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CNNW CNN July 4, 2024

Maui coming into stark relief. So much property destroyed, including important historical and cultural sites. Today, the disaster is far from over. We will have a live report from hawaii, just ahead. And were learning more about a deadly encounter where fbi agents shot and killed a man they were trying to arrest after alarming and threatening posts. And in florida, we are live outside the courthouse where former President Trumps body man walt nauta pleaded guilty. Were covering they stories coming into Cnn News Central. Still we have dead bodies in the water, floating, and on the seawall. Theyve been sitting there since last night. Weve been pulling people out since last night, trying to save peoples lives. I feel like were not getting the help we need. Its a nationwide issues issue at this point. We need help, a lot of help. We have to get people down here. Just moments ago President Joe Biden responding to the pleas for help, speaking with hawaiis governor and approving a National Declaration of disaster for hawaii. At least 36 people are confirmed dead in hawaii, and there are Major Concerns that that death toll will rise even more. Firefighters are gaining very little ground against the catastrophic wildfires sweeping all across maui. Cnn mainp just obtained this heinous video, engulfing the Historic Town of lahaina. And in these sidbyide images, you can see a large portion of the town has been utterly destroyed. A number of cultural sites have been reduced to ashes. Urgent searchandrescue missions are underway. The coast guard plucked more than 50 people out of the ocean off maui. As of this moment, more than 21 people are in emergency shelters, 11,000 customers are without power, and officials are asking visitors who can leave lahaina and maui should do so. Alex, theres still hot spots, but as we move away from the erratic winds we had 24 hours ago. We have more traditional tradewinds, but the problem is theyre one of thing on the floor a northeasterly direction, up and over the Mountain Range across the island and going through basic thermodynamic process, drying up, heating out, so we still have the dry conditions in this region. The hot spots still flaring up could certainly by problematic going forward. Heres a look at the wind forecast. You see the general northeasterly direction. We need the winds to decrease. They have compared to yesterday. We could use in rain, but unfortunately its not likelihood. That would be on the easternfacing shorelines and highest elevations on the leeward side, thats where we see the things drying out. Look at the difference between the hot spots early this morning and what they were just 24 hours ago, a marked difference in the amount of energy that the wildfires have put out, basically this fire on the west side of maui ran out of terrain to burn, alex, simply moved its way to the ocean a dramatic increase in the amount of drought coverage, the severity increasing by 10 within the past week, because that really puts together just how dry and tinderbox the conditions are. Thank you so much, derek. I have to bring in mike valerio. What are you seeing this morning . The sun is up, just after 7 00 a. M. Here in the heart of honolulu. Every now and then you may see people streaming in and out of our back drop, but what we have seen since midnight, Shuttle Buses coming from the International Airport to this convention center, which is equipped to handle about 2,000 people. Overnight they handled about a total of 100, and officials believe it will house more and more people now that the evacuations from maui pick up steam and become more of an organized machine. The video we captured from overnight, i was so struck, alex, by just taking in the human toll. You see families with expressions of utter exhaustion, of utter just looking for a place of solace and respite, and reprieve from the apocalyptic zone they escaped from, and they found that here. It was quite moving to hear from Emergency Officials who spoke openly about the island values of compassion for not only the people who inhabit this wonderful place, but for the island itself. On that front, listen to what we heard. We talk a lot about aloha, right . As that value. We talk about the value to care for, to cherish, to nurture, right . Its one thing to talk about it. Its another thing to live it out. Reporter so, alex, living it out means from his Point Of View tourists and people vacationing respecting the island enough to heed the Evacuation Orders and leaving. The animating energy for today will be to try to get as many tourists and nonresidents out of maui, perhaps to here or back to the mainland and more and more First Responders into maui. Now that we have daylight, Emergency Crews will go airborne and try to get a better sense of containment figures to give more of a view of how much work has been done and how much work they have left to go, alex. Mike valerio, thank you for all of your reporting through the court of the night. Lets talk about this with angus mcilvie, and to note, he lost his home as well as other residents. Were so sorry what you have gone through. Can you tell us about your experience . Thank you for having me on. People are just shellshocked in lahaina. So many family in the bling of their homes lost their businesses, lost their schools, grocery stores, everything is gone. We have no Cell Communications at all. Ive been pleading for a tower or something. We have no way to get messaging to people about what efforts are available where. We need to try to get people the ability to get out to resupply themselves and hopefully get as many out as we can. U6789sds. So you have no cell coms . Can you text . Theres only a few isolated spots where you can tech or call. People are running out of gasoline. People are living out of their cars, you know, everywhere. Were in desperate need, even though the fires have subsided. The road ahead will be difficult. Weve lost not only hundreds of years of history, culture and everything that Made Lahaina A place to visit. Its a beautiful place. It stays with anyone who has been there. When youre talking about what you need, do you feel that you are getting what you need Super State Officials . We also know that President Biden obviously has just approved a disaster declaration. Hes been in touch with your governor. Yes, President Biden out here we saw mahalo immensely for the declaration. In my limited contact youve been able to rake out to Congresswoman Tokuda and give them information