Hawaii senator maisi hirono joins me next on . Donald trump could face a fourth indictment. I did receive notification to appear at Fulton County grand jury. Now President Bidens son may go to trial himself. It is in the Special Interest to appoint a Special Counsel. Will legal troubles oversee the election . Plus crunch time. Its political season at the iowa state fair. Give careful consideration to the choice that you will make. With the debate in less than two weeks. The gop should be a party that appreciates a comp tigs of ideas. Who will be on stage . Republican president ial candidate will hurd joins me in moments. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is in shock. The fire that swept through maui this week is now the deadliest u. S. Wildfire in more than 100 years. Officials said last night with at 93 people dead and that figure is tragically expected to only grow. As Emergency Workers uncover more scenes of horror, lines of abandoned, charred car that traced the fury of the flames and fanned by winds of a Hurricane Hundreds of miles away, homes reduced to ash as people ran for their lives some running into the sea where some battled for hours battling fumes and watching their city burn. The ocean off lahaina, hawaii, will also need to be dredged for bodies, one leader said. As those who recover asked desperately for help and information, top Officials Say they are still battling dangerous circumstances on the ground and pledged to give hawaii all of the resources it needs to recover and why to investigate yet island of maui was not more prepared for this disaster. Joining us live from hawaii is sen senator maisi hirono with the director of fema. Senator, thank you so much for joining us. I am so sorry its under the tragic circumstances. You toured the devastation first hand yesterday. What did you see and what did you hear from people on the ground . The entire Historic Town of lahaina burned to the ground. The images of cars totally they have been demolished and we saw a group cars near the ocean, and it is quite clear that the occupants of those cars probably fled into the ocean, and i was told that at least 12 people were rescued from the ocean in that location, but to see all of these charred, totally demolished cars, but the scenes of devastation will stay with me, and that is why i really thank the president for declaring an Emergency Declaration within hours of being asked to do that by the state of hawaii, and i was there with the family federal agencies including the administrator of fema, sba, u. S. Fire, 150 fema people were there and they brought in cadaver dogs to continue the search. What is it like for you on a personal level and on an emotional level to see this kind of destruction and loss of life in your beloved home state. Many of us have stayed in lahaina. I did, too, and it is an iconic town, and so many people went there because it is very, very historic. It was the seat of the monarchy, the capital of the monarchy and there were many Historic Buildings including, i have to say this massive banyan tree, 150 years old, the oldest banyan tree in the country, and my hope is that it is that it will be restored and very importantly, yes, as i said yesterday we are in a period of mourning and loss as we search for more people who are still unaccounted for. Some of them have been found in the shelters. I visited one with some 400 residents sleeping on cots, and we are going to need to provide them with shortterm and longterm house,ing, but we are all there to do that. Ordinary hawaii residents have been mobilizing to support the victims of the fires and fema is there and other Government Agencies. My colleague bill weir is reporting from maui, and hes hearing from people there who are still desperate for more help from the government, people who are wondering where is the navy . Where is the army . Why isnt the military flooding into the region and where are the hospital ships, et cetera . Are you satisfied that Everything Possible is being done to ensure that these hawaiians are getting all of the help they need from the government . I can understand why there is frustration because, as i say, we are in a period of shock and loss. From what i can see the Government Agencies are there and they will set up areas so people can come and people can get their drivers licenses restored and yes, theyll need a lot of help and from what i saw there is a pledge. President biden called me directly to pledge his support because we know that recovery will be long and the resources will be necessary. I have also heard from my senate colleagues. Chuck schumer and others pledging their support. It will take a lot of resources and the focus right now is truly on the recovery, there are still people who are unaccounted for. They need to be identified. There is a call for people to come in to provide dna. So we are in the, still, i would say the initial phases, but we will do everything we can to provide the kind of support that people will need. We are also hearing from hawaiians questions about how this could have happened . There was a statewide assessment released last year saying that the threat to hawaii residents to wildfires was low. A 2021 Maui Report On Wildfire Prevention Efforts found the Fire Department had no actual plan for preventing fires and as youve heard personally many maui residents said they didnt receive any official warnings before it was too late and state officials are acknowledging that none of the 80 warning sirens on maui were ever activated. Why do you think officials were so unprepared for this . Im not going to make any excuses for this tragedy, but the Attorney General has launched a review of what happened with those sirens and some of the other actions that were taken. So that is happening, and there will be time enough, i would say, for those reviews and investigations to occur, but we are really focused, as far as im concerned of the need for rescue and, well, the location of we know, sadly, more bodies, and as we talk with the people with this large place where the residents were that, yes, were going to need to provide a lot of support, and that is why im asking for, and i expect to receive bipartisan support for additional funds that will enable us to recover. That recovery is going take time. It is not going to be overnight by any means. It will take years. This is an entire town that has burned to the ground. Some 11,000 residents live there, and of the tourists who were there, thousands were evacuated to o thatahu, mainly the airlines stepped up to limit their fees and the hotels have also stepped up to provide lodging for our visitors, so i think that we are doing a lot in order to provide the kind of support we need, to be providing, but there will always be the call for more, and my hope and expectation is that all of that will come. Experts warn that extreme disasters such as this one are only becoming more common because Climate Change is fueling stronger storms, hotter temperatures. Yes. More widespread droughts and earlier this week, President Biden incorrectly claimed he was give emergency, given what you see on the ground, do you want President Biden to actually declare a Climate Emergency . I think that we very much need to acknowledge that Climate Change is upon us. There are whole states, by the