Its like an apocalypse. People are running for their lives. Wildfires, high wind, the danger we are looking at video in maui from raging wildfires on the island. Every single memory we had in that household, everything was gone in the blink of an eye. The most complete accounting yet can of the high life of Supreme CourtJustice Clarence thomas shows much, much more than previously known. Its the idea that you are receiving gifts of this magnitude. Justice thomas has been living a life of extreme luxury for 30 years underwritten by at least four different ultra wealthy benefactors. Fulton County District attorney fani willis is expected to seek charges against more than a dozen people when she presents her case before a grand jury next week. Cnn has learned that willis received additional security protection. Its pathetic to think we have to have additional security because of a madeup fake narrative around an election. Its unfortunate and necessary. An Opposition Candidate in ecuadors upcoming president ial race has been assassinated. It appears to be caught on video. A burst of gunfire heard as he was getting into a waiting vehicle. Several people were hit by the bullets. Fbi agents shoot and Kill A Mega Trumper who they say made Death Threats against President Biden. Robertson wrote, i hear biden is coming to utah and he was going to dust off the m24 snaper rifle. This was someone they were already very concerned about. Then he started talking about acting out against the president on this trip. I am sure that raised everyones concern fto the absolute highes level. Good morning, everyone. We are glad you are with us. Victor blackwell by my side. Its devastating in hawaii. The death toll 36. Could go up. Yeah, it looks like it. Thats the breaking news this hour. It is out of hawaii. Catastrophic and unprecedented wildfires, as victor said, killed at least 36 people. That death toll is in maui and soared overnight. Bodies were found in the ruins. Take a look at whats left of lahaina, an Historic Town, a very popular vacation spot. The fastmoving inferno wiped out neighborhoods and people jumped into the ocean to escape the flames. Take a look at this video obtained by our local affiliate. Hurricaneforce winds whipping palm trees and explosions as a marina and boats go up in flames. That devastation on the ground, these are hulls of homes. The neighborhoods, the businesses burned to the ground. Listen to the survivor describe the situation. Still get dead bodies in the water floating and on the seawall. They been sitting there since last night. We been pulling people out since last night, trying to save peoples lives and we are not getting the help we need. This is a nationwide issue at this point. We need hem. A lot of help. We got to get people down here. It is the middle of the night in maui. You havent even seen the extent. Destruction. What can you tell us being on the ground . Reporter thats exactly right. The Death Toll Information also coming in overnight. So many people here on island of maui will be waking up to the news that 36 of their community members, loved ones, friends have died. That fire in lahaina is one of three fires currently burning on the island here. Firefighting efforts continue as well as Search And Rescue efforts. Look at the harbor. Reporter the view from above is of shock and heartbreak. Oh, my god we were not prepared for what we saw. It looked like an area that had been bombed in the war. Reporter wildfires rampaging across the island of maui. Our entire street was burned to the ground. Reporter Decimating Homes and businesses. Local people have lost everything. They have lost their house. They have lost their animals and its devastating. Lahaina is on fire. Reporter the Historic Town of lahaina, a popular tourist and economic hub, on islands west side, particularly affected with hundreds of structures impacted. It happened so fast. People stuck in traffic. Trying to get out and there is flames on both sides of the road. Like, something out of a horror movie. Reporter most of the fires on maui fueled in part by violent winds caused by hurricane dora, churning more than 800 miles away, those winds now subsiding as the storm pushes away. The primary focus is to save lives and to prevent Human Suffering and mitigate great property loss. Reporter state Department Crews assisting in efforts to restore communication across the islands and distribute water. With military helicopters aiding in extinguishing the fires. They flew 13 hours, did 58 drops, and about 150,000 gallons of water to assist with suppression of the fire. Reporter recovery will be a long road ahead, according to hawaiis Lieutenant Governor sylvia luke. The damage to the infrastructure is not just buildings. I mean, these were Small Businesses that invested in maui. These were local residents and, you know, we need to figure out a way to help a lot of people in the next several years. 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 were 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 what kind of damage there might have been, we never suspected wed see what we saw. We thought from the previous night, we were watching the news and seeing fires in lahaina and so forth, we thought we would see some damage, but as we approached the south shore, the south end of lahaina and proceeded to head up the coast, we were devastated by what we saw. It was just it was heartbreaking because i have lived here most of my life, and the entire town of lahaina is basically was burnt to the ground. The entire historic area, front street, all the shops, peoples homes, hundreds of homes. It was other pilots with me to view this, we looked at each other in disbelief. We couldnt believe what we were seeing. It was just it was shocking, heartbreaking and our heart goes out to the so many people that are displaced and homeless at this time. We are looking at some of your video now. We have spoken to a couple of guests here still looking for Family Members, hoping to hear from friends. All of your friends and Family Members there accounted for . They are. Yesterday, at work we had some employees that werent able to get in touch with some of their Family Members, but they have now been found and contacted. But, you know, these this is a longterm situation here. These he people that lost their homes, we have over 600 people in the stadium, the gym. We have people in our churches seeking refuge, and they have they had no place to go. They have some kind of temporary housing set up for these people. Its just its a disaster like hawaii has never seen. Yeah. Listen, ill say ill preface this by saying, it is a secondary situation after life and the homes that people have 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 dont 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, its just leveled to the ground. Dust and ashes at this time. So this is going to be a longterm recovery for the economy, for the entire island, let alone lahaina itself. Richie, its a little after 2 00 a. M. There. I hope that we can reach out to 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 Trumps 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 departments 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. Whats gonna happen today . Reporter