the death toll in hawaii increased once again overnight after catastrophic wildfires swept through maui. officials confirmed the lahaina wildfire claimed at least 114 lives, only ten have been identified. cnn chief climate correspondent bill weir is joining me live from maui. earlier today i spoke with a search k9 handler who said the situation on the ground is ten times worse than what is seen on television, and just he heart-wrenching and exhausting. how does that compare with what you ve seen and what people are expressing to you? that s absolutely true. it s the worst i ve seen since the campfire in california burned the entire town of paradise to the ground. everything flammable burned all the way in lahaina. metal was twisted and now that dust is blowing around. there s worry that rain could
it is interesting that you have wide liberals pretty well off saying, you know, defund the police. let s not even talk about and then you have black politicians in the streets in these urban areas saying please, help us. several years ago during the george floyd riot senator tom cotton placed an op-ed in the new york times in which he said we need the national guard. it was so outrageous to the left that two of the editors at the new york times got fired for allowing someone to express their opinion in the new york times. after it had gone through an exhausting and excruciating fact-check process. i am not exactly sure. i think the same set up councilman had a different point of view. what a change? the situation is so dire. the number of homicides is up an incredible amount. he was responding, reacting to a mass shooting that happened on saturday night. we had one of the mothers of the
doesn t make any sense. right? you create a murder capital. and you are a coward. it is interesting that you have wide liberals pretty well off saying, you know, defund the police. let s not even talk about and then you have black politicians in the streets in these urban areas saying please, help us. several years ago during the george floyd riot, senator tom cotton placed an op-ed in the new york times in which he said we need the national guard. it was so outrageous to the left that two of the editors at the new york times got fired for allowing someone to express their opinion in the new york times. after it had gone through an exhausting and excruciating fact-check process. i am not exactly sure. i think the same set up councilman had a different point of view. what a change? the situation is so dire. the number of homicides is up an incredible amount. he was responding, reacting to a
all of them affected by this heat. so today, as you mentioned, about 100 degrees in the heat index. it s still hot, but it s a break from the usual temperatures. we talk to someone who was at the beach today who talked about what it s like. dealing with these temperatures here in miami. it gets hot everywhere. but miami heat, it has a humidity factor to it that most other places doesn t. half like arizona, you go to arizona, the heat it s like a pure he. it s a dry heat. but over here, it s a little more humid. for someone who comes from other places, they re going to find this exhausting. they are not going to be able to tolerate to most of the time. and alex, we spent some time reporting on the beach in fort lauderdale, just days ago, where i remember one of the workers from one of the restaurants telling me that this summer, they ve seen more emts visit the beach to treat heat-related emergencies for a lot of the tourists that come to the beach, because the dangers are there. wh