It to. Us hello, im alicia menendez. As we come on the air tonight we are closely monitoring the second deadliest wildfire in u. S. History in hawaii on the island of maui. 80 people are now confirmed dead. Sadly, the kit mayor tonight wanting the death toll could go up as more damages are assessed. From the air, the toll of these fires, well, look at it, it is hard to take in. Homes reduced to rubble. This as half a dozen fires are still burning in maui and on the big island. Officials say fire in the Historic Town of a hyena is now 85 contained the governor saying he believes these fires could be the largest Natural Disaster in the states history. , tonight residents either working to evacuate maui, if they can returning home or in cases they are finding nothing. There are also air quality concerns to talk. About we will over the next two hours with live updates from maui we will also speak to a 911 First Responder who is there on the ground working to help fellow americans displace.
near zero? what do you want from theory alone? zero would be nice. christopher nolan s blockbuster film oppenheimer has renewed interest in the research team behind the world s first new. but it has also pique interest on a less topical side of that story. the residents living and working near the testing site where nukes were first tested. but half 1 million people in mexico were affected by the radiation of the treaty tests. they call themselves down wonders. despite the deadly followed, day were not warned, nor were they compensated. that could be changing. according to has more. how long have your family had this range? since the late 1800s. the penal family has called this area of new mexico home for more than a century. today they are known as down winters, meaning they are one of many mexican families who lived downwind from the 1945 trinity nuclear test site in
thanks to the blockbuster film oppenheimer. but there is a part of the story that the movie does not get to. in the decades that followed thousands living downwind from the test site got sick and died from as a result from being exposed to the radiation a bomb created. most were indigenous in spanish farmers who now call themselves down winder s. new mexico congresswoman teresa leger fernandez is drawing attention to their stories and is working to get their families composition. she joins us now. welcome congresswoman, it s a real pleasure. tell us how people living in that part of new mexico remember the manhattan project, and what was the impact on their lives? the impact was significant and thank you michael for having us so that we can tell this part of the story. new mexico was impacted because one, we knew los alamos was happening but when that bomb was exploded, the people living in the area saw it and we have