At least six dead in catastrophic Hawaii wildfires

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Violent and explosive wildfires fueled by strong winds from a hurricane hit parts of Hawaii. It is a situation so sudden and catastrophic that local officials say a dozen people ran into the ocean to try to escape the flames. Plus, more than a dozen people could soon be indicted as early as next week in the Georgia 2020 election interference probe. Also, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joins to discuss how food prices, gas prices, and inflation are all on the rise as Wall Street watches for key inflation data. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hawaii's governor says he expects loss of life from his state's apocalyptic wildfires.
0:07.7	The lead starts right now.
0:10.2	States of dire emergency, unprecedented wildfires, prompting evacuations and parts of Hawaii,
0:16.5	some locals opting to jump in the water.
0:19.5	As rescuers raised to save lives, we're standing by to hear from Hawaiian officials any minute.
0:24.7	And escalating the 2020 election case in Fulton County, Georgia, sources telling CNN
0:28.8	more than a dozen people could soon be indicted.
0:31.8	As early as next week, will Donald Trump be among them?
0:35.2	Plus, food prices, gas prices, inflation all on the rise, Senator Elizabeth Warren will
0:40.8	be here.
0:41.8	We'll talk to her about what President Biden is doing right and doing wrong on the economy.
0:51.2	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and we start this hour with the breaking news
0:54.8	violent and explosive wildfires in Hawaii, fueled by strong winds from a hurricane 800 miles
1:01.2	away.
1:02.2	It is a situation so sudden and so catastrophic.
1:06.5	On Maui, local officials say at least a dozen people ran into the ocean to try to escape
1:11.9	the flames and they went out so far they then had to be rescued.
1:15.0	Hawaii's governor says hundreds of families have been displaced and quote some loss of life
1:19.8	is expected.
1:20.8	Well, cell towers in 911 are out of service on Maui's heart hit west side, compounding
1:26.6	the difficulty for rescuers.
1:28.7	Right now we're awaiting a news conference, expected any moment from officials in Hawaii
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