as always, you can no to the island of maui. as always, you can go to the website _ island of maui. ou can go to the website on _ island of maui. as always, you can go to the website on the _ island of maui. as always, you can go to the website on the bbc- island of maui. as always, you can go to the website on the bbc to i island of maui. as always, you can. go to the website on the bbc to get the very latest on what is happening in hawaii. we have a live page bring you updates on the latest figures of those injured. also updates on our correspondent both on the ground and here in london. an emergency state has been declared in ecuador after a campaign event in the capital saw a candidate for election shot and killed. the country's president said gangs were to blame for the killing, but the election will go ahead as planned. this report contains some pictures from the attack. holding a political rally, fernando villavicencio vows to take a tougher approach to the growing number of gangs in the country. as he is laid out, flanked by his security, dozens of gun shots are fired. the pr

deadly bushfires in the hawaiian island of maui.— bushfires in the hawaiian island of maui. nd of maui. live from our studio in singapore, this- island of maui. live from our studio in singapore, this is i studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. thank you for being with us. we begin in the us where a man who posted violent threats against presidentjoe biden has been shot dead by the fbi. agents were trying to serve an arrest warrant on craig robertson at his home in utah,

maui. at least 80 people are known to have died. the authorities are facing growing questions about whether they could have done more to warn residents on the islander the hosts beat france, in an incredible penalty shoot—out. and those of the latest headlines here on bbc news. and now it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun.

deadly bushfires in the hawaiian island of maui.— bushfires in the hawaiian island of maui. ve from our studio in _ island of maui. live from our studio in singapore, - island of maui. live from our studio in singapore, this- island of maui. live from our studio in singapore, this is i studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. thank you for being with us. we begin in the us where a man who posted violent threats against presidentjoe biden has been shot dead by the fbi. agents were trying to serve an arrest warrant on craig robertson at his home in utah, just hours ahead of a planned visit to the state by mr biden. our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, shared this latest update from washington dc. the details that we have so far is, as you mentioned there, the suspect�*s name was craig robertson. we understand he was 75 years old. and there was a criminal complaint that had already been filed in the district court of utah regarding serious concerns about him. so one of the charges that he was facing was threats against the president — i've got the criminal

there is still 14% of hawaiian island in drought and on maui island, the drought has been worse. rain is in the forecast. the other islands have a surplus of rain, only maui has been bone dry and set up conditions to allow this to upon hawhachl about rain on the way? look out a little ways and maui will get the most rain. the driest island and rain is on the way. they do continue to burn, no rain out there right now. the winds are calming down and rain is on the way. >> carley: thank you. bring in hawaii state representative susa and our thoughts are with hawaii this morning. representative matsumoto, tell us the latest when it comes to fire and search and rescue efforts. >> yes, this is the deadliest tragedy we've had in hawaii and there has been such an outpouring of support from everybody around the island, my husband and my brother are both firefighters. i know the incident management team has gone to maui to help with the efforts and you have been able to see it across the island, whether the schools or even at the state legislature, the state senate came together to set up d

island. willie mcgrady who is in there in maui right now joining us live on the phone. willie, travel back safely here to the bay area. the governor of hawaii was out of town, but is returning to the islands tonight. the lieutenant governor is asking visitors to stay away from maui. either cancel or postpone your trip. here is just one reason why. willie was just talking about it. here it is. the main airport in maui is serving as an evacuation center right now. it's sheltering thousands of travelers who are stranded because of delayed or canceled flights. some flights getting out, including a few landing here in the bay area. we caught up with travelers at sjc and oakland who managed to make it out just today. >> we had to evacuate. so luckily, we were planning to leave this morning anyways, so we had packed everything up, and we were told to go to maui high school. there were definitely people there who had lost homes, like local people as well as a lot of travelers like us who were just trying to figure out what to do. >> this morning, we drove out. there was no radio

the search and rescue effort continues on the island of maui.— on the island of maui. on the island of maui. the latest from cbs news in _ on the island of maui. the latest from cbs news in hawaii. - 12,000 jobs are at risk after wilko, one of the uk's biggest discount retailers, went into administration. the household products chain, which has about a00 stores, warned last week that it was on the brink of collapse in the face of mounting cash pressures. our business correspondent peter ruddickjoins me. it's a lot of stores and an awful lot of employees. what happens now? that's right, incredibly worrying afternoon now. in the short term, administrators when they are appointed are expected to say it is business as usual but the a00 or so stores continue to trade as normal but the reality is it has been far from normal at wilko for quite some time to stop in an emotional letter to the 12,000 or so staff members this morning, wilko chief executive said there had been significant interest from potential rescuers but given the amount of time and cash the company had at its

