Devastating news out of hawaii right now. Officials now say at least 36 people are dead in maui from the wildfires that are tearing through that island. Locals say they fear the death toll is going to go up. Were on the ground. Very shortly, two of Donald Trumps associates due in a florida court. Theyre set to plead not guilty to new charges in the probe of trumps alleged mishandling of classified documents. The fbi raid that turned deadly. A man in utah killed in a confrontation with federal agents serving a warrant over his alleged threats against President Biden. Im kate bolduan with john berman. This is cnn news central. The situation in hawaii has gone from bad to worse, and it is now very clearly the tragedy is not over. At least 36 people are confirmed dead now, and many people, many more unaccounted for as the wildfires continue to rip through maui. The videos coming out show what looks like just an in inscapable inferno playing out. One man said he and everyone he knows and lo
Walk us through what they re looking at today. reporter: now they re going into more of a typical tradewind pattern. we don t have those 50, 60-mile-per-hour winds out of the northeast, but the problem here is they want rain. we need water to help douse some of the flames. the winds are coming at more of a northeasterly direction. up and over the mountain ranges, and the windward side will see the rain today, but on the leeward side, where luhina is located, unfortunately, we anticipate the forecast to stay dry. so any hot spots are going to have a bit of a difficulty actually starting to see any of that relief from the rainfall. as i advance this graphic, you ll see on and off again showers. there s some accumulation, especially in the higher elevations, but really on the eastern facing slopes of maui and into the island of hawaii. this is being exacerbated by the ongoing drought. new information to cnn, the drought monitor, we just got this within the past 30 minutes or so. this is
Anything but essential travel does not go to maui. we ll welcome visitors back to paradise after the fire is done. all right, pete muntean is with us now. pete, give us a sense of the travel situation there. reporter: you know, the real challenge now, john, is getting people off the island and evacuated. the airport is the main airport on maui. it s about 15 miles from luhina, and it is really the epicenter right now. airlines are adding flights. this is the latest from hawaii airlines. they added four flights today after adding nine flights yesterday. in some cases, airlines are doing something called upgauging, meaning swapping out smaller planes that would typically be on a route with larger planes to get more people and more seats headed off the island. in fact, hawaiian airlines has even started adding $19 fares to try and incentivize people to leave. the big question now is how to deal with people coming in. you mentioned united and american airlines have canceled
Areas of luhina, there are other parts of maui, less affected. if folks have travel plans in the coming weeks, they should check with their accommodations to see what the situation is. on the other islands, the island of hawaii had some impact from brush fires, but certainly check with your lodging provider, if you have a trip planned in the next couple weeks. for the rest of the islands of oahu, kauai, they re here, ready to welcome folks. so if in doubt, check it out. all right, thank you so much for being with us. best of luck. get some sleep if you can. kate. coming up for us, two of donald trump s co-defendants are set to enter pleas on new charges in the classified documents case. we re going to take you live to the courthouse in florida. plus, fbi agents shoot and
Loss. that s exactly what the colonies were and have been doing and are doing. the historic town of luhina is one of the places hardest hit. it s located on the west side of the island and it s been described as just being decimated. we re going to show you some perspective here before and after of one area. you see in the before, exactly what you would expect in hawaii. a tropical paradise. on the right, then, charred, burned, smoky, gone. ruined, entire neighborhoods have been wiped out. the green building we re going to show you right here, you can see in the before and after. that green building is an elementary school. it s osnow pretty much gone. cnn s veronica miracle is on the ground in maui with more. oh, my gosh. look at the harbor. reporter: the view from above is of shock and heartbreak. oh, my gosh. reporter: wildfires rampaging across the island of maui. our entire street was burned