Hope you have an awesome monday morning. Coy, thanks very much. Thanks to all of you for joining us. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good monday morning. Were glad you are with us. Some good news this morning. A deal. One deal. One deal. One of the many deals that needs to be made. Of the 15 deals that need to be made, so far one deal but it is important. Thats right, it is in los angeles. Hollywood were talking about. Lets get started with five things to know for this monday. A tentative deal in the hollywood writers drive strike after 146 days an countless picket lines. But no deal in d. C. Where a shutdown is increasingly likely. The gop still split on a path forward. And bad news for President Biden in a pair of new poles. 56 of americans disapprove of how he is handling the job. And also on the immigration front the mayor of el paso says his city is at a Breaking Point without enough resources to deal with another surge of migrants as mexico mak
hello, again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. new today, israel defense forces are now responding, after questions about hamas weapons allegedly found inside gaza s largest hospital. video evidence analyzed by cnn had suggested that the idf may have rearranged weapons found at the al shifa hospital before international news crews visited the scene. the idf says the discrepancy is due to more weapons and assets being discovered throughout the day following a raid earlier this week at the facility, and it comes as israel defense forces are now vowing to advance anywhere hamas is found. there are growing signs that the idf may soon expand its operations into southern gaza. right now, families of hostages are gathered in tel aviv pleading with the israeli government to ensure their loved ones safe return. that s where we find cnn s jeremy diamond. what are you hearing from people gathered? reporter: well, fred, thousands of families of hos
overwhelming sentiment that the power equipment caused the multiple fires on the island. and yeah, and from your reporting it sounds like in the run up to these explosive wildfires that just hit maui, there were numerous calls made to the electrical company from residents who were trying to, you know, complain about or at least register lines that were in precarious positions and pose real public safety risks, is that right? yes, there s been years of them demanding to for the power company to put the infrastructure underground, oo fix the lines, to clear the trees. it s been an ongoing plea from them because they know they re susceptible to wildfires especially with drought making the grass around them much, much dryer. and the winds have also gotten increasingly more powerful. it really sounds like hawaii has been or maui in particular, the powers that be
show you was captured by a security camera at a conservation center on the hawaiian island of maui late monday night just hours before devastating wildfires swept the island. it shows a bright flash and then the camera immediately cuts out after losing power. according to a company that monitors power grids across the u.s. this is probably what s known as an arc flash, which can happen when a power line sparks after coming into contact with things like trees or vegetation. when the conservation center s camera kicks back on you can see a fire breaking out in the distance right there, and that was the first of several fires reported earlier this week, and it s important to point out it s not the exact one that destroyed the coastal town of lahaina on maui. the official death toll from all of maui s wildfires is 111 people, and it is expected to rise with estimates of more than 1,000 people still unaccounted for, but videos like this one from the conservation center are adding to scrutin
let s go to our north america correspondent sophie long who s in lahaina on maui. the town most devastated by those fires. what have you seen of the progress of identifying the deceased? we of the progress of identifying the deceased? of the progress of identifying the deceased? ~ ., ~ ., ., the deceased? we now know that 110 eole the deceased? we now know that 110 peeple are the deceased? we now know that 110 people are known the deceased? we now know that 110 people are known to - the deceased? we now know that 110 people are known to have - 110 people are known to have died, you can make out lahaina behind me the town that was engulfed by flames a week ago. the recovery operation continues as you said, the cad of have now covered a0%, 38% of the worst affected area, we know a mobile more and more coroners have arrived to help with the grim task of identifying those who lost their lives. only five have been identified so far but we do know some of the most vulnerable, the very