Hawaii, one of the towns devastated by the wildfires. Cars are lined up behind me, there is roadblocks, curfew to lift at 6 00 a. M. These people waiting to see what is left of their homes. Residents are being led in but its a horrible sight to see. Take a listen to one person we spoke to yesterday. I want people to know there are people suffering and we need donations and people shipping things out in families fed. We need so much help. Home after home and lahaina gone, the Property Data aggregator core logic puts the estimator at destroyed homes at more than 3000, the rising death toll at 80 people as rescue crews search for more victims, thousands of people left the island in 1400 are currently stated emergency shelters. It is unclear how the fire started but when they did ignite the island was ripe for an inferno, dry conditions was 70 h passing Hurricane Dora fueled the flames in a challenging battle for the islands firefighters. Residents say they were given little warning of the
That they have gone through, frankly, are continuing to go through. This crisis is far from over. Theres so much frustration, theres so much suffering, you know . The real mourning has not even been able to begin to start because of people really looking to how do i just get me and my family to tomorrow. Joey yeah. And even still firefighters are working to pull ily contain some fires burning on the island. Officials calling it the worst Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. To a fox news alert, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointing a Special Counsel to the hunter biden criminal probe. Rachel but republicans and if even some democrats arent happy with who he selected. Will Alexandria Hoff joins us live washington. Reporter good morning. It is an interesting turn of events or at least title, right . Now Special Counsel david weiss and the Attorney General, they both previously maintained weiss did not need Special Counsel powers in pursuing charges against hunter biden. Of course,
Today. Did you know that. Griff i did not know that. Im busy down here working with congress and we are getting a new phase 4 covid stimulus package thats going really well down here. Pete yeah. Griff you have an even bigger task which is swimming the hudson river. Pete emily, your encouragement is to give me encouragement from seattle. Emily im really good at that im a good cheerleader. You know. This. Pete you are. Of course, today is the day that i have been dreading and looking forward to. I am going to join the gi go. Org. A bunch of navy seals, 60. We are going to try to swim across the hudson river im going to leave this set pretty soon. Head down there and jump in the water. The current are nasty. The water is also nasty these guys are awesome. The cause is great. Veterans homelessness, entrepreneurship for vetsd. Guys affected by covid. I have got some swim buddies help me through it. I have been training a little bit guys, but, like i said, its going to be a beast. [splash] g
With a ladder to get it down. Have a great day. Were going to be here tomorrow morning at 5 a. M. Yes, we will be. And fox friends starts right now. Bye. Good morning. It is monday, august 11. Im Elisabeth Hasselbeck. We begin with a fox news alert. Fallout from the terror on the tracks when racing legend Tony Stewarts sprint car hit and killed another driver. This morning investigation of the tragedy continues. Will criminal charges be filed . Two witnesses who watched it all unfold share their insight straight ahead. Overnight the u. S. Launches yet more airstrikes at isis terrorists in iraq. Officials warn it is not enough to protect america from their evil plans. Mr. President , if you dont adjust your strategy these people are coming here. Amid the dire warnings, the president heads for Marthas Vineyard to play
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Tolerate Sanctuary Cities pete what a morning. Abby guess who is back from vaca. Ed i was off for a couple weeks. Abby you look so refreshed. Ed italy will do that for you. Abby were you even vacationing. Ed i missed you guys. Pete Nothing Happened while you were on vacation. Abby big news we will talk about tomorrow. This is our last weekend together. So well make the most of it. Pete we have Sound Effects for you. We have a Big Celebration Tomorrow as well. But we have a lot of news breaking this morning. In fact, we begin with a Fox News Alert. Terrifying moments as a stolen plane flew aimlessly in the air before crashing in seattle. Abby take a look at this video. Alaska airlines employee i dont want to hurt no one. I just want you to whisper Sweet Nothings into my ear. I have a lot of people that care about me. And its going to disappoint them to hear that i did this. Air Traffic Control tried to get the man to land the plane on water. The fighter jets did not shoot the plane dow