And in maui tonight, the images just now coming to light. Now the deadliest wildfire in 100 years. And the tough questions now emerging tonight. First, this evening, sources telling abc news the d. A. In Fulton County, georgia, moving more quickly than expected at this hour. The unexpected move late today. Could any possible criminal indictment now come as early as tonight . Aaron katersky standing by live at the courthouse with what weve just learned. Also tonight, the new and difficult images just now emerging from hawaii. The mother and her two sons wading in the water for hours after jumping in to survive the flames. Tonight, hawaiis governor warning the death toll could be much higher. Survivors now being asked to provide dna to help identify victims. And now, major new questions. Where were the warnings . The sirens . Why werent power lines shut down amid the red flag warnings . Whit johnson and Gio Benitez In Maui again tonight for us. Ginger zee is also here, tracking severe st
This community went through. Tonight, we are inside the fire zone in maui. For the first time, we see the images captured by two captains who answered the call for help from the water. The coast guard telling them people, families, and children were in desperate need. Tonight, they take us back by water to where they helped those fighting to survive, including a young brother and sister. Their entire bodies covered in soot. And tonight, abc news with a minutebyminute look at how this deadly disaster unfolded. Our indepth timeline. Hourbyhour, putting the pieces of this tragedy together. So much time went by, as the fires grew. Why werent there more alerts . Why were the sirens not sounded . Tonight, authorities defending their reason not to use them. The two Boat Captains describing the moment the coast guard sent them in, telling them, we need help. They could feel the heat, the smoke, and the wind as they pulled into the harbor. Tonight, investigators and what theyre now learning abo
Response. And Hurrican Hilary is getting stronger. And timing is everything for team trump. His lawyers proposing new trial dates and negotiating when he will sur render in georgia. We begin with the maui official who defended the decision not to activate the Warning Sirens. He is now stepping down. He cited Health Reasons for his resignation. It comes with the death toll at 111 people and more than 1,000 still unaccounted for. Randi kaye has more on the fallout. So many of the residents felt like we had no warning. Reporter hawaii has one of the largest Public Safety outdoor siren Warning Systems in the world. Sirens that were silent as wildfires raged. The question is, why. First it was this it would not have saved those people on the mountain side. Do you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. Sirens as i mentioned earlier is used primarily for tsunamis. Reporter that is what the head of mauis Emergency Management agency said wednesday. But even before that Press Conference ende
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0llie, thank you so much forjoining us, especially under these circumstances. Now, i understand youve been able to flee these fires. Just bring us up to date in terms of what took place, what happened and how youre coping where are you now . Yeah, so i am now in a small village called fort simpson, which is about 630 kilometres west of yellowknife. It probably sounds like a huge distance it really isnt in Northwest Territories terms. This place is twice the size of france, its got 16,000 people in it, so vast scales that were talking about. This is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. And you can just hear a float plane into the distance, by the way. This is the Mackenzie River behind me. Yellowknife under a full Evacuation Order, as you probably heard, yesterday. We came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. What were you seeing that led you to think, hey, i better