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>> byron: good evening. thank you for a surprising new developments in the investigation of the igation int president's son, hunter biden. attorney general mare irk garland granted special counsel status to the u.s. attorney in charge of the case. here's abc u.s. justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: the president's son under investigation by a special counsel and likely headed to trial. hunter biden still in the investigative crosshairs of federal prosecutors. still clearly in legal jeopardy. >> i'm here today to announce the appointment of david weiss as a special counsel. >> reporter: it was a surprise announcement from attorney general merrick garland, elevating david weiss, the trump-appointed u.s. attorney who had already been investigating hunter biden for five years, to special counsel due to what garland called the extraordinary circumstances of the case. >> this appointment confirms my commitment to provide mr. weiss all the resources he requests.

it also reaffirms that mr. weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently. >> reporter: and then another surprise. weiss telling the court that the chances for a plea deal on the table just two weeks ago have all but disappeared. weiss writing, the parties are at an impasse and the government believes this case will not resolve short of a trial. no plea deal means hunter biden now likely facing prosecution on tax charges in washington, d.c. and california and a gun charge. but hunter biden's team saying that weiss' designation as special counsel doesn't change our understanding of his authority, and they expect a fair resolution not affected by politics. while hunter biden's supporters suggest he's being unfairly targeted because he's the president's son, many on the right have criticized weiss for being too lenient. tonight, some republicans saying, naming a special counsel

is the right move. >> i think it's about time. that we saw the appointment of a special counsel to get to the bottom of not only what hunter biden was doing but the biden was family. the american people deserve answers, and i welcome it. >> reporter: others skeptical. >> nobody in their right mind believes that making him a special counsel, mr. weiss, cleans up the mess that's been created. >> byron: our thanks to pierre. devastating and deadly wildfires in maui, hawaii. the full scope of the worst disaster in the state's history coming into focus as people return to the scorched remains of their homes and as the desperate search for those loved ones continues for the third day. here's abc's becky worley. >> i'm in a car president's son, hunter biden. attorney general merrick garland granted special counsel status to the us attorney in charge of the case. here's abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> tonight, the president's son now under investigation by a special counsel and likely headed to trial. hunter biden still in the investigative crosshairs of federal prosecutors, sti it is just a swath swath of black. dust and ash for a town once

lush with pine trees and life. this is all that's left. unreal. this is the first time some are being allowed back into parts of lahaina town. so many wanting in, the roads here gridlocked with limited access. large areas still too dangerous to visit. in many areas, no power no internet, no way to communicate in certain parts of the damage zone. authorities are still trying to locate as many as 1,000 people. so far, the fires killed at least 67 people. the deadliest disaster since hawaii became a state. that number expected to continue to rise. i went into lahaina today, a place where i spent big parts of my childhood. i was part of a caravan carrying supplies. once there, i met kanani adolfo, a native hawaiian who was using her day off to volunteer, bringing donations to the area. >> people are showing up to houses, are people home, not home, what do they need? the community and island coming

together. >> reporter: yesterday she talked with oprah when she came to one of the evacuation centers with relief supplies. >> i finally got to break down because she's the first person that asked me, how am i doing? no one's asked me that because i have to be strong. i broke down to her because i knew she's going to be there, she's our big person here for the islands. she's going to get us the help we need. >> reporter: it was easy to see how badly these supplies were needed. >> your brain can't process what happened and how it happened so fast. it's yeah, very heartbreaking. it's like, it's hard to go to sleep. then when you wake up, it all floods back to you. >> reporter: for laila and torgersen and her husband, she's days have been torture. laila was born and raised in lahaina, her mom, one of the missing. >> i'm hoping and praying that someone picked her up. she's a strong lady, so i'm assuming she found her way. but it's been three days. >> reporter: the 29-year-old is pregnant with her first child.

laila's determined to keep hope that her mom is okay. >> i know she wouldn't make me wait, being pregnant. i know she'd probably do everything she could to relay that she is okay. >> reporter: while she waits for answers, she's collecting and delivering donations today, giving her something positive to focus on. >> when you get to your mom and you do reunite with her, what is your plan and your hope? >> first of all, i'm going to be very, like, why didn't you get ahold of me sooner? then i'm going to hug her and probably not stop hugging her for a while. of black dust and r a town once lush with palm trees and life. >> this is all that's left. it unreal. this is the first time some are being allowed back into parts of lahaina town. so many wanting in the roads here gridlocked with limited access, large areas still too dangerous to visit in many areas. no power, no internet and no way to communicate in certain parts of i've been so hopeful this whole time. >> the view from the waterfront boats docked right along front street. >> i've been asking my friends for clothes, especially for the

babies. >> reporter: johanna and leo are just seeing what happened to their home. they escaped with their two kids, the house is now just rubble. >> it's crazy. we don't know how we're going to live, we don't know how to start over again. >> reporter: outside the evacuation zone, survival is often dependent on the kindness of others. the war memorial center here in center maui has become a relief center. supplies, clothing, toys piling up. in the shade, air mattresses are packed with exhausted evacuees. all this thanks to neighboring helping neighbors. this maui food bank truck driving through lahaina to bring supplies. >> it feels good to help. it's sad, but it feels good to help. >> reporter: a team effort to unload at this releach site. and one nurse practitioner preparing to race out. >> we heard there's people down there that have a lot of burn wounds. we're going to see if they're still there, what they need what we can do. >> reporter: in some places,

