Significantly after the worst wildfires to hit an american state in more than a century. Our North America correspondent John Sudworth reports from the island. Vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. Theyre now making multiple daily trips into the Disaster Zone with a growing sense of frustration. We are all wondering, why was there no help sent from oahu . Pearl harbor is a 20 minute flight away, right . Why are the limited resources of police on this island left alone . Where is the support for them . Why are we taking supplies on a boat instead of helicopter . We do this because we have to. An hour into the journey and the devastation along the shoreline comes into view. We can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and you can make out is the blackened landscape above the town where the grass was burning and what happened with the Hurricane Blowing away off to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of the isla
Reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. Helena, youve been following the developments for us there, bring us up to date with the latest. Im here on the road to lahaina. This is as close as we can get to the community full up can get to the community full up and what i want to show you right now is the scene here. If we just move over here i want to give you a picture of these dry conditions here on the island of maui. You can see the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. You can also see the high winds. In these high winds really have been an issue in fanning those flames and they are leading to more concerns, ever present concerns from authorities about the prospect for flareups in these places. Im going to move out of the way so you can look over my shoulder here. What you can see is this is the last Police Check Point here on the road to lahaina here, everyone on the road he is stopped and asked questions about why they are going
Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with that firestorm on capitol hill. The former special counsel robert hur testifying about his investigation into president bidens handling of classified documents. The special counsel was defiant, standing by his conclusion that no charges were warranted. You may recall, though, it was his final report that angered the white house. The report included personal assessments about the president s age and memory, mentioning his son, beaus, death. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle used the hearing to score political points ahead of the 2024 president ial election. Republicans blasted hur for not charging biden with a crime, while democrats aimed to point out the differences between the current president and donald trump, who is facing charges for mishandling classified documents, saying trump obstructed all investigations. The white house views the matter as over and says the case is closed. Cbss ed okeefe is
Well get reaction to the way number ten has dealt with it. Also on the programme, a Ship Carrying Aid for palestinians has left cyprus, but how are they going to move that aid, when the american pontoon for gaza is still 30 days away . And are uk pet Owners Overpaying for vet bills. The Competition And Markets Authority says it has identified multiple concerns about drug pricing and the monopilisation of vetinary practices. Good evening. The british businessman frank hester has given the Conservative Party £10 million. Last night the Guardian Newspaper published minutes of a Company Meeting in 2019 in which he told colleagues that looking at diane abbott made you want to hate All Black Women and that the mp should be shot. His spokesman has said mr hester admits to being rude about diane abbott in a private meeting several years ago but says his criticsim had nothing to do with her gender nor the colour of her skin. The bbc has not heard a recording of the comments so we cannot verify
In the last few minutes, we have been told that the search has been called off by the french authorities. Simonjones reports from dover. The sea has claimed several more lives. The french lifeboat had the grim task of bringing five bodies back to shore, a sixth person airlifted to hospital didnt survive. Some of those rescued were taken to dover after lifeboats from the uk joined the search operation. Many of the survivors had been in the sea, screaming for help. Others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. Translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. They overload the boats and so the boats can no longer move forwards. The last boat was too full. These pictures taken earlier in the week showed just how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the worlds busiest shipping lane. The french Authorities Say they will only intervene at sea if a boat gets into difficulty. The mp for dover