Is it alabama or is it florida . A new report is raising questions. Our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with Steve Patterson who has the latest on the ground in hawaii. Steve, whats the latest from there. I know theres still just so many people who cant get home or who dont have a home to go to. Reporter or who are missing Family Members, chris. The death toll has increased overnight. It is now 55. Everything we have heard from the mayor to the governor to Emergency Officials on this island and looking at the devastation and looking at the damage, that toll will almost certainly increase over the next few hours and days. The governor has just told some families that they may be able to go back to their homes soon, but youre right, in a lot of cases, they will find nothing there. Lahaina has been almost entirely reduced to rubble. Thousands of structures raised. Were expecting millions, if not over A Billion Dollars in damage. Federal help is on t
hillside at the kaanapali farms to get word out to my friends and family and, you know, people of the media from maui to let them know what was really going on. because it was absolutely devastating. the entire town was burnt to the ground. the town of lahaina, everything north kaanapali was in tact, and that s where we were able to seek shelter for the night. but as it stands today, my entire household is displaced, you know, there s no news whether we will have jobs. we were given no notice. we had to leave with nothing. i was able to grab my computer and some important papers. but everything of our entire lives has been burnt down to the ground, and we re just one family. there s hundreds of families in