looking at the disaster we are seeing in hawaii and the island of maui, how big is this in terms of the of the rescue and recovery mission that lies ahead? >> this is incredibly devastating to the island of maui, which is very strong. unfortunately for lahaina, an overwhelming majority of the infrastructure is gone and this will be a complete and total rebuild for a very small municipality focused on tourism. >> there is a balance to be struck between the efforts to maintain and preserve human rights and the basic needs of humans and the actual functionality of the economy, government relations and all of that. what exactly needs to be done? >> at this point fema is working with the governor's office and state and local officials to sustain life. 1, i spoke with an administrator at fema. she will hopefully be on the island today to assess the situation. they are focused on taking care of the initial needs of the disaster survivors. the ones who have lost everything and have nowhere to go. we will concentrate on a life-sustaining mission and that will start to transform into more interim

tourists are being told to stay away from the island of maui at this time. ines have been cooperating with local officials trying to ferry people off of the island. so far 11,000 tourists have been evacuated out of maui and around 2,000 residences gone into shelter. four of which stood up here on the island of maui. a terrible situation for so many folks here and it's going to take a long time for a lot of people here to bounce back. guys? >> steve: a lot of cultural places of importance have been destroyed. max, given the fact that your family is in the fire fighting business in california. how is it different fighting a fire in california as opposed to on a small island in the middle of the pacific? >> well, i think there is actually more parallels then you might initially think ache says. ingress and egress getting out of the communities. that was a real challenge especially when we saw some people literally pinned up against the ocean. the flames bearing down on them. one parallel to some of the mountain communities and devastating fires we have seen in c

on the island of maui. on the south coast of england are being moved off after legionella bacteria has been found on board. as... enter the year teaming union illegal according to new figures. hello, i'm maryam, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from we start tonight in hawaii — i want to show you some pretty incredible pictures. huge wildfires have killed at least 55 people and left about a thousand unaccounted for. hawaii's governor says it's probably the largest natural disaster in the state's history. let's take a closer look at what happened in one town — lahaina, on the western tip of maui. here, you get a sense of what it was — a historic town and popular tourist destination. but as we pan, you see the impact of the fires. local authorities say 80% of the coastal community is "gone". from above, you can see even more of the broad stretch of destruction. homes, businesses, cars have been destroyed. these pictures we're about to show you will put all of that into perspe

one of the most famous residents of maui island is oprah winfrey and she has been meeting residents andh the relief effort. 0ur reporter on the island, max matza, caught up with her. it's a little overwhelming, you know? but i'm really so pleased to have so many people, you know, supporting and, people are just bringing what they can and doing what they can. so i came earlierjust to see what people needed and then went shopping. 0h! because often, you know, you make donations of clothes or whatever and it's not really what people need, so i actually went to walmart and costco and... got pillows. shampoo. oh, wow. diapers. that's great. sheets. oprah winfrey helping with the relief efforts. earlier i spoke to dillon ancheta, a local reporterfrom hawaii news now. he gave us his assessment of the damage and the relief effort. last check, earlier today, the official said that the fires were about 80% contained. now, keep in mind, there are three fires burning there on the island of maui. but of course, the biggest and most severe is that lahaina fire that burnt out in west maui and complete

rescue and relief operations have intensified on maui island to supply survivors with food, water and shelter with thousands left homeless. hawaii's governor says the death toll is likely to rise. >> families will come together but there is a lot of loss here. i think we will see significantly higher numbers. they knew and loved his neighbors. >> the u.s. is dead this wildfires in more than a century say the actions of attorneys contributed to the scale of disaster. but they say they have received no warnings. they hope that lahaina is able to rebuild and return to the town, it was before the flames hit. >> what or who is being held responsible. >> investigations are ongoing but the fact that you had very strong hurricane went and dry conditions in much of hawaii by the time this happened, that of course contributed to the wildfires. but we are also seeing is multiple points of failure in the preparedness and the response. hawaii has the world's largest warning system but the sirens did not sound how they needed to. perhaps power outages impeded their receipt of these messages. hawaii

officials are also coming across a third fire in upcountry maui with no estimate on its containment. people from across the hawaiian islandsobilizing to help. this is video of members of the hawaiian national guard transporting first responders from honolulu to maui. u.s. president joe biden has approved the request for emergency support. in a statement he said he ordered all available federal assets on the islands to help with the response. these include the u.s. coast guard and navy. the army, sending blackhawk helicopters to the big island. the department of transportation is working with commercial airlines to evacuate tourists from maui. vice president kamala harris spoke about the disaster. v.p. harris: we want to do whatever is in the best interest of the folks on the ground. the victims of this tragedy and the needs of the first responders to focus on the issue and not worry about things. >> for more on the federal response i spoke to a former administrator of fema, the federal emergency management agency. >> thanks indeed for joining us this evening. looking at the disaster we are seeing in hawaii and the isnd of

