More than 50 lives. Almost 2,000 buildings. In moments, well talk to a local pastor about what the church is doing to help, but first to the Senior National correspondent William Lajeunesse live for us on the ground in maui with the very latest. William. Reporter trace, were in the harbor about ten miles south of la hind a and this is also where the Police Roadblock is and the check point. People cant get into lahina because theyre still looking for bodies but if you want to go you have to go by boat but thats supposed to be illegal. We heard some incredible stories today from people who were in the water for eight hours or more, waited to be picked up and had jumped to avoid the flames in lahina per se. One thing i heard today over and over, the speed of this fire was so great, people could just not they couldnt get out in time. They couldnt even see the flames, the smoke was so thick. Traffic was backed up. People literally died in their cars. Now, lahina is of course the hardest hit
during a discussion of the state s new policy relating to transgender students that says participation in sports or any school program separated by sex will be based on biological sex rather than gender identity. that also applies to locker rooms and bathrooms. but the state s republican governor, glenn youngkin says, president biden s justice department should stay in their lane. the department of justice, once again, is demonstrating, just like they did in hound county, that they are exercising political expression, and i wouldn t be surprised if the teachers unions are behind it once again. reporter: virginia school officials turned down the help from the crs saying they ve got this situation under control. also important to note the crs is not a litigating arm and they have no enforcement ability. they just say they want to help keep the peace. but the answer from school officials in roanoke virginia was no thanks. trace. trace: not happy.