36 dead. Take a look. This is the island of maui. The resort of lahaina. Some reported jump in ocean to escape the fires. Thousands are now staying in emergency shelters. This is the aftermath. Hurricane dora is close meaning those strong winds spread fire. Lets listen to what President Biden has had to say. I lets listen to what President Biden has had to say lets listen to what President Biden has had to say. I want to say a word about the devastating has had to say. I want to say a word about the devastating wildfires has had to say. I want to say a word about the devastating wildfires that | about the devastating wildfires that has claimed at least 36 lies in how i. We havejust approved it major Disaster Declaration for hawaii which will get aid into the hands of people needing help now. Anyone who was lost a loved one, whose home has been damaged or destroyed, will get help immediately. I directed that we serve support to these great firefighters and First Responders and Emergency Personnel working around the clock and risking their lives. I got off the phone before i got here with a long conversation with the governor, letting him know i will let him have the help for everything he needs. A Fema Minister it will be in hallway tomorrow and i have directed her to streamline any process and request for help and survivors will be registered for assistance without delay. Fema disaster responders will be on the island and will get the island citizens assistance and anybody who wants to know out there where to go if this is televised that they can go to disaster assistance. Gov, to learn if you are and is eligible for assistance. I have ordered all available assets on the island, including the Us Coast Guard and the Navy Third Fleet and local army to assist Emergency Response crews. We are working to spike these fires and evacuate residents and tourists. In the meantime, our prayers with the people of hawaii but notjust our prayers but assistance as well. Some have seen their homes and businesses destroyed and lost love ones. Jae destroyed and lost love ones. Joe biden destroyed and lost love ones. Joe biden there and clive mary has been taking a closer look at the incident. A Paradise Well and truly lost. The Hawaiian Island of maui more dantes inferno. Oh, my gosh. Look at the harbour a Helicopter Pilot used to ferrying tourists over a magical landscape. Oh, my god . Now watching blonde, Pristine Beaches turn black. This looks like baghdad or something. The high street in the historic city of lahaina. Shops and livelihoods burned. Explosion. Explosions as petrol stations, anything combustible, ignites in the ferocious heat. This is not even the worst of it. You still get dead bodies in the water floating and on the seawall theyve been sitting there since last night. Weve been pulling people out since last night, trying to save peoples lives. And ifeel like were not getting the help we need. I woke up this morning and got on our phones, took pictures of our house. Just down to the. Slat nothing but smoking. And heres another picture. This, a Satellite Image of lahaina taken last month. And this image, takenjust yesterday, a holiday snap from hell. We understand our hawaiian homelands was destroyed. A school was destroyed. Many of the businesses, a church was destroyed. Its going to take years. Years to fix a broken land. But with the spectre of Climate Change an ever present danger. Clive myrie, bbc news cross into norma gordon. What details we have about Rescue Operations . It details we have about Rescue Operations . Details we have about Rescue Operations . It is early hours in hallway as operations . It is early hours in hallway as we operations . It is early hours in hallway as we are operations . It is early hours in hallway as we are Speaking Operations . It is early hours in| hallway as we are speaking and operations . It is early hours in hallway as we are speaking and the further extent of the damage is not known. There are still irish region and local Authorities Say at any one time 100 firefighters are on the ground trying to tackle the blaze. President biden has already said that the navy, the marines, the coastguard, the National Guard in the area would offer assistance to those Search And Rescue efforts. And within the last hour or two he has also declared an emergency in the area. What that means is he will supplement the state and local efforts. Unlock federal assistance to ensure the islands have everything they need to recover. Make no mistake, from those pictures you can see that these fires and the damage they have caused is extensive. People living there that are able to speak, because the Mobile Phone Networks are down in many areas, but those who have been able to speak see hold neighbourhoods have been raised by these flames. People in lahaina on he had minutes to escape the flames some of them jumping in the water to escape the smoke and fires. The local authorities, as we know, said that at least 36 people are dead. There are 20 people in