Giving you the information you need to know. What we know at this hour is at least 36 people are confirmed dead. More than 270 homes and businesses have been destroyed. The flames scorching more than 1800 acres there. Bill staggering. The fires were moving so fast forcing some to flee into the ocean. Coast guard rescued dozens from the water. Thousands will be without a home. The former hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard. Bill when you look at the sidebyside comparisons of what was to what people are waking up today, it is kind of difficult to conceive of what they have been through over the last 24 to 36 hours and how to move forward from here. Dana a look at where the fire is burning right now. Fox weathers max gordon is live in maui. Max, this is an incredibly fastmoving story. What do you know this morning . Flying into maui earlier in the evening we saw the flames from our airplane window. A harrowing sight. You are supposed to drop into paradise. Unfortunately This Is Hell On Earth for so many people. Luckily the Fire Activity has died down. Behind us we have a group of firefighters keeping tabs on one hot spot making sure it doesnt get Out Of Control. So many people hurting on the island of maui at this hour. It is still unclear how the fires started on tuesday. But when they did, this island was a tinderbox. Things were so incredibly dry and winds were whipping in part due to Hurricane Doria doria, Winter Gusting the flames and it made it so difficult for firefighters to put out the flames. We had firefighting helicopters grounded because they couldnt fly with such high winds. We have communities in the western part of maui devastated. Especially in the community of lahaina. A special community to so many people. Historic, beautiful. Residents now say it is unrecognizable. Listen. Im a resident of lahaina for 18 years. We had the worst disaster ive ever seen. It is burnt to a crisp. It is like an apocalypse. Search and rescue efforts are still underway. Right now again 36 people confirmed dead. There has been a massive effort to get people off the island. So far around 11,000 people have been flown out of here. There have been shelters set up on maui as well as oahu and locals alike for people to go to. Dana officials asking people if you have Vacation Plans there, to put them off. They dont want anymore people coming to the island. Max gordon, thank you so much. Bill talk about paradise. Want to give a greater sense of the islands of hawaii. You might be most familiar with honolulu where you find pearl harbor and the beach of waikiki. Where max is reporting remember there was a Hurricane Dora800 miles away passed along the Southern Side of hawaii. The outer bands kicked up winds as high as 80 milesanhour. Once that fire started going there was no way to stop this. The winds are hitting here from the northeast and this is the island of maui here in the center. If i advance it one time, this is one of the many before and after images that rips your heart out. Hard to believe this is this is paradise found, right, dana . Look how beautiful this is. When you dream of a vacation in the middle of the winter, you are thinking of places like this. And today this looks like devastation you would see in a war zone. This is like czechoslovakia and japan at the end of the second world war. Burning embers of wooden structures that used to be. So many comparisons you can find here before and after images. This is really tough stuff. We mentioned its middle of the night in hawaii. Well be in touch with max today and give you updates on a tough story for those folks out there. Dana, back to you. Dana a tough opening to their day. Well get to other news now. President biden is denying again any involvement in his sons Business Dealings after the release of those bombshell bank records. They show how oligarchs in russia, kazakhstan and ukraine funneled millions to Hunter Bidens business ventures. Republicans say the first son rewarded donors with access to his dad. Jonathan turley is here with an all list. Chad pergram is following the paper trail from capitol hill and Mark Meredith is at the white house on how the president is reacting to all this. Good morning. President biden has repeatedly said he never discussed his sons overseas Business Dealings but there is new reaction coming in after the testimony from one of hunters Business Associates who said the Vice President would jump on the phone and talk to hunters Business Associates quite often. Now were trying to find questions answered who is telling the truth . On wednesday the president was wrapping up a bidenomics event in new mexico when peter doocy was able to get the president to weigh in for the first time on that testimony. You see peter race to the president from devon archer. There is this testimony now where one of your sons former Business Associates is claiming that you were on speakerphone a lot with them talking business. Is that President Biden i never talked business with anybody. I know you would have a lousy question. Why is that a lousy question . President biden because its not true. Thank you, mr. President. After that exchange the white house went further. The president was quote 100 accurate and that it was a Disinformation Effort by the media. Republicans say the questions are absolutely legitimate after testimony they heard last week in which hunter biden would sell the biden brand for millions of dollars. Congressman andy biggs of arizona asked during an interview with devon archer. When you say biden family. I want a clarification. You arent talking about dr. Jill but you are talking about joe biden, right . He said thats fair to say. I dont think about it as joe directly but it is fair to say. That brought the most value to the brand. Congress is still on its summer recess. There is talk about a possible impeachment inquiry launching within a few weeks. We heard from james comer of kentucky chair of House Oversight who is looking to subpoena the biden family. Unclear when it will happen but happen within the next few weeks or so. Dana keep us posted today at the white house. Bill the bank records expose a web of Shell Companies with obscure names and republicans claim they are nothing more than fronts which oligarchs from russia, ukraine, and now kazakhstan used in funneling big money to the biden family. Chad pergram has that story on the hill with a closer look at who they are and where they come from. Good morning. There are more than 20 firms that pop up which are associated with the bidens. What exactly is Rosemont Seneca partners or Rosemont Seneca bow high . The transaction from the russian oligarch, if you look at the transaction itself, you will see 3. 