Sirens on this i island. And why that wasnt activated, because it clearly would have given people more time to escape the flames and get out of town. And, of course, the number of fatalities would probably not be the number that it currently is. Another big challenge here, mike, is housing. Why . Theres not much of it. Its expensive to rent or own. And unlike, say, the mainland there are not any towns that can simply absorb 4,500 people right now that need shelter. Lahaina was really small, nice historical place, and its gone. All the kind of, like, precious memories of my kids and kind of generational stuff. Reporter so eva adams, she lost her home. It was in this new 89unit, Affordable Housing complex that is now, of course, as you see, just ashes. There are about 2,700 buildings here that were destroyed in lahaina, 86 of those were homes. And the community of lahaina is a very working class, a lot of Native Hawaiians who serve the resorts, and right now those people who are now homeless are asking the residents or the resorts, rather, to step up and help them. I would really like to see the Hotels Mahalo us for, like, giving, you know . If making it possible for all these tourists to come here and enjoy their vacations. Its our turn to be taken care of. Reporter so the other issue, mike, right now that people are talking about, of course, is the number who are unaccounted for which is in the hundreds. And listening to the police chief yesterday, they brought in 12 additional cadaver dogs to try to speed the process. But frankly, as hot as these fires were, theyve only looked at so far 3 of all thed buildings, and now were approaching 100 fatalities. He believes many who are unaccounted for remain missing and never be identified. Weve got a lot of work weve gotted to do. Weve got one way in on one side of the island, another way in on the other side of the island thats a oneway road, and weve got with an area that we have to contain. That is at least 5 square miles. And it is the full of our loved ones. Reporter thats why they dont want people thats why we have a check epoint if here, mike, right . The police and Search And Rescue dont want everyone around these areas where, hopefully, theyll find some remains and be able to get the dna done to identify who they are. The other challenge, mike, you know, i talked to fema yesterday, the housing here, its a million dollars, right many in and the maximum sba loan is about 500,000, so the challenge is going to be for these 40 of the people here didnt have insurance trying to put their lives back together. Back to you. Mike William La Jeunesse live in maui, thanks very much. For new on the damage this hawaii, im joined by democratic congresswoman from hawaii, jill that cue da, congresswoman, welcome. Thank you. Mike first, my condolences to the people in maui and just stunning loss of life. Youve toured some of the worst hit areas. What is your assessment of what youve seen . You know, i took my first walk through lahaina yesterday with fema and the governor, and it was the absolutely heartbreaking. It hurts to watch the videos and to see the, you know, the pictures, but to actually walk through the streets, a place where its so familiar to the a lot of us. I walked to the Public Library that i always visit when im in town, and its completely gone, you know . It breaks your heart to also realize that while so many thousands fled and are now in shelters trying to figure out what to do next with their life, so many still remain. Right there. And we have a responsibility, an obligation and a duty to collect those remains, to find all of our loved ones, to bring everyone home this one way or another. And it was a very surreal, painful moment to walk through those streets yesterday. Mike hawaii has warning sirens in the maui area. Did the system not work properly, or was it more a matter of how quickly the fire spread . You know are, when you go in there and then when you see these videos, you realize just how past that fire spread. And i talked to survivors who said it was just whipping and coming so quickly, and it was burning hot. We do have those warning sirens up, everyone knows them the, we test them once a month. We really know them as Tsunami Warnings that you turn on the radio, the television, your phone and figure out what do i do next. Some people think we run away from the ocean. In this case, it would have been right to the fire. But it happened so quick quickly in this case, a 60 to 80 mileanhour wind with, i spoke with people who were clinging to rocks because thats the only place they had to go when the cars and roads were blocked off. They sat there and they held on, but they could the feel the fire burning them from the roadside. And they said when the waves came this in, they said people were with lost areful people couldnt hold on. It was just a very, very quick turn of events that happened catastrophically in our lahaina community. Mike femas estimated reconstruction could be in the neighborhood of 6 billion. How do you make the case to your colleagues here in the the washington that the hawaii should be the priority . This was a national disaster. Youve heard our people say it, and its absolutely right. I have no doubt that at the end of the day when we really, you know, determine the true extent of the loss, devastation here not just hawaii will be impacted, there will be so many other states across our country that will feel the impact and the loss of people, of life, of