In a moment, i will turn it over to deanne criswell, joining us from hawaii. Much of this she briefed the president on last night. She has been in hawaii since 2 00 a. M. On saturday morning. And she is still there right now. For i do that, i want to say is the president said last week that he and the first lady are praying for families who are grieving and for everyone who has suffered misstating losses of land and property as a result of the wildfires in maui. The president continues to stay engaged with local officials to ensure our robust whole of government response continues. Yesterday, he received two briefings from fema administrator criswell on the ongoing federal response a written update in the morning and a phone call last night. The president has stayed engaged with Hawaii Governor josh green, and theyve spoken twice in recent days to make sure he gets every resource he needs. The president also spoke by phone on friday with senator hirono. With all of these officials, the
Host good morning. It is friday, august 11. Consumer prices up 3. 2 compared to one year ago. House gop continues the probes into the biden family and military aid deployed to help with wildfire response. Those are a few top stories this week. What is your top story of the week . You to share your thoughts on our phone lines. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. You can text us at 2027488003. Include your first name and city, state. We are on social media, facebook. Com cspan. Welcome to washington journal where we start with the wildfires and tragedy unfolding in hawaii. Here is the Associated Press. Authorities update death toll working to identify bodies. It says that maui county confirmed thursday night the number of deaths increase to 55. Hawaii democratic senator was in hawaii and spoke about the damage done by the fires and is asking for federal assistance. [video clip] this is truly a all hands on deck situation and our people here who have
Of the deadliest in u. S. History. In a moment, i will turn it over to deanne criswell, joining us from hawaii. Much of this she briefed the president on last night. She has been in hawaii since 2 00 a. M. On saturday morning. And she is still there right now. For i do that, i want to say is the president said last week that he and the first lady are praying for families who are grieving and for everyone who has suffered misstating losses of land and property as a result of the wildfires in maui. The president continues to stay engaged with local officials to ensure our robust whole of government response continues. Yesterday, he received two briefings from fema administrator criswell on the ongoing federal response a written update in the morning and a phone call last night. The president has stayed engaged with Hawaii Governor josh green, and theyve spoken twice in recent days to make sure he gets every resource he needs. The president also spoke by phone on friday with senator hiron
Thousands of cats have died. Now, veterinarians are dispensing Human Anti Covid pills to stop the spread. And blast off sir richard branson s Virgin Galactic launches from new mexico with the first mother and daughter to head into space on board. First, the latest in a series of extreme weather events around the world that experts say have been made more likely by Climate Change. Firefighters continue to battle wildfires in hawaii. At least 36 people have been killed. The popular tourist town of lahaina, on the island of maui, has been largely burned to the ground. Us President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster, triggering the release of federal funding for the people in maui county. Us soldiers have joined search and Recovery Efforts. Lets take a listen to what President Biden has had to say in the last few minutes. I want to say a word about the devastating wildfires that have claimed at least 36 lives in maui in hawaii. We havejust approved claimed at least 36 lives in maui in
Send back an unconfirmed number of iranian prisoners and unfreeze about 6 billion of frozen iranian oil revenue. Sandra we are learning the details right now. The move comes amid growing tensions over Irans Nuclear program and terrorist activities. Mark meredith has the breaking details. What are we learning about this deal . Sandra, good afternoon to you. News of this broke just in the last 30 minutes or so after a letter was published by a lawyer based here in the United States who was representing three of these five people who are apparently moved to house arrest in iran today after serving time in prison, at least for the last several years. Earliest dating back to 2015. We dont know exactly where these now, i dont want to say freed at this point, but the prisoners put under house arrest have been moved to in iran but the lawyer representing the families say they got direct visual confirmation the people were moved out of a prison and moved into what you have to imagine a more com