water is the easiest way kaulani delivering supplies to west in lahaina shows just how power powerful the fire was charring even the boats docked right along front street. >> i've been asking my friends for, like, clothes, especially for the babies. >> johanna and leo are just seeing what happened to their home. they escaped with their two kids. the house is now just rubble. >> it's crazy. it's we don't know how we're going to l have o ferry bags they got some tempor housing up in there. set up with some food lines. >> reporter: shelters here are overcrowded. the governor now turning to residents to open their homes to help. >> if you have additional space in your home, if you have the capacity to take someone in from west maui please do. >> i got within two blocks of my house, and everything was engulfed in flames. >> reporter: watching her house burn down, escaping with her twin 12-year-olds. she's processing what's happened and what's been lost. >> no warning. we're supposed to get on your cell phone evacuation notices,

alerts. we got nothing. nothing, not one alert to evacuate. >> reporter: hawaii officials telling the associated press there are no emergency management records indicating maui's warning sirens were activated tuesday when the fires began. officials did send alerts to cell phones, tvs, and radio stations. but many people say they never got them. the fire chief, asked about those alerts. >> our department is not responsible for that, the fire that day moved so quickly -- from where it started in the brush to where it moved into the neighborhood, communications back to those who make those notifications are physically nearly impossible. >> reporter: at maui high school, people in search of their missing loved ones are checking out this massive list. the list of all the people found so far. everyone hoping that list will keep growing. despite the devastation, there are tiny signs of hope in the rubble. my colleague, wil carr, ran into tyler stanley. >> where did you find this guy? >> right down the road. >> where was he? >> it was walking around in the

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conflicts and why the past continue to haunt the present. and want to warn you, some of these images are disturbing when you hear that siren, you know the sound of the police that for african americans in so many people in this country, they have to get a little nervous. it's a sound that evokes the complicated relationship between law enforcement and black america. >> a number of people understand after george floyd is killing, that there's a problem. but they didn't understand why. >> sound of the police. a new documentary directed by oscar nominated an emmy award winning filmmaker stanley nelson and co-director valerie schoon. it opens with the case of a mere lock. >> we thank you all for being here because you're a part of a fraternity. nobody wants to be a part of. we wanted to, in some ways, begin at the ending of amir lock's life and then take you back and show you all the

historical reasons why that might have happened. and this young man might have been killed . >> i can't facetime with my son , but can that officer still facetime with his can that chief of police still facetime with theirs? can mayor frye still facetime with theirs? all i have is memories. >> amir lock was a 22 year old black man sleeping when he was fatally shot by a swat officer in annapolis, executing a no knock search warrant, part of a string of high profile cases of black men and women killed by police. a list that includes tyree nichols, brianna taylor, george floyd. >> we wanted the film to be not only in the present day with the problems that we're dealing with with the police, but we also wanted to tell the historical story of the police. we thought that that it's important to go backwards and really center the

viewer in the historical record to fully understand what happened to them. >> sounds of the police takes viewers on a tour of american history in the south, slave patrols were essentially the only form of policing that existed early on. >> they emerged about 1704 in the carolinas, and they were used very specifically to patrol racial boundaries. >> the film argues the roots of modern policing can be traced back to slave catchers if patrol caught an enslaved person without a pass, they could use any amount of terror and violence really to inflict their will. >> if you weren't in your proper place. >> when the patty roller come, they lash you till you were black and blue. >> terror across the south primarily consisted of mob violence of white citizens. >> this could take the form of middle of the night snatching

someone from their home or from a jail cell. many police departments and sheriff's offices did not protect the black community, and in fact, it participated in lynchings in some cases. >> you see an officer there at a lynching or perhaps even the handcuffs on the individual from law enforcement. then as police forces organized violent tactics persisted through the middle of the 20th century, drop that person. >> get your hands up. get him up. get your hands up. let go. >> it's getting tired of being pushed around by you like that's all. >> how pushed around? >> how badly in what way? get about in all kind of ways. >> just stopping us on the street, kicking in the doors, taking down the police station. you're kicking your teeth in. >> nelson says the police violence took on a new form with the beating of rodney king by los angeles police officers in 1991. it began as a high speed

chase, according to we all saw the beating because it was broad cast. >> and then, i mean, for so many people, it was the first time it was like, oh, my god. and seeing that rodney king, the rodney king beating as horrible as it was, was the start of us saying, okay, you know, there is a problem. >> what was previously in the shadows now was broadcast for all the world to see for nelson and schoon, this complex relationship goes beyond the officer's skin color. the research is clear that that black police officers was treat black citizens the same as other police officers. >> treat black citizens. put your hands behind your back. >> okay. i'm gonna knock your. >> you guys are really doing a lot right now. >> and that points to the fact that the issue here is really more systemic and that matters more than the complexion of the individual officer. >> one of the things we wanted

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