devastation. the missed warnings ahead of the wildfire danger as new fires flare up. i'm jonathan vigliotti in lahaina. as people return home to what little is left, officials are now coming under fire for their emergency response. >> reporter: i'm carter evans. this island thrives on tourism and now they're leaving in droves. also tonight, fair game. leading republicans take on the iowa state fair, each other, and the president's son. >> i'd like to see them get more mileage out of that hunter biden investigation. we want to see results. in suburban pittsburgh, a house explodes, setting other homes on fire. in france, notre dame rebuilds, its new spire set to rise again. returning to play, damar hamlin takes the field seven months after leaving a game near death. and later, one nfl player surprising side hustle. why he's delivering for doordash. >> enjoy, guys. >> announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. tonight, there is a desperate and intensifying search for the missing on maui. right now they number nearly 1,000 people. at least 80 are confirmed dead with that number expected to rise. today fire crews battled flames still burning from wildfires that ravaged parts of the island. over the historic town of lahaina, the scene is simply apocalyptic. most buildings, torched. some still smoldering. the inferno destroyed much of the town. everything you see in red. and those who escaped the flames are sharing their stories of survival, but also of confusion. we have two reports tonight. cbs's jonathan vigliotti is near lahaina leads us off. jonathan? >> reporter: adriana, many are returning home today for the first time since this fire hit, and they will face absolute heartbreak. we've spent the last few days in town. we saw entire neighborhoods that were leveled, and of the homes that still stand, they overlook these fields of ash that search teams tonight are now combing through looking for the missing. anxiety and frustration as bumper-to-bumper traffic stretched miles on the reopened highway to lahaina. residents who were allowed through confronted devastation at the end of the road in what the governor calls the worst natural disaster in hawaii's history. >> it's like we're the only things we have now. >> reporter: before tuesday's massive fire ripped through lahaina, turning 80% of the town to ash, there was chaos and confusion. >> let's go! >> reporter: emergency sirens were not activated, and those in town only fled when the flames were on their heels. >> what went on in your mind as you saw your town? >> just heartbroken. just crazy to come back and see everything differently. >> reporter: keila found his family's home still standing but surrounded by entire neighborhoods that were levelled. >> the whole town is just not the same. you know? it's not even -- it's not even here. >> reporter: now the state attorney general announcing a comprehensive review of the critical decision-making made before, during, and after the disaster hit. along with no sirens, residents here say the power had been cut off, meaning they had no access to radio or to television. they also say they never received a single text alert. officials say the power was never turned off, but likely knocked out by the wind. it's unclear if a spark ignited the blaze. >> it was fight or flight with no warning whatsoever. >> reporter: officials say the majority of the confirmed dead were trapped while fleeing on foot. tonight state and federal teams are combing through neighborhoods of ash, looking for the remains of those who, without warning, never left their homes. and the question remains tonight, and it's one we'll continue to ask until we get answers from county officials, why wasn't this community evacuated sooner? at this hour, adriana, hundreds of people are still unaccounted for. >> ah. that is so tough. jonathan vigliotti, thank you for your reporting. maui is struggling not just with the immense devastation but also a staggering economic toll. tourism accounts for nearly 80% of the island's income, and the damage estimate could top $5.5 billion. carter evans has a closer look at that impact. he is also on maui. carter? >> reporter: well, adriana, maui survives on tourism. so it's unusual to hear an order for people to get out, and for those who live here, so many have lost everything to these wildfires, including their livelihoods. lahaina was a magnet for tourists, and the dollars they spent were the economic lifeblood on this once thriving town, which now lies in ruins. this week, the visitors who normally flock to maui were part of an exodus. the kapalua airport, jammed with people trying to get out. >> it was just -- >> i want to get out of here. >> it was -- it was unbelievable. >> reporter: julie brazil has a lifelong attachment to maui. her family's taken trips here every year from california for more than three decades. this one ended with an evacuation that lasted 30 hours in a small rental car. >> was there any point that you were scared? >> i was. i was. there's this long line of cars, and i'm like, am i going to get out of here? what's going to happen? >> reporter: also on her mind, what's going to happen to lahaina. >> it's completely gone. they're going to have to rebuild. i don't know how. >> reporter: to those who live in lahaina -- >> there's no real jobs around anymore. you know, around in town or anything. the bakery where i worked is burned down. >> reporter: also gone is their way of life. >> everyone who came here, it was their happy place, and now everything we knew, can't go to the gelato shop anymore, can't go to the abc stores, can't go to the bars we used to go to. such a big sense of community and although we still have that sense of community, it's not going to be the same for a while. >> reporter: that uncertain future also gnaws at la tonya parker, who honeymooned in maui. >> will you be back? >> you know not any time soon, to be honest. hawaii's beautiful, but this was a very traumatic experience. >> reporter: during the first half of the year, maui had nearly 1.5 million visitors. that's a third of all the tourists coming to hawaii in that time, and they spent nearly $3.5 billion. so along with all the other damage here on maui, those tourist dollars are going to be a huge loss. adriana? >> carter evans, thank you. the weather is playing a critical role in all of this. let's check in now with meteorologist lynette charles from our partners at the weather channel. >> thanks, adriana. yes, we are going to continue to watch what's going on across maui as we do have that forecast here. the recovery forecast as we do have sunshine, dry conditions out there. we will have a few more clouds as we work our way into the middle of the week. as we go through the rest of today, though, we're going to be watching what's happening across the northeast, because we do have that torcon of a three or two. there is a number there so we have potential for tornados. as we move through the rest of the evening time frame, we have three areas that we're really watching as we go through the overnight time frame. up to the east and back to the west as we do have the potential for