Toll is rising, up to 1,000 people still unaccounted for on the island. The Historic Community of lahaina which stood for centuries, now a wasteland. Hundreds of homes, businesses and cultural landmarks Reduced To Ashes by a fastmoving inferno. Shelters packed with survivors. Residents say they had little to no warning before being forced to evacuate. Fire officials now being pressed on why Warning Sirens were not activated when the fires began. The governor says its likely the largest Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. Whit johnson in maui tonight. Also on this friday night, the surprise turn in the hunter biden investigation. After the plea deal for president bidens son fell apart in federal court, today attorney general Merrick Garland granted Special Counsel status to u. S. Attorney david weiss. What this means for the case. Could hunter biden now stand trial . Pierre thomas in washington. Mary bruce at the white house. The judge warning donald trump about his public attacks, pos
gotten so bad that it wasn t safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, my elderly parent, and our kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. now back then, it seemed like a oneself-in-a-lifetime thing. rescue, what is your emergency? reporter: but ever since, the fires in california have gotten worse. dixie fire. woolsey fire. are more towns burned to the ground, more forests devastated and more refugees. this episode is about californians and fire, because we got to learn how to get along. now if you re thinking that you re safe because you live outside of california, nope. wildfires happen across america, from alaska to florida. and they happen all over the world. wildfires sweeping across australia. cape town. estonia and turkey. all the way to the north pole. and even if they aren t happening near you, the effects are definitely coming to your doorstep. there i
california history. ahh! lucky for us, the fires hadn t made it to where my family lives in oakland, but the air had gotten so bad that it wasn t safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, our elderly parents and kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. back then, it seemed like a once in a lifetime thing, but every year since, the fires in california have gotten worse. the dixie fire. the hill fire. there are more towns being burned to the ground, more people whose lives are devastated, and more wildfire refugees. this episode is about californians and fire, because we ve got to learn how to get along. now, if you re thinking that you re safe because you live outside of california, nope. wildfires happen across america, from alaska to florida, and they happen all over the world. wildfires sweeping across australia cape town sonia and turkey. all the way to the north pole
On after the wind event is over, sometime midday tomorrow, they dont just flip a switch and turn the power back on, they have to go out and physically inspect all of those lines to make sure if a limb has come down on one of those lines, they ve clear that, make sure everything is okay. They started turning off power in the Sierra Foothills around 2 00 this afternoon. Places like the peninsula, they could be impacted. Overnight stly. But as you said, it takes time to get it back up and running. They cant just turn it back on. We could have another wind event, possibly over the weekend. Yeah. Sunday looks a bit dicey at this point. So well have to see about that. And its so interesting, isnt it, that they can flip the power off no problem but turning it back on is a little more challenging because they dont want to just turn it back on in the event that a line has been damaged in the wind. That defeats the purpose of the Power Shutoff. If you then risk some kind of fire danger. Of cours