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Director of marketing and communications at the maui humane society. katie, thanks so much for being with us. this afternoon i know you all are probably incredibly busy right now. can you walk us through your rescue efforts and how things are going on your end? aloha, jessica, yes, there are still fires burning all over the island and estimate there are 3,000 pets that are lost or missing over in lahaina and maui humane society is working with emergency response teams trained in field response f...

Have been asking that they did not get an alert, they did not hear the sirens are a text message. they said they knew to go because they could simply feel the coming towards them. hawaii has seen wildfires in the past, nothing like the scale we are seeing now. wildfires in 2018 and 2021, and certainly those questions are preparedness remain. at the same time, despite that frustration and angen time, despite that frustration and anger, what really comes through is that these people are having the...

Mauihumanesociety.org to use those monetary donations for the future. >> yeah, and it is. its just going to take such a long time and as you mentioned some of the fires still arent out and you are still in an acute phase of all this and sending our best to you. good luck caring for those animals and trying to help them find their families again. katie shannon, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. aloha. >> yeah. for more information about how you can help those affected by the wildfires you c...

Course our public. your patience, your vigilance, we continue to ask for it. thank you. >> id now like to bring up u.s. representative brian schatz. >> senator. >> senator. u.s. senator brian schatz. >> its fine. its fine. aloha, everybody. i just have a couple things to say. first of all, we are unified from the federal to the state to the county government and especially including the community. we were fortunate enough to be in the emergency operating center, and ive been in a lot of eocs. an...

More than ust the wildfire itself. , , ., more than ust the wildfire itself. , ., itself. just from your experience _ itself. just from your experience of - itself. just from your. experience of tracking wildfires, in recent years, do you think this is something that hawaii will have to deal with qwest like im sorry to interrupt you there, but were going to pause because it like the press conference, i do believe it is shortly going to get under way... i’ll believe it is shortly going to get u...

But the families and the people who were missing someone and what theyre going through on top of losing everything, its -- you cant put into words. >> just to hear you say that 1,000 people you believe are still missing tonight is astonishing. >> yeah. thats a very, very high number. theres lists that people are sharing. theres a lot of -- red cross is really helping out. you know what? the state is stepping up and showing its aloha. theyre giving so many blankets, food, and items that maui and ...

Here and is the most knowledgeable person on a disaster response and recovery that you could possibly get. hes here physically with us, walked front street. he has done all of, it and hes going to stay for the duration, even as the fema administrator arrives tomorrow evening. we are united, we are not underestimating the task in front of us in the next couple of days, couple of weeks, but this is going to be a long period of recovery, and we are going to rebuild. >> mahalo senator, brian. i woul...

Hawaiis governor toured lahaina to see the devastation for himself. he posted this message on social media. aloha, hawaii. you can see the devastation behind me. ijust want the entirety of this road, it is extraordinary, it is tragically gone —— walked the entirety of this road. we know people are suffering, the fertility numbers will climb somewhat today. everybody, love your neighbours, support them, because this is devastating. we probably have well over 1000 buildings that have well over...

Survive. so this is a very resilient community. and a lot of them think that they will bounce back. >> just what a heart breaking reality. dana, have you seen a lot of help arrive? >> reporter: we have been stationed here at the evacuation center. so we have not gone to the front lines where youre seeing the national guard and other federal resources deployed there. we have seen videos of that, but we have seen a lot of people drop off donations, food, water, blankets, really trying to step up. ...

Gasoline. much more is needed. its really just trying to ensure that, you know, everybody else is okay, you know, lahainas a community, we stand together. we care about each other first. my thoughts and prayers are with all the families, especially those with young kids and pets who are, you know, really just lost everything, and now they dont know what tad. and its just trying to get communications back here. i think my number one priority, i think we got a little bit of a boost from a cow that...