now the focus has been on emergency relief, there are thousands of families, businesses that have lost everything and so we re just focusing on that. to as much extent possible. but while there has been a lot of support helping families and business that has been impacted, is for us to focus on the economic recovery phase and to set the groundwork there, that s why we launched the business relief fund so when businesses pervert and assess the damage that has been done, that funds will be available to help them rebuild. pivot. available to help them rebuild. ivot. ~ . ~ ., available to help them rebuild. ivot. . ~ ., , pivot. what kind of response are ou pivot. what kind of response are you heping pivot. what kind of response are you hoping for pivot. what kind of response are you hoping for from - pivot. what kind of response are you hoping for from the - are you hoping for from the appeal, are you hoping businesses unaffected by the fires locally will don
have category 4 winds in southern california. however, the impacts will be significant mainly because we re going to catch a large population density off guard because this hasn t happened since 1939, the last time a tropical storm made landfall. the official track shows a landfall and tropical storm, does it move inland? does it stay over open water? that s to be determined. one thing for sure, it will interact with significantly cooler ocean waters, and that will help weaken the storm as it approaches the southwestern u.s. if the track takes it offshore, so no land interaction with the baja peninsula, more of a coastal impact, so look out for large waves, coastal erosion and urban flooding possibility between los angeles and specifically into san diego. if this storm takes a more easterly track, this brings the greatest impacts inland to southern california, parts of western arizona and southern nevada sunday into monday. we ll look out for the wind impacts but the flash fl
i m amara walker. i m rahel solomon. great to be with you, amara. thanks for coming back. it s been fun. thank you for spending part of your morning was us. here s what we re watching for you this morning. this is the largest natural disaster we have ever experienced. it s going to also be a natural disaster that s going to take an incredible amount of time to recover from. the death toll from the maui wildfires jumps to 93, making it the deadliest wildfire in the past century. we are live in maui as federal help pours in. also hearing from residents frustrated with the government s response. the fulton county district attorney investigating donald trump and his attempts to interfere in georgia s election expected to present her case to a grand jury this week. what we are learning about some of the key witnesses ordered totive. a viral triple threat adds the new covid variant emerges. concerns heading into cold and flu season and what we should be doing to prepa
there was also a lot of news, as there has been all week. there s more today. let s get started this friday, august 18. this breaking overnight, hurricane hillary intensifying in the pacific. it is now a major category 4 hurricane that s expected to bring flooding and rain to california and the southwest over the weekend. more breaking news, maui s emergency management administrator quit abruptly a day after he defended not sounding the island s sirens as deadly wildfires tore through la hadhaina citing health reasons. and also this just in, fema s disaster fund is slipping into the red and hurricane season hasn t even peaked yet. now pressure is on for congress to pass a spending bill. former president trump wants to push back the trial date in the federal election subversion case by a lot. the special counsel wants january, months from now. trump s team wants april of 2026, about three years from now. and federal prosecutors are recommending the toughest january 6
in north korea, the regime confirming for the first time it has custody of an american soldier who bolted into its territory last month. what the north is claiming he said. and back at home, soccer superstar lionel messi propels his miami team to new heights. we begin this morning with a wildfire devastation in hawaii. this morning, the white house announced president biden and the first lady will travel to maui on monday to meet with first responders and survivors. and as the death toll climbs to 106, we re starting to learn the identities of some of the victims. they include 74-year-old robert vickman, 79-year-old buddy jantoc, franklin teros, who was trying to save a friend s dog, carol hartley who lived on lahaina for 36 years and a family of four that was trying to escape. and as news crews with cadaver dogs scour the area, a growing number of families are facing a grim reality, one man spoke with our affiliate khnl outside a morgue, saying he was waiting to identify