The governor addressed the rising number in his statement. 101 lives have now been lost, 27 of the survey have been completed. I spoke with the president this morning and we speak often. He and joe biden extend their absolute love and heartfelt wishes about the tragedy that has occurred. They are heartsick that we have lost these 101 souls. Joining us now from maui is our reporter, helena humphrey. Helena, the governorjust posted a video on social media with an update. He has confirmed a rising death toll, what else did he say . That is right and the message from the governor has been every time we see that death toll climb upwards, he said that our hearts are a little bit more broken. He has also been saying that residents of western maui can now start to go back into lahaina, although he did specify that would not be able to go into the impacted zone. In a bid to reconnect these areas of the island that have been completely disconnected with the wildfires. He also spoke about housing
In the trump administration. Some of the accusations against mr trump include violating georgias racketeering act. Racketeering is a type of organised crime where someone profits through dishonest or illegal activities. And the ex president s also accused of soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer. Also, Making False Statements and filing false documents. A reminder that these charges are all in connection to accusations of Election Meddling by trump. The bbc s Kayla Epstein has been following the events in georgia and has more on the legal view of the charges. Ive been speaking to legal experts about this all day and theyve told me they are not surprised that a Racketeering Charge was brought by fani wills. Its a Signature Charge brought in the past and we expected to see this, but weve still got indictment, which is nearly 100 pages, it names 19 defendants, including donald trump, i think a lot of people were struck by the breadth of the evidence she lays out. Almost 70
In the trump administration. Some of the accusations against Mrtrump Trump include violating georgias racketeering act racketeering is a type of organised crime where someone profits through dishonest or illegal activities. Athhe ex president s also accused of soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer. And making false statements and filing false documents. Reminder that these charges are all in connection to accusations of Election Meddling by trump. Earlier, i spoke with bbc reporter Kayla Epstein who has been following the events from the courthouse in georgia. Thanks forjoining us. We saw last night the District Attorney has given the 19 defendants until mate august 25 to surrender. Hes been outside the court all day. Have any of them turned up yet . We the court all day. Have any of them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone appear them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone appear to them turned up yet . We have not seen
Handling the worlds Worst Nuclear Disaster nearly 30 years on. International delegates are now meeting in the swiss city of montreux for a longawaited peace conference on syria. Representatives of president Bashar Al Assad and opposition leaders are sitting down for the First Time Since the uprising began nearly three years ago. Delegates from about 40 countries are attending the meeting. Delegates from the u. N. , the United States, and European Countries want to discuss a limited ceasefire, and they hope to set up a transitional government. The members of the assad regime have rejected calls for the president to resign. U. N. Officials had invited representatives of iran to take part. Syrian opposition leaders and u. S. Diplomats complained. And on monday the u. N. Withdrew the invitation. Some former war crimes prosecutors say there is proof of systematic torture and killing of detainees by the syrian government. They say about 11,000 people may have been killed, and that the eviden
On ice infour trucks including rental trucks from u haul. The funeral director said they were put there because he had no more room in the chapel. I ran out of space, bodies are coming out of our ears. A cemetery worker in brooklyn is struggling to keep up with the on slot of bodies. Sometimes ali arrives as early as 3 00 a. M. And stays le next day. Sometimes i do 14 hours a day. Itsexcruciating. Many families have not been able to say goodbye to loved ones in person at the hospital, and they often cannot have traditional funerals or otherwise come together to collectively mourn because of physical distancing rules. Its just a horrible thing to go through. And then in come the costs. At a time when many are suddenly out of work, in new jersey, where 460 deaths were recorded today, a son could not afford the funeral bills for his parents who died three days apart. In chicago, the family of a nurse, a nurse who contracted the virus had to set up a go fund me page to cover her funeral ex