_ receiving people on the other end, directortokioka receiving people on the other end, director tokiokarectortokioka has been fantastic. — end, directortokioka has been fantastic, it's about tourists and — fantastic, it's about tourists and residents. we heard the outrage _ and residents. we heard the outrage. forthose and residents. we heard the outrage. for those of you who can help — outrage. for those of you who can help each other, please help— can help each other, please help each other in time of need _ help each other in time of need. we know there is a lot of emotionai— need. we know there is a lot of emotional trauma going on. i want — emotional trauma going on. i want to— emotional trauma going on. i want to thank everybody who has supported. we have much funds, supplies— supported. we have much funds, supplies coming in. the groups, the businesses that have affected. these other businesses standing there strong _ businesses standing there strong across the world. we are getting — strong across the world. we are getting calls to help with housing funds, and it isjust unbeliev

james tokioka, director of the department of business, economic development and tourism in hawaii, hasjust

and in the past hour, james tokioka director of the department of business, economic development andrism in hawaii, gave this update. it's a very, very sad day in hawaii. it is devastating. and i know many families in maui are struggling right now as well as many family members across the state. we want to send our heartfelt love to them and our prayers to them. i am going to talk with two hats on, from here at the convention centre, we set up to accommodate 2,000 people. as the planes were leaving from maui, we realised that some of the people, in fact, a lot of the people that were coming to 0'ahu from maui had made their own accommodation. we have a set up here that would accommodate 2,000 people. i want to really thank the team here because terry 0rton from the convention centre was here at four o'clock in the morning setting up. they are doing an incrediblejob. people have been up all night. i really want to thank them for all of the work that they did, the red cross has been here helping us, nicky from the red cross. thank you to all of those people. john monaghan and jerry gib