In a war zone. Reporter helicopter Tour Operator richie olson flew over the smoldering towns. Hundreds of homes leveled to the ground. The historic section of the town is destroyed. Even the boats in the harbor were burned to the water. They are gone. This is truly an all hands on deck situation. Reporter officials fear the death toll will rise. The primary focus is to save lives and prevent human suffering and mitigate property loss. Reporter the fires are being fueled by low humidity, Drought Conditions and whipping winds from a hurricane 700 miles away. Now that President Biden has declared a major disaster, more federal help is on the way, but that is little soulless to those who have lost everything. Is nothing but smoke. Cinders. We have only the clothes we have got on and a dog and two kids. Here we are. Reporter shelters are packed with people who have nowhere else to go. This satellite image captured what lahaina looked like before the fire and after. A once Thriving Community
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you again, if you go back up and get more pictures showing us what is there. poppy just spoke with john kirby are from the white house saying there is federal help on the way. we are all thinking of you there in hawaii. richie, thank you so much. thank you very much. devastating to hear. this morning two of donald trump s codefendants in the classified documents case will appear in court in fort pierce, florida. walt nauta and daylight saving time are charged with helping trump obstruct justice in the justice department s investigation into classified documents stored there. randi kaye is outside the courthouse. took a little bit to get here. they needed local counsel, florida lawyers. what s gonna happen today? reporter: good morning. well, what we won t see today is donald trump. he has already submitted a waiver of appearance and a not guilty plea related to the charges in the superseding indictment. we will see his aide, walt nauta. he is expected to be here and
lost. every tangible thing that they have. but maui relies upon tourism. you are in the tourism industry. and what this means for business and the ability to sustain this community, when you look at the destruction, how long and how badly has the community been hit and hurt? oh, i don t know that lahaina itself will actually recover from this situation, especially with the loss of the historic area of the downtown and front street and all the shops and businesses where all the local people that live there, that work. hundreds and hundreds of people work in that lahaina town area, you know, it s just leveled to the ground. dust and ashes at this time. so this is going to be a long-term recovery for the economy, for the entire island, let alone lahaina itself. richie, it s a little after 2:00 a.m. there. i hope that we can reach out to
reporter: and 11,000 people were flown out of maui yesterday. another 1,500 people expected to leave today. airlines are offering reduced fares. they are also increasing the number of flights. they are trying to get people out. officials are also asking people to cancel their plans to not come here. they want to save the resources for those who desperately need it. victor, poppy. thank you for that reporting from maui. joining us is pilot and director of operations for air maui helicopters, is richie olson. richie, can you hear me? looks like we have an image problem. okay. we will figure the pictures out. good. the images we re seeing from maui, the damage is catastrophic. we understand that. but as someone who has flown over maui for more than 50 years, what does it feel like to see it this way? well, when we went up in the air, the other morning, to see