jonathan vigliotti from cbs news is on the island of maui and joins us now. le being looked after? jane, this morning on the island a growing sense of desperation, people are desperate to get off the island, others are desperate to return back to their homes, and then there are those that i desperately trying to get in touch with their family members who at this hour are still missing. we are talking right now thousands of people who have been evacuated, many of them, as you heard in richard's piece, are stranded at the airport, tourists looking to get off the island. but then there are thousands of residents who are currently being sheltered in temporary shelters. the governor is calling on all residents here who have homes to open up their doors to some of these evacuees and also asking hotels to make their rooms available to them. resources here on the island have been incredibly stretched thin and right now it is all hands on deck. the military has been brought into the island. they are searching and looking for any of the missing and also we can tell you

. >>> i'm jonathan vigliotti in lahaina.s people return home to what little is left, officials are now coming under fire for their emergency response. >> reporter: i'm carter evans. this island thrives on tourism and now they're leaving in droves. >>> also tonight, fair game. leading republicans take on the iowa state fair, each other, and the president's son. >> i'd like to see them get more mileage out of that hunter biden investigation. we want to see results. >>> in suburban pittsburgh, a house explodes, setting other homes on fire. in france, notre dame rebuilds, its new spire set to rise again. >>> returning to play, damar hamlin takes the field seven months after leaving a game near death. >>> and later, one nfl player surprising side hustle. why he's delivering for doordash. >> enjoy, guys. >> announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. >>> good evening. tonight, there is a desperate and intensifying search for the missing on maui. right now they number nearly 1,000 people. at least 80 are

. >> jonathan vigliotti, thank you. >>> there are signs tonight that donald trump is preparing to surrender in georgia for racketeering and other charges related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. cbs's robert costa reports the former president's lawyers today agreed to a $200,000 bond as part of his release conditions. >> reporter: the bond agreement made public after former president trump's legal team met inside fulton county district attorney fani willis' offices, set strict rules for trump's release after his expected surrender later this week, saying he shall make no direct or indirect threat against any co-defendant or witness. several of trump's 18 co-defendants also agreed to bond terms today, including his former lawyer john eastman, one of the alleged architects of the plan to overturn the 2020 election. despite four indictments and 91 charges against him, trump's lead over his gop rivals continues to grow. new cbs polling shows a 46-point advantage over florida governor ron desantis, the only other candidate in double digits. trump pointed to his dominance in the cbs

we have team coverage of the disasters, and cbs' jonathan vigliotti will start us off. ng, jonathan. >> reporter: the town has reopened and thousands are returning to scenes of devastation like this. they've also found a local emergency response that sources tell us have hampered the recovery effort. with the death toll mounting, the road to recovery is long and painful. >> it's haunting to live, i feel the sorrow in the way they passed. >> reporter: the massive fire that tore through lahaina at a mile a minute stopped right at her property line. everything south of her home was torched. what separated you from this fate? >> i don't know. >> reporter: she evacuated before the worst of the fire storm hit. when you saw your neighborhood looking like this, what went on in your mind? >> i have yet to hear the stories of the people who ran for their lives, we're so grateful. >> reporter: we're on the main road through town, this is the devastation we're seeing. miles and miles of destruction, entire neighborhoods reduced to ash. 80% of this community was destroyed and so many

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jonathan vigliotti reports. >> reporter: as flames ripped through lahaina, desperation was everywhere. people posting video for all to see. >> social media showed the fire, showed people running for their lives. >> i am not going to speak to social media. i wasn't on social media. we didn't have time for that. >> reporter: yet the maui mayor wouldn't say what he was doing. it was his job to ask the state for emergency backup. but admitted he did not place a single call in the hours during or long after the fire. >> mayor bissen, you are the highest ranking official here on the island. if the buck stops with your office, how is that possible? >> yeah, i can't speak to what or who is responsible to communicate -- >> but you are the boss of this island. yes, you can speak to it. >> is that an answer? >> i can't say who was responsible for communicating with general hara. >> reporter: the director of the state's emergency management agency, said he was initially unaware of crucial details. >> i thought everyone had gotten out safely. it wasn't until probably the next day i started hearing

jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, los angeles. >>> mexico says for the first time a body was found near the floating barrier of buoys installed by texas in the rio grande. governor greg abbott ordered the barriers last month to help deter migrants from crossing the border. mexican officials say they've recovered the body and are trying to determine the cause of death. there had been warnings about the danger the barriers posed. the u.s. justice department is suing texas over the floating barrier and wants it removed. >>> and many americans are feeling the heat this summer as temperatures soar, but a new report finds much of the world has been impacted, as well. according to the science group climate central, 81% of the global population experienced climate change attributed to heat last month. that's more than 6.5 billion people. researchers looked at 200 countries around the world. >>> in ukraine now, russian drones hit a key port city along the border with romania. yesterday's strike in the southern city of izmail damaged port and grain storage facilities. some of them were set on fire. t

there are so many of our friends and family that never left. >> that was jonathan vigliotti reporting. >>> a fire at a gas station in the southern russian region of dagestan killed at least 27 people, according to the interfax news agency. officials say it started when a fire broke out at an auto repair shop off a highway. explosions spread to a nearby gas station. the dead included three children. authorities say more than 100 people were injured. it took firefighters more than 3.5 hours to put out the flames. >>> staying abroad, rescue operations are under way in india after landslides killed at least 50 in the country's himalayan mountains. around two dozen others are still trapped or missing under the debris. heavy rains and melting glaciers brought the deadly flash flooding to the area. officials blame climate change for the worsening conditions. >>> there are new details in the case of a utah man killed by fbi agents during a raid on his home. the fbi says 75-year-old air force veteran craig robertson was killed last week when he pointed a gun at the agents attempting to arrest

we have team coverage on the ground on maui, and cbs's jonathan vigliotti will start us off again tonightth new reporting. good evening, jonathan. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. tonight as the death toll climbs to 111, fema officials tell me many of the victims have been found in their homes and in their beds. many are likely children and had no idea the flames were approaching. and we now know that the sirens did work but, in those critical hours, were intentionally not used. this harrowing video shows people on maui desperately seeking refuge in a pool as an inferno burned all around them during last week's wildfires. and now as fema crews continue the grueling search for victims, it's becoming clear many were either unaware or had little chance to escape the fast-approaching flames. >> where are you finding most of the remains? >> anywhere where there's a bed. >> people were asleep? >> people were asleep. people were in various stages of fleeing their location. >> reporter: fema task force leader todd magliocca described the horrors his team has been encountering. >> we've he

cbs' jonathan vigliotti is asking the tough questions. >> let's go! >> reporter: as flames ripped through lahaina, desperation was everywhere. people posting video for all to see. >> social media showed the fire. showed people run noerg lives. >> i can't speak to social media. i wasn't on social media. we didn't have time for that. >> reporter: and maui mayor richard bison would not say what he was doing. it was his job to ask the state for emergency backup, but admitted he did not place a single call in the hours during or long after the fire. >> mayor bisson, you are the highest ranking official here on the island. if the buck stops with your office, how is that possible? >> i can't speak to what or who's responsibility -- >> but you're the boss of this island. so you can speak, sir. >> i can't say who was responsible for commuting with general harrah. >> reporter: major harrah said in an interview he initially was unaware of details. >> i thought everyone had gotten out safely. it wasn't until the next day i started hearing about some fatalities. >

cbs's jonathan vigliotti will start us off tonight. >> reporter: and major, good evening to you. battling wildfires is an enormous job, but here on the island there are only around 100 firefighters responding to three different scenes. for context in new york city 200 firefighters responded to a crane fire last week. and for that reason the military has been brought in to assist with search and rescue and even civilians are helping out. tonight hawaii is in a state of shock and resources are stretched thin as firefighters battle three large wildfires burning in maui. >> [ bleep ] fire right here. >> reporter: hundreds of structures mostly in the town of lahaina are already gone. >> there goes the house i lived in. >> reporter: blue hawaiian helicopters is delivering basic supplies to those who lost everything. >> roads are blocked and power lines are down. one of the quickest ways to get things in and get people out is by air. >> reporter: we were there as they helped this family evacuate. >> when our people need them we're there and we

the judge called daybell a danger to society, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti, thank you for being there capitol hill, the republican-led house oversight committee today interviewed hunter biden's former business partner, devon archer, about any possible connections to president biden. cbs's catherine herridge has new details on the hours-long, behind-closed-doors testimony. >> reporter: devon archer was one of hunter biden's closest business associates and served alongside the president's son on the board of burisma, a ukraine energy firm. both republicans and democrats said archer testified that hunter biden put his father on speaker phone around business associates. the republican committee chairman said joe biden was the brand that his son sold around the world to enrich the biden family. but a senior democrat who was there today said he did not hear any evidence of wrongdoing by the president. >> the witness was very, very consistent that none of those conversations ever had to do with any business dealings or transactions. they were purely what he called casual conversations. >> re

