right now, new terrifying images from hawaii. entire neighbors on fire, people fleeing to safety in a state reckoning with a terrible tragedy. we re going to speak with a maui counsel member and the lieutenant governor as president biden promises help from the federal government for this disaster. also ahead, new details about the deadly encounter in utah. fbi agents shooting and killing a man they were trying to arrest after his alarming and threatening post about president joe biden and other public figures. a sign of hope for five americans wrongfully detained in iran. a deal could bring them home soon. we re following these major developing stories and more coming in right here to cnn news central. right now it is all hands on deck as firefighters are battling flames that are still sweeping across maui and as rescue workers intensify their search for survivors. right now at least 36 people are confirmed dead in hawaii on maui and there are major concerns that that
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Right now it is all hands on deck as firefighters are battling flames that are still sweeping across maui and as rescue workers intensify their search for survivors. right now at least 36 people are confirmed dead in hawaii on maui and there are major concerns that that death toll is going to rise even more. we did obtain new video. it is showing the hawaii army national guard helping here to fight the wildfires. they re using helicopters, dipping large buckets into the ocean, dropping that water on top of the flames. and here in the last hour, president biden spoke about this ongoing situation, and he declared a major disaster in hawaii. our prayers are with the people of hawaii, not just our prayers, every asset we have will be available to them and we ve seen they ve seen their homes and businesses destroyed and some have lost loved ones.
Community members, my colleague, council member tamara pullton is on the ground and trying to support her community there as much as possible with all of these supplies. i m sure so many people are turning to you right now. in terms of recognition from the rest of the country would you like to see a visit to maui from president biden or perhaps from former president barack obama, who, of course, grew up in hawaii? i think both of those would be incredible help to get the attention from the world. our community has been devastating. lahaina was our kingdom s capital. we have lost so much. it s in ashes. over 271 houses have been lost, businesses. the death count is continuing to rise.
And prayers go out to individuals who have lost their family members, people who have lost their homes, businesses lost their all their investments in businesses, small businesses, the entire town of lahaina was burned. we were able to do we were able to get an ariel view with the coast guard yesterday afternoon, and some parts, as you recognize on maui, are still burning. lahaina is burnt down. it was just just deeply sad and just shocking to see an ariel view where once a vibrant town, it was a significant, historic area, a place that many visitors and local residents visited, and it was just