To leave everything behind to the mercy of the flames. On saturday hawaiis Attorney General announced an investigation into why the islands Warning Siren didnt sound at the height of the emergency. Questions are also being asked about whether the power to the island should have been shut. One of the airports has been closed to General Aviation to allow Emergency Services to reach it faster. Lets go live to maui, and helena has been reporting at this temporary shelter. What is taking place where you are right now . Karl, we know the where you are right now . Karl, we know the situation where you are right now . Karl, we know the situation right where you are right now . I l we know the situation right now is that more search and recovery teams are coming onto the island of maui, and that is because there are just so many people who continue to be unaccounted for. And what you see here at that shelter is that people come here repairing for the worst but with some hope, hoping that potent
Its working. But polls show Many Americans may not fully know what the Inflation Reduction Act actually is. Data released earlier this month in a Washington Post university of maryland poll show seven in ten americans had heard little or nothing about the policy. Im joined now by tim mcdonnell, climate and Energy Editor at the us politics website semafor. Great website semafor. To have you in the programme. You great to have you in the programme. You have been writing about how the Inflation Reduction Act sure the promise and limits of the government plan and pushing forward Climate Policy of stop starting with the promise, what has worked . Thank you, its a pleasure promise, what has worked . Thank you, its a pleasure to promise, what has worked . Thank you, its a pleasure to be promise, what has worked . Thank you, its a pleasure to be here. Promise, what has worked . Thank you, its a pleasure to be here. Happy its a pleasure to be here. Happy to talk about its a pleasure to be here.
The last few weeks have been historic, unprecedented, and yes, at times, pretty alarming. Former president , donald, trump is under an avalanche of legal trouble. Remember, those cases are not just about the criminal conduct of one man. There are about the future of our democracy, and our very way of life. The stakes for this country could not be higher in this moment. The question of who is leading the country impacts every single issue you care about. Well continue to talk about these cases, through every twist and turn. Believe me, i understand that a former president under multiple indictments is enough to shape the confidence of anyone in our system. Today were going to change things up a little bit. In part because i was pretty along when i saw a recent poll that 37 of voters think were in danger of failing as a nation. Failing. I wanted to spend the show talking about some of the people about the efforts to make progress, even under the threat of trump hanging over everything. N
Also hitting the market, s p global just dropped the scale that measures environmental, social and governance factors when assessing a companys credit policy. No longer important and we are seeing it ripple across the board. Sandra. Sandra all really interesting stuff. Thank you so much on all of that for us. As we hit a new hour, President Biden is set to deliver remarks shortly on what else his climate agenda and while hes taking a victory lap out west, back home in washington brandnew evidence released in the biden family investigation. Trace we start hour two of america reports. Im Trace Gallagher in for john roberts, great to be with you. Sandra im sandra smith, good to have you here, trace. Trace House Republicans released bank records that appeared to show millions of dollars were sent to bidens and their Business Associates from foreign sources. President biden has not spoken to americans about this or congressional testimony from his sons exbusiness partner. Sandra also over a
Climate change in new mexico, moments where the president s numbers have been sliding with Younger Voters and this trip is part of a name to fire them up along with progressives, progressive leaders on the hill have called Climate Change and existential threat to the country. People are dying, iowa, nebraska, broad swaths of the midwest are drowning right now, underwater. Still promoting and selling fossil fuels that are killing millions of people, is a striking example of white supremacy. At the strategic level this is a National Security threat. The one Clean Energy Plan after another continues to run into roadblocks. The cost, the return on investment, massive planned Offshore Wind Farm contracts are falling apart up and down the Atlantic Coast as companies who were supposed to build them pull out of these deals because they simply cant build them at the cost they agreed to do it at. We take a look at where Climate Change stands as a priority for voters, pretty far down the list, yo