something unique about the hawaiian spirit, it the aloha spirit, it s one of love and generosity in the response from the local community, people have lost everything, coming together to share what they do haveis together to share what they do have is truly remarkable. given those challenging those challenging circumstances, the human cost and the geographical isolation, how are the authorities managing? do they have all that they need? they need? that s a really important they need? that s a really important point they need? that s a really important point you - they need? that s a really important point you make j they need? that s a really - important point you make there, the fact this area is so remote and because of that we continue to see fema assistance coming in. 416 to see fema assistance coming in. a16 officers statewide stop i ve been speaking tojohn mills, deputy administrator from that agency. i asked him what i saw on the ground. john mills from fema, thank you fo
it was already an island, and it already had limited housing. and now there are people who are homeless in just moments they became homeless. what s happening with them? reporter: the governor has told us that they are making some progress in terms of emptying out the shelters, so that people can be set up with temporary housing. the governor has put into effect several rules that would allow people to stay in place in temporary shelter for 30 days at a time. they re also looking to secure hotel rooms and put out a public call to hawaiians, to the people of the island, who maybe have a spare room in their homes to open up their doors and take people in. we know that people are doing that, because that s one thing i can tell you, jessica, talking to people here over and over, they say we help each other out. we take care of our people. even if the government hasn t showed up yet, we re going to take care of our own. that s part of the hawaiian