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Hawaiis lahaina are allowed to briefly return to the town that wildfires virtually wiped out. The u. S. Attorney leading the Hunter Biden Probe has now been given Special Counsel authority, what that could mean for the president s son and the president s reelection campaign. Let me explain, please. We are no longer friends. It just got real. Adam sandler casts his real life family in his latest comedy on netflix. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. Theres word of yet another evacuation on maui. The Police Department says there is a fire in west maui and residents in the kaapali area are currently being evacuated. Were told the area was untouched by the initial wildfire. That comes as a search for survivors is taking a bleak turn. Days after devastating wildfires tore through parts of the island, countless people remain unaccounted for. Cadaver dogs are sifting through the charred remains of homes and buildings and although the number of people confirmed dead stands at a grim 67, officials warn that figure will likely rise much higher in the coming days. Authorities predict it will take years to get the island back to where it was with damage estimates running well into the billions. Thousands of people have been left homeless and in desperate need of shelter after running from the flames often with little more than the clothes on their backs. We stepped out my front door and it was just this hundreds of feet of Black Smoke Engulfing the town and it was everything i could do to just gather my kids and gather whatever i could in two minutes to get out of the house. I mean we ran out of the house with no shoes. Its just so much. Its a lot. Authorities have briefly reopened the main road leading into lahaina so people could return to what is left of their homes, but closed it again a short time later. The devastation in the area is hard to believe. When the mayor said its all gone, its all gone. Its all gone. Its gone. Reporter unimaginable shock, an entire city burned completely to the ground. Devastation, everything gone. Everybody lost everything. Reporter we surveyed the damage from above and the destruction is difficult to imagine. The view from above is apocalyptic. You can see a row of cars clearly trying to make it out, many of those stuck in accidents, in a traffic jam on a onelane road. All those cars reduced to ash. Reporter lahaina residents allowed back into the city to see the destruction up close, but not without a warning from the governor who told a local tv station in hawaii, i want to caution everyone. Lahaina is a devastated zone. They will see destruction like theyve not seen in their lives. Everyone, please brace themselves as they go back. As some may be able to return to their hometown, as many as 1,000 people are still missing and unaccounted for. Honestly, we dont know and heres the challenge. Theres no power. Theres no internet. Theres no radio coverage. Reporter and theres fear the Climbing Death Toll will go even higher with more than 1,000 buildings destroyed. I do not know what the final numbers going to be and its going to be horrible and tragic when we get that number. Reporter thousands of still displaced and thousands of travelers are still waiting to get off the island. Were just visitors. Were leaving primarily because were just using up food and resources that the locals need. Reporter people remain without power and many have no water. Were talking about more than just days. Were talking about weeks to months in some cases to get energy fully restored. Reporter and shelter space on the island is filling up quickly. Were kind of at the limits in some of the central maui ones. Well have to be creative with our team after this to try to get more for folks out on the west side. Reporter as the reality of the situation sets in, so does the frustration with how it happened. We have Tsunami Warnings i think should have been utilized. I think this could have been handled so much better in so many ways. Reporter and questions are starting to circulate among the people who inhabited this once paradise island. Why werent they warned sooner . I think that the tragedy would have been very difficult to anticipate, especially as it came in the night with high winds, but that does not mean that we wont do everything we can in the future to stop this. Reporter veron. An Emergency Doctor who runs mobile doctor joins us now from maui. Doctor, so good to have you with us. Weve all seen the horrifying heartbreaking scenes from the impacted areas ravaged by the wildfires. Can you describe for us what the situation is like. On the first day, second day or today because each day has been different . Go ahead. The first day was probably the most traumatic. I think nobody knew what were dealing with, even the medical personnel. We all had warnings that theres going to be high winds and fires. I personally thought its going to be some brushfires. We get those every now and then. Seems like weve been getting them annually. Luckily i wasnt needing to evacuate, woke up in the morning and just wasnt getting any news from lahaina. Obviously the power lines were out. Cell phone signals werent working. I got notified just through some ems, Emergency Medical Services people, paramedics, firefighters that did some runs over there and theyre telling me theyre seeing bodies on the ground and i said this could be serious and