much of the hawaiian island of maui is now scorched earth.ilot can hardly believe what he's seeing. oh, my gosh! look at the harbour! this looks like baghdad or something. the historic town of lahaina barely exists anymore. since the fire began on tuesday, it has ripped through, fuelled by hurricane—force winds, leaving burnt—out cars on once busy streets and instead of historic buildings, there are smoking piles of rubble. everybody still out here, it's time to go! for anyone still in the town, the message is clear — get out. if anybody�*s still here, the fire is on front street and it is time to go! this satellite image from last month and yesterday lays bare the destruction. it's something you'd see in a war zone. i was the last one off the dock when the firestorm came through the banyan trees and took everything with it. and ijust ran out to the beach and i ran south and ijust helped everybody i could along the way. still got dead bodies in the water, floating, and on the sea wall. they've been sitting there since last night. we've been p

back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> a tragic story now playing out on the island of maui.uthorities overnight increasing the number of deaths to 36. >> it's just so tragic. meantime, teams on the ground are pitching a desperate battle to try and save more lives and property. there's new video overnight to show you giving us a better idea of the devastation of what has now been called three separate fires. at this point entire neighborhoods destroyed including the historic island of lahaina. authorities expect the number of deaths, sadly, to climb higher. right now there's no estimate on the number of people injured. people with plans to visit the island are now being advised to stay away. the state's lieutenant governor is calling this a critical moment for everybody on the island. >> it's really about the community coming together, and it's this time that we will see what hawaii is all about. >> the reason it spread so fast is there were reports of gusts up to 85 miles per hour, so you know, that is so fast. that's why the county had such a hard time doing the containment

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maui. six people are dead and widespread evacuations are underway. we get a first-h kristen: now to the powerful wildfires raging on hawaii and the big island. six people have died. more than 1800 acres have been scorched by wildfires. hospitals are overwhelmed in maui. power and 91 service are unavailable to thousands. one town -- power and 911 service are unavailable to 1000. at one town was hit very hard with people jumping into the water to escape fire. >> hurricane which did not impact our islands would cause this type of wildfires. on certain parts of maui we have shelters that are overrun and resources that are packed. -- resources being taxed. the state is providing any support we can to support maui and the big island. kristen: the historic town of lahaina is mostly gone. our station k abc has a first-hand look. >> we are a couple miles look of lahaina. you can see the smoke coming out. out of that area. the wind has died down significantly. it was blasting yesterday which was part of the problem. a tremendous amount of smoke coming from that area. the smoke has dissipated quite a bit but the damage is apparently done and a huge area

the fires have killed at least 36 people on the island of maui where a historic town was all but destroyed death toll could climb as rescuers reach more remote parts of the island. >> oh, my god, look at the harbor. >> this footage shows the devastation on the coastal resort of maui's largest tourist destination. wildfires fueled by the wind of hurricane door, which pacified -- which passed by the south of the island. too many did not get out in time. >> this will take years to fix. years. this is not even the worst of it. so many dead bodies in the water floating and on the seawall. they've been sitting here since last night. we've been pulling people out since last night, trying to save people's lives and i feel we are not getting the help we need. >> officials said search-and-rescue missions continued. president joe biden ordered all available federal assets to help with response. >> the damage to the infrastructure is not just buildings. these were small businesses that invested in maui. these were local residents, and we need to figure out a way to help a lot of people in the next sev

one of the most famous residents of maui island is oprah winfrey, and she's been on the ground in the our reporter on the island max matza caught up with her. take a listen. well, it's a little overwhelming, you know? but i am really so pleased to have so many people supporting and people bringing what they can. so, i came earlierjust to see what people needed and then, went shopping. 0h! because often, you make donations of clothes or whatever and it's not really what people need, so actually i went to walmart and costco... and got pillows? ..shampoo, diapers... oh, wow, that's great. ..sheets, pillowcases... oprah winfrey. the african union's deadline for niger to reverse the military coup and reinstate president mohamed bazoum will soon expire. the west african ecowas group quickly enforced harsh sanctions and closed vital trade crossings to apply pressure to the coup plotters. this has led to increased political and economic uncertainty for the country with prices for consumers and businesses skyrocketing. live now to porto and karim manuel. he's the economist intelligence unit's

maui. hawaii is a tropical island. maui is a tropical island. in my lifetime i had never heard of forest fires happening in maui. now we have a fire that has killed hundreds of people and it is apparently caused by drought. that is a major problem. i used to be one of those people like your first caller that answered no. a political issue and all i have done is gone back and look at what is happened in the summer's from when i was a kid to now. and have it in the same place for all my life. we used to never hear people dying from heat related causes unless they were working out like on a football team or working outside and now you have people dying in their own homes just because of the heat. you have massive flooding. . you have forest fires in california, pretty much year-round now. yes, i do believe climate change has become a major threat. host: front page of the wall street journal this morning, utility new wildfires were a threat in maui but waited years to act. during between 19 wildfire season one of the worst maui had seen, hawaii and e

