Devastating news out of hawaii right now. Officials now say at least 36 people are dead in maui from the wildfires that are tearing through that island. Locals say they fear the death toll is going to go up. Were on the ground. Very shortly, two of Donald Trumps associates due in a florida court. Theyre set to plead not guilty to new charges in the probe of trumps alleged mishandling of classified documents. The fbi raid that turned deadly. A man in utah killed in a confrontation with federal agents serving a warrant over his alleged threats against President Biden. Im kate bolduan with john berman. This is cnn news central. The situation in hawaii has gone from bad to worse, and it is now very clearly the tragedy is not over. At least 36 people are confirmed dead now, and many people, many more unaccounted for as the wildfires continue to rip through maui. The videos coming out show what looks like just an in inscapable inferno playing out. One man said he and everyone he knows and lo
The fbi s.w.a.t. team shows up, they had an arrest warrant in hand, i m told from a law enforcement source as they were giving commands to the suspect, he brandished a weapon towards those agents. one of those fbi agents opening fire, fatally shooting that suspect. just to give you a sense of what prosecutors alleged in this comp complaint, this is some of the material the suspect allegedly wrote online. he said i hear biden is coming to utah, digging out my old ghillie suit, a reference to the camouflage suits worn by snipers, and cleaning the dust off the sniper rifle. that among a series of concerning posts online. if you re the secret service, the fbi, you have the president coming to town, that s something very concerning. they went to take action to arrest him. that ending fatally after he was shot by an fbi agent. was it just president biden this man had been talking about or writing about online? reporter: no, you look through this criminal complaint, some 40 pages, and the
To the ground. reporter: decimating homes and businesses. local people have lost everything. they have lost their house, they have lost their animals, and it s devastating. it is on fire. reporter: the historic town of luhina, a popular tourist and economic hub on the island s west side particularly affected with hundreds of structures impacted. it happened so fast. people stuck in traffic, trying to get out, and there s flames on both sides of the road. something out of a horror movie. most of the fires on maui fueled in part by violent winds caused by hurricane dora, churning more than 800 miles away, the winds now subsiding as the storm pushes away. the primary focus is to save lives and to prevent human suffering and mitigate great property loss. reporter: state department crews assisting in efforts to restore communication across the
Islands and distribute water. with military helicopters aiding in extinguishing the fires. they flew 13 hours, did 58 drops and about 150,000 gallons of water to assist with suppression of the fire. reporter: recovery will be a long road ahead, according to hawaii s lieutenant governor. the damage to the infrastructure, it s not just buildings. i mean, these were small businesses that invested in maui. these were local residents, and you know, we need to figure out a way to help a lot of people in the next several years. reporter: 11,000 people were flown off of the island yesterday. another 1500 people are expected to fly out today. airlines are reducing their fares. they re increasing their flights to get people off of the island. officials are asking people also to cancel their flights, to cancel their vacations here.
Anything but essential travel does not go to maui. we ll welcome visitors back to paradise after the fire is done. all right, pete muntean is with us now. pete, give us a sense of the travel situation there. reporter: you know, the real challenge now, john, is getting people off the island and evacuated. the airport is the main airport on maui. it s about 15 miles from luhina, and it is really the epicenter right now. airlines are adding flights. this is the latest from hawaii airlines. they added four flights today after adding nine flights yesterday. in some cases, airlines are doing something called upgauging, meaning swapping out smaller planes that would typically be on a route with larger planes to get more people and more seats headed off the island. in fact, hawaiian airlines has even started adding $19 fares to try and incentivize people to leave. the big question now is how to deal with people coming in. you mentioned united and american airlines have canceled