damaging gusty winds to work their way in through the area and also we're watching some hail as well as some tornados. and then, we talk about that heat that's going to be on tap as we go into your tomorrow. we're talking about that heat indices in the teens once again, and this is going to extend to the pacific northwest as we head into early next week as well. so, that dangerous heat, i should say, is really going to linger for a while, not going anywhere any time soon. adriana? >> lynette charles at the weather channel. to politics now. it is a tradition as american as food on a stick. today presidential hopefuls, including former president trump, made the rounds at the iowa state fair. cbs's christina ruffini is tracking the it all. christina, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. well, republicans have been canvassing the state for a while now, but trump has never been far from mind, and today, he was there in person. >> it's a bird. no. it's a plane, as trump rolled into the iowa state fair. >> it's a beautiful day in iowa. >> reporter: the crush of the cheering crowd seemingly undiminished by three criminal indictments now facing the former president. >> will you comply with the protective order? >> they should really try and get this country back together. what they've done to this country by weaponization. >> reporter: yesterday, a federal judge in washington granted the department of justice's request to limit what trump can say about sensitive material involved in the case, and on social media today, trump lashed out at the fulton county, georgia, d.a., calling her racist and phony fani willis. willis is expected to file separate election interference charges by the end of the month. >> did you intend to overturn the 2020 election? >> you know the answer to that. >> reporter: but trump isn't the only 2024 candidate with special counsel concerns. yet the attorney general announced he would appoint a special counsel to handle the investigations into the presidential oldest son hunter. >> kid gloves is a treatment that hunter biden had received in this department of justice. >> reporter: republican candidates quick to talk about the move, but their biggest obstacle to winning the nomination isn't the current president. it's the former one. >> we love trump, we love trump. >> reporter: also coming up, the first republican debate at the end of the month. trump says he'll let everyone know next week if he plans to participate. so, adriana, stay tuned. >> christina ruffini, thank you. today, ukrainian forces took aim at a vital supply line for russia. missiles targeted the only direct link between russia and the crimean peninsula. on another front, ukraine has undertaken the grim task of recovering russia's war dead. cbs reports from kharkiv, and a warning to viewers. this story contains graphic images. >> reporter: risking their lives for dead russian soldiers, this is the grizzly grind of ukraine's j-9 unit. the body collectors. through the fields, yurist has collected more than >> how does that make you feel? >> reporter: it's just a job, he says. it's evidence for an international tribunal. this body left to lie for a year after russian forces retreated from ukraine's northeast kharkiv region. >> what did you find on him that identifies him as russian? >> russian uniform. russian food. >> reporter: then it's off to cold storage and identification. the ultimate purpose is clear, to get ukraine's war dead home. how many transfers have you seen yourself? all of them. nearly 4,000, he says. ukraine's commissioner for repatriation of its war dead. >> it musting very emotional? >> reporter: "it's really hard and sad, but i know loved ones will take these bodies and bury them with honors." and give grieving families closure. eight months passed before this serviceman was buried, exchanged in a secretive process across lines of control, many through the international red cross. at this classified location in kharkiv, more than a dozen russian bodies wait to be transferred. >> how long have they been here? 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>> at first, no. i'm pretty sure a bengals player is the last person you expect to show up with your doordash order. >> reporter: but along with the exercise, he got an education. >> you see a need. people panhandling, asking for anything, and it kind of tugged on me. >> reporter: so he started using his doordash earnings to deliver generosity with free food, cash, or sometimes just conversation. >> here you go, drue. >> seeing that smile, seeing their face light up. no one's ever regretted making someone else's day. >> reporter: he put it all on social media, hoping to spread the spirit of giving. >> when he called, we had no idea it was drue, the kicker from the bengals, our favorite team. >> reporter: and the word about local businesses like your mom's pizzeria. owners tracy and pete say sales jumped 25% after drue posted himself giving away their pizza. >> you know, he's giving it to people that maybe didn't have money to buy lunch, and then in return, our small business is now been thriving. >> reporter: there's a stereotype of professional athletes as maybe being pampered or maybe overpaid? >> that is not true in all cases, not with our drue. he is just a down-home, good human. >> what's going on, buddy? >> reporter: i love how you call him "our drue." >> our drue. we love our drue. >> reporter: where does that urge to give back come from? >> i think a lot has to do with just how i was raised. i thought being a cincinnati bengals was going to fulfill everything in my life. part of my missed that charitable side. i love football, i like football, but i love giving back. i love helping people. >> reporter: proving it's not >> the gift -- enjoy, guys! >> reporter: -- but the giving that really pays off. >> drue's the best. that is the "cbs weekend news." first thing tomorrow, cbs sunday morning followed by "face the nation." guests include a hawaiian congresswoman jill tokuda and hunter biden's attorneyy abbe e lowewell. thanks foror watching.g. goodod night. from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. >> i can't believe it's real. >> local communities coming together to support victims of the deadly maui wild fires as a local hawaiian festival takes on a whole new meaning. >> it will take decades i think for this recovery. and rebuild. and we want to be a part of that. just as the state gives driverless cars more freedom to operate in san francisco, nearly a dozen cars shut down a busy street. and california veterans are leaving the state in big numbers but lawmakers are hoping a bill in the assembly will stop the exodus. i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we start in maui where survivors in lahaina are returning home to see firsthand the destruction left behind by this week's wild fires. much of the town of 13,000 is in ruins. at least 80 people have been killed making this the deadliest natural disaster in the state's history. the death toll is expected to rise as search and rescue efforts are underway. three fires remain active more than 2,000 buildings have been damaged or doy