criticism in recent days over his decision not to activate maui's emergency sirens as the wildfires were spreading. the national weather service has upgraded hurricane hilary to a category 3 storm. heavy rain is expected from mexico and the southwestern u.s. this weekend. if it makes landfall in california, it would be the first hurricane to hit the state since 1858. and the women's world cup final will be held in sydney, australia, on sunday. the match pits spain against england. both nations are looking for their first women's world cup. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's friday, august 18th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." sudden resignation. maui's emergency management chief is out after growing outrage at the response to last week's deadly wildfire.

the latest on the ground as teams work to identify the more than 110 people dead. delayed justice. former president trump's legal team asks a judge to push back the start of his federal trial for election interference charges. when he's requesting to be in the courtroom. and cracking down. los angeles police say they have a new tactic for combating a growing number of brazen high-end robberies. good morning, i'm wendy gillette in for anne-marie green. in hawaii, a top maui emergency official has resigned after he faced tough questions about his response to last week's deadly wildfires. the official death toll remains at 111 people but is expected to increase dramatically over the weekend. hundreds are still missing as survivors try to put their lives back together. danya bacchus has the latest from maui. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, wendy.

as the painstaking search for victims continues, an official with fema tells cbs news that most of the victims have been found in their homes and in their beds. this morning, a top emergency official is out, and there will be a review of how emergency officials responded. maui's emergency services chief, herman andaya, has resigned citing health reasons a day after rejecting criticism for not activating sirens as the wildfires swept into lahaina. >> do you regret not sounding the sirens? >> i -- i do not. >> reporter: new footage shows the widespread destruction caused by the deadliest u.s. wildfire in over a century. on the ground, rescue teams with cadaver dogs are still searching for hundreds of victims, many believed to be children. >> the devastation is so severe, the remains that we're finding are almost unrecognizable. multiple generations living in singular homes. >> reporter: as recovery efforts continue, hawaii's attorney

general announced there will be an independent review to assess how state and county agencies prepared and responded to the wildfires. officials are also sounding alarms on scammers looking to make money off the tragedy. hawaiian actor jason momoa posted this warning to his social media followers -- >> there has been some people on instagram pretending to be me asking for money, pure evil. >> reporter: the american red cross has set up relief sites around the island, and local grassroots organizations are also stepping up to help. >> our community pulls together strong and supports each other. >> reporter: fema has opened recovery centers where those affected by the wildfires can apply for federal aid. at least 1,000 people are still unaccounted for, and with the death toll at 111 only a handful of victims have been identified. officials say it could take months, possibly even years before all of the remains are

identified. the fbi is now assisting with that process. wendy? >> heartbreaking. danya bacchus in maui, thank you. firefighters in canada are battling to prevent a raging wildfire there from reaching the city of yellowknife, the capital of the country's northwest territories. the slow-moving fire could reach the outskirts of the city by tomorrow. officials are concerned that strong winds could push the flames toward the only highway leading away from the fire. all 20,000 residents are under an evacuation order. many fled in their vehicles while others lined up at evacuation centers waiting to be flown to the neighboring province of alberta. this is canada's worst fire season on record. there have been almost 6,000 fires in the country this year. more than 1,000 fires are burning now. now to the pacific coast off mexico where hurricane hilary is gaining strength. it's now a category-four major hurricane. it's packing maximum sustained winds of 140 mile-per-hour.

it's barreling toward mexico's baja, california, experience, -- peninsula and the popular tourist spot of los cabos. it could make landfall in that area by sunday. hillary may produce flash flooding and landslides as early as tonight. it could bring heavy rain this weekend to an area stretching from bakersfield, california, to parts of arizona and nevada. no tropical storm has made landfall in southern california in 84 years. lawyers for former president donald trump are asking a judge to delay the start of his federal trial on charges of plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. they want the trial to begin in april of 2026. the justice department wants it to start in january of next year. authorities in georgia are investigating threats made against the grand jurors who indicted trump and 18 others this week. their names, which are public record, were posted on line along with other personal information. cbs news has learned the

