The Deadly Wildfires devastating maui has now killed at least 36 people. Their bodies discovered in the ruins of the raging inferno. Officials held a News Conference just a short time ago. Primary focus is to save lives. Prevent Human Suffering and mitigate property loss. That is what the counties were and are doing. What we do anticipate is additional requests and were already providing support for trying to get the communications back up, water distribution. Were hearing they may need more Law Enforcement official for federal and state Law Enforcement. So were working through that. The damage to the infrastructure, it is not just buildings, i mean these were Small Businesses that invested in maui. These were local residents and we need to figure out a way to help a lot of people in the next several years. School was destroyed. Many of the businesses, a church was destroyed. It will take years. Devastation was most serious in the town of lahaina, a tourist and economic hub with 9,000 residents and now largely destroyed. Survivors say the flames driven by winds from Hurricane Dora spread with just astonishing speed. Veronica miracle is on the ground with more. It is like an apocalypse. People are basically running for their lives. Reporter Horror Stories from what should be paradise. She and her cousin fled their home in lahaina saving their grandfather and grandmothers ashes. I still dont know where my Little Brother is, i dont know where my step dad is. Everyone i know, their homes have been burned down. Rem reporter and the flames coming so fast that they had only minutes to act. We saw the smoke start about a block away from our house and this was maybe 3 30, 4 00. By 5 30, our house was gone. Everything that we had ever known was gone. Our church. Our schools. Every single memory that we had in that household, everything was gone in the blink of an eye. Reporter this is how lahaina should look, a town rich in history and tourism. But this is hour alan dicker found it this morning. After i started to evacuate, i went back to just check to see if the house was on fire or not. It wasnt. But i was standing at the street looking at my house and i couldnt see my whole house because of the smoke. Reporter dicker rushed from his home to front street where hes had a gallery for 23 years. And there is a Historic Building on front street, the old baldwin house. The roof was on fire and i started taking a video of it because i was amazed that there were no fire trucks there. Reporter roughly 500 miles to the south, Hurricane Dora is helping fan strong winds over the islands with gusts up to 80 Miles Per Hour knocking out cell towers and 911 service. The Hospital System are overburdened with burn patients, people suffering from inhalation. The reality is that we need to fly people out of maui to give them burn support. Reporter claire says she barely escaped her burning home but fears not all her neighbors did. I know for a fact people did not get out. There were quite a few Homeless People in the area and people who dont have access to vehicles. Reporter other victims jumped into the ocean to escape the flames. The coast guard says it rescued 12 people from the waters off lahaina, survivors thankful to be alive even as their hometown and its history has changed forever. It is like straight out of a movie. I dont wish this on anyone. Just please pray for lahaina. Reporter and big factor in the devastation and perhaps in the high death toll has been the high winds across hawaii. I want to bring in general fer gray, she is joining us live from the cnn weather center. We heard about the high winds from Hurricane Dora. Explain to us the connection with what is happening on the ground and how the high winds could be complicating and worsening wildfires . Definitely the high winds that attributed to the spread of these wildfires. It was a very rare unfortunate perfect scenario, if you will, that set up around maui with two different systems that influence the winds. And well get to those. Of course tuesday night these were the pictures that we saw. We originally thought it was just trees burning for the most part and then with the light of day we saw that it was actually lahaina that was burning. You can see the hot spots right here. This is higher terrain across the central portions of maui. And then they just raced down towards the coast impacting historic lahaina. We have wind gusts up to 82 Miles Per Hour for the most part, mid50s to mid60s is what we saw for the winds. And so that just caused the wildfires to spread rapidly. So as you mentioned, we had dora to the south and also an area of High Pressure to the north. So these were working together to basically funnel very strong winds in between the high and low. And so that is what caused the winds to blow out of control. The High Pressure is normal. This is what causes the breeze, the trade Winds Across Portions of hawaii. The storm to the south was not normal. So when you have the two together, that created the scenario. So dora has pushed away. Winds are starting to weaken, so they will steady decrease as we go forward in time. We have drought across portions of hawaii, maui is seeing the most extreme drought which is actually just moderate grout, but enough to dry out the grasses and create fuels for fire especially when you haves winds that we saw. So lahaina, 20 to 25mileperhour winds, this is basically right now. And then well see the winds drop steadily throughout the afternoon. And then by the time we get into tomorrow, the winds will die down even more. It is hawaii. You are not going to have zero winds. But you will have about 10 to 15mileperhour winds which is definitely normal across the island chain. So well continue to see breezy conditions. However those should improve, but again the damage has already been done. Youve seen that from the pictures. Officials there saying that it will be a long road to recovery. Jennifer gray, thank you. Turning to a brutal political assassination. The president of ecuador declaring three days of National Mourning and a State Of Emergency after a candidate in the upcoming president ial election was shot and killed at a Campaign Event in the capital. We want to warn you that the video youre about to see is disturbing. More now from rafael romo. Reporter the attack happened right after the president ial today had finished the rally at a school. A video shot at the scene, you see a burst of gunfire as he was getting into awaiting vehicle. Several people were hit by the bullets including the 59yearold activist and politician running in the president ial elections to be held in less than two weeks on august 20th. As he gets in the back seat, at least 12 gunshots can be heard. A policeman quickly closes the door and many people are seen taking cover including his security detail. The current president later said on social media that he is outraged and shocked. He called the attack an assassination and sent condolences to his wife and daughters. And he vowed that the crime wont go unpunished. Organized crime has come a long way in the country but he promised that the full weight of the law will fall on them meaning the