More than 50 lives. Almost 2,000 buildings. In moments, well talk to a local pastor about what the church is doing to help, but first to the Senior National correspondent William Lajeunesse live for us on the ground in maui with the very latest. William. Reporter trace, were in the harbor about ten miles south of la hind a and this is also where the Police Roadblock is and the check point. People cant get into lahina because theyre still looking for bodies but if you want to go you have to go by boat but thats supposed to be illegal. We heard some incredible stories today from people who were in the water for eight hours or more, waited to be picked up and had jumped to avoid the flames in lahina per se. One thing i heard today over and over, the speed of this fire was so great, people could just not they couldnt get out in time. They couldnt even see the flames, the smoke was so thick. Traffic was backed up. People literally died in their cars. Now, lahina is of course the hardest hit
Congressional republicans are already saying weisss new status makes him a Fire Wall Insulating President Biden and his Justice Department and could actually impede congressional efforts to get to the truth. Look into that. Also tonight, the Justice Department has moved to officially dismiss the now defunked plea deal with the president s son. Correspondent dazed spunt has the details from the Justice Department. Good evening, david. Reporter bret, good evening to you. The legal jeopardy for the president s son only deepens now that this case has Special Counsel status, and we can say tonight that it appears hunter biden is headed for trial. I have concluded that it is in the Public Interest to appoint him as Special Counsel. David weiss, the u. S. Attorney who had been leading the Justice Departments probe of Hunter Bidens tax and Business Dealings now getting a new job title and new legal responsibilities. Reporter mr. Weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigat
Oh. Oh, my god. Fox news alert. The Hawaiian Island of maui has burned beyond recognition. Devastating wildfires have roaredthslandeyond across the ie and residents compare it to the apocalypse. Ntat least 53 people have been killed already with the death toll expected to increase significantly. Dozens more are missing as thede island now resembles a war zonne. Oh, my gosh. Look a oh, mt the harbor. Baok a oh, mt the harbor. This looks like baghdad or something. The historic popular Vacation Town of lahaina is almost unrecognizable. Thousands of people have evacuated it, leaving behind Charcoal Cars and homes. Rescuegnizable crews are workind the clock to fight the fire. Joe bidens asking for 12 billion in fema aid to help hawaii. The scorched islands home to everyone from surfersg ev to workers, retirees. Even Oprah Winfrey owns a home surfe. Rah winfrey owns a home the devastation will take years to recover from. Lets turn it over to traceac gallagher, anchor of fox news at night wit
Bringing you the very latest numbers and the ongoing fight to curb crime in oakland. Well, the mayor says efforts to make communities safer are showing results. Welcome, everyone to the four this afternoon. Im Heather Holmes and im alex savage. Our Crime Reporter henry lee is joining us now live with a closer look at the to mayor tao, crime is down int discussion today on mornings on two, prompting mayor tao to speak up the narrative that crime is on the rise in her city. Actually, the numbers are down, so im going to push back on that. Were seeing that crimes and homicides are all trending down everything right now. Tao cited Oakland Police shoy categories these last several months is down compared to the same time frame in previous years, especially in Business Districts with concentrated Police Foot Patrols and crime suppression teams. The robberies, the commercial burglaries, you know, the shipping and all of that has gone down. Its trending down now. But one thing with crime stats
this is america s late news. fox news at night. and breaking tonight, the new evidence is very strong that voters are not happy and the anger appears to be across the political spectrum. young, old, black, hispanic. the numbers for president biden are getting worse and when you have a lot of ground to make up in the new year, solutions seem to be few and far between t senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with the very latest on this kevin good evening. reporter: happy new year my friend, evening to you. now last year president biden reportedly spent about, let s just say about a third of his time on the job away from the job, as it were, at get aways, posh vacation spots and almost weekly at his home over in delaware. but as he gets back to work in 2024 the oldest president in american history is saddled with the lowest approval numbers of any president running for a second term since the end of world war ii with 58%, nearly 6 in 10 americans disapproving