we have team coverage of the disaster, and cbs's jonathan vigliotti will start us off from lahaina. and good evening to you, norah. the town has reopened and tonight thousands of people are returning home to scenes of devastation like this, but what many have also found is a local emergency response that sources tell us have hampered the recovery effort. tonight, with the death toll mounting, the road to recovery is long and painful. >> it's haunting to live. i feel the sorrow in the way they passed. >> reporter: the massive fire that tore through lahaina last tuesday at a mile a minute stopped right at kailani ross's property line. everything south of her home was torched. what separated you from this fate? >> i don't know. >> reporter: she evacuated before the worst of the fire storm hit. when you saw your neighborhood looking like this, what went on your mind? >> i have yet to hear the stories of the people who ran for their lives. we are so grateful. >> reporter: we are here on the main road that cuts through town, and this is the kind of devastation that we are seeing. we are t

cbs's jonathan vigliotti has the latest. >> reporter: before the flames obliterated everything in lahainaas time to activate maui's emergency sirens. do you think, had those sirens gone off, it could have saved lives? >> absolutely. i don't think. i know. we all are prepared for that. we know that sound. >> reporter: now, there is anger to this. do you regret not sounding the sirens? >> i -- i do not. >> i'm flabbergasted by that. >> reporter: last thursday night, maui emergency management agency administrator herman andaya resigned, citing health reasons. as the fire raged, andaya was at a conference in oahu. it is unclear what role he played during the most critical hours, when winds reached hurricane strength, and the fire was spreading, becoming the nation's deadliest wildfire in more than a century. on maui alone, 80 sirens are in place, designed to warn residents of impending disasters like tsunamis, hurricanes, and wildfires. over this past week, we heard shifting explanations from andaya and other hawaii officials, why the sirens were never activated. >> it's an outdoor siren. so

our jonathan vigliotti spoke with her after. >> you were on the ground touring the disaster zone.did you see, and what struck you the most? >> it's absolutely heartbreaking to just see an entire community that is no longer there. and i think one of the things that was just really the most shocking, i guess i would say, is the row of cars of people that were trying to drive and escape and then couldn't get out fast enough. ad these are the ones that ended up running or jumping into the water, and those cars just there. it was like a scene from an apocalyptic movie. >> reporter: we heard from the governor and the police chief who said only 3% of the disaster zone has been searched. what are your agents being told in terms of how many people they should be searching for? >> i was able to talk to the urban search and rescue teams today and see the dogs. and they have gritted out the area. they use thing tos and they have the teams that go in there, but it's hot, the ground has hot spots. the dogs can only work so long before they need a break. the 3% coversthe 3% of the grids they hav

cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports on the wider economic impact as the wga strike new year's day 100. >r! >> reporter: hollywood writers and actors hit the pavement yet again, as the writers' union met with studio executives for the very first time since their strike began. >> i think it is helpful because it has been crickets, it has been silence for a long time. >> reporter: in california, film and tv production accounts for more than 700,000 jobs and nearly $70 billion in wages. >> we are really fighting for the rights of the people who are working and living in this city. >> yeah! >> reporter: konstantine anthony wears many hats. he is an actor and the mayor of burbank, home to several major studios. >> if people aren't coming to work, if people are on strike, they are not spending money at their local grocery stores. all of those secondary industries are greatly affected by the loss of that income. >> reporter: that includes alex uceda's catering company, typically feeding hollywood's film and tv crews. >> at the end of last year, we were working 10-11 jobs every day. it drops to m

the judge called daybell and danger to society, norah. >> norah: jonathan vigliotti, thank you for beingrching for a driver that they say intentionally plowed into a group of migrant workers outside a walmart. it happened on sunday in lincolnton, near charlotte. at six people were injured and the driver is described as an older white man. investigators say he was driving an older model midsized black suv with a luggage rack. we turn now to growing legal troubles for donald trump. the former president's newest codefendant is mar-a-lago property manager carlos de olivera and he made his initial court appearance in miami today. cbs's robert costa reports that the 56-year-old employee is accused of conspiring with trump to delete security footage and lying to the fbi. >> reporter: the mar-a-lago property manager accused by federal investigators of conspiring alongside the former president trump and his valet to allegedly have security footage erased appeared in court on monday for the first time. >> has your client been ordered to testify against mr. trump? >> reporter: carlos de oliveira st

