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going on, three separate areas of the island. we deployed and it is been all hands on deck throughout the island for first responders. >> mahina martin, thank you so much. and our thoughts and prayers are going to people of maui. we'll have much more ahead. we're following some major developments in the consequences facing those who try to overturn the 2020 election. sources tell cnn that more than a dozen people could soon be indicted in the fulton county, georgia investigation. plus in a federal case, newly unsealed court documents show that the special counsel secured a search warrant for donald trump's twitter at. we have a busy afternoon here on "the lead." stay with us. on that. save 50% on the sleep number limited edition smart bed. plus, 36 month financing on select smart beds. shop now onlnly at sleep number.
welcome to "the lead," aim jake tapper. and we start with breaking news, violent and explosive wildfires in hawaii. fueled by strong winds from a hurricane, 800 miles away. it is a situation so sudden and so catastrophic on maui, local officials say a dozen people ran into the ocean to try to escape the flames. and they went out so far they then had to be rescued. hawaii's governor said hundreds of families have been displaced and some loss of life is expected, unquote. cell towers and 911 are out of service on the the hard-hit west side compounding the difficulty for many. we're expecting a press conference and we'll bring you that when it starts but derek van damme looked at where this erratic disaster may be headed next. >> reporter: hellish scenes of wildfires engulfing normally picturesque maui.
went through last night. they must have been terrorized as the flames swept through the town and they escaped to whenever they went to, the shelters. it was devastating. it was -- in my 52 years of flying on maui, i've never seen anything like that in my life. and, like i said, we weren't prepared to see that kind of destruction. >> and i mean are there hopes that the winds will -- our chad myers, our weather guy told us that the hope is that the winds will die down this evening. i'm just wondering if there is any sort of hope in sight here beyond that? >> yeah, we were -- there is a family praying for that to happen last night and right now here at the airport it is not as windy as it was yesterday and the day before. so the winds have died down a little bit. we're hoping that they're not going to pick up super strong again this afternoon and this evening. and when we were returning from viewing the fire, wind ward
going to maui even as of this morning, planes were landing on maui with tourists. this is not a safe place to be on certain parts of maui and we have shelters that are over run and we have resources that are being taxed. we are doing whatever we can and the state is providing whatever support that we could to give support to both maui and to the big island. you know, governor green is cutting his trip short. he is en route. he will be back at midnight. he is cutting his trip by a week and that tells you the magnitude of how grave we think this situation is. and we have been working all night to make sure that the situation is contained. we are thankful to the mayors and we -- we are grateful to the federal delegation, we have already reached out to -- and