But breaking tonight, we first told you about this last night. But now at least 36 people are dead and thousands are fleeing their homes as i will wildfires sweep across the Hawaiian Island of maui. The flames have forced some adults and children to literally run into the ocean to avoid blaze. This is a disaster of historic proportions for the island state. President biden is promising immediately help for those affected. And the u. S. Military is assisting in the response. Some historic areas have been totally destroyed. National correspondent William La Jeunesse joins us now from outside a shelter on maui. Good evening, william. Good evening, bret. You know, the fires are still burning. So this remains a Search And Rescue operation. In fact, were told a number of individuals are still up in lahaina. They survived the fire but they dont want to leave because they wont get back. In the video i want to show you is from lahaina. Thats the commercial heart of this island and it was litera
of defense and their briefing expected to start any minute now. plus, texas governor greg abbott s plan to handle the impending crisis, promising to keep bussing migrants to democratic cities. we re following the latest developments here. let s bring in julia ainsley who is following this story closely now with the white house confirming the biden administration will be sending active duty troops to the southern border. what do we know from the administration? well, lindsey, we know this plan has hardened up quickly. they were weighing it over the weekend and just now, we know there s about to be an announcement. they ll be sending 1500 active duty troops in addition to the 2500 men and women from the national guard already stationed at the border. that will bring them to 4,000 which is still lower than the more than 5500 active duty troops the trump administration sent to the border. these troops will not be interacting with migrants one-on-one. they won t be arresting
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yesterday. that is according to the sheriff s office at a news conference. as we know, the suspect was on the run for four days after he alleged by stormed into his neighbor s home with an ar-15 and killed five people, including a child, after they complained about him shooting his gun outside. the fbi says it was a tip that led them to a house miles away from the murder scene where he was hiding in a closet under a pile of laundry. anybody that helps anybody that helped this maniac has definitely got some kind of issues as far as i am concerned. as the chief deputy there speaking, ed lavandera was asking questions. they said there have been several arrests. do we know how many or who could have been arrested here? reporter: yeah, those are the details we are still trying to unravel. i think it s going to take some time as investigators, as you just heard from the cheap deputy of the san jacinto county sheriff s department say that they could only really say and confi
Dead and israelis are dead and 22 are hurt with an attack. Will declaring war after 2,000 rockets lawned from the gaza strip. Pete trey yingst on the ground with the latest from Southern Israel. Tray, still hear the trey, still hear the sirens. Reporter yeah, l pete, and carly. Militants inside gaza and hundreds of them according to reports taking Pickup Trucks and motorcycles into the southern part of the country. They shot at Border Communities and also a Music Festival where there were more than a thousand people right now a group said theyve taken israeli communities and holding the territory and theyre amid rocket fire coming from the gaza strip and more than 2,000 rockets this morning is striking hamas positions inside gaza and its an active ongoing bat and will the distance weve heard bursts of gunfire. Tops setting up a check point and talk shows and theyre concern that had Border Police believe 60 palestinians in Southern Israel to carry out attacks. Take a look at what it was