Riley Dumont flung herself on top of her daughter when a gunman opened fire in a bowling alley in a shooting spree in Maine that left 18 people dead.Law enforcement were searching on Thursday for the gunman who opened fire in the bowling venue and then a bar about a 10-minute drive away in the deadliest mass shooting in the United States this year.
had as wild fire was coming. many were forced to dive into the ocean to escape it. most of the popular tourist destinations of lahaina, along with its many historic landmarks, now lost. it will cost millions to rebuild. hawaii s governor s josh greene saying the wildfires are likely the worst natural disaster in the state history. president biden has signed a major disaster declaration for hawaii, now on the ground, helping those displaced. as the national guard and army are helping fight the fires from above. nbc s steve patterson is on the ground for us in maui, tracking it all. steve, bring us up to speed on the latest there? alicia, it is a gargantuan task. we are talking about thousands, at least thousand people still feared the same. this is the road back to lahaina, right now you can see the roadblocks. this police roadblock has been here all day. they have periodically, letting residents back. at some point they have halted traffic entirely which is frustrating to people th
more than 50 lives. almost 2,000 buildings. in moments, we ll talk to a local pastor about what the church is doing to help, but first to the senior national correspondent william lajeunesse live for us on the ground in maui with the very latest. william. reporter: trace, we re in the harbor about ten miles south of la hind a and this is also where the police roadblock is and the check point. people can t get into lahina because they re still looking for bodies but if you want to go you have to go by boat but that s supposed to be illegal. we heard some incredible stories today from people who were in the water for eight hours or more, waited to be picked up and had jumped to avoid the flames in lahina per se. one thing i heard today over and over, the speed of this fire was so great, people could just not they couldn t get out in time. they couldn t even see the flames, the smoke was so thick. traffic was backed up. people literally died in their cars. now, lahina is of course the