maui is coming together to provide each other with aid. chelsea davis, from the bbc�*s us partner cbs, is on the island and joined a convoy that went into westt. the community of maui is coming together, the challenge is getting these goods to the people. power lines are still down, it is difficult getting access to people who need it the most. escorted by a police officer i was part of a convoy that went into maui on thursday. we passed out food, gas, clothes, other goods. irate we passed out food, gas, clothes, other goods. we have food, clothes, other goods. we have food. water. — clothes, other goods. we have food, water, toilet _ clothes, other goods. we have food, water, toilet paper, - clothes, other goods. we have food, water, toilet paper, gas. all necessities to survive. we are helping people, that is all we are doing. people literally running to fill trash bags with ice. food, as, fill trash bags with ice. food, gas. water. _ fill trash bags with ice. food, gas, water, clothes. - fill trash bags with ice. food, gas, water, clothes. people i fill trash bags with ice. food, i gas, water, clothes. people do not have anything. restaur

they are trying to get communications back up and running in the devastated maui tourist town of lahaina. and bolster the island's water supply. they are pushing for federal disaster relief and working on housing for those that lost their homes. the flames have killed six people in maui. several others are missing. meanwhile, fires are spreading on the island of hawaii, known as the big island. we're told two new brush fires have erupted in recent hours. hawaiian residents have been horrified how quickly the blazes spread. brian todd has reactions from locals about what they've seen and experienced since the fires started. >> reporter: bands of flames and smoke that spread horrifically fast, arriving without warning, giving people no or little time to evacuate. those are the terrifying accounts of witnesses on maui. >> we saw the smoke at 3:30, 4:00. by 5:30, our house is gone. >> reporter: claire said she also got out of her house just in time. >> as soon as we were out the door, holy cow. within an hour, the flames had moved all the way down to the end of the nand. >> reporter: kent and others of the town of la

we have employees on maui who have also been impacted and we cover islands of maui. — impacted and we molokai and others _ of maui, but three, molokai and others and — of maui, but three, molokai and others and our entire company acrose— others and our entire company across all— others and our entire company across all our islands are in support— across all our islands are in support of maui right now. i want — support of maui right now. i want to— support of maui right now. i want to open by saying that our employees will be there today and for— employees will be there today and for however long it takes to help — and for however long it takes to help maui recover. this is our— to help maui recover. this is our home _ to help maui recover. this is our home and our 0hana and will not go _ our home and our 0hana and will not go anywhere. in the aftermath of windstorms and fires — aftermath of windstorms and fires we _ aftermath of windstorms and fires we began to work with state — fires we began to work with state and county agencies to assist — state and county agencies to assist with

maui? >> sure. to paint a picture first. the island of maui has about 150, 160,000 residents. on an average day, 70,000 visitors. so the visitor presence is really pronounced on the island of maui. in a disaster like this, there's certainly priority placed on making sure visitors know what's happening, where they need to be, what they need to do. understanding that, like you said, sometimes folks unplug and relax. so there have been lots of efforts made reaching out through our hospitality industry to lodging accommodations, transportation companies, all of that. trying to get folks where they need to be. we did make a call out for visitors who don't need to be on maui to leave at this time. and you know, we talk about aloha, and it's a reciprocal thing. those who have shown aloha by heeding our call to leave the island at this time, you know, we're thankful here at this assistance center to be able to reciprocate that and take care of folks on their journey home. >> what's your message to people maybe on the mainland who are trying to reach family or loved ones who could be tr

restriction, the we begin in hawaii with fast moving while fires of killed at least 6 people on the island of maui, done victims had been lifted off the island for treatment. yes, president joe biden says he's sending help to the state bar bound golf course. this is what's left of law high enough off to wild 5 times a historic town on how wise man we island. the destruction is says 2 5th its big describe as an apocalypse, thousands of people will force to escape the tourist part any way they come to the . 7 sun, the dog, some left by boat to us, chris, god rescued, 14 people who jumped into the ocean. firestone meteorologist say hurricane dora, blowing across the pacific ocean, is partly to blame for the strong winds, finding the flames. the winds, knock top power, cellphone services. i'm grounded slides, president biden says, sending assistance to help local rescue efforts of 3 buyers that are continued. and we ever had a 13 evacuations from different neighborhoods and, and we've had 16 years involving 5 solvers. and we've, as a result of that, our west side of our island area was a new brush bot

large parts of a tourist town on the island of maui have been completely burned to the ground. on the island of maui have been also on the show — can the taliban be tried for crimes against humanity for their treatment of women and girls? former prime minister and current un special envoy for global education, gordon brown, tells us he believes they can. plus — a deadly outbreak of the feline coronavirus on cyprus. thousands of cats have died. now, veterinarians are dispensing human anti—covid pills to stop the spread. and blast off — sir richard branson�*s virgin galactic launches from new mexico — with the first mother and daughter to head into space — on board. first, the latest in a series of extreme weather events around the world that experts say have been made more likely by climate change. firefighters continue to battle wildfires in hawaii. at least 36 people have been killed. the popular tourist town of lahaina, on the island of maui, has been largely burned to the ground. us presidentjoe biden has declared a major disaster, triggering the release of federal funding — for th

