t. fox news alert. in just a few moments, federal officials will hold a press conference on the cargo ship that destroyecargd the frat scott key bridge in baltimore. we expect them to reveal the contents of the ship s black box, which should telle sp us exactly how this disaster happened. earlier today, divers recoveredr the bodies of two construction workerucs found 25 feet deep in the water, trapped inside of a red pickup truck. we re also finding out there are 56 containers full of hazardous materials on the ship. senior national correspondent kevin cork e joins me now. kevin, what do we expect? g o jesse, we re going to get ane update from the ntsb and any moment now, of course, we ll bring you that as soon as we can. as wn.e, we do knownight tonight that data captured moments beforeth the container ship struck the francis scott key bridge has in fact, thenee secured by the national transportation safety board. and it is, in fact, being analyzed by federal labs to
fox news alert. in just a few moments federal officials will hold a press conference on the cargo ship that destroyed the francis scott key bridge in baltimore. we expect them to reveal the contents of the ship s black box which should tell us exactly how this disaster happened. earlier today divers recover the bodies of two construction workers found 25 feet deep in the water. trapped inside of a red pickup truck. we are also finding out there are 56 containers full of hazardous materials on the ship. senior national correspondent kevin corke joins me now. kevin, what do we expect? we are going to get an update from the ntsb at any moment now. we will bring you that as soon as we can. in the meantime we do know tonight that data captured moments before the containership struck the francis scott key bridge has in fact been secured by the national transportation safety board and it is in fact being analysed by dural labs tonight. you may know this, large ships, jesse, are
shakes. state of emergency as the storm moves north. meteorologist adam klotz has the forecast. no longer a tropical storm, it is post-tropical storm phase. adam: yes, continuing to weaken storm, we knew this would happen. only means we lost five mile per hour wind speed temperature is down to 35 mile per hour wind speed. moisture dropping across nevada and california, that is this system, it will still cause flooding. lifting up to nevada, heaviest showers in front of this, the worst across southern california. wind totals across desert southwest, slightly higher elevation ranging from 85 mile per hour to 65 mile per hour for peak wind speeds, that is enough to do damage. rain has been the big story. rainfall totals over the last twour hours, plenty spots getting over six inches, that is enough to cause flooding as all the water is ush aring down stream. areas in los angeles county, every green polygon is a flash flood warning. heavy showers are to the north and ground com
in north korea, the regime confirming for the first time it has custody of an american soldier who bolted into its territory last month. what the north is claiming he said. and back at home, soccer superstar lionel messi propels his miami team to new heights. we begin this morning with a wildfire devastation in hawaii. this morning, the white house announced president biden and the first lady will travel to maui on monday to meet with first responders and survivors. and as the death toll climbs to 106, we re starting to learn the identities of some of the victims. they include 74-year-old robert vickman, 79-year-old buddy jantoc, franklin teros, who was trying to save a friend s dog, carol hartley who lived on lahaina for 36 years and a family of four that was trying to escape. and as news crews with cadaver dogs scour the area, a growing number of families are facing a grim reality, one man spoke with our affiliate khnl outside a morgue, saying he was waiting to identify
smith s case? plus, americans in iran, out of prison and now under house arrest. the rare move marking a bright spot in u.s.-iran relations. the new details we re learning about the tentative deal to free them and what iran is getting in return. and senator joe manchin says he s seriously thinking about leaving his party as he weighs his own political future. why manchin might be stepping away from the democrats and what it could mean for the balance of power on capitol hill. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, august 11th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with breaking and tragic news out of hawaii where wildfires continue to ravage the island of maui. at least 55 people are now confirmed dead, and that number is only expected to rise. four major fires are currently burning across the island. they re being fueled by dry conditions and strong winds caused by a passing hurricane. the fires have destroyed h