And an agonizing wait for news of their loved ones. And a new twist in the hunter biden program. U. S. Attorney general announcing its Special Counsel to investigate president bidens son. History taking shape at the womans world cup stage, now set for a first time winner, after japan was knocked out in the quarterfinals. Live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we begin in hawaii, and wouldve another evacuation on maui. The Police Department just posted that there is a fire in west maui, and residents in the area are currently being evacuated. That comes as a whites Attorney General says she will lead a comprehensive review of the decisions officials made, as Deadly Wildfires broke out earlier on maui. More criticism is now growing over how authorities handled things in the early stages. As flames quickly spread and destroyed the iconic area. Hawaii Emergency Management says mauis Warning Sirens were not turned on after the fires broke out. But many people were unaware of just how b
behind. i know the feeling that as many of the people in this town, this community, that hollow feeling that you have in your chest like you are being sucked in to a black hole wondering where i ever get by this. but also want all of you to know that the country degrees with you, stands with you, and will do everything possible to help you recover, rebuild and respect culture and traditions when the rebuilding takes place. president biden and the first lady met with survivors and officials in lahaina wednesday listening to stories of grief and fears for the future. the mayor says at least 115 people have been killed and more than 800 are still unaccounted for. bill weir has more. reporter: the president and dr. biden spent several hours both over lahaina, on the ground here, and meeting with first responders and victims of this tragedy peat the bigmaui.
we have to leave it there. thank you both. thanks. we also have major news coming hear in this hour. a major resignation has just happened in maui. the official who decided not to sound the sirens as those flames were taking over lahaina. they are now stepping down. they say it is for health reasons. we ve got more reasons after ththis. their team of independent tax attorneys will work with your cpa to determine if your company is eligible. [whip sound] take the first step to see if your small business qualifies.
you just mentioned, about what andrew had said, yeah, the campaign is upset. this is a distraction that they did not need. and, at some point, the other six candidates that are up on the stage, or the six candidates that are going to be up on that stage, you can say why they are running for president instead of sitting there and defending trump or not attacking trump because, otherwise, then it s just six people up there talking about trump and how much trump did and how great he was. and now he s got to come up with a new nickname for vivek ramaswamy. he can t say vivek the fake. paul begala, and jason osborne, we ve got to leave it there. thank you both. thanks, kaitlan. we also have major news coming tonight coming here in this hour. a major resignation has just happened in maui. it is the official who decided not to sound the sirens as those flames were taking over lahaina. they are now stepping down. they say it is for health reasons. we have more details right after t
to head towards the fire uphill. those who i spoke to who survived said they knew exactly which direction to go, they wanted that to be activated to wake up others who might not be aware of the situation. it was away from the black cloud of smoke hovering over lahaina town and delivering its imminent destruction. back to you. a controversial potentially costly decision not to activate those sirens. jeremy, i m curious to get a reflection from you, what you ve heard from residents because we ve heard a back and forth about whether tourists should be visiting maui. what have residents and officials told you about whether they support the idea of tourists visiting? reporter: early on, officials came forward and said we do not want to put an end to all tourism to maui. that would be disastrous. on the other side of the island,