from the front lines. This is what we need, this is what we need to get, and, you know, so the response has been amazing, but it needs to be quicker. Like any other disaster, like the gentleman in the video you played earlier, it hits the nail in the head. We need more massive response right away. The things were doing, we can get them to permeate and get the ability to the community to know about it. The lack of communications i think is causing a lot of making the situation worse than it is already. Were seeing some pictures, obviously, some aerials of the Downtown Area of lahaina. I cant even describe it. I went on a Brief Flyover in one of the recent supplies, and having born and raised here, its unreal. It looked like a bombedout beirut. Every boat in the harbor burnt and sunk. The preschool is gone. Theres a hotel where literally theres nothing there. Its cat atonic to look at. As i was escape myself, you could see fire raining down from the sky and all of a sudden things were igniting everywhere. I was at the boatyard and all of a sudden the gentleman i was with, as a temporary retreat area points officer to the tree, and its on fire. The wind driving all these explosions all day long, including when the fuel dock behind the harbor blew up. It was like out of something you would see in your footage of ukraine. It was surreal. Now the devastation and the bodies and the loss, and the questions, no communication drives another thing a lot of people are worried to death about their loved ones, and they may not know theyre okay or not. And for some people it takes hours and hours to touch base. So you need communications. Thats certainly out there now. We need communications, fuel, food and most of our visitors, please cancel your trip. Dont come out. Maui is great. Its open for business, but for west maui, this is i think just like that, you know, we need to get as many people out as we can, to be able to try to accelerate the relief efforts. We hear what you are saying. Senator mckelvey, thank you so much for your time. Thank you, and thank you for your continuing coverage. Its super important so we get the efforts we need. Aloha. Thank you, sir. For more information, you can go to cnn. Com impact. You can also text hawaii to 707070 to donate. Alex . Fbi agents tried to arrest a man accused of making online threats to kill the president as well as other democrats. It ended with a suspect dead. A Law Enforcement source tell us that craig d. Robertson pointed a gun at s. W. A. T. Agents while they were trying to take him into custody. This was not the suspects First Encounter with the fbi. Hey, my friend, thats right. This investigation investigation started back in march. The genesis was a social Media Company seeing something concerning on their platform, and the fbi confronted him about several troubling posts they were seeing. Now, at the beginning of that interview, the suspect said this was all part of a dream up, and then he got belligerent, telling the agency dont come back unless you have a warrant. Behind the scenes they continued to have an investigation, continuing to see post after post. It was a post about joe biden, because joe biden was en route to utah. This alleged post, according to the criminal complaint, the suspect wrote i hear biden is coming to utah. Dryinging out near own ghilli suit, and the fbi did what they do in so many circumstances, that theres someone capable and intending to cause harm, theyll seek an arrest warrant. That they did, and they intended to take him into custody. He pulled a weapon, and one of the agencies fatally shooting him. These posts extremely troubling, not only they included threats against the president , but also against other prominent democrats across the country. Tell us more. Reporter thats right. Thats the through line. A lot of the vitriol were towards democrats, particularly people donald trump was critical of. Also, at the state level, California Governor Gavin Newsom and two New York State officials, Letitia James and the d. A. Alvi bragg. You see the through line. This, of course, alex, covering National Security is something that u. S. Intelligence and Law Enforcement officials have been so concerned about, this heated Political Climate that theyre in. There could be more people out there hearing ought this vitriol, and could act with some violence. Yeah, thats right, josh campbell, a very disturbing report. Thank you very much. Brianna . 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The National Security council saying they will continue to press, of course, for these americans to not only be released, but returned to the united states. According to a source who has been briefed on the negotiations between the u. S. And iran, there is still a ways to go here. There are a few weeks until the americans are expected to be back in the united states. They wont get into the details of exactly what is going to happen during that period of time, but one thing we do know is there have been discussions about 6 billion in iranian funds that are currently in a restricted account in south korea, and making those funds more accessible to the iranians. There will still be the same restrictions on the funds, only using them for humanitarian purposes or not sanctionable trade, but theyre going to try and put them in a different account so that the iranians can have easier access to the funds. The other issue that we know has been discussed is a prisoner swap, with some iranians in u. S. Prison, set to be released as part of what we expect to see in the coming weeks. The likely timeframe for when the americans are expected to come back to the u. S. , if all goes well, would be in september. This is a Major Development for these families especially who have been wanting some sort of movement on these americans who have been wrongfully detained in iranian prison for so many years now. We should also note, when it comes to the u. S. Conversation around the iran nuclear program, a source said these discussions were separate from conversations regarding Irans Nuclear program, but progress in this area could compel forward progress in other areas between the u. S. And iran. Certainly a welcomed step for their prisoners and families. A lot more to learn, thank you, kylie. Brianna . This morning former President Trumps body man and Property Manager were in court. Walt nauta and Carlos De Oliveira are accused of obstr obstruction. We have seen randi kaye outside the courthouse in florida. Take us through h

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