had this gut feel something could be wrong. I activated our team and started a nonprofit called modal monday and i called my team and got in the mobile unit, the little private ambulance i built out with everything in it from oxygen, portable ekg, iv fluids and we drove out to lahaina. It felt like an atomic bomb went off when we got to ground zero and a apocalyptic with smoke and smells and fires and seeing the wounded come out of the woodwork a bit and we triaged a couple people. Some people felt they were starving. Some had hypothermia. I was shocked to hear their stories. People had swam into the ocean and hung on for dear life. Ive seen some of the footage thats very disturbing now thats coming out. We had people that had eye issues, respiratory issues. Second day we went out, it was a little bit less, but some people kind of congregated in our area and i think thats the hard part. Some of these people dont want to leave. Theres people still in tears looking for their pets, their loved ones, very disturbing. So each day its like another scene and the islands doing its best with shelters, but i realize now we had a meeting or some of the higherups realized that we might have to go to them and im the only doctor thats been going to them because im a mobile setup and thats what ive done during covid. I do house calls. Thats my specialty, but i help the people and this is like my calling. Thats what i do with my team, but theres still the roads arent good. Theyre still not letting i see the vision and the purpose that they wanted to have people come out of there and get to the shelters in the middle of the island. When i went there, i felt like i was stuck because some people have chronic medical conditions and their medications gone. Guess what . Im a doctor. Im like let me prescribe it for you. Wait, how you going to get there . Your cars gone. Wait, you dont even have gas. Theres no gas on that side of the island. So theres nothing that can be done unless we have the resources. So we need them for the people. We need to take medicine to them. Thats what i think we need to start working on these next few days and i think the Department Of Health is on it and theyll go visit andafter. Doctor, lots of very daunting challenges. What is most needed right now . What does the community in lahaina need . I feel electricity, medicine, buildings, all these things are going to take months, weeks. You know, this is not just an acute disaster, a hurricane comes or a tornado comes and just goes. This is going to be a long time effect, everything from Mental Health to chronic illnesses and we only have one hospital on this island and trying to limit these chronic conditions from being acute. Thats my fear. My fear is these people have ran out of medicine. You can skip the medicine one day, two days depending on your condition, but at some point its going to get worse and im hearing reports these people in their homes or their families homes who made it out, but theres a whole area in kaa pali, a whole city outside of lahaina with no electricity. I dont know how theyre surviving without it. Im delivering pizza, food and water half the time im out there, but im also doing medical work when i find people. We need to city up a center and advertise for these medical people to come to us or we need to be there more to find out where we need to go because thats my problem. I feel like with my team were mobile and were one or two vans looking and searching and ground zero, i think most people have kind of come out and gone to shelters because theres no way you could survive there. Theres nothing. Our thoughts are with all the people impacted and with First Responders like yourself, doctor, doing such important work. Thank you so much for sharing with us your experiences. Thank you for having me. Have a good night. After five years of investigating hunter biden, the federal prosecutor in that case has been elevated to Special Counsel. Under those new powers the investigation could expand into many other areas. Cnns jen sullivan has the details. Reporter a surprising move in the ongoing probe against hunter biden. U. S. Attorney general Merrick Garland announcing friday david weiss is Special Counsel in the case. It is in the Public Interest to appoi him as Special Counsel. Reporter thpresident s son was charged with failing to pay more than 200,000 in taxes on more than 1. 5 million in income back in 2017 and 2018 and illegally owning a gun at a time he was addicted to drugs. Last month hunter biden was expected to plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors. In exchange hed not face jail time for the gun charge, but the deal between the Justice Department and hunter biden fell through at the last moment. The District Judge called the deal confusing and not straightforward. Hunter biden pled not guilty. The two parties continued negotiating, but prosecutors finally said talks were at an impasse. The appointment of mr. Weiss reinforces for the American People the departments commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters. Reporter This Means Weiss will have more power than a typical u. S. Attorney. Mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation. Reporter the ongoing probe has drawn intense political scrutiny from republicans arguing hunter biden was given a slap on the wrist because his father is president. Its the latest development further fueling political divide. If