The second deadliest u. S. Wildfire in a century incinerates paradise. This hour, the governor will deliver a new update, and well bring it to you live. Plus, yet another not guilty plea from donald trump in one federal case, as the Special Counsel is asking for an aggressive trial date in the other. Trump also not happy with the date they are seeking. What are friends for, by the way . A new expose on judge Clarence Thomas has unveiled an up roar, an entire 737 just for him . Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. Tonight, were waiting to get a new update from the governor of hawaii and the mayor of maui. A news conference, we should note, is set for this hour. As fires continue to devastate the island. The death toll has now climbed to 53 people. And officials are warning that that number could only get even higher. President biden issued a Disaster Declaration to unlock federal resources and address the catastrophe while on the road today. Our prayers are with the people of haw
That you can otherwise rent. the state will find resources because the federal government will be in full support. president biden spoke to me directly and said that they will be here with us all the way. we ll take questions at the end, but i know there are several experts here that are going to address you. we understand you re hungry for information. let me say this up front. we respect that. we know how important it is that you do your jobs, but we re just about 48 hours in, and there s tragedy on the roadside. there s tragedy in the homes in lahaina, and we re trying to be very careful to respect the dignity of people who have had such loss. so, if wefr been at any time more difficult to communicate, it s because we re trying to also respect what they ve gone through. we ll get you a lot of information as we go forward. so, i ll pause here. mayor, at this time, i would like to welcome the maui county mayor, richard bisic. hello. in an event like this, i think we all understand
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From the coast guard are helping with the search and rescue missions that are happening, that are underway in hawaii tonight. today the pentagon announced more than 100 national guardsmen have been activated to help with those efforts. joining me now is jeff hickman, public affairs director for hawaii s department of defense. i know the hawaii national guard is conducting these search and rescue efforts, are going basically from house to house from our understanding. i mean, what are they seeing? can you just describe the devastation for us? first of all, thank you for having me. it is a practical war zone, and the governor, that s what he said today. for him, it s a war zone. i ve seen war zones in afghanistan and iraq, and it is. everything is completely wiped out. you know, that used to be the capital of hawaii, and it was a bustling town. some of those buildings were still there, all made out of wood. and that whole waterfront is gone. a lot of history.
We don t have a burn center. doctor, just to hear your stories and to hear you be one of the first people there, i mean, it s just amazing. we know that you have a lot of important work that you are doing right now. we re grateful that you joined us tonight. thank you, but we re going to let you get back to that. thank you for your time tonight. for those of you who are watching at home and want to be able to help, you heard from jeff there just a few moments ago talking about the outpouring of support. cnn s impact your world team has vetted organizations. they are aiding in these recovery efforts, and you can find out how you can help these wildfire victims in hawaii at cnn.com/impact. or you can just text hawaii to 707070. we will stand by for that news conference. we re going to get an update from the governor, the mayor, the officials there. we ll bring that to you live as soon as it begins. also donald trump is now ripping the special counsel over the date that jack smith r