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And the tourists still trying to evacuate. Also ahead, lawyers for donald trump just arriving for a high stakes hearing in the Election Interference Case. How much will trump be allowed to discuss publicly and could that trial begin as soon as january . It is 10 00 eastern, thanks for being with us on this friday, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and we begin with the staggering death toll from the wildfires in hawaii. Authorities on maui revealing overnight at least 55 people have died in those fires, and by one account, up to a thousand remain missing. Communications on the island rem...

Conditions of the buildings that have been burned. >> shelters on the island are full of residents who have now lost everything, along with tourists still trying to evacuate. at this moment an afternoon the clock effort continues to battle six active fires on maui, including the lahaina fire that caused such heartbreaking destruction. it's worth underscoring again what we said at the top, these fires are now the second deadliest in modern u.s. history. in just a moment, i'll talk with speedy bailey of hawaii life flight about the rescue efforts, but let's start with nbc news correspondent dana...

Customers, at least 5.5 million are in florida. the vice president of the largest power company could be coming soon in many places. let's get to sarasota where we find alex. florida power just had a news briefing. what did they tell us? >> reporter: this is a round the clock effort and there is good news. good news made overnight. two million customers having power restored, but that is little comfort to the 5.5 million without power here in florida. we have to make a different station between customers and people. customers are homes and businesses. when we talk about 5.5 million, it is mill...

Swells in some places, waves up to 15 feet. once water craft make their way down the mouth of the mississippi river, move through the delta and try to get out on to open sea, it is pandemonium on the water. response has been very, very limited. the bigger ships have had a tough time, but they've been able to maintain their pass out there and maintain their work. the smaller ships trying to deliver much-needed supplies. it's been severely limited today. there have been ships that left this port, going back to some of the bayou to protect some of the places like the national wildlife refuge. the...

It on comes in with a maneuverable reentry vehicle. >> threat to troops and afghan citizens following the massive leak of secret documents which the u.s. military is trying to minimize. today calls from the pentagon website wikileaks to stop leaking more documents. >> we're asking tell to return stolen property and no longer publish stolen property. >> wikileaks web page is brazen solicitation to our military to break the law. >> reporter: pentagon officials the idea to get wikileaks to do the right thing is a long shot. there is a round the clock effort to protect those at risk. like all majo...