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The first names of people killed on the hawaiian island have been released by officials, one week after at least 111 people died. more than 1,000 people are estimated to still to be missing. it will be a long wait until the full scale of the destruction is understood, however the maui emergency management agency has estimated it will cost $5.52 billion to rebuild. the local chamber of commerce�*s foundation has established a business relief fund to help local businesses who have been impacted by the wildfires. joining me now is sherry menor—mcnamara, president and ceo, chamber of commerce....

Convey they have searched inside those buildings. the latest figures that we got from fema, $5.52 billion is now the estimate for rebuilding lahaina, just a staggering number. 2,207 structures were damaged or destroyed. 4500 is the number of people who could need potential shelter. also waiting to get in here, people who are donating supplies. we talked to a few of them yesterday. here's what they told us. >> we're taking from ice, gas, toothbrushes, toothpaste, baby food, diapers, basically anything we could get our hands on. >> we're trying to help as many people as we can. we're just trying...

Trucks. i got three other coworkers back there. they've been here the whole time. >> reporter: that's what happens happening at the granular level. cnn reporting as of this morning new estimates from fema and the pacific disaster center say $5.52 billion is what it will take to rebuild lahaina, 2,207 structures damaged or destroyed, 4,500 people will potentially need shelter because they have no more homes, nowhere else to go, six shelters here on the island are filled. we're going to try to grab an interview. we will let you get back to the rest of the news. we're going to see what these peop...

After dawn today. listen to what both of those drivers told us. >> i got out here by 11:00, made it all the way to the other side. i was done by 3:00, picking up all the supplies i got, and then got to here, and i've been here since 3:00 in the afternoon. >> you've been here since 3:00? >> none of us have moved, our co-workers. i got three other co-workers, they're back there, they've been here the whole time. >> it's either laughter or tears, you know. when i talk to all the people in our business that have been affected, they have about 14 people that have lost their houses and so we're just...

Months before we work out all of the policy details. everybody is going to have a say. all 50 democrats can, and any one of them can bring it down. so i hope that the speaker once she sees that we have started the budget reconciliation process, and started at $3.5 and making the record investments in child care, and bringing down the drug costs and free community college, and really the bold agenda that joe biden has to kind of reinvent the safety net for americans post covid, i hope she goes forward, but i would never, because nancy pelosi has done this job a lot longer than i would ever hope...