town, things like the old lahaina luau have reopened. we see restaurants and shops starting to reopen, and so our message to folks who are considering a trip to the island of maui is that the best way to support the recovery is to come. when we think about the volume of jobs that are dependent on that visitor spending, you know, folks want to go back to work. folks want to reopen in, you know, there sometimes generational family businesses, they want to have the opportunity to do that. even understanding that some people may not be ready to welcome folks back, those who are ready deserve the opportunity to do so. >> oh, that's a very good way to look at it. so are you guys doing anything special promotions, special campaigns to bring people back. and, you know, are there places that you tell people to go visit website wise to get more information? we have about 30s? >> absolutely. you know, the best place to get the latest information is always the official travel site of the hawaii hawaiian islands. go hawaii.com. we recently launched a

as we set out to rebuild, we must do so grounded in lahaina's history and kohl two. last week i introduced the lahaina area heritage act to assess the future designation of the historic town as a national heritage area. national heritage area designations support community driven conservation and restoration efforts through recognition, federal funding, and technical assistance. .. of the 62, none are in hawaii. i canning of no better way to lift up our community's desire to rebuild pono by making lahaina the first national area. make massachusetts -- mahalo, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does j. north carolina seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. davis: no matter if a task is freight or small, finish it or not at all. the lesson here is that we should always complete what we start, no matter how challenging it may be. i learned this valuable lesson from mr. little in his wood shop class and still sticks with me today. teachers inspiring life changing lessons with their students every day,

the goal, give these lahaina teens hope, mana'olana in hawaiian or kibou in japanese. >> when i saw the reporter: just over a decade ago miku narisawa was a survivor just like these kids. in 2011 miku's hometown was completely destroyed by the great east japan earthquake and tsunami that followed. it killed tens of thousands of people. >> our town was destroyed. we lived with my grandparents and after that we have to relocate to temporary housing for two years. >> reporter: but now showing the kids her rebuilt hometown she says it's living proof they have a future and lahaina will rise from the ashes. >> this trip gave me hope. ♪ ♪ >> there's still hope for us to recover. there's still hope for a better future. >> reporter: for "good morning america," becky worley, abc news, japan. >> whit: and our thanks to becky worley for that report. the program hopes to bring even more hope to maui, a second cohort of students is scheduled to travel to japan in july. >>> and coming up here dr. frank anderson joins us to talk about his new book, "to be loved." stay with us. t-mobile has plans built

i'm sure that's true in lahaina. they live in that community. the most important thing is to restore the vitality of the community. so the disaster relief funding is the essential component to allow the full rebuilding -- the recovery for the folks who lost their homes. for those farmers. and and for the businesses, not just the individual business owner but the downtown community that depends on ree tail downtown so neighbors can come in, shop, see one another, and have a sense of community. so if we're going to have an effective disaster relief program, yes, it starts with the federal declaration. in our -- and our president and previous presidents in my experience have been very responsive to communities through no fault of their own have suffered a devastating loss like a fire as was the case in lahaina. but what happens after the waters recede, after the fema emergency folks are gone? it's the hard work. actually rebuilding that house, repairing that business, that is left in the community. and if they don't have that disaster relief fundin

tokuda in lahaina, who suffered greatly loss of life than what ours had been, a record in paradise. we don't want toet rords, we want to get results. it's been a great partnership on top of disaster and heart ache. so just picture this,hough. as i talk about paradise. you wake up in the morning, you hear the's fire. all of a sudden there's an evacuation. people arewd the narrow roadways trying to get up the hill or down the hill, out of. barely making it in some cases. scorched vehicles. all that.fire. they're seeing in rear-view mirror their neighborhoods engulfed in flames, their houses goi dn, all their m momentos are in the. they're wondering, did their did the elderly laid upthe street -- lady up the street ge? maybe there was a firefighter or neighbor who helped that lady get out justn time so there wasn't worse loss of life. the resilience of these folks in the fires that i've had in myrir neighboring states, is just as they've stuck with us on this. so as settlement happened with the utility, somehow partly compensate and won't ever be made whole, they can never be made whol