memories, everything, and is were going to have to come together as a country nationally to provide a response. This is what happens in real america when we have disaster strike. This is real america youre looking a. Our ability to support each other as america is critical as a country, and that is the case we have to make over and over again because we will need help. Not just this year, not even just next year. What youre looking at will take generations for us to come back from and rebuild, but we will. We absolutely will. Mike congresswoman, thank you so much for taking time to speak with us today. Thank you. Mike for more information on how you can help, the visit the American Red Cross web site. You can scan the code on your screen to get to the site and make your donation or text hawaii to 90999 to make a 10 donation. Mike attorney general Merrick Garland are tapping david weiss as Special Counsel in the Hunter Biden Probe as the plea deal for the president s son has now collapsed. It is likely to go to trial. Lucas tomlinson is live from the white house with the latest. Hello, lucas. Reporter good afternoon, mike. Hunter bidens Attorney Says its not inevitable that this case goes to the trial. As you can imagine, both sides of the aisle very divided about the naming of david weiss as Special Counsel. Heres what they said. Hunter was the salesman, but the product was joe bidens personal favors. And that is, if true, corruption at the very highest level of government. Its what my republican colleagues have been demanding and asking for for months. Now they seem to disapprove it for some reason. This is why we have a Justice System. Lets just let them do their job. Reporter President Biden is spending the weekend at his Vacation Home in rehoboth beach, Hunter Bidens attorney saying the president had nothing to do with his sons oversea business dealings. If the most people that are criticizing the biden family is that when the president calls his son every day and it goes on the speakerphone, he says hello to the people in the room, that is not an offense if. That is nothing other than a loving fair. Father. Reporter clay travis says its not normal for anyones father to be on the phone when it comes to running business. Do you know how many times my dad has been on a Business Call . How many . In my entire career . Zero. Reporter Veteran Tax Attorneys say its also not normal for getting Misdemeanor Charges for owing this much in taxes, mike. Mike lucas tomlinson, thanks very much. Another indictment against former President Trump appears imminent as two witnesses are now confirmed they are set to appear before a grand jury early this week, a sign that Georgia District Attorneyny Willis may be close to bringing criminal charges the Fannie Willis. Matt finn is live outs the courthouse in atlanta. Reporter this in as little as 24 hours, a grand jury might be beginning to hear evidence this in a possible indictment against former President Donald Trump here in fulton county. These potential charges stemming from alleged criminal behavior related to the 2020 election here in georgia. Yesterday at the Iowa State Fair, President Trump talked to a reporter about the potential indictment. Reporter is there any chance youd take a plea deal in georgia . We did nothing wrong. Its called election interference. You know what that is . [applause] these indictments are brought on by biden who cant even put two sentences together. Reporter the former lieutenant governor, jeff duncan, confirmed yesterday that he will testify before a Fulton Grand Jury on tuesday. Fulton county d. A. Fannie willis has been investigating whether trump and his associates broke state laws when they allegedly tried to overturn trumps loss here in georgia in 2020. And trump faces potential rico laws here in georgia which are classified as racketeering or organized crime. Trump has been increasing his attacks against the d. A. , posting on his truth social media, quote, i made a perfect phone call of protest. What does phony fannie have to do the with me . And and this indictment could come as early as monday or tuesday, but were just not sure well be out here and will keep you updated. Mike Matt Finn Live E in atlanta, thanks a a lot. Lets beige in republican congresswoman from the great State Of Wyoming and member of the house judiciary committee, harriet hairingman. Welcome, congresswoman. Thank you for having me today to. Lets start with your colleague, jamie raskin, and i will get you to respond to what he had to say. They havent been able to show any criminal corruption on his part. What theyve got is hunter bide, and we all seem clear that this guy was addicted to drugs and did a lot of really unlawful and wrong things, and we have said let Justice System run its course. Theyre not saying that about donald trump. Mike so he is stay saying that hunter biden did some bad things, not the president. Your thoughts. Well, i find it interesting that theyre now admitting that, and hunter biden has also admitted that he had a severe crack addiction from 20032019. So that begs the question, why would these countries be hiring hunter biden for millions of dollars to be on the Board Of Burisma and to be providing services . What were the services . All we need to do is use common sense. The reality is that hunter biden had nothing to sell other than joe biden. He had no skill set. This is a gentleman who, by his own admission, had serious addiction problems. And when you look at his history while he