fox news alert on the dead lie wildfires in a moment. search and rescue efforts are underway dark in the middle of the night. 36 people are dead. officials say dozens more are injured. there could be thousands without a home. overwhelmed hospitals still taking in burn and smoke inhalation victims and thousands rushing to leave maui. we ll keep you updated throughout the morning. from hawaii. the immigration system in this nation is broken. it has been broken for decades. we are also asking the federal government to declare a state of emergency. this will allow federal funds to be allocated quickly to help address the urgent challenges we face. dana: democratic new york city mayor eric adams is criticizing president biden of his handling of the migrant crisis. one of biden s top aides, tom perez, will meet with the mayor at city hall this morning. adams is begging the white house to declare a state of emergency to help get them more funds.
the last time spoke to cnn, it has turned very serious and very dire. lieutenant governor, we re looking at pictures and these really tell the story of just how dire this is. often when we talk about these wildfires, we re talking about damage to agriculture, maybe some structures, but there are injuries related to these. the hospitals are being stressed. explain how this is hurting people physically. absolutely. our hospital system on maui, they are overburdened with burn patients, people suffering from inhalation. we are already in communication with other hospital systems about relieving the reality is that we need to fly people out of maui to give them burn support because maui hospital cannot do burn treatment.
hurricane dora are fueling the flames burning structures in maui and the big island. their emergency 911 and other phone services are down. a lot of people can t use 911. huge hurdles in terms of getting it residents. thousands without power as fires continue to grow in maui. thelet governor of hawaii just to told us this is an unprecedented disaster. our hospital system on maui, they are overburdened with burn patients. people suffering from inhalation. we are already in communication with other hospital systems about relieving the burden. the reality is that we need to fly people out of maui to give them burn support. let s go to meteorologist derek van dam in the weather center. what is described there is dire. the governor says that never
inhalation. the reality is that we need to fly people out of maui to give them burn support, because maui hospital cannot do extensive burn treatment. cnn s derek van dam joins us now. what i think is keep is the way is really just dawning there, so i think we ll just start to get a sense of the damage there. tell us how this happened? yeah, it s really becoming first light, sunrise roughly about 6:30 local time. really with this satellite imagery, you see the orange specks? these are the three active wildfires, as we go forward in time, we start to see that the hot spots aren t as bright as what they were overnight when the fires were at their maximum. what we believe is happening is