serious condition in hospital, three in cultic critical condition, and more than 2000 people are in emergency shelters. Extra flights have been put on to try and get tourists out of the area, they are being asked to leave as quickly as possible so the airlines have put on extra flights but Authorities Say it could be many months before we know the extent of the damage there although always governor says he expects the damage to run to many billions of dollars. The federal assistance will be significant Withjoe Biden seeing the islands will get everything they need to recover. Virgin galactic has completed its first Space Tourism flight from a site in the united states. For the first time, a mother and daughter headed to the edge of space. They won their tickets in a sweepstake. Also on board was 80 year old jon goodwin. He bought his ticket for 250,000 dollars back in 2005. The company has sold more than 800 tickets. Were joined now by nicole stott an american engineer and a retired nasa astronaut. Thank you for coming on the programme. Thank you for coming on the programme thank you for coming on the programme. Thank you for coming on the rouramme. ,. , thank you for coming on the rouramme. , programme. Happy to be here with you toda. Programme. Happy to be here with you today. Extraordinary programme. Happy to be here with you today. Extraordinary day programme. Happy to be here with you today. Extraordinary day for programme. Happy to be here with you today. Extraordinary day for those today. Extraordinary day for those three peeple today. Extraordinary day for those three peeple up today. Extraordinary day for those three people up on today. Extraordinary day for those three people up on the today. Extraordinary day for those three people up on the edge today. Extraordinary day for those three people up on the edge of i three people up on the edge of space. We have expected to hear from them might they have touched back down, we will cross them when that happens. A huge day for them but how significant is it overall . Absolutely for them as well as the pilots on board with them. Its showing us that we are moving closer and closer to the time where more and closer to the time where more and more people it would have access to this experience and notjust for the experience of up and down but to get us from point a to point b in the future. Get us from point a to point b in the future get us from point a to point b in the future. ,. ,. ,. , the future. Standby, i warned that we would hear the future. Standby, i warned that we would hear from the future. Standby, i warned that we would hear from them the future. Standby, i warned that we would hear from them as the future. Standby, i warned that we would hear from them as a we would hear from them as a touchstone but these are the live pictures right now we can see the three members of the public, ordinary people, who have been to the edge of space, experience weightlessness and come back down but lets listen in and hear their thoughts. I but lets listen in and hear their thou~hts. , �. ,. , but lets listen in and hear their thou~hts. ,. , but lets listen in and hear their thou~hts. , �. ,. ,. , thoughts. I dont want to miss any but this is virgin thoughts. I dont want to miss any but this is Virgin Galactics but this is Virgin GalacticsFirst Into Collective Fight and we threw the first 0lympian Withjohn and the second person with parkinsons to go to space, we flew the first female astronauts from the caribbean and the first from antigua and barbuda, and anna is the youngest person to have gone to space and the most women were flown to a mission in space. So, history making for so many reasons. Before we jump and i want to thank new mexico. It is so important for us to recognise the patience and support from the community will stop we are at Spaceport America and new mexico, this incredible landscape are astronauts get to look back on it but thank you to everyone who makes it happen and has supported us over the years. The impact has notjust been fell here. For all of us watching the live stream we had an incredible crowd out in antigua with the Prime Minister and one of our own astronauts there as well. We also had some of the largest parkinsons nonprofit organisations also hosting watch parties All Over The Uk and we have been overwhelmed with the amount of support we have seen around the world. Certainly in the u2 uk and antigua. But thats enough for me. Ticket things off i will come to you firstjohn, how was it . How was the experience . It was far more dramatic it . How was the experience . It was far more dramatic than it . How was the experience . It was far more dramatic than i it . How was the experience . It was far more dramatic than i imagined l it . How was the experience . It was | far more dramatic than i imagined it would far more dramatic than i imagined it would he far more dramatic than i imagined it would be. The pure acceleration, mach would be. 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