he were republican, hed be in jail by now. Reporter and democrats firing back. Allegations of political bias dont seem to hold weight when mr. Trump was ultimately in charge of the Justice Department and its handling of the investigation. Reporter the criminal case will likely go to trial. Im jen sullivan reporting. The federal judge presiding over the election sub version case against donald trump warned trumps lawyers friday to avoid making inflammatory public statements about the trial or she may have to speed up the court date. Cnns Jessica Schneider has the details. Reporter the case against donald trump in washington, d. C. Is moving rapidly and the judge in this case is really being firm on what trump and his legal team can and cannot disclose about this case to the public. So the judge issued a protective order that lays out that trump and his team cannot disclose any Sensitive Information given to them during this discovery process. That includes material about the grand jury or Search Warrants and she ao issued several warnings to trump. She noted that even though hes running a political mpgn, he still has to in h words yield to the administration of justice. She said if that means that his political speech has to be somewhat limited, then that is how its going to be and she says shes going to be carefully scrutinizing statements from trump and his team. She says anything that can be interpreted to be intimidating to witnesses or prejudicial to potential jurors, it could really threaten the whole process in this case. Under all these terms, prosecutors said theyre prepared to begin handing over material immediately. That includes 11. 6 million pages of documents. It includes hundreds of recordings of Witness Interviews which trump, of course, will be prohibited from disclosing publicly and now well see how quickly this case can go to trial. The prosecution said they want it to start january 2nd. Trumps legal team has to propose their start date sometime next week. Theyll likely propose it after the election in 2024, but really at the rate the judge is moving, she might want to move closer to the prosecutions proposed january 2024 date. So we will see. Jessica schneider, cnn, washington. Just six months remain before the Iowa Caucuses and thats why republican candidates are now at the annual state fair hoping voters like what they hear, but it could be a hard sell, especially after donald trump arrives later today. Plus ukraines president moves ahead with a major crackdown on corruption, how some officials reportedly made ill gotten gains while Recruiting Troops for the front lines. Ill be taking m meetings. With family and friends. And checking voicemail. As my activities p permit. Ill connect with you. After reconnecting with me. Get 1. 9 apr for 36 months plus 1,500 Purchase Allowance on a 2024 xt5 and xt6 when you finance through cadillac financial. female announcer attention medicare has expanded dexcom coverage for people with diabetes. 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Our european allies are lein the effort, but if the capacity for training in europe is reached, we are certainly open to doing the training for ukrainian pilots here in the united states. Meanwhile president zelenskyy is announcing a crackdown on suspected corruption in ukraines military recruitment centers. Fora striking move by the president of ukraine clamping down on corruption. Reporter announcing all officials in charge of Regional Military Recruitment Offices have been dismissed amid widespread corruption allegations. The fear is bribes were being taking. There was Draft Dodging occurring in these Recruitment Offices. Ukraine has long suffered from issues of corruption, but, of course, it hits a deeper nerve, if you will, during a time of war, president Zelenskyy Taking A very strong approach to this describing the allegations of corruption here as essentially high treason. Take a listen to what he said in his public announcement. Translator some took cash. Some took cryptocurrency. Thats the only difference. The cynicism is the same everywhere, enlisted enrichment, illegally obtained funds, illegal benefits. This system should be run by people who know exactly what war is and why cynicism and bribery in times of war constitute treason. Reporter ukraine has long suffered issues of allegations of corruption way before this conflict. Its part of the reason why president zelenskyy came to power. It was part of his platform when he was running for president that he would fight corruption, but he needs to take a tougher stance in a time of war. This is not the First Time Since the start of the conflict there has been issues of corruption, allegations of corruption. Earlier this year he had a major shakeup in his cabinet after there was yet another Corruption Scandal i believe in january this year over the procurement of wartime supplies among his own cabinet, among his own government. This is, of course, concerning not just for those families that are seeing dozens of soldiers dying on the front lines, that are seeing many men coming back wounded and hurt, but also very key to ukraines allies, nato, the united states, who are providing billions of dollars in support and aid to know that that money is being used rightly on those front lines. Thank you very much. Ahead, how and why did the wildfires on maui spread so quickly . Cnn meteorologist has the details in the latest forecast for