many wildfire rings around them, so much land mass, fire lines to try to cover, that s the real problem at this point. for tomorrow, yes, the storm moves away. that s the good news. the high pressure will still be there, but it won t have the low pressure to play with, to get this wind speed going through those islands like we had today. i m afraid, jim, now that we have daylight, we re going to see some pictures we didn t see last night, and they re going to not be very brit. you saw that hot spot. we just spoke to someone from lahaina, that described the devastation in the fire s wake. brianna? let s speak with congresswoman jill tekuda. she represents most of the hawaiian islands, and where we re seeing all these pictures coming in.
was absolute devastation. so if he s looking at this like poipu, that is how devastating it is. it is still windy and very dry. there will still be more threats of fires again tonight. fire lines are so large right now, it is going to be very difficult to get every single one of the fires out quickly. and we are, of course, as bill will tell you, in drought there in hawaii. cnn chad myers and bill weir, thank you. mahina martin joins us now. and thank you for joining us. we just heard six people have unfortunately been confirmed dead. a horrible number. do you expect that number to get even bigger? i think these are early numbers. the daylight, as you heard, mayor said this is a pretty sad day with six fatalities.
and that causes the perfect storm for this fire because it helps it spread really, really quickly. and that s when you have people trying to leave this area and not having enough time. already more than 17,000 acres have burned. and officials say it is a direct result of climate change. there are 55 structures that are destroyed, as crews continue that assessment. those numbers continue to go up. but they do say they re making progress. they say yesterday they were able to dump 300,000 gallons of water. we now have a lot of resources here. they have 24 helicopters, 302 engines, 82 bulldozers, 68 water tenders, 2,991 personnel and 61 crews here on the ground. so that has helped a lot. a lot of the crews are working to control the fire, to keep those fire lines, to put out the hot spots. so you re seeing the work in the
everybody. they didn t get the viruses they are used to seeing. they didn t get exposed to the viruss they are used to seeing. you remove lockdowns and you get illnesses at times of the years due to the lockdowns. we need to consider that more. julie: while it was nice where kids were getting colds as often now they get them all time because their immune systems are shot and you have to be exposed to the stuff to build up a good immune system. absolutely. good to see you. we re putting in fire lines and we re battling this fire from the air and the ground. you can t just put out a fire with air support. bill: the biggest wildfire of the year in california presenting some unique problems. a live report to let you know how it is doing there. far left congresswoman cori bush dodging a question whether she supports a second term for