Sirens on this i island. And why that wasnt activated, because it clearly would have given people more time to escape the flames and get out of town. And, of course, the number of fatalities would probably not be the number that it currently is. Another big challenge here, mike, is housing. Why . Theres not much of it. Its expensive to rent or own. And unlike, say, the mainland there are not any towns that can simply absorb 4,500 people right now that need shelter. Lahaina was really small, nice historical place, and its gone. All the kind of, like, precious memories of my kids and kind of generational stuff. Reporter so eva adams, she lost her home. It was in this new 89unit, Affordable Housing complex that is now, of course, as you see, just ashes. There are about 2,700 buildings here that were destroyed in lahaina, 86 of those were homes. And the community of lahaina is a very working class, a lot of Native Hawaiians who serve the resorts, and right now those people who are now home
district for turning down earlier or offers of manpower. army officials also have safety concerns over the d.c. guard s response following the george floyd protests in 2020. in addition, some feel political appointees should not decide when assistance is needed for local leaders who they may disagree with, so the pentagon is looking into possibly making some changes there. one could be handing over control of the d.c. guard to the u.s. northern command which is nonpartisan. d.c. mayor muir yell bowser has maintained that her office should have the authority. according to the associated press, pentagon feels that the district calls on the guard too frequently as a means to deal with law enforcement shortfalls. this year decides homicides are up 25%. we re tired of this and enough is enough. those who live here know we are clearly in a war zone. i m going to say it again, we are clearly in a war zone e. reporter: regardless of how it s done, d.c. council member