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we're doubling the number of search dogs with our fema urban search teams. the number will be 40 search dogs. because of the weather and some of the arduous conditions there, we want the dogs to be effective of course. that's what the urban task force leader was telling me yesterday when i was with them in lahaina which was with them in one of the very hard hit areas along front street. they're working as quickly as possible but keeping in mind the seriousness of what has happened around them and that human remains are in the area. so we're working very closely with maui county to work quickly but also very respectfully and very somberly at the request of local officials. >> the governor had said when you walk through that ash, you're not just walking through the remains of buildings, you're walking through the remains of family members, loved ones,
mass care, critical infrastructure and housing among others. we have more than 600 federal personnel on the ground right now in maui, and another 100 deployed. this includes fema urban search and rescue teams who are actively working in the hardest hit areas right now with search dogs, trying to locate the remains of survivors. i was with miguel almaguer's crew yesterday in lahaina, it's a devastating scene there. people had to run for their lives and seek shelter anywhere they could. fema is working directly with survivors, and we have been doing that for the last few days. we have already approved about 1,300 households for assistance and provided about $2.3 million in money to help these survivors jump start their recovery. that's just temporary solutions now. so we're working in the shelters with our disaster survivor assistance crews one on one. we're opening a disaster recovery center where people can come meet with fema one on one,
and maui county to help meet some of these longer term housing challenges, but the recovery begins and ends at the local level, so that's why we're being very mindful of cultural norms, cultural sensitivities, and working very closely to listen to maui county closely t mauvy officials, the survivors, the local residents, to make sure we're following guidance they provide us along with guidance from the state to work with them as quickly as possible and as efficiently as possible but also very sensitively with respect to all that they're going through. seeing damage in lahaina and other areas of west maui is heart breaking and we're going to be working with this community and everyone involved for a very long time to come. >> 27% of the burn area has been searched so far. what are the fema teams able to get done in one day? how much more? >> the teams generally are working about 12 hours a day.
everything. >> it's important to remember that donald trump wasn't always the one personally using his twitter that sometimes it was aides, we have underscored this, you have underscored this as well, ken. could be dan scavino. could be relevant for jack smith. a little bit more breaking news because why not, it's a wednesday. fulton county d.a. willis proposes start date of march 4th in the latest filing. that's six months. >> i it won't law school so i don't have to do math. that's the point. we talked about this. 19 defendants, we have seen one motion to remove this to federal court. we're going to see more undoubtedly. it's an aggressive time line. it doesn't mean she doesn't have reasons to do it, it's just not going to happen realistically. >> all of these teams are going to try to delay as you were saying a moment ago. as you're talking about trying to get it to federal court. is that a week's delay, a