to save themselves from the fire. Cnn has not been able to determine the source, or the video of t
Know what question never once crossed my mind . Who played for clarence tomlinsons motor home . But as soon as the New York Times asked the question, i felt like, okay, im going to read the article. But do i really have to . Im just gonna find out the name of the rich guy who paid for him. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is gonna join us with his reactions to the latest turn in the road, so to speak, for Clarence Thomas. The Supreme Court ethics thing, i feel like its a banging your head against the wall, because the more on planetary and consequential the ethical like, literally, financial, ethical Conflict Of Interest issues are exposed, just the clear it gets they dont feel they need to answer anybody, they dont feel constrained by any rules, no matter what you expose, theyre never gonna do anything about it. I feel like Sheldon Whitehouse is the one member of the u. S. Senator was consistent consistently optimistic that something can and should be done. So, im glad youve got him. I will