it is now the deadliest wildfire in modern american history. hawaii's island of maui, reduced

to these ashes as officials begin to truly assess the damage and the death, hear what survivors have to say about starting to rebuild. all eyes on the possibility of a fourth criminal indictment. why the former president's allies could be used against him. a new mob robbery striking california how officials are promising to retaliate. >> i'm rooted in, you know, the love of, that i receive from my family, my teammates, you know, and the love all around the world. >> that love being felt in buffalo, new york this weekend we'll show you damar hamlin's triumphant return to the field and start your dachshund we take you to the finish line to meet the fastest dachshund in chicago. "early today" starts right now >> good morning, and thanks for

being with us. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm jessica layton. we begin with what is now the deadliest wildfire in modern american history the death toll in maui has climbed to 93, and they've only just begun to search into the 2,000 homes and buildings that have been destroyed. our tom llamas is on the island and speaking with survivors. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]! >> reporter: this is what it looked and felt like escaping the lahaina wildfire >> we have to leave! >> reporter: this new video showing the sheer panic, as a family stuck in a line of cars had minutes to escape before the flames engulfed the road out >> this is a disaster. >> reporter: this drive throughy made it out alive. >> it got to our homes within seconds. >> reporter: with the fast-moving fire closing in on his home, ochoa heroically

grabbed both his kids and his friend's children. their parents were at work and scrambled everyone out >> did you hear any alarm? >> no sign, nothing that we had to evacuate. not even police rolling by, telling us to evacuate or anything >> reporter: the desperation of those chilling moments, now turning to anger >> where were you guys to try to get us out evacuate us? no we're mad. we're mad. we didn't just lose our homes. we lost our town lost history, you know our kids are traumatized you guys messed up, real bad >> reporter: hawaii emergency officials have said sirens on the island weren't activated during the fire. though other alerts by phone and broadcast were >> having seen that storm, we have we have doubts that much could have been done with a

fiery, fast-moving fire like that >> the scale of the devastating loss now unprecedented in modern times. the deadliest wildfire in the oust in more than 100 years, claiming at least 93 lives >> just so you know, 3%. that's what's been searched with the dogs 3% when he would pick up the remains and they fall apart, and so when you have 200 people running through the scene yesterday, i don't know how much more you want me to describe it. that's what you're stepping on >> reporter: as fema and the governor survey the damage, search teams with cadaver dogs that just arrived to maui now scouring the ruins of historic lahaina again. are you saying we're just at the beginning of this disaster >> for the first few days we had done searches in the streets and the cars that were in the area, but we couldn't enter any structures my police officers are trained to go chase bad guys, respond to robberies, take reports, but

t they're not trained to enter smoldering structures to look for human remains. >> reporter: questions are also mounting over the cause of the blaze which is still under investigation, with fbi evidence recovery teams now on scene. and a new class action lawsuit alleges the destruction could have been avoided if the utility company had de-energized its power lines ahead of the high-wind weather. in a statement, hawaiian electric saying the utility doesn't comment on pending litigation, adding in part that high-wind protocols were followed and at this early stage no cause for the fire has been determined >> this is joelle and adella >> reporter: for hundreds of families, the focus remains their missing loved ones and now a demand for answers >> we're not leaving none of us are leaving we're going to rebuild our town and make it better >> and our thanks to tom for that report. georgia prosecutor fani willis will bring more witnesses

before a grand jury this week as a potential fourth indictment looms over former president trump. after months of anticipation, willis is widely expected to wrap up the case for bringing charges against trump and his allies over alleged interference in the 2020 election ali rafah has more >> reporter: is there any chance you'd take a plea deal, in georgia? former president trump campaigning in iowa this weekend. unfazed by the prospect of a fourth criminal indictment this week, all eyes are on fulton county, georgia, where district attorney fani willis will likely go before a grand jury to make her case that the former president and his allies broke the law when they pressured officials to overturn the state's election results >> i just want to find, uh 11,780 votes >> reporter: trump lashing out over willis over the weekend calling her racist and the probe

a fund raising con job two people close to the probe confirm they've been called to appear tuesday before a grand jury >> saturday afternoon i received a phone call from the d.a.'s office, one of their investigators, to tell me that i should come in tuesday >> reporter: cheedy providing this image of what he says was a secret meeting at the state capital. >> i was told it was an education meeting which is very apparently now not what was happening there. >> reporter: trump isn't the only one in jeopardy legal experts say prosecutors may use a georgia organized crime law to potentially charge more than a dozen of his allies. >> they don't want to take the risk of going to jail for five years, and they may decide to flip and cooperate with the government against donald trump. >> reporter: cameras are barred

from federal courtrooms, but state laws are different and georgia largely allows them, meaning the former president's potential arraignment could be televised. >> lots of eyes on that, ali, thank you. two boat crashes happened mile's wa miles away from each other in texas. on friday on lake travis boat and jet ski crashed. they were unable to revive one victim and one teen and four others are missing after a boat ran aground on lake austin authorities say the rescue efforts for the missing person has switched to a recovery mission. officials say the crash happened after a boat went over another boat's wake and lost control a pennsylvania suburb was rocked by a deadly blast saturday morning

officials say fiveve peoplple, adultsts a and onene teenager, killed in that house explosion in the town of plum on saturday, about 20 miles northeast of pittsburgh the blast sent shockwaves throughout neighborhood, blowing out nearby windows and lighting other homes on fire. county officials are currently investigating the cause of the explosion and note that further information is not expected for quote, quite some time the victims have yet to be identified three others were taken to nearby hospitals following the incident two pilots are recovering after a dramatic plane crash in michigan they were able to eject, just moments before the vintage fighter jet plummeted into the parking lot of an apartment complex. the crash happened at the thunder over michigan air show yesterday afternoon. witnesses captured a black cloud of smoke rising from the crash scene. both pilots were rescued and expected to be okay. the cause is under investigation. a state of emergency has been declared in perry, michigan

after an ef-1 tornado touched down there friday. the national weather service confirmed winds of more than 95 miles per hour which you can see caused pretty extensive damage to homes and businesses. fortunately, so far, there have been no reports of serious injuries caused by that storm. >> so much extreme weather. and fernanda is churning in the pacific after reaching hurricane status last night. apr angie, good morning >> we've got a couple spots queer' co we're keep ago eye on. we've got a newly-formed tropical depression eight. this is going to continue to move westerly. we're expecting it to become a tropical storm in the next couple days. we also have a tropical disturbance that is a little farther to the south and east of hurricane fernanda this does have a 40% chance of developing into a tropical depression here over the next couple days, but we can see down the line here a tropical

depression forming, too. how about what we're watching with fernanda. expected to become a category four hurricane it's undergoing rapid intensification. we could see underlying impacts for folks in hawaii in the coming days, but that's throughout the week that whole va we'll have to monitor. as we look ahead to this afternoon, we'll see the midouth san antonio heads to 104 plenty of sunshine and a high of 103 in houston and that's a look at your forecast, ladies, back over to you. >> all right, angie, thank you

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