Welcome to three hours of checking out the truth behind stories. We start in hawaii, where 55 people are now known to have died in devastating wildfires. About 1,000 remain unaccounted for. Damage to Communication Lines is making it difficult to locate people. To give you a sense of the utter devastation on maui, i first wanted to show you these pictures. They were taken by a passenger on a Plane Landing on the island. They really capture the extent of the wildfires as they burn out of control. The governor of hawaii estimated that 80 of the town is gone. He said it was probably the us states largest ever natural disaster. We can also show you these pictures. They show that some buildings seem to have been left untouched by the flames whilst others just metres away have been completely destroyed. Locals have been left to just look in horror at what theyve lost. There were no warning sirens to alert them as the flames moved towards their homes. Authorities say it will take many years an
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and although he was someone who recognized evil when he saw it, he also knew that sometimes the job of america s diplomacy is to deal with such people to get the job done for the united states, for the people on the ground, and we couldn t be too pure or couldn t be, you know, too principled to say that we re not prepared to talk. but talking isn t the same as capitulating or appeasing. and some people forget that. the other thing that s interesting is the where this leaves afghanistan now. how did richard holbrooke feel about our chances of success in afghanistan? and where is it left now with his loss? well, richard was a realist. i don t know his innermost thoughts. i think few people do, maybe his wife and one or two others. i do know that richard believed very strongly in the civilian part of our role there. whether it s getting agriculture