A search for answers. The atf now in maui investigating what sparked a catastrophic wildfire, as crews search for more than a thousand people still missing. And in the aftermath of the disaster, a top Emergency Management official stepping down even as he defends the response to the fires. Plus, delay, delay, delay. Donald trumps legal team testing the limits of that legal strategy, proposing to start one of his special counsel trials in april of 2026. Will the judge buy their reasons for the setback . And serious skepticism from the white house to the pentagon about ukraines current strategy and where kyiv is targeting its fight against russia. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. We start this afternoon with major growing questions on the cause and the response to the deadly maui wildfires. Right now, the atfs National Response team is joining the investigation. The death toll remains at 111. But a thousand people
Quarter final against colombia, keira walsh speaks to us about her injury and quick recovery at the womens world cup. Good evening. We go to Great Lengths to hide what we do, even from our children. The words of a Serving Officer in the Police Service of Northern Ireland, where there is shock and anger about the safety of staff after details such as the name, role and work location of every individual were accidentally published online. More than 300 Police Officers were murdered in Northern Ireland during the 30 years of violence known as the troubles, and officers fear that republican paramilitaries might use the details to plot new attacks against them. The psni has apologised and blamed human error for the leak. And tonight a second data breach involving the theft of a laptop and documents has emerged. Our ireland correspondent chris page reports. Police everywhere deal with danger. In this part of the uk, the risks are especially stark. Members of the Police Service of Northern Ir
right now on msnbc, we re following several breaking news stories. any moment now we re expecting police in rochester, new york, to give an update on a deadly crash yesterday outside a concert. the concerns it could have been an act of terror. plus, dramatic video out of japan, terrifying moments as a passenger jet bursts into flames. take a look at that after colliding with a coast guard aircraft on the runway. and miraculously hundreds escaped alive. also ahead, new year, new legal challenges for the former president. the high stakes hearing one week from today as he tries to claim presidential immunity. there is now just 13 days until iowa caucuses. we re live as republicans barnstorm the state ahead of the first in the nation contest. hey, everybody. good morning to you. happy new year. it is 10:00 a.m. in the east. i m yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera. we bring with dramatic video out of japan, showing a passenger jet engulfed in flames after colliding with a
mass shooter. heart pounding footage is now taking us inside that louisville bank body cams rolling as officers rushed towards the gunfire, one official saying. there s only a few people in this country that can do what they did this morning. the killer s family is giving insight into his mental health challenges. will donald trump s sexual assault trial be delayed? the former president s attorneys are now using his historic hush money indictment. as a reason to postpone the assault and defamation case that trial now just 13 days away. this smoke is definitely toxic and alarming warning from officials after this huge fire break saturday recycling plant in indiana, thousands of people ordered to leave their homes. they say this could burn for days. these stories and more here on cnn news, central. alright let s get right to richmond, indiana, and the eastern part of that state. there was a press conference moments ago about this huge fire toxic fire at a recycling plant there.
it was all surreal, it still is. things like that don t happen to small town people. i was very scared, i was worried that i was going to be next. he was the friendly former about to make it big on reality tv. he loved being on tv. a success to celebrate after so much loss, his first wife killed in an awful of fire. i was devastated this is my sister she was just this sweet giving person. they called it a horrible accident, but here is the thing. accidents just seemed to keep happening, deadly ones. these things kept coming up, intuitions that something wasn t right. wife number two had a growing suspicion. and she also had a plan. i had actually watched an episode of dateline and i had a revelation. a dangerous mission, was her own life at risk? this is a mystery that won t and, you couldn t write the story. hello and welcome to dateline. the death of a young mother in my house fire was almost too much for her family to bear. then, years later another d