- are at a shelter here on maui island.f six, and we are seeing seems like there across the island. this shelter is at capacity and invite beds now spilling out into the open. 0ther and invite beds now spilling out into the open. other people i have been speaking to coming here saying they are sleeping outside with other families in people's gardens, trying to get some shelter however they can. also here, you can see this missing persons tent which has been set up, being run by local volunteers here on the island. they say people are coming to them with horrific tales of people surviving, but questions of their loved ones so they have not been able to contact due to restricted cell phone service here which are still down in parts of the island. people come and fill any police report here and those firms go to the office of the sheriff at the end of the day and people can scan a qr code to try to find out if they have any news about their loved ones. ultimately, these volunteers here tell me they are here from morning until

maui. the intensity of those wildfires sweeping across large areas of the island. people who managed to escape from the flames gathered in a safe parking area to spend the night. they've been describing what happened. i'v e i've lost my home, everything. my wife, my son and my cars, that's it. i felt like i was going to die, it was _ i felt like i was going to die, it wasjust— i felt like i was going to die, it wasjust fire filling i felt like i was going to die, it was just fire filling up the parking lot, everything, just put a towel over_ lot, everything, just put a towel over my— lot, everything, just put a towel over my face and start going, as we were _ over my face and start going, as we were leaving i go out first, i'm all geared _ were leaving i go out first, i'm all geared up. — were leaving i go out first, i'm all geared up. i_ were leaving i go out first, i'm all geared up, i got sick close on me, double _ geared up, i got sick close on me, double layer, triple layer, and i look— double layer, triple layer, and i look and — double layer, triple layer, a

the we begin in hawaii were fast moving. wild fires have killed at least 6 people on the island of maui. the speed and ferocity of the fires forced some people to jump into the sea to escape. burn victims have been air lifted off the island for treatment. dozens of people or rather buildings have been destroyed. power cuts are wide spread as hundreds of heck, tears burn out of control. as presidential biding says he's sending help to the state. well, this is footage film from a boat, leaving behind the harbor as the fire swept through the historic town, which dates back to the 1700s. a man who works on a tourist spelt line a harbor has been describing the evacuation there is the last firestone and i just got to know when he will. there'll have reports now from why look who on the island of maui, the winds of died down slightly here on malley giving firefighters a chance to start working these wildfires. the one you see behind me is a self area of mally above the town of ki, hey. and the firefighters are beginning to work those, but there's still enough when to whip these fires up. that'

maybe break that down for us between the non maui islands and maui, certainly. >> so you're seeing the best deals. if you do feel like it's the right time to go, you're seeing the best deals to other islands in the area. think places like the big island fares right now in september from san jose over to kona, nonstop for 237 bucks round trip and then some a smattering of deals as well. over to honolulu. i think those are actually going to continue to pop up even more. and the reason why is september even setting aside the devastating fires that happened on maui? september is actually the least popular month of the entire year for tourism to hawaii, largely because with school back in session, all those families who had been going over the past few months really dropped off. and so you can expect to see a lot of great deals popping up throughout september and october. not just on airfare, but also on hotel bills, car rentals and activities. >> scott, we got 30s left. when should people purchase their holiday travel tickets? >> now. >> now's the time to start looking. look, there's no gu

island. it comes after nearly 2,000 people had to shelter at the maui airport overnight. hawaii officials say the airlines are sending additional support to help people get off the island. clint hansen lives in maui and spoke with msnbc earlier today about what he's seen there. >> with these winds, it whipped up real fast. people didn't have time. we don't have the numbers, but i think complete families are gone now. people are running to the ocean to escape, jumping into it, getting rescued by the coast guard. >> reporter: back here in the bay, we do know there is a flight coming in from maui by way of honolulu. it arrives here in about 15 minutes. we spoke to speak with passengers and hear from them. we'll have an update live at 5:30. >> see you then, ian. definitely devastating to see all of that. the major concern with this fire is hurricane ahurricane fanning those flames. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking conditions on the fire lines and will join us with an update at 5:00. >>> back in our area, 35 people are now without a home after fast-moving flames tor