we have structure to structure spread that happen in lahaina. but, also, we have already lost homes where people should be their safest 600 people since january 1. 600 have died in their homes. that does not mean all of the people that have been displaced. you sent fire in general. you said america is burning. i am going to echo that and will say america is burning. >> mr. chairman, could i have maybe another minute? thank you very much. yesterday, democrat senators gather to hold our annual caucus retreat. it was a wonderful time to share ideas of what is working and what is not. republicans had a similar kind of caucus, i believe, yesterday. and one of the things i wanted to mention to my colleagues about yesterday, what is causing these requests on fire. about 30% of the greenhouse gas emissions in this country are coming from mobile sources, cars, trucks, vans that we drive. probably another 20% from plants like coal fire plants. natural gas. maybe another 20% comes from manufacturing operations. i think asphalt and steel mills. those are th

encounter on the job communities, much like we experienced in the united states on the island of maui and lahaina, where this was not a wildland fire, this was a community conflagration that spread because of the drought condition and, of course, a fire then, coupled with hurricane force winds tomorrow at the library of congress, the party supporting countries will sign a statement that details their mission. a big day for apple fans. the company announced its first new ipad models in nearly two years. apple revealed the ipad air and ipad pro tablets in a video posted to its website today. they're being billed as apple's thinnest device ever. the tablets also use a new kind of display called the oled. the same technology apple uses on its iphones. they'll be driven by apple's new computer chip, called the m4, before they're available for preorder now and go on sale next week. the cheapest version goes for 599 bucks. up next, a name change for the boy scouts of america. the reason for the switch and how survivors of sexual abuse are reacting. this evening. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. sun

in lahaina, 101 people were killed in those fires in southern california, public health emergency has been declared in long beach because of a localized tuberculosis outbreak. >> health officials say at least ten residents of a hotel in the city have been infected, and one person has died and nine others have been hospitalized. 170 people who may have been exposed are being screened. health officials say declaring a public health emergency will streamline the health department's ability to secure resources for screening and potential treatment. tb is a bacterial infection that mainly affects the lungs. it spreads from one person to another in the air as an infected person coughs or speaks. if left untreated, it can be fatal and you can hear about the west coast's top stories every weekday right here on ktvu. west coast rap with alex savage airs at 7:00 monday through friday, or find around the clock coverage at west coast rap.com in san francisco, pier 39 and fisherman's wharf is seeing a historic number of sea lions. >> it comes 35 years after these marine mammals first made their ap

experienced in the united states on the island of matsui and lahaina escuchaban a lori moore de la administraciónpasado y que se extendió rápido por la sequía y los vientos huracanados que hubo en ese entonces. situaciones que dicen estar trabajando para que no se repitan. y la junta de supervisores de san francisco votó a favor de prohibir que los uniformes de protección que utilizan los bomberos se sigan fabricando con sustancias químicas que, si bien dicen, permiten que los materiales sean resistentes al fuego, también pueden causar cáncer. sin embargo, para que pueda aplicarse, debe recibir un segundo voto la próxima semana. si supera ese obstáculo, se convertiría en la primera prohibición de su tipo en estados unidos. además, la eliminación de estos uniformes sería gradual. se complementaría o se completaría más bien en 2 años. los momento de hablar sobre las condiciones del tiempo. vamos a ver en este momento. ahí lo está viendo usted. qué envidia estar por allá en san francisco, el sol en todo su esplendor, el cielo despejado, tal como estaba pronosticado. nos gusta recalcar eso para que s

talking to survivors on the ground here for days and this morning i spoke to one gentleman randy lahaina lane, he andhis wife hunk errede darkness and they could feel their home being lifted off the foundation and brought back down. when all of that fury ended, they walked outside into their neighborhood to hear the screams and also to try and help neighbors. let's listen to his account. >> when we found her said i can't feel my legs. when we started moving stuff we noticed a 2 by 2 was stuck. and bleeding on one side of her head. but we knew that we had to get her out of there because she was telling us she was having trouble breathing as well. so they got her out. and got her to safety. got her to the ambulance. >> unbelievably graphic descriptions and we hear this all around. i could tell you those neighborhoods that are destroyed in this town of about 1,000 people, well there is no cell phone service whatsoever, bret. that's why i'm standing here behind me on interstate 35 a gas station where the tornado began, where literally over 100 people took shelter in there. dozens injured. ag

