i ve appointed bob fenton as our cheap federal response coordinator for emily to lead the recovery work. earlier today, brian schatz describe the situation to andrea mitchell. this is the most devastating wildfire in more than 100 years in the united states, as you mentioned, 114 dead and the death toll continues to mount. 2200 structures totally destroyed. it s really like nothing i ve ever seen. it s like a war zone. the senator also acknowledged that the last few days and weeks have not been without serious challenges. of course, it s hard for people to apply for assistance. there s a whole question about when the president should come and show support. that is true for all natural disasters and the responses to them. but i can tell you, from having worked for two presidents who responded to crises, the most important questions are not how the optics have been handled. it is everything happening behind the scenes. even more importantly, the long term commitment of time,
in the personal touchstones and said that the federal government will be committed to rebuild. to rebuild the way we want to rebuild by making sure that your voices are heard, by respecting the traditions, by understanding the deep history and meaning of the sacred ground, and establishing your community not to change it, its character, but to re-establish it. reporter: lawmakers are now working on getting more funding specifically for the maui rebuilding effort, and the homeland security adviser to the president said that as the recovery work continue, they will shift to finding longer-term housing, kate, for all of the people displaced. they will need it for quite some time. kayla, thank you very much. john? a developing story out of los angeles. emergency crews have evacuated more than 200 patients including babies and people on ventilators from a hospital after a power outage.
hawaiian businesses, many that we ve seen here burn to the ground. homeowners and renters and nonprofits. if you need help, you can visit fema s disaster recovery center at maui college. or go to disasterassistance.gov. today, i m appointing bob fenton there he is. i m appointing bob fenton as our chief federal response coordinator for maui to lead our long-term recovery work. he s one of the nation s most experienced disaster response and recovery experts in america. and i m directing him to make sure the community has everything, everything the federal government can offer to heal and to rebuild as fast as possible. and we re focused on what s next. that s to be building for long term and doing it together to help get us back on our feet to rebuild the way we want to rebuild, by making sure your
she repeatedly and falsely glared dominion voting systems as fraudulent in the weeks and months after the election. and that is when dominion operators went in and enjegtsed votes an changed the whole system. reporter: and do i mminion i suing for definite ifamation. and john eastman s attorney is saying that the activity in the latest indictment is political and not criminal. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. we turn to the latest now on the wildfire disaster in hawaii. overnight officials raised the death toll to 106 people. is far remains of only five victims have been identified. hawaii s governor says 185 search and rescue personnel are on scene doing recovery work along with 20 dogs. governor josh green told cnn last night that some of maui s warning sirens were broken which
state that is coming from around the state and. that is coming from around the state and, frankly, around the country state and, frankly, around the country. thousands and thousands of pounds of food have thousands of pounds of food have been donated and are coming have been donated and are coming and are basically en route coming and are basically en route. we should talk to you about route. we should talk to you about energy. maui electric will give about energy. maui electric will give us lots more updates, but we will give us lots more updates, but we have had one out of three but we have had one out of three transmission lines restored, meaning 3700 customers got their energy back~ customers got their energy back. one of the challenges ust back. one of the challenges just like back. one of the challenges just like i should share this with just like i should share this with you just like i should share this with you. one of the challenges is that with y