Im here on the road to lahaina. This is as close as we can get to the community. 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 there the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. You can also see the high winds. And 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 flare ups 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 here is stopped and asked questions about why they are going on. And many people are then forced to turn around in this lane here and essentially turned back, because right now they are only allowing Emergency Workers in. Its coming at a
To continue to be supported by the Record Company. Just to push backjust slightly, are you sort of letting people off by saying it is the Record Company . Im not letting. Its not letting off, its saying what it really is. This is one of the reasons why even with a tribe called quest, we had a lyric that said Industry Rule Number a008. Record Company People are shady. Record Company People are shady. You know, the fact that we were making something that was more conscious, we didnt get the support like a lot of other artists. Thank you so much forjoining us and happy birthday. Thank you so much, kirsty. Lets take a look at some of the front pages. The guardian, asylum barge evacuated as deadly bacteria is found and the best is yet to come, the lioness is ready to take on colombia. Good luck for tomorrow for that. The daily mail, the trans row over womens wards and the pressure to change nhs guidelines that they can share single sex spaces and again, england. On the daily telegraph, migr
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
On newsnight at 10 30pm another blow to the Prime Ministers so called small boats week, as migrants are taken off the Bibby Stockholm Barge after legionaires bacteria caused problems. How will the government reboot its Migrant Policy . Good evening. Hawaii is said to be facing the largest Natural Disaster in its history, after wildfires ripped through the land and destroyed most of the beach front town of lahaina. At least 55 people are known to have died but many are still missing. Just look at how the landscape has been ravaged. Whole roads and neighbourhoods have been blackened and flattened as hurricane strength winds fanned the deadly flames. The blaze ripped through the town so quickly that some people jumped into the harbour to escape the flames and smoke. Heres our North America Correspondentjohn Sudworth reporting from maui. The town of lahaina, home to 12,000 people traced its history back centuries. All but wiped from existence in a few short hours. The intensity of the fire