hawaii. Subways now slicing their meats fresh. Thats why subways proffered by this champ. And this future champ. And if we proffer it, we know youll proffer it too. Hes cocky for a nineteen year old. Welcome back. As rescue crews search for survivors in the Devastation Wraught by wildfires on the island of maui, were getting a better understanding just how quickly the Nightmare Scenario played out. Satellite images show the shocking before and after from the Lahaina Fire Which in a matter of hours went from being seemingly extinguished to a raging inferno that claimed at least 67 lives. Desperate people caught off guard by the fires quick and dramatic spread ran in search of safety. A video on tiktok seems to show some of them wading into the waters of the pacific ocean. One survivor detailed the chaotic scene. There were people jumping into the Ocean Swimming to boats to try to escape the fire. There were people on the ground crying unsure where to go or not able to breathe because of the smoke and we were minutes away from that potentially being us and its just unbelievable to know that so many people have been lost and we dont know where they are. Winds are forecast to decrease across maui on saturday and a few scattered showers are possible. The devastating fires were fanned by a combination of strong winds and drier than usual conditions, but how and why did the fire spread so quickly . Cnn meteorologist chad myers explains. Well, its obviously good news that Hurricane Dora has moved away. The High Pressure has moved away. The Pressure Gradient making all the wind over hawaii is now gone. What isnt gone, though, is this Rainfall Deficit, 80 of hawaii in some type of Rainfall Deficit and more importantly, in maui county 16 of the area there under severe drought. Even in the dry areas of maui. You say how are there dry areas in hawaii . Its just a rainforest. No, its not. Only the one side of every extinct volcano here is a rainforest. The other side, thats where it is dry, almost a desert. Let me show you how this works. So heres the west side of maui. The wind and the storms, the trades come in from the east to the west. If you are on the east side of these mountains well just call them, thats where it rains. Rains almost every single day. Places receive 400 inches in kauai in some places. There is the rainforest that we talk about and you see pictures of, but on the other side when the air comes over the top and comes back down, thats when you get the dry air and it really looks like a desert on the other side of the rainforest. Here you go. Something else that may have happened, these canyons that you see coming down from the top of the extinct volcano, they may have acted like a Wind Tunnel Effect funneling some of that wind as well. We dont know if theyll have to drill down on this. This is years and years that they will look at this. Something else you probably havent heard of unless youre from the west, Wild Land Urban Interface. What is that . Thats when you get wild land here, in fact, those are abandoned Sugar Cane Plantations that are just growing wild Shrub Grasses and things that burn when they dry out backed up right up against the town itself. When you catch the Wild Land Urban Interface on fire, that is the risk of sending the fire into a town. It happened in paradise, california, with the camp fire. Its happened All Over The World where you take a piece of land and you want to put homes right up against the trees because its so pretty. Then youre in that wui, the Wild Land Urban Interface and a lot of this burned and it burned right into town. Our thanks to chad myers for that explanation. In a state thats no stranger to devastating wildfires, california is using Artificial Intelligence to improve how Fire Departments detect and respond to blazes. Cal fire is connecting Ai Technology to a network of more than 1,000 cameras. Instead of waiting for a 911 call to report flames, the department is alerted when the Technology Detects A Fire Inside of one of the rotating cameras. The ai is learning to detect wildfires more quickly and accurately helping the department respond faster. Cal fire hopes firefighters in places like greece and canada will be able to benefit from the technology as they fight devastating wildfires. I think its 100 applicable throughout anywhere in the world, especially now that were experiencing a lot larger and more frequent fire regimes and with Climate Change its coming everywhere. Well, according to cal fire, ai has already cut response times when every minute counts to keep flames from spreading. Donald trump will be campaigning at the Iowa State Fair later today where he remains the frontrunner in a crowded race for the nomination, but he may have to tone down his usual rhetoric after a judges warning not to make inflammatory statements. Heres our report. Reporter the rides, the animals, the deep fried everything, then add in more than 1 million visitors to the Iowa State Fair and you have the reason why president ial candidates are flipping pork burgers in the first in the Nation Caucus State going to iowans where they are, how candidates have traditionally won the caucuses. County by county one voter at a time, this former Vice President mike pence draws some attention, many pass right on by. Donald trump was here, it would be packed here i think. Trump goes to jail, then ill change my mind. Reporter cooking in the rear of the pork tent, iowa farmer