but we turn now to maui, 12 days after the wildfires devastated the historic town of lahaina, jonathan vigliottirescue agents with the assistance of 40 cadaver dogs are combing through this american pompeii. more than three quarters of the five square mile disaster zone have been clearered. x markiking the spopots already checked. more than 1,000 people are still missing, and there are more businesses, condos and entire neighborhoods to go. what rescuers are finding speaks to both the scale of destruction and the county's failure to issue evacuation orders. this is french street. without a procedure evacuation order people in an attempt to run the flames got in their cars and took to the road. the fire quickly caught up and you can see the desperation in how these cars are lined up. we're talking dozens as far as you can see. there was so much panic as the fire hit. many tried to flee into the ocean while governor joshua green described the firestorm that swallowed lahaina as a bomb going off, there was a very long fuse as the fire burned in brush for nearly two hours before exploding, spreading

jonathan vigliotti is in los angeles. good evening, jonathan. >> reporter: good evening, robert.wood has come to a halt, impacting hundreds of thousands of jobs. other industries have seen some growth, which is helping offset so much loss. >> have you guys been helped yet? >> reporter: with wages up and unemployment at a near record low, many businesses are struggling to fill open positions. >> this year by far has been the most difficult year to try to recruit people. >> reporter: payrolls grew by 187,000 for july. nearly half of those jobs in health care. mostly at doctor's offices and outpatient surgery centers. construction and leisure and hospitality workers are also in demand. analysts say the slow but steady job growth could help the u.s. dodge a recession. >> i think a soft landing has become a -- not just a possibility but now it's become a real probability. >> reporter: still, there's job insecurity in hollywood. more than 700,000 people work in the entertainment industry. many are now impacted by the writers and actors strike. including chef alex uceda, who feeds crews

it's to be on jonathan vigliotti, thank you very much.ngest cities are sounding the alarm due to a rapid growth of asylum-seekers calling it a humanitarian crisis, new york city is struggling to find housing for the more than 100,000 migrants that have passed through the city since last spring. cbs's jericka duncan has reported that the city is demanding that the biden administration help ease the burden. >> this migrant center on new york city's randall's island is the latest answer to the cities over crowding crisis. it is said to house 3,000 migrants. mayor eric adams. is this a sign of progress? or does it speak to the humanitarian crisis your city is facing? >> this is not a sign of progress. this is a sign of a crises, the greatest humanitarian crisis the city has ever witnessed. >> reporter: it's been difficult for the city to find space, leaving at one point dozens waiting outside and even sleeping on sidewalks at the roosevelt hotel that has now been converted into an intake center. new york city projects they could spend up to $

cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports there is also growing outrage over the response. ter: and good evening, norah. we are hearing from people that not only survived the flames but then went days without food, water, and even medical assistance, all while waiting desperately for help to arrive. one week after the catastrophic fire ripped through lahaina, tonight, many residents say they were failed by their government. was there any communication in these first few hours of that panic state? >> no. nothing. >> reporter: state officials are investigating what went wrong, but here's what we know: tuesday morning, 6:37 a.m., a three-acre fire breaks out near lahaina intermediate school. two hours later, it's declared 100% contained. but with forecasts calling for wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour, four schools in west maui were closed due to the powerful winds from hurricane dora. 3:30 p.m., hours later, the fully-contained fire, which may have given residents false hope, flares up. all the while, active power lines are down. they were never shut off. alert sirens designe

we have team coverage on the ground on maui, and cbs's jonathan vigliotti will start us off again tonightg. good evening, jonathan. >> reporter: and good evening to you, norah. tonight, as the death toll climbs to 111, fema officials tell me many of the victims have been found in their homes, and in their beds. many are likely children and had no idea the flames were approaching. and we now know that the sirens did work, but in those critical hours, were intentionally not used. this harrowing video shows people on maui desperately seeking refuge in a pool as an inferno burned all around them during last week's wildfires. and now, as fema crews continue the grueling search for victims, it's becoming clear many were either unaware or had little chance to escape the fast-approaching flames. where are you finding most of the remains? >> anywhere where there was a bed. >> reporter: people were asleep? >> people were asleep. people were in various stages of fleeing their location. >> reporter: fema task force leader todd magliocca described the horrors his team has been encountering. we have he

