do you think the sirens going off would have saved lives? i do, yeah. andaya s resignation comes as hawaiian electorate faces multiple lawsuits. alleging the utility is to blame for igniting the fires. the power company says it doesn t comment on pending litigation, stressing the causes of the fires have not been determined. it comes as the death toll balloons to well over 100, with more than half the burn zone searched. i m heartbroken. i m heartbroken. words cannot explain, because i keep hearing of people i know that are still unattended. is with the red cross and joins us from maui tonight. evan, what are you hearing from people who live there? we are hearing that they are dealing and living still with the trauma from the other week. that is one of our major points of assistance right now, is helping people, senior citizens, to young children, process the
news central. we start this afternoon with major growing questions on the cause and the response to the deadly maui wildfires. right now, the atf s national response team is joining the investigation. the death toll remains at 111. but a thousand people or more could still be missing. teams are still searching the burn zone for human remains, while maui s mayor says that 45% of that area has been searched. as the recovery effort continues, a stunning resignation overnight. this is maui s emergency management chief herman andela after facing intense scrutiny for not activating the island s warning systems and just one day after defending that decision, he has resigned citing a health
thank you. when we come back [sigh] we have to take a deep breath on this one, as the heartbreaking search efforts in hawaii are picking up speed, we re going to get a rare look from the burn zone, when the 11th hour continues. you need to see this. please stick around. please stick around. and weak enamel. sensodyne sensitivity gum & enamel relieves sensitivity, helps restore gum health, and rehardens enamel. i m a big advocate of when nature and science get together. pretty sweet things can happen. like our senokot laxative gummies. to relieve occasional constipation, senokot starts with the natural senna plant that science transforms into a yummy gummy! sweet! senokot laxative gummies. the last thing before we go
wildfires in hawaii. nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer was granted rare access inside the burn zone with search teams. reporter: this morning, ground zero of the burn zone, for the first time the federal government giving nbc news an up close view of the destruction as search and rescue look for the missing. how would you describe the search area? how daunting is it? it s the worst thing i ve ever seen. this is apock limp tick. it is terrible. reporter: many were escaping in vehicles and now authorities have to go car by car and block by block to see if they can find anyone who didn t make it out alive. with more cadaver dogs on the way, officials expect to identify up to 20 new victims a day. 79-year-old buddy jantoc and 74-year-old robert dyckman are the first to officially be
tim keller was a hero of mine and it was a great privilege to be a friend of his later in his life and to get to know him up close was to be even more impressed with him. and, of course, yesterday, mika, his large group of friends and loved ones said good-bye to him. yeah. in new york. thank you, david french, for those words about tim keller and thank you, chris matthews for being on this morning and susan glasser, as well. coming up, the latest on the search for survivors in hawaii where the death toll from the devastating wildfires has now reached at least 106 people with many members of that community still waiting for answers about missing loved ones. nbc news was granted rare access inside the burn zone with search teams. that reporting is next on morning joe. with flonase, allergies don t have to be scary. spray flonase sensimist daily for non-drowsy,