good morning. Well, what we wont 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 enter plea along with a couple of attorneys, we understand. He has already pleaded not guilty in the earlier charges in the classified documents case. We will see the property manager, carlos de oliveira. This is the first time he will enter a plea. He was in Court Last Week without a florida barred attorney. So we will expect he will be able to enter a plea today. This expected to be a quick arraignment. They will have the charges read to them by the judge. When they appear in court, the charges are false statements, conspiracy to obstruct justice as well as concealing documents, and all of this relates to interviews they gave to the fbi, talking about those documents there, both men had said that they were not aware of the documents, but the prosecutors do believe that there is video of them moving the documents around maralago. Of course of, there are the alleged attempts to destroy the Security Camera footage that would have possibly shown that. Of course, the trial for the former president is in question here because of these hearings and these codefendants that have been added to the case. Some of this could be delayed. So the question is whether or not donald trump will actually go to trial on this case before the president ial election, poppy. Its scheduled for may of next year. But we will see if that sticks. That is the question. Randi kaye, thanks very much. Outside the courthouse there. In moments, a number of fake electors facing criminal charges in michigan are schedule today be arraigned. Each faces eight State Felony Charges for their actions that involved a Donald Trumpbacked plot to subvert the electoral college. Jessica schneider is live from washington, d. C. We know that there are 16 people being charged. Will all 16 be arraigned today . Some of them have been arraigned. The rest are expected to appear in court. These are 16 prominent republicans. They range from a school board officials. Mayor, republican most of them will be appearing in court at 8 30 this morning. We learned many of them will actually appeaa zoom. Bu are all charged with eight felony counts each, and if they were convicted it would amount to decades in prison. Most are saying they are vowing to fight the charges vigorously. Some even claimed that the attorney general, dana nessel, who is a democrat, is wrongly targeting political opponents because she announced these charges last month. It was though after investigation into this fake electors plot the 16 trump allies showed up at the Michigan State capital in december 2020, tried to storm in with fake certificates that falsely declared trump as winner of the states electoral votes when joe biden had won the state by more than 100,000 votes. All 16 being charged with forgery, publishing a counterfeit record. Notably, these are the first state charges stemming from this fake elector plot. We saw this plot unfold in seven states. Of course, this is the same plot at the center of the indictment that was handed up against the former president last week, victor. So its going to be interesting seeing this case unfold on the state level with these charges like forgery and fraud, and then seeing how it interacts potentially with what we are seeing from the Special Counsel. But these 16 republicans, they are vowing to fight these charges. They are first of their kind charges for what was an unprecedented plot anyway. Thank you. All right. We are very lucky because we have john king in the studio after he has gone all over the place to meet voters. He is going to tell us what they tole him about what they are looking for in a candidate and where they stand on the current frontrunners. I think we need to get rid of biden. I think we need to get rid of trump. I think we need to move on. Fre. Its my favorite momouth guard flavor. Mmmm. Now availablble at subway. The sub, not the mouth guard. When nature and science get together. Pretty sweethings can happen. Like ourenokot laxative gummies. 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So over the next 15 months we will assemble voters in the swing states, wisconsin, georgia, arizona, but the first defining question is, can donald trump be stopped . Is his renomination inevitable . Iowa will have a huge say in that. We start with Republican Voters in iowa. I spent a week there last week. You find a divide and many Republican Voters stopped watching this network and believe things that wouldnt pass our fact check, but they are good people, honest people. I hope over the next five months in iowa helps me understand, us understand them and maybe they will better understand us. Reporter business is booming. A typical residential installment. Reporter Midwest Workload at 15 to 20 installations a month. Lost money the first year in business. We will make money in the second year. A small system. Reporter chris is the ceo and says, yes, give President Biden some credit. Absolutely. You know, there are lots of grants available to business owners. The tax credit. Reporter but he is a lifelong iowa republican, would prefer that Tax Credit Money be spent on a border wall and hopes for a donald trump comeback. Do i think he is perfect . No. I am not a fan of who he is and i think the decisions and the things he did for the country are good. Reporter they are living the American Dream and the american divide. A business started in his basement 42 years ago, now employs 80 people, clients coast to coast. Dad and three sons are republicans and Trump Supporters. Two daughters are democrats. They still come to thanksgiving dinner. Reporter we visited as trump was indicted a second time. Why are they going after him so hard . Does everybody believe what happened is the way the government is laying it out today . I dont. Reporter the friends and family dont watch and dont trust cnn. There is reverence for Ronald Reagan here. The trust is gone. Reporter reagans optimism replaced by trumps grievances. Reagans disdain of Big Government replaced by trumps distrust of just about everything. I think he thinks it was stolen. Reporter questions about the 2020 election. And i and a lot of people agree. Reporter criticism of the trump prosecutions. Nothing about that deal is the american way. I dont think. Reporter and this. If you think the United States should be supporting ukraine in the fight against putin, raise your hand. Nobody. You dont have to that smart to connect the dots, right . And so is the war to cover up sins committed to cover your tracks . There is too much money that has been thrown over there. Reporter you think all the nato countries would do what biden told them to do because he is trying to cover up some Hunter Biden Business Deal by it depends on how much dirt he has on biden to keep the money coming. Reporter thats thats out there. How do you trust when you know the government has shut down facebook and shut down twitter and told them to not show certain news stories . Reporter a few days here makes clear trumps grip is very strong. Roughly half the party wants to move on and they see their first in the nation vote as the best chance to derail him. The growth in des moines is stunning. The suburbs are trumps kryptonite. I dont appreciate