cbs's jonathan vigliotti is asking the tough questions. >> just go!ahaina, desperation was everywhere. people posting video for all to see. >> social media showed the fire, showed people running for their lives. >> i'm not going to speak to social media. i wasn't on social media. we didn't have time for that. >> reporter: and yet maui mayor richard bissen would not say what he was doing. it was his job to ask the state for emergency backup. but admitted he did not place a single call in the hours during or long after the fire. mayor bissen, you are the highest-ranking official here on the island. if the buck stops with your office, how is that possible? >> i can't speak to what or whose responsibility it was to communicate -- >> reporter: but you are the boss of this island, so yes, you can speak to it. >> i am saying i cannot speak who was responsible for speaking with general hara. >> reporter: major general kenneth hara, director of emergency management, said in a recent interview he was initially unaware of crucial details. >> i thought everybody

cbs's jonathan vigliotti is in hawaii with the latest. >> [bleep]. >> reporter: iconic lahaina, a paradiserter: winds from a hurricane south of maui with gusts up to 70 miles per hour pushed flames that raced across the island and fueled several large wildfires. in a horrifying instant, a wall of fire charred a piece of maui all the way to the ocean. the coast guard rescued at least a dozen people from these waters. their only refuge, with flames menacing all around. >> somebody is down. right there. >> somebody is down. we can do nothing for her. >> reporter: thousands of people were evacuated, including dan sonnesyn. he shot these images today on maui, a horizon of smoke and flame. his vacationing family of three from colorado now stuck sleeping in their car. >> it was awful. for all of the natives, especially. and you lose a place like lahaina, it's so historic. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: daybreak showed the scope of the calamity. flames had wiped out hundreds of homes and businesses and hawaiian history. lahaina, a mecca for tourists, used to be the capital of hawaii's ancient kingdom

cbs's jonathan vigliotti has been doing new reporting all week long and i know that you have some newreporter: i spoke with the fire chief who confirms the sirens did not go off and believe this, the fire hydrants actually ran out of water. how this happened is still unclear tonight, but what we do know is so many people had to self evacuate by the time they chose to do so, it was too late. before the flames, there were warning signs as 80-mile-per-hour winds whip lashed power lines. >> heads up, it's live on the ground right there. >> 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 spread a mile a minute, all while warning sirens sat silent. investigators are trying to determine if power lines caused the fire. amid the ashes, there is anger. could a few extra minutes have given residents a chance to flee before the fire engulfed lahaina? we have spoken with so many survivors who say there were no evacuations issued, no text alerts, the sirens did not go off and even prior hydr

under different names, norah. >> norah: jonathan vigliotti, thank you.e was a scare on capitol hill this afternoon after reports of a possible active shooter. staffers were ordered to shelter in place across all three senate office buildings. nearly 200 capitol police officers conducted a floor to floor and room by room search of all three buildings and found nothing. it all started with a single 911 call, and police suspect it was a hoax. tonight, the migrant crisis in new york city is nearing a breaking point, with shelters at capacity at asylum-seekers now being forced to sleep on the streets. cbs's meg oliver report city officials are asking the federal government to step in to help. >> reporter: in midtown manhattan, it's a scene of human misery. asylum-seekers sleeping on sidewalks outside of the roosevelt hotel. 36 year old adrian daniel jose is among dozens of people waiting to get services, leaving his wife and three kids in venezuela. your glasses broke. that is when you were robbed in mexico. and so tape is holding her glasses together, and yo

tonight, nearly 1,000 people are still unaccounted for, and as cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports, loved. >> reporter: president biden surveyed the destruction in lahaina from the air and ground. promising the federal government will be there to help rebuild. >> the country grieves with you, stands with you, and will do everything possible to help you recover. >> reporter: but nearly two weeks after fires wiped out most of the town, 850 people are still missing. >> pretty much overrun by fire down here. >> reporter: new video from that day shows local firefighters overwhelmed by the flames. tim laborte's stepfather is among them. as hope fades, he is posting missing persons fliers. >> we don't know if he might have left early, ran into another area where it was bad and might have diverted him back and he might have been going around in a circle. >> reporter: 470 search and rescue agents are coming through this american pompeii. 85% of the five square-mile disaster zone has been cleared. but fema search teams say clearing what's left could take weeks, if not longer. >> hey, buddy, ready t

