Island. The Airport Overflowing with busloads of people trying to get out. President biden speaking with hawaiis governor, ordering the military to help with evacuations. We have an extensive team on the ground in maui with new reporting tonight. Also on this thursday night, new images of the deadly fbi raid in utah. The suspect accused of threatening to assassinate President Biden shot and killed during an attempted arrest, just hours before the president visited the state. What Authorities Say happened moments before agents opened fire. Overseas tonight, in a rare deal with iran, the regime releasing four american prisoners, moving them from one of the countrys most notorious prisons to house arrest. The white house insists they have been unlawfully detained for years. Martha raddatz on what iran is getting in return. A chaotic scene in ecuador. Gunfire erupting. A president ial candidate killed less than two weeks before the election. His campaign promising to target corruption. Spe
Saying, quote the fires began on tuesday and are now about 80 contained. The blazes spread quickly, fuelled by strong winds generated by a hurricane over the pacific ocean. Thousands are still in emergency shelters. Visitors are being evacuated from the island. These are the latest pictures we Have Smouldering Ruins and total devastation. The worst destruction has been on the island of maui, where some beachfront areas have been completely levelled. Us President Joe Biden has now declared the wildfires a major disaster. This triggers the release of federal funds to help Recovery Efforts. He spoke earlier. We have just approved a major disaster declaration for hawaii, which will get aid into the hands of people who desperately need the help now. Theyve lost, anyone who has lost a loved one, whose home has been damaged or destroyed, is going to get help immediately. And ive directed that we send support to these brave firefighters and First Responders and Emergency Personnel working arou
we ve had this major hurricane, hurricane dora. the centre of the storm has stayed well away from hawaii but it has been squashing up against this big area of high pressure and that squeezed between the two has generated some very strong winds, gusting up to 67 mph. but without storm now drifting away westwards, the winds are easing. it is going to stay quite breezy over the next few days but not windy as it has been. however, apart from just the odd passing shower, it is going to remain largely dry. earlier, i spoke to malika dudley, a meteorologist on maui island, who herself had to evacuate. malika, good to see you and thanks forjoining us during what must be a really difficult time. to begin with, just describe what you ve been experiencing these past few days. experiencing these past few da 5. ., ., , days. unfortunately, we experienced days. unfortunately, we experienced the - days. unfortunately, we experienced the very . days. unfortunately, we - experienced the very beginnin
knocks people down. that knocked down power poles. and from witnesses, we ve heard that when power poles went down, that s where sparks started and with really high hurricane force just moving through, that s where the fire spread so quickly gusts moving through. it was the perfect storm. lahaina has been devastated before in a similar fashion but never to this extent of course, but with a hurricane that is not even making landfall, just moving by the island and a really tight pressure gradient and the combination of how dry it is in many parts of maui but particularly through the areas where the fires were sparked so it s definitely a concern but we couldn t have predicted just how bad this was. we couldn t have predicted ust how bad this wasi how bad this was. malika dudley. how bad this was. malika dudley, thank how bad this was. malika dudley, thank you - how bad this was. malika dudley, thank you so - how bad this was. malika l dudley, thank you so much how bad this was. m