tourists being told to stay away from the island of maui. the airport packed with people trying to get out, so far 11,000 have gotten off the island so far. >> carley: thank you, bring in tulsi gabbard, she joins us live now. just devastating what is happening in your home state of ohio. what are you hearing right now? >> carley, it is truly heartbreaking to see this tragedy unfold. that community of lahaina on maui is historic, close, tight-knit community and to see how the fires have destroyed that community and how many lives have been taken and how many families have been displaced. yesterday the death toll was sadly six people passed because of the fires and that has gone up to 36 and what i'm hearing from friends and community leaders on maui, they expect the number to increase more first spngd responders are able to get to the areas impacted by the fire. the community is coming together, no question about it, i ask everybody to send prayers there way. we have red cross and a number of local organizations doing everything they can to su

maui. thousands fleeing their homes, and a bottleneck at the airport, where tourists are waiting for a way to get out. abc's will carr reports on the island's resources stretched to the limit. >> reporter: tonight, as the fires continue to burn across maui, chaotic scenes at the island's main airport. >> they basically evacuated us from our hotel, they said, everyone needs to find a way to the airport. >> reporter: airlines say they've flown more than 11,000 passengers and 400 crew members out of maui already. hundreds more stranded, sleeping in x-ray machines, carts, anywhere they can. we met cindy blanco, from oregon, who has been sleeping on the airport floor with her kids since wednesday. your airline said you can't get out until saturday? what's your plan at this point? >> oh, well, i started thinking about what to do, because it's hard to camp at the airport with kids for two days, so -- i got us a rental car. we're going to sleep in the mini van for a couple of days. >> okay, another bus is coming. >> reporter: overnight, this shelter taking in multiple nursing home residents evacuated by school bus. >> a lot of people coming right n

least 6 people at the doctor raging while finds desolate and todd communities on the hawaiian island of maui. the other ones are in jordan, this is down to 0. 9 from don't also coming up that go to election, killing a presidential candidate to show that it is contained run in the capital pizza. the. the white house is set to ban some u. s. technology investments by american companies in china understands truly those meet to invoice one from nigeria, head of a thursday meeting of the regional blocking the we begin in hawaii with fast moving while fires of killed at least 6 people on the island of maui. the victims have been lifted off the on and for treatment. us president joe biden says he's sending help to the states. barbara and go report this is what's left of law high enough off to wild foster but times the historic town on how wise mary island. the destruction is so severe. it's been described as an apocalypse. thousands of people will force to escape the tourist part any way they come to the. 7 sun, the dog, some left by boat to us, chris, god rescued, 14 people who jumped into the oce

islands as it's trying to pull that wind away. so this setup, worst-case scenario. as we've been telling you about, maui getting hit. a look at the island of maui, central maui right here on the western side getting hit the worst. right now 82, gusts up to 50. i see improvement in the weather tomorrow, namely in the way of that wind. gusts will drop and increased humidity. today, 30 to 40%. tomorrow, closer to normal, 70 to 90% humidity. coming up, i'll take a look at thunderstorms rolling into california. >>> another health scare for senator dianne feinstein. the 90-year-old lawmaker is back home after falling at her san francisco home. a spokesperson for the senator confirmed a brief hospital stay yesterday. the statement said her scans checked out and she was quickly released. this comes after newly filed court documents show her daughter, katherine feinstein, has been given power of attorney over some of the senator's affairs. the senator missed nearly threes months on capitol hill this year while battling shingles and other issues. feinstein says she plans to retire only after her term ends in december 2024. >>>

an estimated 1,000 people are unaccounted for in hawaii on the island of maui. that hopefully changes as people come forth and they're able to find survivors. parts of the island of maui have been left with no utilities, no way to communicate, the internet, phones, radio all knocked out making rescue efforts much more difficult. the wildfires now infamous on that beautiful island are on course to become the most deadly disaster in state history. confirmed deaths at 55. we're told that number will likely grow. none of the fires right now is fully contained. not one. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." those fires have left a wasteland of obliterated neighborhoods and landmarks and think about the economy there with the businesses knocked down. they don't know when they can get in there and when tourism will be an option again. the historic city of lahaina, once hawaii's royal capital, is charred ruins now. survivors stunned at just how fast hurricane dora's winds helped the flames to spread. >> people are found in houses in a huddle. there was

the latest information, we know that tens of thousands of people have been evacuated the island of maui in hawaii, where they have not seen these fires. there are efforts right now to shelter as many people as possible and also try and make sure that people can get you destination where they are safe and have resources. i was going to ask that, bearing these fires are still ongoing, there is support local offer to the local community and presumably there are a lot ofjurors in the area as well. yes, this is the tourist season, how why is a location that a lot of people like to go to because of its beauty. 0n the one hand, you have a number of shelters that have been set up on some of the islands that are nearby to maui. there has been transport taking people to shelters or airports to get them off. from what we have been hearing, airlines have been regulating their fares to make sure that people can buy a ticket to get off if they can get through the process, we have heard there has been long lines at some of there has been long lines at some of the airports, understandably so with so ma

