More than 50 lives. Almost 2,000 buildings. In moments, well talk to a local pastor about what the church is doing to help, but first to the Senior National correspondent William Lajeunesse live for us on the ground in maui with the very latest. William. Reporter trace, were in the harbor about ten miles south of la hind a and this is also where the Police Roadblock is and the check point. People cant get into lahina because theyre still looking for bodies but if you want to go you have to go by boat but thats supposed to be illegal. We heard some incredible stories today from people who were in the water for eight hours or more, waited to be picked up and had jumped to avoid the flames in lahina per se. One thing i heard today over and over, the speed of this fire was so great, people could just not they couldnt get out in time. They couldnt even see the flames, the smoke was so thick. Traffic was backed up. People literally died in their cars. Now, lahina is of course the hardest hit
this, and then try to cover it up is just shameful and i think this is another thing that the house republicans are going to have to have another investigation into. trace: i think they might. victoria coates great to have you on as always. thank you. thank you. trace: meantime president biden s justice department inserting itself into local school board meetings again. many of which are getting more contention over transgender student policy. the virginia governor now accusing the doj of acting as a political arm of the democratic party. anita vogel is live in our new york news room with more on this. anita good evening. reporter: good evening, trace. just when parents thought it was safe to go back to their local school board meeting, turns out the federal government still wants to be involved in their conversations. especially a special unit within the doj called the crs, the community relations service, been around since the 1960s, is offering to mediate any heated argument