Resident about what life on the island has become. Donald trumps legal troubles in the State Of Georgia could be coming to a head. Well tell you the message from the prosecutor to certain witnesses. And how the white house is responding after a special counsel is appointed to look into president bidens son, hunter, and why some republicans say theyre still not satisfied with the investigation. Announcer live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. We begin in hawaii where days after wildfires decimated maui, the death toll is rising. Authorities have confirmed 89 deaths making the fires the deadliest in the United States in more than a century and that number is expected to climb even more in the coming days as crews sift through the devastation caused by the fires. Governor josh green says the area has suffered some 6 billion in losses with some 2200 structures damaged or destroyed, vast majority of them residential. This is the largest Natural Disaster weve ever expe
know, one bomb, it was like a sustained explosion for several hours as flames blowtorched over the top of them. afterwards he showed me some of the videos of everybody and they were all just completely covered in soot. their eyes swollen shut black from everything that had been coming through to them. most of my paint ball friends over on the west side lost everything. i happen to also own a paint ball field out there and it s been tough. we will definitely rebuild so long as we re given the ability to. people are worried that the state is going to take their land and their homes away, which is very reminiscent of historical past issues and cultural issues, and we re hoping for opportunities to make lahaina better than it was before. we re really happy to see many of our friends be reunited. we were scouring shelter lists