jessica kartalija, cbs news, maui. >>> the united states has reached a rare deal with iran. tehran will free five imprisoned americans in exchange for the u.s. releasing billions of dollars in frozen funds. cbs news foreign affairs correspondent margaret brennan has details. >> reporter: as the first step of president biden's deal with iran, these five americans were transferred from tehran's notorious evan prison to house arrest. secretary of state antony blinken -- >> my belief is that this is the beginning of the end of their nightmare. >> reporter: the prisoners may be back on u.s. soil as soon as september. for years, the detainees' families have urged president biden to just bring their loved ones home. >> my dad's just a dad. like let him come home. >> reporter: businessman emad shargi was taken in 2018. so was environmentalist marad tobaz, another man imprisoned in 2015 today called past eight years horrific. two other americans whose names are withheld will also be released. the breakthrough comes amid tension. earlier this summer the u.s. sent additional warships a

cbs' jessica kartalija has more from maui. >> reporter: good morning to you. officials here on the island of maui are urging anyone who's still missing loved ones to please go out and get a dna test. the police chief says while they are going as quickly as possible, they are recovering these victims with respect and what they call aloha. search and rescue teams are going door to door in hard-hit lahaina with dozens confirmed dead and hundreds missing after last week's tragic wildfires. >> our people are suffering. we continue to work to find them. >> i heard terrifying screams. >> reporter: lahaina resident craig bradley captured this view. -- this video of the fire before escaping his home. >> i saw it going up and was like, i got to get out of here. that's when i ran back to my house, and i threw a few things in my car. >> reporter: with flames moving closer, bradley rescued two people who were trying to get away on a motorcycle. >> like motorcycle won't start. and so there's a chance that if i hadn't been there and waited until the last second i wouldn't ha

>> jessica kartalija in maui. thanks. >>> as the area looks to recover, there are now mounting questions about how this tragedy happened and wiped out nearly an entire town. jonathan vigliotti talked to the fire chief about why residents say they had little to no heads-up from officials before the blaze engulfed the city. >> reporter: before the flames, there were warning signs as 80 mile-per-hour winds whiplashed power lines. >> heads-up, the lightning is live on the ground. >> reporter: for several hours, hawaii officials did not shut down the power or stage fire crews out of caution. soon the fire sparked, then exploded. the flames spreading a mile a minute all while warning sirens sat silent. investigators are trying to determine if power lines caused the fire. >> let's go! >> reporter: amid the ashes, there is anger. could a few extra minutes have given residents a chance to flee before the fire engulfed lahaina? >> we've spoken with so many survivors who say there were no evacuations issued, no text alerts,

jessica kartalija is live in maui this morning once again for us.rs we're also seeing a lot of frustration lot of people are saying what could have happened leading up to the disaster may have averted italtogether. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. there is a lot of scrutiny over how the government handled this situation. meanwhile, here on the island of maui, recovery efforts continue and the police chief says that today they will again releasing the names of those victims who have been positively identified by family members. desperate west maui residents waited in long lines for hours for a pass to get temporary access to their homes. >> i don't know how it's going to be because we don't have no housing or whatnot. so -- we just hope for the best. >> reporter: in lahaina, search operations are stepping up with more than 1,000 people still unaccounted for. >> they will find 10 to 20 people per day probably until they finish. >> reporter: hawaiian officials are facing criticism over the failure to use those warning systems and for not cutting the elec

jessica kartalija is there in maui with the latest on the island's recovery efforts. jessica, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, wendy. those recovery efforts are going to take quite some time, but it's really the emotional toll that we are seeing here on the island where people tell us they are still in shock. news cameras followed fema teams on their painstaking search and recovery mission in west maui. >> if we don't do our job, then the families can't get any closure. we just push through. that's all. >> reporter: this wildfire survivor is hoping his stepfather's remains are at this forensic facility. >> i just want to identify his body and put him at rest. >> reporter: the lahaina bypass road will open during the day, allowing residents a chance to temporarily return home. >> we're trying to get back to normal so that people's lives can begin to in some ways be reconnected to the other side of the island. >> looked like a movie. and then plenty black smoke coming out. >> reporter: armando haro and his family escaped but lost their home in the inferno,

jessica kartalija is live again for us in maui where a lot of people are talking about getting back to their homes while also balancing some pretty difficult news this morning. jess? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. and those recovery efforts are very difficult because of all of the victims out there. and of course there's just not a whole lot that's still standing. and of course this morning, the big news here in maui is that many of the victims are believed to be children. news cameras followed fema teams on their painstaking search and recovery mission in west maui. >> if we don't do our job, then the families can't get any closure. we just push through. that's all. >> reporter: this wildfire survivor is hoping his stepfather's remains are at this forensic facility. >> i just want to identify his body and put him at rest. >> reporter: the lahaina bypass road will open during the day. allowing residents a chance to temporarily return home. >> we're trying to get back to normal so that people's lives can begin to, in some ways, be reconnected to the other side of the island. >> looks li

jessica kartalija is live in maui this morning.seeing some frustration, people wondering why this happened in the first place and if it couldn't have been prevented. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. people are wondering why the alarm never sounded warning people to get out. the recovery efforts continue this morning as the police chief of maui tells us that they are going -- has quickly as they can but this process is going to take quite a bit of time. desperate west maui residents bathed in long lines for hours. >> i don't know how it's going to be. because we don't have no housing or whatnot. so. we just hope for the best. >> reporter: in lahaina, search operations are stepping up with more than 1,000 people still unaccounted for. >> they will find 10 to 20 people per day probably. until they finish. >> reporter: hawaiian officials are facing criticism over the failure to use those warning systems. and for not cutting the electricity which may have sparked the blaze. an investigation is now under way to determine if a could bed pow