>> norah: jonathan vigliotti, thank you.nald trump is preparing to surrender in georgia for racketeering and other charges related to his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. cbs's robert costa reports that former president's lawyers today agreed to a $200,000 bond as part of his release conditions. >> reporter: the bond agreement made public after former president trump's legal team met inside fulton county district attorney fani willis' offices set strict rules for trump's release after his expected surrender later this week, saying he shall make no direct or indirect threat against any codefendant or witness. several of trump's 18 codefendants also agreed to bond terms today, including his former lawyer john eastman, one of the alleged architects of the plan to overturn the 2020 election. despite four indictments and 91 charges against him, trump's lead over his g.o.p. rivals continues to grow. new cbs polling shows a 46-point advantage over florida governor ron desantis, the only other candidate in double digits. trump

cbs's jonathan vigliotti will start us off tonight. ter: and major, good evening to you. battling wildfires is an enormous job, but here on the island, there are only around 100 firefighters responding to three different scenes. for context, in new york city, 200 firefighters responded to a crane fire last week. and for that reason, the military has been brought in to assist with search and rescue, and even civilians are helping out. tonight, hawaii is in a state of shock, and resources are stretched thin, as firefighters battle three large wildfires burning in maui. >> [bleep] fire right here. >> reporter: hundreds of structures, mostly in the town of lahaina, are already gone. >> and there goes the house i lived in. >> reporter: blue hawaiian helicopters is delivering basic supplies to those who lost everything. >> roads are blocked and power lines are down. one of the quickest ways to get these in and to get people out >t of their prototype, which used a retractable arm to pluck rocks off the bottom of the lake. the real thing will b

cbs's jonathan vigliotti has been on maui for two weeks and reports tonight there's new questions about the mayor's response. >> reporter: as the search intensifies, images from before the fire show the complications cadaver dog teams face as they comb through what's left in the disaster zone. tonight the focus is on multistory residential and commercial properties, areas officials say with the highest population of the missing. around 850 people are still unaccounted for. >> we're hurting because not only we've lost our historical places and our homes, but we've lost our loved ones. >> reporter: and tonight there's new concern over how aware maui county officials were of the conditions on the ground august 8th, in part because of this interview mayor richard bissen gave to local station kitv just after 6:00 p.m. >> i'm happy to report that the road is open to and from lahaina. >> reporter: but, in fact, by this point the fire had already spread into downtown lahaina. >> oh, my god. i can't see anything. we're surrounded by [ bleep ] fire. >> reporter: the mayor seemingly unaware that m

we do have full coverage tonight of this historic destruction and we'll begin with our jonathan vigliottiho has been on the ground here in hawaii for days. he has the very latest. jon jonathan? >> reporter: tony, at this hour, hundreds of people are still missing. as the days go by with no word, hope is quickly fading that everyone will be found alive. first responders have described absolutely horrific scenes. and a warning to our viewers, what you're about to see and hear is disturbing. local crews working with cadaver dog teams flown in by fema resume their search today in neighborhoods reduced to fields of ash. >> when we pick up the remains and they fall apart, i don't know how much more you want me to describe it. that's what you're stepping on. >> reporter: maui's police chief says crews have covered just 3% of the destruction. >> we've got an area that we have to contain that is at least five square miles. and it is full of our loved ones. >> reporter: the fire ripped through lahaina tuesday afternoon, a time many tourists and locals would have been walking and shopping on histori

jonathan vigliotti has the latest from maui.e wildfires across the island of maui and they are not getting assistance from the hawaii army national guard. two helicopters are dropping huge buckets of water on the deadly fires. the flames spread too fast for help to reach the western town of lahaina , much of it destroyed. wind whipped flames engulfed the historic community on tuesday, wiping out homes, businesses and hotels. >> i woke up this morning and got on the phone, took pictures of our house. >> reporter: we are in a boat headed to lahaina. this is one of the few ways to access the town. what is incredible from this vantage point is the scale of structure. we are talking miles of coastline completely burned. >> look at the harbor. >> reporter: with the fires raging, thousands of tourists have been scrambling to evacuate. airlines are bringing in larger planes to help. >> we have a little over 11,000 travelers out of maui . if we add in the airline personnel, it is 11,400. we really appreciate what the airlines have done.

