With alicia menendez. Thank you so much reverend sharpton. Menendez hello everyone, im alicia menendez, coming and they are tonight with Breaking News L of maui, where the death toll has risen to 93. Sadly, officials fear that number will rise. These are now the deadliest wildfires in modern u. S. History. Heres hawaiis governor, josh greene, earlier today, on msnbc. If they need, they need our love. They need our embrace, and they need resources. Right now, we are still in the throes of the acute phase of this recovery. Meaning that we are still recovering the tragic loss of life, and the bodies that were, that were previously here in hawaii. Its a war zone. As the death toll rises, and rescue Recovery Efforts expand, theres also a growing push for accountability across hawaii, three law firms have already filed a Class Action Suit against the Electric Company on maui, claiming the wildfires could have been avoided if the Utility Company had turned off powerlines ahead of the wind sto
people spread out in the northwest area of lahaina, a lot of those areas where we are actually going door to door delivering meals. for lunch today we will serve about 2500 meals. for dinner we will serve another 2500 meals. it s really about now. we were on the ground on wednesday, immediately serving meals. we immediately got a kitchen up and running. we are working with some wonderful people here in maui. i.d. help the a pouring of support, it s really just been tremendous. this is really a close knit committee and we are doing what we can to support them with what we can. the chefs who work with world central kitchen told me before that when you are a chef you grab your nice and went. they re also that age agencies are blocking roads to lahaina preventing you from getting.
so they re 45 people a lot of them sleeping in six shelters of course opened across the island. a lot of people in their cars waiting for the moment when they can get back into confirm if they still have a place to live. alicia and we see steve patterson as always thank you so much. with now let s live now activation manager for the central kitchen. tell us how you re charities helping recovery issues. we just heard about the needs for shelter, food medicine, where can you step in? thank you alicia. we re working on the western side of the island. ellen at the university of hawaii in maui. we have three chefs cooking meals as we speak. we have teams of about 45
all evidence to the contrary, could get him in trouble? i do, and i ll be watching to see how his social media communications evolve over the next days and weeks, particularly given that his lawyer, john promised to check it in court last, week that his client would abide both by the conditions of release, and whatever protective orders she entered. yeah, it is going to be a very busy week. craig lisa, thank you for being with us for the start of. it next, with trump s indictments clogging the headlines, democrats of the plan to flip the script. we re gonna take you live to maui, and the side of the deadliest wildfire in modern u.s. history. a humanitarian crisis, unfolding before us, and the world central kitchen is on the ground, working to help, and joins us after this. and joins us after this.
fires began. white now 2200 buildings were lost in the blaze including most of lahaina s cultural and historical landmarks. here s why representative who represents maui said about the destruction earlier today. we walk through the streets of louisiana yesterday and i can tell you it s absolutely heartbreaking. it was shocking, surreal. we ve heard all these words, but to actually walk the streets and still see fire smoldering in the distance, to see cars literally melted into puddles that have hardened on the road. axes on buildings and cars to see it is been search for signs of casualties or even life. we are not at a point where we can say a timeframe when people will be allowed back into the area. meanwhile, questions are mounting and outrage is growing. three firms have already filed a class action suit against hawaii electric, saying that the utility company did not act