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
asks for $24 billion in more aid with very few successes in hand. and comes as even zelenskyy admits that the counteroffensive hasn t exactly gone the way that they had hoped. at least not yet. thank you, salma. this could be a more active hurricane season in the atlantic than officials initially predicted. a new forecast just came down from tnoaa. derek van dam has a break down. it is a battle between the record ocean temperatures that help fuel stronger hurricanes versus a strong el nino that helps limit hurricane activity. just yesterday the national oceanic atmospheric administration upped the ante and increased the likelihood of an above average hurks sricane season. you can see after already having four named storms, any are