way, jake, where you cant even use the word Climate Change because they have a hide in the sand attitude. The Inflation Reduction Act provided 300 billion to combat Climate Change and to move us away from continuing reliance on fossil fuels. Yes, there is more that needs to be done and there will be Lessons Learned from this ongoing tragedy for the other counties as well as the county of maui. Clearly, wildfires is an occurrence in hawaii. People dont realize that acres have burneded in hawaii as in so many other states and in percentage of Acreage Burned Hawaii is on par with other states. Theres not enough recognition that we will need to combat these kind of wildfires and weve had situations where the tremendously high winds that were attended to Hurricane Dora just resulted in these flames just leaping and spreading and just just i cant even tell you how fast the flames spread. So we need to be assessing our ability to contend with these kinds of natural occurring disasters which we are seeing more of, and the frequency and the damage that is done, clearly, this is happening all across the world. Yeah. Senator, mazie hirono, we thank you for your time and our thoughts and prayers. Thank you. Go out to the people of hawaii this morning. Thank you so much for being with us. Thank you. For those of you at home looking for ways to help that way Wildfire Victims you can head to cnn. Com impact. Cnn. Com impact where we have a list of vetted resources or you can donate by texting word hawaii hawaii to 707070. Coming up next, shocking new evidence in georgias election interference probe. Well talk to one of Donald Trumps rivals in the president ial race about it next, and a potential Hunter Biden Trial in the middle of his dads campaign . Oversight Committee Democrat dan goldman joins us ahead. Ill be taking meetings. With family and friends. 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Some shocking news just in this morning broken by ed cohen and sara murray in georgias election interference probe. Prosecutors tell cnn that they can connect or sources tell cnn that prosecutors can connect a 2021 Voting System breach to the top levels of Donald Trumps inner circle. Sources tell cnn that atlanta prosecutors have Text Messages and emails that directly connect members of trumps legal team to the 2021 breach of a Voting System in georgias coffey county. This comes as a presentation in georgia is set to start as soon as tomorrow and that could potentially result in a fourth indictment for donald trump. Will hurd, former texas congressman joins us now. Thank you very much for being here. Appreciate it. What is your response . Prosecutors say according to our sources that they have evidence that the trump team was involved in this breach of election equipment. Well, as someone who helped Build Cybersecurity companies, i think this is an example of how this is not about the first amendment. This is about a president trying to overturn an election and creating a conspiracy. This kind of infrastructure is considered Critical Infrastructure and its supposed to be defended. The trump team tried to get access in other places and they went through the Legal Process and courts gave access to some of the information. In this case, they werent getting it so they tried to take it themselves, and to me, its an indication of how fragile our Election System is, and how Donald Trumps efforts were making us increased our lack trust in our systems, and one more example of why donald trump is running for president is because hes trying to stay out of jail because as more of this information comes out, and as the American People recognizes the extent of his baggage, theyre getting sick and tired of it. Do polls indicate that republicans are, though . Because all of the polls ive seen suggest that most republicans believe this lie about the election that has been fed to them by not only donald trump, but fox and other rightwing media and other people on capitol hill who are lying about the election being stolen. Sure. When obviously we know thats not the case. These are the same pollsters that thought issue one in ohio was going to pass, and it ended up getting crushed by 18 . These are the same people in that 2022 said Kevin Mccarthy would have a 40 majority in the house and it ended up in five. Heres the reality, when i crisscross the state whether im in new hampshire, alabama, california, people say youre right, he is running to stay out of prison. Im not questioning his frontrunner status, but what i am saying is that many people dont want to see donald trump or joe biden be the nominees and people are looking for something different, and guess what . If they want to have these things happen and if those people want to see something different, i need them to go to hurd for america. Com and help me get on the debate stage so we can talk about these things and all i need is one dollar ever a r r of a donation to make sure i hit the thresholds. In order to be on the stage you need to hit a Polling Threshold and a donor threshold, 40,000 donor and you need to find the rnc pledge. You think you will hit the polling and donors threshold . Thats correct. Thats correct. Im hoping that at the end of this conversation i can say all of the jake tappers friends watching tv helped me get over the 40,000 threshold by going to hurd for america. Com, but look, jake, i said it ago. Im not going to lie to get access to a meeicrophone and i never signed a contract without making amendments to it and since 2015 ive been the only person in the race that has been critical of donald trump and talked about how hes a National Security threat, and so my goal is to hit all those requirements and force the conversation. Oh, and guess what . Donald trump hasnt even agreed to sign the debate pledge. Donald trump hasnt eaven agree to show up to the debate and it was donald trump and his team that got the rnc to put in his loyalty oath because he wanted the other candidates to bend a knee to him. Im not going to do that. Ive been honest about that and were working hard to hit those other requirements. The pledge says that whoever if you participate in the debate, you will support whoever the nominee is, and youre right, donald trump said yesterday or the day before that theyre, like, three or four people that he would never support, so these expressed skepticism. But that does suggest, though, that donald trump who had said he wouldnt be on the debate stage and is that a Campaign Ender for you . No. A lot can happen in the next ten days and so i want to be able to force that conversation and see what happens. If donald trump doesnt participate, what is the rnc going to do . So there are a lot of variables at play here. My issue is not supporting the republican nominee. My issue is im not going to support donald trump. Donald trump is not running for president to make America Great again. Donald trump is running for president to stay out prison. Would you vote for President Biden over President Trump . My vote is to be for myself and thats plan a and thats what im focused on. I want to ask about hunter biden because a lot of colleagues, including house colleagues of yours are blasting Attorney GeneralMerrick Garlands appointment of Special Counsel david weiss in the hunter biden probe, they claim its a coverup to p