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, were starting to learn the identities of some of the victims. They include 74yearold robert vickman, 79yearold buddy jantoc, franklin teros, who was trying to save a friends 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 his stepfathers rem
Financially, i m the flight attendant in that situation. the relief that comes over people once they know they ve got a guide to help them through, i definitely feel privileged to be in that position. for the first time, north korea confirms a soldier is in its custody after he ran across the border last month. joining us now is nbc s janis mackey frayer in beijing. good morning. what more do we know about travis king s status as of today? reporter: jose this is the first we heard from north korea that travis king is in custody after he willingly ran across the border into one of the world s most hostile countries. with tension at a high in the
Administration is that they have not been able, of course, to speak to the north koreans about travis king s status. the u.s. has reached out to the north koreans multiple times to try to get a sense for where exactly he is, where he s being held, and of course the kind of condition that he is in. but as has been the routine throughout the entirety of the biden administration, the north koreans have simply not responded to u.s. outreach. we are learning a little more about what unfolded here, which is that travis king, he was supposed to board that flight from seoul back to the u.s. to fort bliss in texas where he was going to be administratively separated from the u.s. army, removed from the military altogether because of assault charges he had faced in south korea. instead of getting on that plane he went on this tour of the dmz, and at that point he bolted across the demarcation line into north korea. he was detained by north korean guards who then hurried him into a van. so now u.s