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, were starting to learn the identities of some of the victims. They include 74yearold robert vickman, 79yearold buddy jantoc, franklin teros, who was trying to save a friends 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 his stepfathers rem
People missing. yeah. incredible to think about and you have to imagine that over the course of the last few days, when those people of course the hope is that these people are in shelters, these people are staying with families, these people have been sleeping in their cars and they just haven t had the right resources to make those calls to let their families know that they re okay. so, over time, every day that goes by that that number, beyond a thousand people, doesn t drop down, it is getting more likely that at least a large percentage of that is counted among the dead. and then you factor in the fact they only combed over with cadaver dogs and search crews looking for people in that wreckage, only about 30% of it. i mean, it could get just really, really tragic here, jose. yeah. steve patterson, thank you so very much. appreciate you being with us. joining us now is dr. reza danesh, a physician in maui who runs an urgent care and
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 his stepfather s remains. he s gone. i just want to identify the body. i haven t slept in six days and i just like i said, i just want to identify his body and put him at rest. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. firefighters say they struggled to find water. hydrants aren t working. that s no different than cops being in a gunfight without bullets. nbc s steve patterson joins us from maui. good morning. three lawsuits have been filed against hawaii s main power company. what do we know? reporter: yeah, jose. we know those lawsuits are based
Highway on ramp. we don t know what prompted the stop. we know the interaction included a search of his car, a canine unit, even medical personnel, a background check. he was cleared of everything. somehow was not allowed back into his car. to this day, his keys, his wallet, even a metal box with cash he kept in his car for work purposes are still missing to this day. the next thing we know, he is run over on a highway by three vehicles, including a semi-truck. this prompted the family to know exactly what happened. in the process they found there s no body cameras, no dash cams. even the coroner s office didn t do an autopsy or a toxicology report, according to a lawsuit. you can imagine, this family is completely devastated.