Is it alabama or is it florida . A new report is raising questions. Our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with Steve Patterson who has the latest on the ground in hawaii. Steve, whats the latest from there. I know theres still just so many people who cant get home or who dont have a home to go to. Reporter or who are missing Family Members, chris. The death toll has increased overnight. It is now 55. Everything we have heard from the mayor to the governor to Emergency Officials on this island and looking at the devastation and looking at the damage, that toll will almost certainly increase over the next few hours and days. The governor has just told some families that they may be able to go back to their homes soon, but youre right, in a lot of cases, they will find nothing there. Lahaina has been almost entirely reduced to rubble. Thousands of structures raised. Were expecting millions, if not over A Billion Dollars in damage. Federal help is on t
Place this week. So what changed . And playing out in the last few hours, a preview of what will be one of the biggest cases in our nations history, the United States versus donald j. Trump. The former president s lawyers, jack smiths team, and u. S. District judge chutkan all facetoface in court for the first time. Its high stakes going head to head over the parameters of a protective order dictating who, including trump and under what circumstances should be trusted with government evidence. The dramatic new details from Behind Closed Doors and what it all could mean for the judges first ruling in the case. And Paradise Lost in hawaii, a birds eye view of whats left of lahaina, after wildfires ripped through the island. This apocalyptic scene wont be the last with other fires still burning and hundreds still missing in what has now become the second deadliest fire in modern u. S. History. One local now grieving the loss of his home and his fathers ashes. Thats the one thing i wanted
logistical challenges in getting things out here. i m very happy. it looks like we ve got progress on the town to get cell signal restored. it is our emergency network here in west maui is the cell system. getting that up is critical. getting food and supply in there, and it was really great to see the county getting trashed, recovery into the area today too because people s refrigerators and freezers have been off for three to four days. rotten food is piling up. trash is piling up. getting that up there and getting the trash out of the area where people are unfortunately, you know, on the north side of the town is really critical. we need more supplies faster. we need more help faster, and really what we really need to do is look on the how are we going to provide, you know, stronger support for people going forward? they have a lot of people have no money. a lot of people left their wallets and their accounts and cars behind. people are going to need resources quickly, and you kno
and literally swept so fast and just absolutely steam rolled so quickly, just caught so many people by surprise. i mean, you had explosions going all afternoon, like in your opinion ukraine. like you were in ukraine. you could see embers flying. it just explodes in fire. so at this point, i think it s just a matter of i appreciate from the bottom of my heart from the president s declaration to the governor. we still need more support, more help here desperately because so many families are still stuck on the north side of town and of course are in shelters in other islands and, you know, that to me is really the priority and again, i m kind of at a loss for words obviously. you used that phrase like ukraine. can you tell us a little bit more about how you were able to escape, what you saw, what you
heard, what you felt, and what your thoughts are when you see what s left behind? i mean, it was surreal. it was like, you know, it went the smoke was pouring over the town rapidly. you could hear the explosions getting closer and closer. i retreated back to get my brother sfiancee s dog from their place. came back again and looked over and three, four homes over just huge fire balls roiling into the sky. as i said, the fire is jumping with the wind. it s landing on everything and causing fires to erupt all oaf over the place, and people are panicking, leaving their cars, fleeing as fast as they can. it was an absolute surreal turmoil. and you know, it s and of course i m just, you know, after seeing all of this, i mean, after doing the visual flyover, i don t think there are any words. i mean, my heart is broken. this entire community has been