Focus on outsiders. Amy plantation disaster capitalism. Fear is growing among native hawaiians that wealthy interest will seize land and Water Resources in this time of crisis on maui. As the death cap continues to rise. We will go to hawaii for the latest. Then teach no lies. We go to florida to speak with a historian who is leading the fight against the states new black history curriculum that claims black people benefited from being enslaved. And we will look at a shocking New Washington post expose revealing the smithsonian has a racial brain collection gathered in part by a racist anthropologist. There were children in the collection. There were men and women, fetuses. Many of them were Indigenous People, other people of color. Many of them did not have their identities actually recorded, partly because they were looked at as specimens. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In canada, officials hav
93 people are now known to have died, but the governor of hawaii has warned people to expect that number to rise significantly, after the worst wildfires to hit an american state in more than a century. Our North America correspondent, john sudworth, reports from the island. Vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. These boats are now making multiple daily trips into the Disaster Zone with a growing sense of frustration. We are all wondering why there was no help centre. Where are the resources . Why are we taking supplies on the boat instead of a helicopter . We do this because we have to. An hour into the journey and the devastation along the shoreline comes into view. We can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and you can make out is the blackened the landscape above the town where the grass is burning and what happened with the Hurricane Blowing away to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of the island, p
Authorities say they expect the death toll to rise significantly. Wildfires are still burning and firefighters are working to bring them under control. These pictures are from the Us National Guard which is providing assistance. Hawaiians are donating supplies to be sent to the worst affected areas. But locals on the island of maui say much more help is needed. Hawaiis governor gave this update. It is a harrowing sight in maui. When those providers, the police in this division, do come across scenes in houses or businesses, its very difficult for them because they know ultimately theyll be sharing with our people that there have been more fatalities. I do expect the numbers to rise. Our North America correspondent sophie long, whos on maui, has been hearing from some of the bereaved and survivors who have lost everything. She sent this report. The fire left more than a city devastated, and charred black buildings behind. Existential questions hover above the emptiness. How can you rebu
And shelter for survivors. 93 people are now known to have died, but the governor of hawaii has warned people to expect that number to rise significantly, after the worst wildfires to hit an american state in more than a century. Our North America correspondent, john sudworth, reports from the island. Vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. These boats are now making multiple daily trips into the Disaster Zone with a growing sense of frustration. We are all wondering, why was there no help sent from oahu . Why the limited resources or police on this island let alone . Where is support for them . Why are we taking supplies on a boat instead of helicopter . We do this because we have two. An hour into the journey and the devastation along the shoreline comes into view. We can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and you can make out is the blackened landscape above the town where the grass is burning and what happened with the H
Lets go live now to our reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. Helena, the governor of hawaii, josh green, has been speaking again today. What has he been saying . He has been giving up statement in that update he warned once again as he appears to be doing daily now that the death toll which is already significant is likely to rise. He has also been speaking about how it was that these wildfires were able to move so quickly and he said authorities now believe that one of the fires they believed to be extinguished in fact was not and when we saw high winds of a 70 mph, that allow them to take hold. He said at one moment they believe that these fires were moving at a frightening pace of one mile every minute, leaving residents of lahaina with very little time to escape. He has also spoken with the federal response he says the Us Health Department is now involved in more Tree Services and are receiving more us assistance to remove toxic waste in the area of lahaina. He has also