coastline completely burned. >> felt this heat, this tremendous heat. >> major: the urgent need for more resources as just 100 firefighters struggle to get control of the massive blaze. ♪ ♪ >> president biden has signed off on what will likely be a politically-charged agreement with iran to bring home five imprisoned american citizens. >> in exchange, the iranian regime will gain access to billions of dollars in blocked funds. ♪ ♪ >> the assassination of a presidential candidate rocking the country of ecuador. this less than two weeks before an election has led to a state of emergency there. ♪ ♪ >> the new consumer price index, or cpi, shows inflation rose for the first time in 12 months. >> i have to choose, milk one week, eggs the next week. and it is very difficult. ♪ ♪ >> major: "eye on america." how a deep-diving robot is helping electric vehicle manufacturers keep up with demand. >> each $5 million robotic vehicle uses cameras and artificial intelligence to find rocks that contain metals, but not animal life. ♪ ♪ >> the barriers that once existed to becoming an astronaut are being broken down. >> major: and virgin galactic's maiden voyage taking tourists into space. >> i'm still up there. >> without a doubt the most exciting day of my life. >> i definitely feel a lot more connected to earth itself, and a lot more motivated to explore and be even more adventurous. ♪ ♪ >> major: good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us. i am major garrett in for norah. we begin tonight with those catastrophic wildfires in hawaii that are tearing a path through maui, leaving behind death and destruction. the fast-moving flames have turned this colorful, tropical paradise into black smoke, ash, and soot. take a look at these before and after photos from the city of lahaina and its historic harbor. a vibrant neighborhood reduced to scorched earth. at least 53 people have been killed and an unknown number are missing. president biden today approved a major disaster declaration for hawaii. and county officials say the fire near lahaina is 80% contained. cbs's jonathan vigliotti will start us off tonight. jonathan, good evening. >> reporter: and major, good evening to you. battling wildfires is an enormous job, but here on the island, there are only around 100 firefighters responding to three different scenes. for context, in new york city, 200 firefighters responded to a crane fire last week. and for that reason, the military has been brought in to assist with search and rescue, and even civilians are helping out. tonight, hawaii is in a state of shock, and resources are stretched thin, as firefighters battle three large wildfires burning in maui. >> [bleep] fire right here. >> reporter: hundreds of structures, mostly in the town of lahaina, are already gone. >> and there goes the house i lived in. >> reporter: blue hawaiian helicopters is delivering basic supplies to those who lost everything. >> roads are blocked and power lines are down. one of the quickest ways to get these in and to get people out >t of their prototype, which used a retractable arm to pluck rocks off the bottom of the lake. the real thing will be three times larger and travel four miles down into the deep sea. each $5 million robotic vehicle uses cameras and artificial intelligence to find rocks that contain metals, but not animal life. >> so, the claws themselves are driven by the ai and saying, take it, leave it, take it, leave it. to be able to ensure that the ecosystem on the seafloor remains intact. >> reporter: typical deep-sea mining uses robot vacuums to dredge the seafloor and could soon be approved in what is known as the clarion-clipperton zone. 2 million square miles of the pacific ocean rich with mineral deposits. scientists are worried that mining here will destroy the habitat of thousands of rare deep-sea species and spread plumes of toxic sediment. >> you can't try to save the planet by breaking the planet in the process. those several years of mining are going to cause centuries of damage. >> reporter: renee grogan says deep-sea mining can be done responsibly with artificial intelligence. she expects her company's technology to be deployed within five years. and that could lead to a slight name change. >> i'm looking forward to the day we can just, yeah, take those two off and look at that. >> reporter: change the name again. 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