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on tuesday, cbs' jonathan vigliotti pressed the mayor. >> do you think a lag of communication amplifiedoss we're seeing? >> that would be a guess on my part to determine what would have changed the outcome. >> reporter: officials say part of the reason there's different numbers of people unaccounted for because they have various lists from different agencies with possibly conflicting information they're cross-referencing to come up with one list. norah. >> hard to believe, two weeks later. thank you. >>> billions of dollars of trade to and from the united states is in jeopardy at one of the most important shipping routes, the panama canal. a major drought. ben tracy goes in depth to see how the lack of rainfall is creating a backlog of cargo. >> dominguez with shipping company, he's worried about the routes. the number of vessels allowed through is cut from 36 to 32 and some are forced to carry up to 3 30% less cargo to not hit bargain. >> more expensnsive, and they wl be latete. >> reporteter: it's one of the most successful shortcuts. about $270 billion of trade each year rides on thi

jonathan vigliotti has the details. >> i mourn with all of you who mourn my children and tammy. >> reporternally broke her silence about being convicted in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival. she spoke just before a judge sentenced her to life in prison without parole. >> jesus christ knows the truth of what happened here. jesus christ knows that no one was murdered in this case. accidental deaths happen. suicides happen. fatal side effects from medications happen. >> reporter: vallow daybell refused to admit that she played any role in the deaths of 7-year-old jj vallow and 16-year-old tylee ryan or her fifth husband had chad daybell's former wife tammy daybell. >> you killed those children according to the state's theory and i believe it, to remove them as obstacles and to profit financially. you justified all of this by going down a bizarre religious rabbit hole and clearly you are still down there. >> reporter: vallow daybell appeared to show no emotion and did not look at those delivering victim impact statements in court. >> you are a liar, an adulteress and

we have team coverage from every angle of this tragedy, but cbs's jonathan vigliotti has seen the startshe rising death toll. >> reporter: we walked more than 2 miles down historic front street and i don't recall seeing a building that wasn't damaged. tonight officials are now confirming the number of dead to has grown to 67. many of them desperately trying to flee on foot. there was panic. and now tonight a mounting question -- why wasn't this town evacuated sooner? new video shows the absolute chaos as flames ravaged lahaina tuesday night. you can hear the desperation. >> no, we have to leave! we have to leave. >> reporter: and in the aftermath the devastation coming in a sharper focus especially striking this line of burned-out cars. a haunting landscape frozen by fire. residents got into their cars and flooded this street, but they could not outdrive the flames. we are talking car after car, i see several dozen of them were engulfed in flames, and residents tell me many of these drivers actually got out and jumped into the ocean to save their lives. but with a death toll now in the d

jonathan vigliotti has the latest. >> reporter: tony, at this hour, hundreds of people are still missingas the days go by with no word, hope is quickly fading that everyone will be found alive. first responders have described horrific scenes. a warning to our viewers, what you're about to see and hear is disturbing. local crews working with cadaver dog teams flown in by fema resume their search today in neighborhoods reduced to fields of ash. >> when we pick up the remains and they fall apart, i don't know how much more you want me to describe it. that's what you're stepping on. >> reporter: maui's police chief says crews have covered just 3% of the destruction. >> we have an area that we have to contain that is at least 5 square miles. it is full of our loved ones. >> reporter: the fire ripped through lahaina tuesday afternoon, a time many tourists and locals would have been walking and shopping on historic front street. >> i saw one dead on the ground like a piece of charcoal, lime pompeii almost, just dead. i mean, there's nothing you could do. it was that fast. >> reporter: the first

on tuesday, cbs's jonathan vigliotti pressed the mayor that topic. >> reporter: do you think a lag inbuted or amplified the loss we are seeing? >> that would be a guess on my part. i'm going to leave that to the fire experts to determine what would have changed the outcome of this. >> reporter: officials say part of the reason why there's different numbers of people still unaccounted for is they still have various lists from different agencies with possibly conflicting information that they are cross-referencing to come up with just one list. norah? >> norah: hard to believe, two weeks later. lilia luciano, thank you. tonight, billions of dollars in trade to and from the united states is in jeopardy at one of the world's most important shipping routes, the panama canal. a major drought is impacting the number of ships that can pass through the canal's waterway. cbs's ben tracy goes "in depth" to see firsthand how a lack of rainfall is creating a backlog of cargo. >> reporter: there is a traffic jam outside of the panama canal. massive cargo ships sitting idle as low water levels slow