Disaster in state history. Confirmed deaths at 55. Were told that number will likely grow. None of the fires right now is fully contained. Not one. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Those fires have left a wasteland of obliterated neighborhoods and landmarks and think about the economy there with the businesses knocked down. They dont know when they can get in there and when tourism will be an option again. The historic city of lahaina, once hawaiis royal capital, is charred ruins now. Survivors stunned at just how fast Hurricane Doras winds helped the flames to spread. People are found in houses in a huddle. There was nowhere to go. Beyond any other tropical storms, 100 times, covid, everything for our small town. People lost everything, homes, jobs, their cars, some their pets. There are still people missing. I have never seen something ravaged so fast. Harris take a look at the video. Look at the sheer scale of damage. Rescue crews now combing through the rubble
lacks the fire breathing troll that animates most of the gop. what do you make of it? i think it s a challenge we face. this election will define the future of the republican party. and i don t believe that donald trump will define the future of the republican party in a way that is consistent with the principles that have been so historic of a limited government, of a strong leadership role that the united states plays. so it s really about who is a conservative but also who can lead effectively and not bring us into chaos and that can bring our country not necessarily together, but at least united around the common set of principles and values. and not to further that divide. so this is an important time in our country and i think that article articulated that i m fighting for republican party that believes in those