before lahaina, we lost 85 people, 18,000 structures burned to the ground, and 50,000 people were displaced think about fire in the state, to be honest with you, it's gotten so bad so quickly. even a person like me who's been studying this for 30 years was surprised. my name is scott stevens. i'm a professor of fire science at the university of california, berkeley. we think about fire. our relationship is very adversarial. you talk to indigenous communities like i have in the last several years, and it's not that way at all. people think of fire as a gift, a gift for the stewardship of the land. when you think about fire in california, it's as integral as our soils, our water, our ecosystems. so when you take fire out of a system that had it so integral for so long, you change things abruptly. and of course, then we have human populations that come in and change kind of where we live. our susceptibilities. >> more than 18,000 structures were burned in paradise. 90% of the homes were burned. so so almost every single lot had a home on it that was not wildfire prepared. that was built in the

argues had it been notified sooner, it could have used other methods to try and evacuate people out of lahainaed in those fires. >> what a beautiful spring day across the bay area today and you will not experience another day similar to today until next wednesday. high temperatures across the bay area 20 degrees span from pacifica at 59 to concord and clayton, antioch and san rafael back into larkspur, all in the high 70s. otherwise, it was fairfield who topped off the pack at 81 degrees mid 70s today in san jose and 74 degrees in mountain view. i hope you took a good look at those numbers, because they are going down for your saturday. anywhere from 15 degrees in san jose to 20 degrees in throughout the tri valley. we're talking about livermore, pleasanton, doug, and also san ramon looking out towards that area in the danville area, picking up a bit of a breeze at this hour. in fact, those winds will continue to increase throughout the evening hours. right now that temperature has trailed off very quickly in san francisco with the increasing cloud cover and that stiff wind 54 degrees. there o

before lahaina, we lost 85 people, 18,000 structures burned to the ground, and 50,000 people were displaced you think about fire in the state, to be honest with you, it's gotten so bad. so quickly. even a person like me who's been studying this for 30 years was surprised. my name is scott stevens. i'm a professor of fire science at the university of california, berkeley. we think about fire. our relationship is very adversarial. you talk to indigenous communities like i have in the last several years. and it's not that way at all. people think of fire as a gift, a gift for the stewardship of the land. when you think about fire in california is as integral as our soils, our water, our ecosystems. so when you take fire out of a system that had it so integral for so long, you change things abruptly. and of course, then we have human populations that come in and change kind of where we live. our susceptibilities. >> more than 18,000 structures were burned in paradise. 90% of the homes were burned. so so almost every single lot had a home on it that was not wildfire prepared. that was built in t

the lahaina fire last august killed more than 100 people and caused over $6 billion in damage. >> newing, the white house revealing president biden is set to honor more than a dozen people with a presidential medal of freedom today and gloria, quite a few of the recipients have ties to the bay area. >> they do. amanda nancy pelosi will receive the nation's highest civilian honor. she served as the 52nd speaker of the house and has represented san francisco for over 36 years. the white house calls her a staunch defender of democracy, and also on the list. former secretary of state john kerry is being honored for his work on climate change and in combat during the vietnam war. kerry gained popularity in the bay area as the democratic nominee in the 2004 presidential election, former vice president al gore accepted the outcome of one of the closest presidential elections in 2000. gore is also a former member of the board of directors of apple and a senior adviser to google. katie ledecky is the most decorated female swimmer ever. ledecky graduated from stanford in 2021. ellen ochoa, who

much like we experienced in the united states on the island of maui and lahaina, where this was not a wildland fire. this was a community conflagration that spread because of the drought condition. and, of course, a fire then, coupled with hurricane force winds. the conference. the conference is also looking at how mental and physical health of the firefighters, who often suffer ptsd or develop cancer because of their work. and you can see more stories on our climate reporting on our website, nbcbayarea.com, and look for this story on the climate in crisis page. thank you. carrie new this morning. may is mental health awareness month, and today we're focused on our teens and tweens in middle school. and this this one hits home. yeah for sure. so a new study by the kaiser family foundation this year shows that our teens and tweens are still struggling with their mental health. 42% of teens who took the survey reported feelings of sadness and hopelessness, but only 20% report getting therapy to improve their mental health and 14% report taking prescription medication for their symptoms.

