And the tourists still trying to evacuate. Also ahead, lawyers for donald trump just arriving for a high stakes hearing in the Election Interference Case. How much will trump be allowed to discuss publicly and could that trial begin as soon as january . It is 10 00 eastern, thanks for being with us on this friday, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and we begin with the staggering death toll from the wildfires in hawaii. Authorities on maui revealing overnight at least 55 people have died in those fires, and by one account, up to a thousand remain missing. Communications on the island remain difficult making it hard to confirm who is safe and mauis mayor says intense Search And Rescue efforts are still underway. Search in the interior of the buildings. Were waiting for fema to help with that search, as they are equipped to handle the Hazmat Conditions of the buildings that have been burned. Shelters on the island are full of residents who have now lost everything, along with touri
The Historic Town of lahaina, popular with tourists, laid to waste. Officials now saying at least 36 people have been killed, an untold number missing. Bodies washing up after people jumped into the ocean to escape the flames. Thousands forced to evacuate. Chaos at the airport as tourists race to escape. President biden declaring a major disaster. Our team in the Fire Zone Tonight in maui. Also tonight, the deal to release Five Americans detained in iran. Its part of a prisoner swap. Who or what is the u. S. Giving up in return . New video of that deadly fbi raid in utah. Agents outside the home of man who allegedly threatened to kill President Biden. Then suddenly a loud bang. Tonight the role Donald Trumps Social Media Platform played in alerting the fbi. The shocking assassination caught on camera in ecuador. The president ial candidate leaving a Campaign Event when the fatal shots are fired. And launching into history. The civilian astronauts on their aweinspiring ride aboard Virgi
since the fires began, thousands are still waiting. i think everybody feels safe that they ve gotten into the airport and there s food because there was no food on the island. a lot of the seats are full, a lot of people standing around waiting for their flights. many travelers will still call the airport home. as airlines scramble to add extra flights to get them out. american airlines even upgraded a plane headed to los angeles with extra seats on southwest and hawaiian airlines, websites showing available flights from maui to honolulu for $19, and united airlines saying they ve canceled all inbound flights so empty planes can be used to get passengers back to the mainland. steve patterson with that reporting, thank you, and joining us now is peter ingram, president and ceo of hawaiian airlines, i can imagine you re a very, very busy american. thank you for taking a few minutes of your day with us. your airline has been flying empty planes.
leapt on to the street. there was debris everywhere, fire falling down on top of us. we got out safe. reporter: so far more than 20,000 passengers have fled the island since the fires began. thousands are still waiting. i think everybody feels safe that they ve gotten to the airport and there is food, because there was no food on the island. a lot of the seats are full. a lot of people standing around, just waiting for their flights. reporter: tonight many travelers will still call the airport home. as airlines scramble to add extra flights to get them out. american airlines even upgraded a plane head theed to los angeles with extra seats. on southwest and hawaiian airlines, websites showing available flights from maui to honolulu for $19. and united airlines saying they ve canceled all inbound flights to kahului airport so all seats empty planes can be used to get passengers back to the mainland. and steve patterson joining me now from the airport. steve, what is the