And in maui tonight, the images just now coming to light. Now the deadliest wildfire in 100 years. And the tough questions now emerging tonight. First, this evening, sources telling abc news the d. A. In Fulton County, georgia, moving more quickly than expected at this hour. The unexpected move late today. Could any possible criminal indictment now come as early as tonight . Aaron katersky standing by live at the courthouse with what weve just learned. Also tonight, the new and difficult images just now emerging from hawaii. The mother and her two sons wading in the water for hours after jumping in to survive the flames. Tonight, hawaiis governor warning the death toll could be much higher. Survivors now being asked to provide dna to help identify victims. And now, major new questions. Where were the warnings . The sirens . Why werent power lines shut down amid the red flag warnings . Whit johnson and Gio Benitez In Maui again tonight for us. Ginger zee is also here, tracking severe st
there s disaster relief spending and who still has to pass the full congress. also issues on immigration, the so-called daca or dreamers, those were brought to this country illegally by their parents, any of them are adults now. so those have to be worked out and republicans in the president are starting to scheme on that. back to you. lisa: thank you so much. cloudy. i ll give you quality. so let s discuss this a little bit because the republicans honestly have a huge win in passing tax reform and the president signing into law. what momentum does that do to the talk on infrastructure? buck: creates a total narrative shift. the other vulcans going into the midterms say we do stuff, we have points on the board giving the american people back when he come the economy. we want to work with democrats. we would like to find some way to do more good stuff like tax cuts, like tax reform for the american people. democrats run around screaming about russia and collusion and impeachment in
terms of property and economic losses. fema has a disaster relief budget of $3.8 billion. which raises the question, where will the rest of the money come from. back in 2005 then indiana congressman mike pence launched something called operation offset which many the wake of katrina called for any disaster relief spending to be offset by cuts to the budget. so it s a teeny bit awkward to have the vice president there in texas today when in the past he s been the poster boy for refusing disaster aid unless there are tough budget cuts to go along with it. corpus christi is in harvey s rearview mirror tonight. but port arthur and beaumont are not. this is the view from above, whole neighborhoods under water. port arthur 90 miles east of houston was virtually cut off, major roads swamped. last night we showed you the
advised residents that there is no gas available and recommended that quote citizens stay home and do not waste gas. in corpus christy mere where harry made landfall, vice president mike pence did something the president has yet to do. he toured the devastation and met with the victim ps. latest estimates suggests that harvey could cost $75 billion in terms of property and economic losses. fema has a disaster relief budget of $3.8 billion. which raises the question, where will the rest of the money come from. back in 2005 then indiana congressman mike pence launched something called operation offset which many the wake of katrina called for any disaster relief spending to be offset by cuts to the budget. so it s a teeny bit awkward to have the vice president there in texas today when in the past he s been the poster boy for refusing disaster aid unless
democrats counter that offsetting disaster relief spending would be unprecedented. that you would never be able to appropriate disaster money if you had to pit it against an existing federal program. democrats also argue that republicans in their eagerness to save money are ignoring the humanness of the disaster. talk to the person whose house has been destroyed and it s a week before the christmas season and it s getting cold. tell them. republicans point out democrats have also included such nonsandy related expenses as $25 million to rehabilitate farm land damaged by unspecified natural disasters, $58 million to restore private forest land danieled by natural disasters, not necessarily sandy. and $200 million for health and human services to be used at the discretion of the secretary. northeast senators are putting great pressure on the house to pass this bill. the showers moving at its own pass. their version of the bill hasn t