Wildfire alert. 96 people are now confirmed dead in the devastating maui wildfires as officials warn that the number expected to grow. Hawaiis governor promising he will get answers to the deadliest blaze in more than a century. I have authorized a comprehensive review of what happened in the early hours of the fire and the hours thereafter, having been to ground zero twice, there is very little left there. Brian lawyers from one firm investigating the fire say they are nearly positive what started it saying quote all evidence, videos, witness accounts, burn progression, burn equipment points to hawaiis electric equipment being the ignition source of the fire. Hundreds of structures wiped out as crews continue searching through the rubble. Continue asking loved ones for d. N. A. Samples to help identify the bodies. President biden is facing backlash for not yet commenting on the tragedy. Is he vacationing in delaware i have will be at the white house around noon. Take your time. Lets g
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
Place by giving the first Sweetheart Deal of the century until a judge lit up and you got gop president ial candidates and lawmakers calling out how they see it. David weiss cannot be trusted. Kid gloves is the treatment hunter biden received from the Department Of Justice appointing david a Special Counsel like keeping your protecting. Think the people trusted. What took so long . Is it hunter biden or the biden family . Did they do it is a distraction take away from the place of coming out . Is another reason form of justice serious issues and needs to be we not along with our intelligence agencies. David weiss the u. S. Attorney that will allow statute of limitations to expire on serious tax returns. This was, this will not restore confidence all. Of course the liberal media is pulling out the stops to defend hunter biden saying is being treated worse than donald trump. I think the evidence ive seen so far in this case is is under fire . Never met him being treated worse than anyone
Place by giving the first Sweetheart Deal of the century until a judge lit up and you got gop president ial candidates and lawmakers calling out how they see it. David weiss cannot be trusted. Kid gloves is the treatment hunter biden received from the Department Of Justice appointing david a Special Counsel like keeping your protecting. Think the people trusted. What took so long . Is it hunter biden or the biden family . Did they do it is a distraction take away from the place of coming out . Is another reason form of justice serious issues and needs to be we not along with our intelligence agencies. David weiss the u. S. Attorney that will allow statute of limitations to expire on serious tax returns. This was, this will not restore confidence all. Of course the liberal media is pulling out the stops to defend hunter biden saying is being treated worse than donald trump. I think the evidence ive seen so far in this case is is under fire . Never met him being treated worse than anyone
And have warned the death toll may rise. And in the past hour, James Tokioka director of the department of business, Economic Development and tourism in hawaii, gave this update. Its a very, very sad day in hawaii. It is devastating. And i know many families in maui are struggling right now as well as many Family Members across the state. We want to send our heartfelt love to them and our prayers to them. I am going to talk with two hats on, from here at the Convention Centre, we set up to accommodate 2,000 people. As the planes were leaving from maui, we realised that some of the people, in fact, a lot of the people that were coming to 0ahu from maui had made their own accommodation. We have a set up here that would accommodate 2,000 people. I want to really thank the team here because terry 0rton from the Convention Centre was here at four oclock in the Morning Setting up. They are doing an incrediblejob. People have been up all night. I really want to thank them for all of the work