It to. Us hello, im alicia menendez. As we come on the air tonight we are closely monitoring the second deadliest wildfire in u. S. History in hawaii on the island of maui. 80 people are now confirmed dead. Sadly, the kit mayor tonight wanting the death toll could go up as more damages are assessed. From the air, the toll of these fires, well, look at it, it is hard to take in. Homes reduced to rubble. This as half a dozen fires are still burning in maui and on the big island. Officials say fire in the Historic Town of a hyena is now 85 contained the governor saying he believes these fires could be the largest Natural Disaster in the states history. , tonight residents either working to evacuate maui, if they can returning home or in cases they are finding nothing. There are also air quality concerns to talk. About we will over the next two hours with live updates from maui we will also speak to a 911 First Responder who is there on the ground working to help fellow americans displace.
and president before the education association, andrews the videos we just saw, i thought it was important for people in urged and the context here. as a historian, as an educator, someone who teaches about civil rights, what alarms you most from what you just saw? understanding that it is a sliver. it is a, slid a sliver of a pie. and the whole high is terrible. this isn t history, this is political propaganda. designed to project a view of america as being, if not perfect, nearly infallible. because if america is always on the right course, then those who endeavored to change it must not be on the right course. and that is terribly problematic. there s another video with frederick douglass and he s opposing the same sort of political talking points. and it really is insulting, not only to those of us who teach american history, but even to the likes of frederick douglass, if he was alive, he would ve