says if it had known it would have used other methods to get an evacuation effort out to people on lahaina, 101 people died in the fires. firefighters in san leandro are investigating a house fire that happened on 167th avenue and los banos drive last night around 10:00 at a two story home. this video from citizen app shows flames and clouds of thick, gray smoke at the scene. alameda county firefighters say they had the flames out in about 20 minutes. no one was hurt. two people inside were able to get out safely. across the bay, a local firefighter is battling brain cancer is now advocating for his colleagues. san francisco fire battalion chief matt alba is a member of the san francisco firefighters cancer prevention foundation. after being on the front lines of various california wildfires, including the camp fire up in paradise that was diagnosed with an incurable form of brain cancer, he's been receiving treatment for a couple of years, gets mri scans twice a year. he's trying to save others from a similar fate and advocating for fellow firefighters who are known to be exposed to toxic

specifically from northern california, has been tremendously helpful, many, many people have connections to lahainaow, that continued financial support will continue to be be helpful for, for the people of maui would have been some of the greatest challenges we're looking at some of the video of the aftermath of this disaster, what are some of the things you need most still? >> well, you know, the entire area was decimated, over 2200, you know, residential lots were completely, removed, and, and it has the hazardous material that that has, resulted as a result of the fires has created tremendous challenges. but i think right now, i mean, i think the continued financial support that the people have given, you know, the maui strong fund has been a huge support, more than a nearly $100 million of, commitments and, and grants have been made to more than 220 organizations, you know, on maui to support the people in place have been very effective. i think that continued financial support, whether it be direct financial contributions, so that people can, you know, make their rent payments or interim housi

week, track the health and disease risk over time for 679 participants two thirds of whom lived in lahainat the time of the fires? now they found that 50% of those participants reported worsened physical health. 50% reported signs of depression and suicidal thoughts and there was an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and respiratory issues. >> now those people also reported the difficulty accessing medical care. >> newly 40% still struggled to get food for more on the study, let's bring in one of its authors rubin, what is an economics professor at the university of hawaii, and he joins me now from newark, new jersey. thanks so much for making time to be with us here. i know you're in transit to present on your paper, so first, just on the health statistics, about half saying that their health is worse. i mean explain that. what do we know about the cause here? what health effects are they reporting aloha? so yes. so we know that the second unity that has been affected by the fire, pretty wildfire 10% of the population just didn't have good access to care and now, we're seeing that

specifically from northern california, has been tremendous helpful, many, many people have connections to lahainaink, you know, that continued financial support will continue to be be helpful for, for the people of maui would have been some of the greatest challenges. >> we're looking at some of the video of the aftermath of this disaster. what are some of the things you need most still? >> well, you know, the entire area was decimated, over 2200, you know, residential lots were completely, removed and, and it has the hazardous material that, that has, resulted as a result of the fires has created tremendous challenges. but i think right now, i mean, i think the continued financial support that the people have given, you know, the maui strong fund has been a huge support, more than a nearly $100 million of, commitments and, and grants have been made to you know, on maui to support this have been very effective. i think that continue financial support, whether it be direct financial contributions, so that people can, you know, make their rent payments or interim housing units that we're building r

if it had known, it would have used other methods to get an evacuation effort out to the people on lahainaeople died in those fires. the wildfires also destroyed hundreds of homes and many people are still struggling to get back on their feet. maui's mayor says he thinks short term rentals are to blame for a lack of housing for fire survivors and many others. he proposed legislation yesterday that would give cities the power to revoke short term rental licenses. mayor says that would add some 7000 homes as either long term rentals or properties for sale on maui. >> flash flooding has prompted evacuations and knocked out power for thousands of people in texas this morning. several rivers are expected to continue rising throughout the day. fox's nicole valdez has more. >> heavy rain and thunderstorms, once again pummeling parts of the south on friday, this system adding even more water to rising rivers across southeast texas, a place where emergency officials are now comparing water levels to what was seen back in 2017 during hurricane harvey, a devastating category four storm street side st