it was paradise in flames in hawaii where incredibly fast-moving wildfires on the island of maui haveimed at least six lives overnight framing parts of the picturesque tourist destination against a hellish backdrop homes, businesses, and the historic town of lahaina destroyed. power and communications on the island crippled. residents and visitors urgently evacuated others literally running for their lives in desperate sprints to the ocean to escape the heat and smoke. many of the injured were treated for burns. the fire sweeping across the western part of maui, driven by strong winds fueled by a hurricane hundreds of miles away that initially kept firefighting helicopters on the ground miguel almaguer has made his way to maui and has this late report >> reporter: the apocalyptic scene in maui unfolded before sunrise, an island wildfire so explosive, flames poured into the pacific forcing the desperate to plunge into the ocean to escape the inferno >> careful right here. >> reporter: the coast guard quickly plucking roughly a dozen from the water as witnesses say the unstoppable blaze

that tool continues to rise as smith adults that's far remains in homes on the island of maui. authorities launch it proved to find out whether mistakes were made in the handling of the disaster. also ahead. china vows forceful measures up to the highlands vice president lands in the united states. william lies something else in new york on his flights to power by aging, causing the trouble of make up the i am eddie mike, a junior and you welcome to the program that to from wildfires that swept through the hawaiian island of maui, who over the past week has risen to 93. it's now the deadliest wildfire disaster in the united states for more than a century. it's via the number of pets full rice by the us. the products that's been doubts homes for human remains. thousands of people have been left homeless by the fires. donations are arriving from across hawaii and from the us. mainland. people have been dropping of food water, including that's emergency shelters. with the fires, most of the contained attention is shifting to the response wise. that's what the general has opened an investigati

latest alerts that came down is now that non-essential travel is being strongly discourage to the island of maui. in fact, the airport there on the island is been converted into a shelter. they've got about 1800 travelers from canceled flights that at folks that have just arrived to this nightmare, they're being sheltered at the airport. crawford's michael thomas is following our side of it on the bay area side of this flight nightmare. he's down in san jose international airport with the very latest. michael, good morning. >> hi, everyone. you know, ultimately officials with airlines are telling people if you don't need to travel there, you shouldn't take a look. this is what hawaiian airlines are looking like right now at san jose mineta airport. there's nobody at the counters. people have all been either diverted to another location or their flight to just been canceled in lee. earlier today, i spoke with numerous different families that we're heading. there are some who had been planning their trips for months, but got here today. >> and found out that it had been completely canceled. some p

ended up spending the night at the airport. >> and maui obviously an attractive destination in good times. what is your message to travelers to the islandht now? >> i issued an emergency proclamation a few hours ago encouraging people not to travel to maui, you know, whether it's visitors or residents, it's not a safe place for you to be. we have wildfires that are not completely contained. we have travel plans to maui, we ask that you postpone it or cancel it at this time. >> acting governor luke, thank you for taking time out during this very busy period. we do appreciate it. >> thank you, lester. >>> also developing tonight, fbi agents shot and killed a man in utah while serving a warrant to him for allegedly making death threats against president biden ahead of his visit to that state. peter alexander has late details. >> reporter: tonight, president biden out west heading to salt lake citst hours after fbi says i agents had a deadly man who had threatened to kill him. the fbi says it happened at 6:15 this morning in nearby provo, utah, where they were serving an arrest warrant on suspect, craig robertson who they say was approximat

we're not for hurricane dora and the 16 80 mile per hour winds in the white big island and maui, then this firestorm would not have been i would say, it would not have burned them so much of now is it did. that is the view of our climate scientists here. climate change is upon us in the more we recognize it and spend the resources and the focus that we need to do the better off we all will be. this is a worldwide position. >> senator mazie herman of hawaii. again everybody is sending the best thoughts to a truly special place in this world in this country. thank you very much. that is all in on this thursday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening. alex today mr. trump's alleged coconspirators in the mar-a-lago case, that would be walt naughto and carlos de oliveira, they appeared in a florida courtroom to address the new charges against them by special counsel jack smith the new defendant here, trump's property manager carlos de oliveira did not enter he still needs to lock in local legal representation. but both trump and his valet walt nauta pleaded not guilty to

more resources are being sent to the hawaiian island of maui is the search for victims intensifies indfires. the historic town of lahaina, the worst part of the island has been bent almost entirely to the ground. the death toll stands at 80, making it the deadliest natural disaster in a way�*s history. but the number of missing is far higher. the search for bodies has onlyjust begun in earnest. meanwhile, buyers do continue to burn there, helicopters are being sent to douse the flames one bucket at a time. many people forced to flee at a