5 million moving coming inbound from russia and moves in two transactions to devon archer and one of Hunter Bidens companies. That almost dollar for dollar. That is signature of a problem. He says people sometimes create Shell Companies, then they transfer money through those firms. That makes it hard to track. I think it was Seneca Thornton partners if i have the name directly. That was one of the top tier what i call a top tier. There are 1 or 2 companies that start the transactions or that are controlling and if you start with those and then follow it all the way down, thats where you will start to get more information. He then says the question to ask is what did these firms do . Did they provide a good, service or make anything . The purpose of some of the firms was quote, consulting and why republicans believe the key service was access to the president. They didnt do anything. They used joe biden. What were seeing is joe biden actually provided things of value in return for that money. Republicans say Bank Records Show payment to one firm, then a Wire Transfer to another firm, and then payment to say hunter biden. Bill chad pergram. More to come on that. Dana Jonathan Turley is fox news contributor. Interesting because we knew earlier in the campaign in 2020 he told peter doocy i never talked business with my son. Karine jeanpierre three weeks ago changed the language and said joe biden has never been in business with his son. Then yesterday or two days ago with Gillian Turner our fox News Reporter asked and ive said it a million times never in business with his son. We go back to joe biden who finally took one question from peter doocy. He said it was a lousy one. Joe biden says i never talked business with my son. And it might feel like thats splitting hairs but its a distinction that has an important difference, jonathan. My opinion. Looking for yours. It does. This shows why the president prefers the weather channel. What doocy was asking was going to the heart of the matter. It shows utter contempt for the American People for the white house to say weve been saying this constantly and then changing what theyve been saying. The president said repeatedly through the campaign and during his presidency that he had no knowledge of his sons foreign dealings, that he didnt speak to any of his sons associates. After his testimony, Devon Archer Swatted back on the spin being given by the white house and others and said it was categorically untrue that the president did not know about their Business Dealings. Thats a direct contradiction of what the president has told the public for years. So now theyre saying well, he wasnt in business. The question is what is that business . The biden family has been accused of Influence Peddling for decades, not just hunter biden but his uncle and others. They now have millions of dollars, up to 20 million going to biden Family Members. Those are benefits to the president. The president is worth 8 million. He wont spend all of that in his lifetime. Most people of his age and wealth are more focused on leaving a legacy, particularly a financial legacy for their family. The biden family fund. Thats where this money is going. Bill you write in the new york post, i think you did a very interesting job here. You say joe biden absolutely benefited from hunters foreign business. Now to the point that you were just answering there, what the white house is going to say and democratic allies that there was no proof that any dollars went to joe bidens account, okay . Now, you are making the case but of course he benefited because his family and his grandkids and his son all benefited from him. Right. This is part of constantly moving the goalposts, that now there is an admission by many that sure, hunter was Influence Peddling but it was an illusion. They are saying that its really not Influence Peddling in a criminal or corrupt sense for the president unless you can show someone actually giving him an envelope full of money or a direct deposit to an account for jill and joe biden. Hunter told one of his associates the bidens are the best at this. He was right. Theyve been in the Influence Peddling business for a long time. Only a moron would do a direct deposit into a joe biden account, which is going to be the first account people would go to. So this idea that you dont benefit if your Family Members get up to 20 million is absurd. It shows how this spin has gone Out Of Control in washington. Dana Jonathan Turley. Thank you for giving us clarity this morning. Bill thank you for the statement of the morning, only a moron. Well hold onto that, professor. Dana this caught my eye as well. On tuesday joe biden was at a Campaign Reception in new mexico and said this. If you can make a billion dollars, make it. If you can make a million dollars, make it. Just pay your taxes, just pay your taxes. I assume he was whispering that said pay your taxes. It said applause line. Dana great advice for everybody includin the hour. Keeping a close eye on hawaii. Figuring out how folks are getting help. What help they need. So were keeping a close eye on that story today. Dana the 2024 race for the white house ramping up as a gop candidates hope to impress at the Iowa State Fair. How could that shape the first debate less than two weeks away . Former rnc chair Reince Priebus and maxx bennett are both here next. Bill this was wild. A man accused of Shopping Lifting caught redhanded and caught on body cam. You wont believe how the cops stopped him. Oh, oh, oh. Ill be the judge of that. Oh, thats nice. Oh searchable, verified reviews. 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So they can focus on teaching and 22,000 students can focus on learning, knowing that their data is secure. dana its one of the most Important Campaign stops on the road to the white house. Republican candidates are flocking to the Iowa State Fair giving them a chance to road test their messages and get up close to voters. Aishah hosni is live in washington with more. Hi, aishah. State fair season is my favorite time of year. Right now in iowa, all eyes are on Florida Governor ron desantis and whether or not he can win iowans over after a series of campaign issues. In the latest staffing shakeup desantis hiring his gubernatorial Chief Of Staff as new Campaign Manager as he struggles to close in on frontrunner former President Trump and his biggest rival taking shots. He should have waited until 2028. I dont know if that would have held water because eventually they would have figured out, you need some personality if you are going to be a politician. Trump heads to the fair this saturday. He is snubbing Iowa Governor kim reynolds fairside chats. The rest of the pack take part in that. Larry elder today. Others on tap for this weekend. Doug burgum and former Vice President mike pence who qualified for the first gop debate both on the stage later today. In between all the corn dogs and cattle judging and fried oreos, which bill knows is my favorite, this is going to be a make or break moment for a lot of folks like miami mayor Francis Square quiz. He hasnt qualified for the debate. He might drop out if he cant make it. Chris christie is skipping the fair all together not showing up. Setting up shop in New Hampshire instead. He held a town hall there last night. With all these republicans coming into town, dont expect democrats to be silent. Iowa Democratic Party chair rita hart is holding a Press Conference to contrast the maga agenda with that of President Biden. When was the last time you had a funnel cake, dana . Dana i know the answer. 2011, cheyenne frontier days, zach brown band concert, opening. I never had one since. Bill you thought you were going to stump her. Could all this make a differe