Im Bianca Nobilo live from london. Max foster has the week off. Just ahead when you see the full extent of the destruction of lahaina, it will shock you. It does appear like a bomb and fire went off. Compared to the walking dead, it was completely apoca apocalyptic. Almost no idea that is north american than the notion that any one person can pick the president. The presidency belongs to the American People alone. When i show up, cops act differently. We all act differently when people are watching. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and Bianca Nobilo. It is friday, august 11th, 9 00 a. M. In london and 10 00 p. M. On the Hawaiian Island of maui which is coming to grips with a tragedy that many say came out of nowhere. At least 55 people have been killed and the death toll is likely to keep increasing as Emergency Crews Scour block after block of destroyed properties. And much of the Historic Town of Lahaina Business hub is no more. The wildfire now the second deadl
We begin this morning in hawaii where authorities have increased the death toll caused by the wildfires there, at least 55 people now confirmed dead from the raging inferno that swept through the town of lahaina. The community there is just devastated from the loss. We are going to try our very best to identify those that have perished so that the families can have their closure and can have that understanding. When the mayor said it is all gone, it is all gone. It is all gone. It is gone. The governor estimated thursday that about 80 of the overall lahaina area was destroyed. County officials in maui say the fire there is mostly contained. The federal government also swinging into action with President Biden issuing a Disaster Declaration for maui and parts of the big island. And sfeefema oig administrator traveling there today. And i want to bring in a woman who is safe but also separated from her family. Her parents home has burnedsis firefighter there. First of all, how are you doi
A desperate search for survivors and bodies still underway. Several large fires across the island remain active and out of control. Several brush fires affecting the big island of hawaii. The governor declaring a State Of Emergency discouraging all nonessential travel to the Island Of Maui. All airports are open to get people out. A long road ahead to recovery. Dana jordan escaped the flames. His home burned to the ground but he and his family are grateful to be alive. Im sorry for what youve been through. What was it like and what did you go through . A lot. Definitely once in a lifetime thing you dont want to go through. Briefly an overview of my 45 minutes time frame, we saw smoke just above the hillside of our home and then kind of thought to ourselves hey, with the winds, maybe our family should start to prepare. Gather our things. Get what we need and maybe head out. Before we knew it, the flames were already at the doorstep of our a couple houses down from where we live and at o
radek sikorski, in warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. hello. good to see you again, stephen. it s great to have you on the programme. let s begin with a simple thought. the portents for ukraine in its grim battle against vladimir putin s forces in ukraine, the portents are really very negative, are they not? the supply of weaponry and of money coming from kyiv supporters is drying up. how concerned are you? that s not quite right. i was in kyiv within days of my appointment in december. my prime minister, the former head of the european council, donald tusk, has just been there, and the ukrainians have achieved a victory that has not been noticed in the western press, namely that, against stiff russian opposition, they have cleared western black sea of russian ships and they have now resumed grain shipments, not under a deal, from odesa via the western black sea to the bosphorus and to africa and beyond. that s a considerable military success. that s not insignificant. and they als
it s great to have you on the programme. let s begin with a simple thought. the portents for ukraine in its grim battle against vladimir putin s forces in ukraine, the portents are really very negative, are they not? the supply of weaponry and of money coming from kyiv supporters is drying up. how concerned are you? that s not quite right. i was in kyiv within days of my appointment in december. my prime minister, the former head of the european council, donald tusk, has just been there, and the ukrainians have achieved a victory that has not been noticed in the western press, namely that, against stiff russian opposition, they have cleared western black sea of russian ships and they have now resumed grain shipments, not under a deal, from odesa via the western black sea to the bosphorus and to africa and beyond. that s a considerable military success. that s not insignificant. and they also. i agree it s not insignificant. but, ultimately, this is a desperate battle, metre b