island. not experiencing fires as badly as maui, but the big island has put together a task force to support.ju: what exactly does hawaii need? you've had urgent calls for federal assistance. >> assessment is still going on. lahaina is a very historic town or used to be the capital of hawaii. there's only one road in and out. so this lends more challenges to getting assistance and clearing things away. >> juju: you mentioned lahaina has historic structures. give us a sense of some of the symbols of the kingdom of hawaii that have been lost today. >> it was an old whaling town with historic buildings. our current assessment is that the town has burned substantially. so all of the businesses and 10,000 or so people who live there in addition to the tourists all needing to shelter in place or be evacuated. it is all hands on deck. >> juju: we know you're in the midst of a crisis. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> juju: best of luck. >>> up next, the bombshell lizzo lawsuit. three former backup dancers share their side of the story as the superstar singer digs in and denies the allegatio

also coming up, dozens of people die in a wildfire on the hawaiian island of maui. blaze turns one of the islands, his store, towns to ashes, devastating the harbour and surrounding area the timeline would crop welcome to the program. west african leaders have ordered military chiefs of echo was to put together an intervention force for possible deployment in the chair. they made the announcement at a meeting in nigeria at the conclusion of their summit on the crew in the chair. the leaders say they will prioritize using peaceful means, but nothing is off. the table is yours. going to have ignored a 7 day deadline. is that by echo was to reverse their military take over to go straight to debbie's west avenue in corresponding month i'll call you who is in night the measuring capital for that summit in boucher. the echo was we just heard is decided to activate a stand by force. what exactly does that mean? oh, well, let's take a step backwards. before we get to that, we would like to mention that before they came to the point, they also to emphasize that they are going to prioritize, yo

right now, evacuations continue for those visitors and residents of maui so that we can get them off the islandue teams can go ahead and do their work. we are also doing this because we want less pressure to be on the shelters down in maui, so get people off maui and onto other islands, then there will be less pressure on the shelters, like some of those images you shared. does it feel overwhelming, as we're talking now? i does it feel overwhelming, as we're talking now?— talking now? i am sure for those --eole in talking now? i am sure for those peeple in that — talking now? i am sure for those people in that situation, - talking now? i am sure for those people in that situation, of - talking now? i am sure for those. people in that situation, of course it does. they have lost everything, we are trying to get help as quickly as we can, but it is a very trying circumstances.— as we can, but it is a very trying circumstances. ., ~ , ., . ., circumstances. thank you so much for takin: time circumstances. thank you so much for taking time to — circumstances. thank you so much for taking time to sp

while they grieve, we have a responsibility to maintain the economic engine that powers maui. 77% of alljobs on the islandor indirectly related to tourism. so there was, as you know, a lot of frustration among locals in the immediate aftermath of these wildfires, while some fires were still burning, about tourists coming to maui. i want to play you a clip of what one local told the bbc. let's listen. the same waters that our people just died in three days ago are the same waters the very next day these visitors, tourists, were swimming in, and that says a lot about where their heart and mind is in all of this and where our heart and mind is. you don't see our people swimming, snorkelling, surfing. nobody is having fun in tragedy and continuing their lives like nothing has happened. there are two hawaiis right now. there is the macroeconomic hawaii we are living in and the hawaii they are visiting. so you see a local saying that there are two hawaiis. do you worry that asking tourists to come to south maui could alienate locals? yes, i do. the resentment to tourism has been growing for the last decade. it'

damn, it's hot. >> reporter: winds from a hurricane south of maui with gusts up to 70 miles per hour pushed flames that raced across the islandral 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 here. >> yeah, somebody is down. >> we cannot do nothing for her. >> reporter: thousands of people were evacuated, including dan sonneson. 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 the natives especially. and you lose a place like lahaina, it's so historic. >> oh my god! >> reporter: day break showed the scope of the calamity. flames had wiped out hundreds of homes and businesses and hawaiian history. lahaina, a mecca for tourist, used to be the capital of hawaii's ancient kingdom and a major fishing port. >> this is such a cool old town. it's really tough to think about. >> reporter: witnesses say lahaina li

states where president joe biden has promised to help the people of hawaii, wildfire ravaged island of maui for as long as it takes now. joe biden is visiting the island after wildfires 2 weeks ago killed more than 100 people. some $850.00 are still missing a search cruise with cadaver dogs. continue to look for human remains. alj a 0 is patty cole, head reports of yours, president joe barton from the air and the grown seen the toxic show that is left after wildfire swept through the island of maui to he lives in thousands of structures. more than 100 confirm did. more than 800 people still missing the floor of the rapidly spreading flames still so very fresh. it was like if you pour gasoline in the line and you just, you know, leave it on fire. it was so quick. the pain of confirming the dead, this man's 16 year old brother's body just found along with his beloved dog. they were fond together, hugging a. you know, he, he probably try to save a man. you know, he jump on top of him and he hugged them by and take now what may see us his greatest political strict being able to console those in