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
we started to push back, although the state doesn t like that we re suspending and expelling with necessary means. the fights stopped. the kids got the message. discipline works. we need to make sure we continue that because otherwise it s creating chaos and our kids can t learn in a chaotic environment. trace: nicole your thoughts on this. it reminds me on ronald reagan you tax what you want less of and subsidize what you want more on. we are not taxing bad behavior we re incentivizing it. we are not teaching it you act out and there are consequences, you go sing kumbaya. are there any surprise children are acting out none whatsoever. trace: back to anita vogel story, in the crs e-mailed to the school board in roanoke, crs is aware of ongoing community tensions following radio release of the new policy with transgender students. i d like to connect to see if we might be able to offer support