But breaking tonight, we first told you about this last night. But now at least 36 people are dead and thousands are fleeing their homes as i will wildfires sweep across the Hawaiian Island of maui. The flames have forced some adults and children to literally run into the ocean to avoid blaze. This is a disaster of historic proportions for the island state. President biden is promising immediately help for those affected. And the u. S. Military is assisting in the response. Some historic areas have been totally destroyed. National correspondent William La Jeunesse joins us now from outside a shelter on maui. Good evening, william. Good evening, bret. You know, the fires are still burning. So this remains a Search And Rescue operation. In fact, were told a number of individuals are still up in lahaina. They survived the fire but they dont want to leave because they wont get back. In the video i want to show you is from lahaina. Thats the commercial heart of this island and it was litera
staying power. he is still making a bad bet that the conviction and the unity among united states and our allies and partners will break down. he still doesn t understand that our commitment, our values, our freedom is something he can never, never, ever ever walk away from. it s who we are. [applause] i mean it, it s who we are. it s who we are. throughout this horrific war, the people with lithuania and the brethren, champions of ukraine s right of a future to its own choosing, one that is free because you live so long with freedom denied. many of you who are older know better than anyone how precious the right to determine your own future is. precious to people everywhere, everywhere. not just in ukraine, belarus, muldova, georgia, and all the places around the world people continue to fight to make their voices heard. so my message, my message to all of you tonight is keep it up, keep it going, keep reminding the world of hope that lithuania embodies and that s what you e
auction. featuring a pink bow; channel your inner audrey hepburn. maybe dylan mulvaney will get in on it. jesse: tonight, jesse watters primetime, who started the fires in hawaii investigation? that s it for us. tonight. have good one, everybody. greg: there you go. bret: good evening. welcome to washington. i m bret baier. fbi director christopher wray under fire over what republicans contend is the weaponization of the bureau and the justice department. we have two specific examples tonight. the u.s. and iran engage in a prisoner deal. but there are some major objections. we ll hear from former secretary of state, former cia director mike pompeo. plus, republican presidential candidates head to iowa for the state fair as we get a clearer picture of who exactly will be on that first debate stage.
and promised help for maui. we re working as quickly as possible to fight these fires and evacuate residents and tourists. in in the meantime our prayers with the people of hawaii not just our prayers. every asset we have will be available to them. now, the sad expectation is a number of fatalities, bret, is going to go up. when you hear the stories about how fast these flames moved, that is not a surprise. also a warning if people are going to give money because there is a lot of need here, make sure you are giving to a legitimate charity. back to you. bret: good idea. william la jeunesse, live in maui, william, thanks. congressional republicans are demanding answers tonight from fbi director christopher wray. they say a newly released copy of a memo indicates the bureau targeted catholics over their faith. that directly contradicts wray s recent testimony and reinforces the g.o.p. contention about the biden administration weaponizing the justice department.
from the fbi systems. but, in the new unredacted memo, underneath the black marks, the fbi portland and los angeles field offices. it he can be as aghast as he wants to be but it sure looks like now much broader than the richmond field office. the fbi is defending its leader writing director wray s testimony on this matter has been accurate and consistent. while the document referred to information from other field office investigations, of racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist subjects, that does not change the fact the product was produced by a single office. and house judiciary chairman jim jordan has been going back and weeks with the fbi, really months to try to get. they has given the fbi director until august 23rd to answer a series of questions and explain the role of additional bureaus in this document, bret. bret: what potentially is next. the potential is to hold wray in contempt of congress. this is something that he has threatened for several month