charlie johnson, this year he doesnt want the usual iowa persuasion. As far as moving you at all, is that even possible . No. Im pretty well stacked to where im at. Most people have got their minds already made up. I know in my area its trump country. Different, so different. We havent experienced anything like this that i can think of because of trump. Reporter dave price has covered iowa politics as a reporter more than two decades. When trump comes to the fair this weekend, he will skip the traditional soapbox and the interview with the states popular republican governor writing his own rules and still leading in the polls. What price doesnt know is if that lead holds until januarys caucuses. There is still concern from republicans about hey, we want to win 24. We lost in 20. We want to win in 24 and is trump really the guy to get the party there . Reporter at the fairs famed butter cow, you hear the partys divide and the role the indictments against trump play in the primary, even among lifelong friends like these three republican women. Are the indictments changing how you feel . No because i do think a lot of that is for effect. A lot of those are trumped up. I dont find the charges against him being trumped up at all. Thats my opinion. And i believe in our judicial system. So i hope our judicial system holds together. Reporter on saturday think of the Iowa State Fair as having its main event at least politically. Ron desantis and donald trump will both be here at the fair at around the same time and trump will be bringing Florida State representatives to accompany him here at the fair, not so much a Decorum Break there, but think of it more as trolling to jab at desantis. Still ahead this hour, more pushback against potential Military Intervention in niger, what protesters are saying about a regional blocks decision to put troops on standby. Almost is just another word for not as good as mine. Save 50 on the sleep number limited d Edition Smart bed. Plus, 36 mononth financing on select smart beds. Shop now only at sleep number. Attention. Are Youou Sufferig from hearing loss . The fda has finallyy approved hearing aids to be sold over the counter. And now, rca, introduces their Revolutionary Otc hearing aids. Starting as low a 99. Delivered, free. Right to your door. 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On friday thousands of people condemned the block as they rallied near a French Military base in the capital. Many also demonstrated against france saying the former colonial ruler should leave their country for good. Cnns Jim Bitterman joins us now live from the french capital. Ecowas punitive measures are starting to bite, but a peaceful transition of power seems even more remote than ever. Is france still backing a potential ecowas intervention in niger and is paris at all worried by how deeply unpopular france now appears to be among the population in niger . Reporter well, i think france at any cost would love to see the situation stabilize and mohamed bazoum, the democratically elected president in niger reestablish power and if that takes precedent, theyd definitely be for it because they see this as an important base. Theyve got 1,500 soldiers based in niger and that base is the base thats been fighting terrorism across western africa. The americans, by the way, also have about 1,500 soldiers based in northern part of the country and so i think for western interests anyway they would love to see the situation stabilized and were watching very carefully what happens with this ecowas force. They said earlier this week they would stand up what they call a Standby Force, put together a bunch of military from the various countries that are members of ecowas, for example, ivory coast said they would donate perhaps 800 to 1,100 soldiers, but theyre meeting now in ghana trying to figure out the whole confused logistics of this operation, whos going to contribute what forces, how theyre going to be supported, whos going to pay for it, all that sort of thing that has to be worked out. So i think everybody is depending on them to take this first step because the last thing the french want to see is a kind of antifrench sentiment We Saw Yesterday at the demonstration in front of their Military Base there. People were saying things like down with france. Down with ecowas. We need russias help to get rid of these french monkeys, things like that. They would like to get a little stability in the region and get the Democratic Authority to reestablish in power. Thank you so much. Now next to ecuador the shocking assassination of a president ial candidate has left the country deeply shaken and increased calls for better security. On friday the slain politicians casket was taken to an Exhibition Hall so that more people could come and pay their final respects. He was then buried in a private ceremony. For the latest on the investigation now from the capital. Reporter the ecuadoran Attorney Generals Office announced friday they introduced what they call 22 elements of conviction against the suspects. By this prosecutors mean evidence collected at the crime scene and during raids carried out after the assassination of president ial candidate fernando villavicencio. Investigators say they obtained Witness Testimony and ballistic tests. They have also analyzed Security Camera videos in and around the crime scene. There was another crucial piece of information revealed by investigators. They