is an attorney, hes never really practiced law. So you have to ask the question, what was he was he an experience pert expert on ukrainian Employment Law . Was he writing contracts . Of course not. He was selling one thing, and that was access to joe biden. He didnt have any other skill set to sell. Mike how do you assess the appointment of a Special Counsel in the Hunter Biden Case . What im terribly disappointedded in is that they have the person that they have appointmentedded, mr. Weiss. This is a man who has failed by every metric last five years to actually hold hunter biden accountable for his illegal acts, and then [audio difficulty] as Special Counsel to continue to cover up for the biden crime to family . This is absurd, this is ridiculous. I think it demonstrates a level of desperation on their part, to try to find a way to continue to cover up what we know is serious corruption coming from the very top of the biden family. Can thats joe biden. And thats joe biden. But the very law, the potential counsel law specifically requires that a Special Counsel be appointed from the outside, not an insider in the department of justice. And i dont think you can find anybody more inside than mr. Weiss with. Mike to be fair, President Trump, former President Trump, has some legal issues, two, three indictments so far, maybe a fourth on the way if you consider georgia. How do you assess his legal challenges . Well, i think that this very clearly is election interference, and and i think one of the most troubling ones is the accusations related to january 6th. This is an effort to criminalize Freedom Of Speech and Freedom Of Assembly and all different kinds of things. So its interesting to me that they continue piling up these charges, and yet when you go into the courtroom, theyre asking the courts to make sure that any of the discovery and evidence that they allegedly have against him is shielded from the American Public. As a hongpracticing Trial Attorney longpracticing Trial Attorney, one of the most important aspects of a haut is being able to conduct discovery, but discoverys to done in the open. So theyre using the Justice System as both a sword and a shield. Theyre going after a President Trump while at the same time theyre saying but the American People cant see the evidence that he, tata we have or that he has or that he has. We have the right to leak and to bring these charges and all of that and to keep him under indictment, but were going to make sure that the American Public doesnt actually know what the evidence is against him or what his defenses may be. Mike congresswoman, thank you so much for your time and your analysis today. Thank you. Mike now from the other side of the aisle im joined by democratic congresswoman from the if great state of michigan, debbie dingell. Welcome. Good to be with you. Mike lets start with a comment your colleague pat fallon made. Lets play are it. They just want to kick the can down the road to get through november of next year. If joe and hunter biden had nothing to hide, why not just release your bank records . Why not cooperate with the investigation . Mike how do you respond, congresswoman . Im going to agree with my colleague, Jamie Rag Raskin this morning. I do believe this belongs in the Justice System. I dont think theyre kicking the can down the load. The road. I think we need an open and transparent process. I want to be very clear, this is not a democrat that has been appointed. He was appointed as a u. S. Attorney under President Trump. So i think we are a nation of laws, i believe in due process. I think that Hunter Bidens case belongs in the justice process and we need to let it play out. And i think it needs to be as transparent as possible, and i think there continues to be a lot of political politics on all sides, and there is no evidence despite republicans trying to the find it over the last three years that President Biden has been involved in any Legal Business or doing business with his son. Mike i want to play a clip from your former colleague, will hurd, whos now a president ial candidate. Ill get you to respond. That doj should show a level of transparency that theyve never shown in their history because of the sensitivity of all these cases whether its the documents case and the January 6th Case against donald trump or its whats happening against hunter biden. Theres a lack of trust in our institutions. Mike do you agree that trust in our institutions has been harmed in. Absolutely agree. And i absolutely agree with him that we need transparency on all of these cases. Particularly i believe it in the trial of donald trump. I dont care what side you are on, and we should, by the way, let due process play out. There are a lot of people that have already made up their minds on all sides. I think we should be opening those courts to television so that people can hear the case presented, the credibility of the witnesses, the quality of the evidence thats produced because people dont have the ability to see that, theyre never going to believe what an impartial jury, remember, both sides are going to have the a say in who that jury is. And i think we need to be as transparent as possible. This lack of trust in the institutions in this country is a danger to our democracy. Mike i was looking at an article from the New York Times that said the prosecution of former President Trump could have terrible consequences. What do you make of that . Look, i dont think anybodys above the law. I