The headlines saying it all, heartbreak across the state as those fires continue to rage across Maui Chasing Thousands from their homes. No power, no internet and next to no progress in beating back the flames that have already left dozens dead. Fema directorwill join me live in a minute. Donald trump launching a threepronged attack using ads, speeches, and Tv Interviews to go after the men and women charging him with crimes. Is there a point in which those criticisms themselves break the law . And a year and a half after russia invaded ukraine, its a scenario that almost no one would have predicted at the start. Moscow now under increasing threat, its airports scrambling planes, Government Buildings bombed, Residents Raing for cover. Well have the latest there as well. But we begin with paradise ablaze. At this hour, at least 36 people are dead as three Wildfires Rage across maui. Parts of the island looking like a bomb went off and evacuations are happening around the clock. The head
vacations turning into a hellish nightmare, with tourists chased to the airport for an escape, all of it most likely the latest heartbreaking and costly price being paid for chronic inaction on climate change. i want to bring in nbc s dana griffin from maui. dana, more than 2,000 people at evacuation centers across the island. i know you re at one of them right now. what are you seeing? what do people need? reporter: yeah, chris, it s around 7:00 local time. we re seeing people huddle underneath the awning because it is raining right now. not sure if this is going to help with the firefighting efforts today, but people here, they need shelter. they need somewhere to go. we ve seen a lot of people sleeping in their cars. 3 to 400 people slept here inside maui high school. we spoke to someone with the red cross, and they tell us at this evacuation center which is the largest, they have pretty much everything they need.