. >> in february i had the chance to welcome you, secretary, to hawaii, where we visited lahaina on maui to get an update on recovery after the fires. what is clear then as now is those survivors need help. a whole town was flattened, thousands of people left without homes overnight, and nine months later their lives are still in limbo. i know you know this, mr. secretary, and i want to appreciate your attendance, your presence on maui, but also your ability to listen to the needs of the survivors. i will make it very simple. the survivors need transitional housing. other communities are dealing with disasters of their own. baltimore is recovering from the tragic collapse of the francis scott key bridge, and as i reiterated to the maryland congressional delegation this week, we are going to get baltimore whatever it needs to rebuild. this past weekend, a freight train derailment forest resident evacuations and highway closure. we are still waiting to find out more about what caused the accident but are thankful nobody was hurt. it is an reminder of how important the investments we make i

since wildfires destroyed lahaina, 36 officers have been deployed to help with environmental health and critical care and made sure that first responders got the mental health support and biurveillance to monitor toxic response. understanding the impornce of meetingeople where they are they provided services at schools and shelters and community events. working with entities developed a cultural and enhancing their ability to care tore our. the next time you think our uniforme branches, remember the men and women of the public health corps. when the well-being is on the line, when you need the they will be there. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent toddress the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to honor terry andeon, who recently passed at his home in greenwood lake, n york. honor and distinction as a with marine and journalist. in 1985 reporting on the

in lahaina, 101 people were killed in the fires. >> our time now. 716 a san francisco firefighter now battling brain cancer, is now fighting for other firefighters. san francisco fire battalion chief matt alba is a member of the san francisco firefighters cancer prevention foundation. after he was out on the front lines of various california wildfires, including the camp fire in paradise. matt was diagnosed with an incurable form of brain cancer, and he's been treating it for a couple of years now. he gets mri scans twice a year. well, today he's trying to turn what happened to him. that negative experience into a positive one. he advocates for firefighters who are exposed to toxic chemicals on a daily basis. >> there's a lot that we can do as a society to make this better, because fires are always going to happen. emergencies are always going to happen. accidents are always going to happen, and we'll need firefighters to step up. >> now, the firefighters cancer prevention foundation is paying for a study of 50 active duty firefighters to watch how their dna changes based on exposure

tokuda in lahaina, who suffered even more greatly loss of life than what ours had been, a record in paradise. we don't want to set records, we want to get results. it's been a great partnership on top of disaster and heart ache. so just picture this, though. as i talk about paradise. you wake up in the morning, you hear there's fire. all of a sudden there's an evacuation. people are crowding the narrow roadways trying to get up the hill or down the hill, out of town. barely making it in some cases. scorched vehicles. tires on fire. all that. they're seeing in their rear-view mirror their neighborhoods engulfed in flames, their houses going down, all their m momentos are in the. they're wondering, did their neighbor get out? did the elderly laid upthe street -- lady up the street get out? maybe there was a firefighter or neighbor who helped that lady get out just in time so there wasn't worse loss of life. the resilience of these folks in the fires that i've had in my district, neighbors and other neighboring states, is just amazing. as they've stuck with us on this. so as settlement happened

speaker, nine months ago, the lahaina fires took the lives of hundreds of people and deed hundreds oftructures, including homes, class rupees, historic parks and feature, and businesses. while we have come a long way to repair the physical damage inflicted on our community, the trauma and emotional pain from the fires cons to take root in the lives of our maui ohana. first responders and disaster workers and volunteers are on the frontlines and have been there from day one delivering physical and emotional support to our people and families during this time of crisis. while we know they often, and you've heard this from the previous speaker, they often put the needs of others before themselves, the realty is they too need help dealing with the challenges and the dangers that come with experiences and the things they see every day on the job, situations that they are faced with. you know, i'll digress a bit and tell you stories of some up thes i saw in the first days, weeks and months after the fires. it was not uncommon for me to come across even some of the top brass and leadership o

northern california, loss of many live, as well as my dear friend, representative tokuda in hawaii with lahaina. we have to do much better at making our communities and our lands fire-safe. unnecessary loss of unnecessary damage. the farm bill is going to be a big element going forward and improving upon that situation. so i look forward to a positive vote and success next week. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> iask unanimous consent to address the -- i ask unanimous consent to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam chair. madam speaker, i rise today to recognize and welcome the leadership of the east bay regional park district to this chamber and to celebrate its 90th anniversary. mr. desaulnier: the park district has grown to encompass 73 regional parks spanning 126,000 acres of parklands and over 1,300 miles of trails across the east bay of the san francisco bay