suspected mastermind of the september 11th terror attacks and four other defendants could avoid the death penalty in a possible plea deal. as scott macfarlane reports, details were sent to relatives of some of those killed, sparking outrage. >> reporter: for families who lost loved ones on 9/11, it's been an excruciating wait for the trial of suspected mastermind khalid sheikh muhammed and four other accused plotters. >> it's more heart broken. >> reporter: there's fresh outrage for kristen breitweiser whose husband died in the world trade center after the pentagon sent this letter to families revealing plea deals are being considered in which the five men would accept criminal responsibility for their actions and plead guilty in exchange for not receiving the death penalty. >> i thought i lived in the united states of america. i thought we were a nation based upon the rule of law, and obviously that's turned out not to be the case. >> reporter: the prosecutions of the 9/11 defendants at guantanamo bay held in military tribunals have been delayed for years, mainly complicated by the cia's interrogation of the

suspects that critics called torture. and whether the evidence extracted is admissible in court. a defense lawyer for one of the accused plotters told cbs' catherine herridge last year a plea deal would end the impasse. >> he is willing to plead guilty, serve a long sentence at guantanamo, in exchange for medical care for his torture and taking the death penalty off the table. >> reporter: that doesn't satisfy brad blakeman who lost his nephew, tommy jurgen, in the world trade center. >> we were told and promised that we would bring these people responsible to justice, and we expect that happen to happen. >> reporter: through the years there have been proposals to move the trials from military tribunals to civilian court. but that idea faced stiff resistance in congress, worried about the security and the costs of moving cases out of gitmo. scott macfarlane, cbs news, washington. breaking overnight, an hours' long standoff involving a man linked to wounding four law

enforcement officers is over. the 34-year-old suspect surrendered after barricading himself in a house in harris county, texas, yesterday. it's about six miles from where a sheriff's deputy was shot and wounded wednesday during a traffic stop. three other law enforcement officers were shot and wounded when they approached the home. they're all expected to be okay. the suspect surrendered by clinging to the arm of a heavy vehicle authorities used to puncture a hole in the house. los angeles is taking a new tactic in an effort to crack down on a wave of flash mob robberies at shopping malls and other businesses. so far this month, l.a. area retailers have lost more than $1 million in stolen merchandise. tina patel of our cbs los angeles station has more. >> reporter: in the last two weeks, a spike in flash mob robberies in at least a dozen high-end stores has prompted the city of l.a. to take action and launch a new organized retail task force to crack down on gang-led crime.

organized retail thefts including smash and grabs and grab and gos at shops including nike, gucci, and the brazen robbery at a nordstrom where more than $300,000 worth of luxury items were stolen, just some of the recent incidents. >> no angeleno should feel like it is not safe to go shopping in los angeles. >> reporter: there have been about 170 organized retail thefts in the last two years, and this is not only a problem here. across the country, shoplifting and organized retail theft cost retailers an estimated $69 billion a year. despite a new federal law preventing the sale of stolen goods on line, some still make it to online markets. >> when these real high-end crimes are taking place of purses that might cost $10,000 or $25,000, they're being sold on line. >> reporter: online retailer ebay partners with law enforcement to flag stolen goods. >> it's where we work

proactively and collaboratively with retailers to identify types of goods that may be stolen and work with law enforcement to bring prosecution to people that may be committing crimes. >> that was tina patel reporting. coming up, a pay hike for ride-share drivers. drivers in minneapolis may soon get paid minimum wage. and later, lionel messi speaks out. why the soccer star has no regrets about coming to america. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ zyrtec! ♪ works hard at hour one and twice as hard when you take it again the next day. so betty can be the... barcode beat conductor. let's be more than our allergies! and for fast, allergy relief with a powerful decongestant, try zyrtec-d. rsv is in for a surprise. meet arexvy. ( ♪♪ ) the first fda-approved rsv vaccine. arexvy is used to prevent lower respiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older.

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we made it to friday. thank you so much for joining us this morning. it is friday, august 18th. >> all right, let's get started. she was excited for me. so -- going to be all good. >> moved to tears on move in day. college kids on campus, some away from home for the first time. i can't imagine like -- how people are coping at this time. >> campus is a community. and cal state east bay is helping hawaii. but not everyone's heart is