Amy the death toll from the devastating fires on the Hawaiian Island of maui has reached 55 and is expected to rise. The Historic Town of lahaina has been largely destroyed in what is now being described as the largest Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. We will speak to two native hawaiian activists in maui about the fires, the legacy of colonialism, and the Climate Crisis. The fire is a symbol of the terminal point, where it all end s up if you continue down this mode of extraction as a way to live. But it is also it contains the most deep and durable relic of our history. Amy we will also speak to a fire scientist at the university of hawaii about how the Climate Emergency fuels the deadly fires. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In hawaii, the death toll from the historic maui wildfires has reached at least 55 people and decimated the town of lahaina, once the epicenter of the kingdom of hawaii. On
single text exchange is from the capitol police chief to the head of the secret service uniform division asking for help as the riot escalated. we got one text message. and i haven t seen it yet. it will be sent over to me. it is obviously this doesn t look good. and so, you know, coincidences can happen, but, you know, we really need to get to the bottom of this. the january 6 committee and inspector general aren t the only ones demanding answers from the secret service. more from jessica schneider. reporter: key secret service text messages from date before and the day of the capitol attack are still missing. the secret service under subpoena from the january 6 committee acknowledging they are still unable to uncover the texts after admitting that data was lost because of a routine phone replacement program. and now the national archives is demandingn ing answers sending letter laying out concerns about the unauthorized deletion of text messages and telling the secr
joe manchin the fallout has been brutal. it s unfortunate that one man can kill legislation that would save our planet and save our world. todd: is not joe manchin anymore. all of a sudden, i m calling lucy from peanuts lucy manch manchin. all it is about the football down over and over and as soon as charlie brown, like his whole democratic team comes to kick the ball, he picks it up and labs. carley: quiz, good morning. lucy in the football, the third criticism. look, this was not over campaign promise of joe biden to combat climate change and today, the president will travel to massachusetts as you mention, todd, to announce new steps but he will stop short of declaring a national emergency. i would not plan a announcement this week on national climate emergency. again, everything is on the table. it s just not going to be this week on the decision. now, the trip comes as negotiations over a climate bill collapsed in the senate after joe manchin tacked it, le
poll show ramping crime higher on americans with priorities. brooke singman has details and what we re calling invisible handcuff, her name is aoc. take it away, brooke. brooke: protesting in front of the supreme court is not illegal, but blocking the way is. the arrest for obstruction began. 17 democratic lawmakers were arrested including members like congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. capitol police did not put her in handcuff. the congresswoman pretended to be cuffed for show. we have aoc there, she never misses a chance for a performance when there are cameras rolling. brooke: white house press secretary karine jean-pierre revealing everything is on the table for the biden administration response to the high court s decision to overturn roe v. wade. the white house is weighing directive to protect nationwide access to abortion pills. republicans are labeling it an attempt to distract from issues ahead of the midterms. listen to this. it doesn t matter what pa
midterms. dan cox credits his victory to former president trump. trump didn t have to come alongside an outsider but he did. strikes out the side of the ninth inning. and the american league wins the all-star game for the ninth consecutive season. working for a living working working for a living living and working brian: most like live if you are working for a living you would not be on the beach today. you would not worry about the shark sightings that are everywhere on long island. unless you are a lifeguard you are not getting paid. all right? that s why. fire island was actually i did not know this. the first thing a lot of europeans would sees a they would come over to our country the first time they would see this 19th century lighthouse fire island as the population full time of 368 people. but in the surgeon, a lot more. and a lot of them are drunk. i mean, bars. as you know you have to be on foot. intoxicated. ainsley: different neighborhoods. cher