criminals. In an interview with cnn back in may, he said Drug Traffickers had made themselves at home in ecuador polluting the entire nation since at least 2007 and calling his own country a narco state run by a political mafia. Rafael romo, cnn, atlanta. Turning now to the growing number of prosecutions focused on donald trump. Cnn is learning more about the scale of the investigations being pursued by Fulton CountyDistrict Attorney fan any will husband. Sara murray has the story. Railroad reporter fani willis is expected to seek indictments for over 12. She has been overseeing the sprawling Criminal Investigation into efforts by donald trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. Trump has been pretty clear publicly that he expects to be indicted for a fourth time. And of course there are many other avenues she is looking at such as Voting Systems breach and as well as the fake elector scheme. Sources are telling us that people who participated in those efforts who believe that they could face charges as part of her investigation next week as well. Again, weve seen signs that were getting closer, weve seen the ramp up and Security Perimeter Harden around the courthouse. And we could be just days away from learning who exactly will be charged in this roughly 2 1 2 year investigation into donald trump and his associates. Sara murray, cnn, washington. Beijing is fuming over new u. S. Trade rules announced by the biden administration. The rules target u. S. Private equity and Venture Capital firms as well as joint ventures seeking to do business with china especially those focused on next generation technologies. I want to bring in anna coren from hong kong. We know between the u. S. And china, there has been a bit of back and forth. How will these new rules work and what is china saying about it . Reporter this will certainly escalate tensions between the two Worlds Largest economies. President biden signed this Executive Order banning new American Investment in Key Technology industries in china, hong kong and macao. This was long expected. China knew about it. But now weve got the details. It will Target Semiconductors and micro electronics, Quantum Technologies and artificial intelligence. So they cannot help china develop its technologies that could undermine National Security. The Treasury Department says the Biden Mistration is committed to keeping america sa and defending Americas National security through appropriately protecting technologies that are critical to the next generation of military innovation. A u. S. Official stressed that this was National Security action, not an economic one. But china is not buying it. We had the very strong reaction from beijing. It believes that the u. S. Is trying to contain its rise. Weve heard from the Chinese Commerce ministry saying it was gravely concerned while the Foreign Ministry released a statement that said it is a blatant act of economic coercion and technological bullying and the real purpose is to deprive china its right to develop its o. J. Hed own hegemonic interests. And there has been a parade of top u. S. Administration officials recently visit beijing. Antony blinken, janet yellen, john kerry. In an attempt to get the u. S. And china back on track. Something that President Biden desperately wants. But this Executive Order expected to be implemented next year could affect those plans. Absolutely. I was thinking about yellens visit to beijing and her comments that some of the restrictions were about National Security concerns and not necessarily economic superiority. But chinese dont appear to be buying it. Anna coren, thank you. Lets turn to haiti now where an american nurse and her young daughter have been released after being kidnapped two weeks ago. Kylie atwood has more from the State Department in washington. We welcome reports of their release. We have no greater priority for the safety and security of u. S. Citizens overseas. Reporter after nearly two weeks, confirmation that the american nurse and her young daughter were released. They invited me to come to the school to do some nursing for some of the kids. Reporter she works with an Aid Group Run by her husband. She and her young daughter were taken from the groups campus almost two weeks ago. As Gang Violence overtakes the country. They were kidnapped on the same day the u. S. Ordered the evacuation of all nonessential personnel from the u. S. Embassy in haiti and just this week u. S. Diplomats still in the country were confined to the Embassy Grounds due to gunfire close by. The Security Situation in the country remains dire with over 1,000 kidnappings in the first half of this year. That is according to a u. N. Report. Kenya is slated to lead a Multinational Force to take on the gangs. But there is no time table for their arrival. Next step for this process to stand up a Multinational Force is for the government of kenya to lead an assessment mission. I dont have an exact date of that mission, but i do expect that to happen in the very near future in the matter of the next few week. Reporter and her family and community are elated to have her back. Her aid Group Released a statement saying it is with a heart of gratitude and immense joy that we confirm the safe release of our staff member and friend and her child who were held hostage in portauprince. Kylie atwood, cnn, the State Department. And a massive drone attack overnight in Western Ukraine. And an oil depot was destroyed. But so far no word on casualties. Officials also say at least three people were killed and nine others injured in a russian attack on a residential area in the city of zaporizhzhia. Clare sebastian is joining us live from london. What more can you tell us about the Drone Attacks overnight sf. Reporter so the attack in Western Ukraine being described by the regional chief as a massive drone attack. Obviously we know the Drone Attacks on infrastructure are a pretty familiar russian strategy in this war, but this is notable because this is some 1,000 kilometers or so from from the frontlines. We have not seen as many attacks in the western regions. And because of the scale of it, i dont know if we can show you the video of him standing in front of a big blaze, but some 45 rescuers had to be involved in putting it out. And the oil depot fully destroyed. This comes as russia is also saying that it was the victim of some attempted Drone Attacks, it is accusing ukraine of perpetrating. Two shot down En Route To Moscow and another two shot down heading for the black seaport city. And it also managed to thwart another nine drones which apparently crashed into the black sea. Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for these latest attacks, but they are happening with increasing regularity. They are not particularly destructive, were not hearing any reports of damage or injuries this morning, but i think given the comments that weve heard, they are designed to send a message to the russian people that this war is not confined to the ukrainian territory and not as russia continues to assert a special military operation. Clare, thank you. 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