say the autopsy shows the victim received Long Distance shots and they have been able to match shells to a rifle confiscated in the raids. All six suspects are colombian nationals according to authorities. There was a seventh suspect who died after being shot by police whose identity has not been revealed, although police said he had been previously arrested for Gun Possession in midjune and later released. In one of the raids Officials Say they found the stolen vehicle that had multiple weapons in its trunk, including rifles, a Submachine Gun and four pistols and three grenades and four boxes of ammunition containing 384 cartridges as well as two magazines. Of course, many questions remain, among them, who was the mastermind of the attack, but given the information provided by authorities so far, it seems like this was a well planned and coordinated attack. Late friday night five president ial candidates signed an agreement for the peace of the country. Theyre demanding a swift investigation and more resources to improve security in ecuador. Officials say a president ial debate scheduled for this sunday and the president ial election for the following sunday will still go on as planned. Rafael romo, cnn, ecuador. Still ahead, a big test for the cohosts of the womens world cup, can australia overcome a more favored french team to reach the semifinals . Well have an update for you after the break. man mm, hey, honey. Looks like my todo list grew. Paint the bathroom, give baxter a bath, get life insurance, hm. I have a few minutes. I can do that now. Oh, that fast . Remember that conial penn ad . I called and i got information. 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Give us some of your first impressions. Reporter well, i can tell you i have a very nervous looking australian cameraman just off shot and hes not the on one here, laila, at the fan fest. New zealand may be out, but theres a good 1,000 or so people here very much nervously watching on supporting their co host australia. As you mentioned, looking for a womens world cup semifinal for the first time and they know that they are not only looking to do that, but also overturn the weight of recent history for womens world cup hosts. The last four have all gone out at this stage, the quarterfinals, and australias opponents, france, know all about that because exactly that happened to them four years ago in 2019. They were beaten by the usa, but france equally have said they knew exactly what they were walking into in brisbane today, about 50,000 passes and support all decked out in the green and gold very much supporting the home side. This Australia Team have really galvanized the nation. Theres billboards. Theres Airport Signs supporting them. Theres even talk of a Public Holiday if they are to make that semifinal next week. As you rightly said, it is really, really tight. So there is nothing to split these two teams at the moment. This promises to be a fascinating 45 minutes. The big question, will we see sam kerr come off the bench . Shes been there with a big smile on her face. She certainly looks ready for action, but there is still that Question Mark about her fitness. What we know is that the winner of this one will face the winner of the other Semifinal Taking Place in a few hours time. England very much the favorites to progress from that one. The european champions against colombia in the semifinals of the womens world cup for the first time, but england are going to have to do without lauren james. Shes suspended, has been so influential so far in this tournament. She scored three goals. Shes made three goals in just four games. This Colombia Team are on a Fairytale Run and they know they are saying theyre not only here to make history, but theyre doing it to earn respect and dignity for women who play football and around the world. Amanda davis in auckland, new zealand, enjoy the match. Thank you so much. Now thousands of hackers are descending on las vegas this weekend for a Competition Taking Aim at popular ai systems. The annual defcon hacking conference looks to expose critical vulnerabilities in the Computer Systems helping Developers Work out the flaws or bugs that could be used in a real attack. The conference has the support of Big Tech Companies like open ai, google and meta and even the backing of the white house. Now actor and comedian adam sandler is sharing the spotlight with his wife and real life Daughters Sady and sunny in his upcoming film you are so not invited to my bar mitzvah. Oh, my god. Let me explain to you. We are no longer friends. It just got real. Well, sunny stars as the seventh grader stacy who is preparing for a blowout bar mitzvah alongside her best friend lydia, but things go comically south when lydia steals stacys crush. The movie is adapted from a 2005 book of the same name. It streams on netflix later this month. That does it for us. Im laila harrak. Thanks so much for watching cnn newsroom. Ill see you tomorrow. Goli, taste your goals. Subways now slicing their meats fresh. Thats why subways proffered by this champ. And this future champ. And if we proffer it, we know youll proffer it too. Hes cocky for a nineteen year old. [announcer] do you have an Invention Idea but dont know what to do next . Call invent help today. They can help you get started with your idea. Call now 8007100020. Welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the wuorld, im kim brown huber