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Morning with Breaking News, Victor Blackwell by my side. Just a ton happening overnight. Lets get to five things to know this thursday. 36 People Arencome confirmed dead in hawaii. Black hawk helicopters have been deployed. And new reporting on Supreme CourtJustice Clarence thomas, his luxurious lifestyle and who was funding it. Propublica reports that rich benefactors funded the bill. And president ial candidate in w in ecuador was assassinated and the video is disturbing. Anticorruption candidate was killed just ten days before the election. New video of a deadly fbi raid, a man killed after making threats against President Biden and other elected o ....
Us live from make maui. walk us through what you are hearing there as you wait for the sun to come up. reporter: those new death toll numbers coming in overnight, so many people here will be waking up to the fact that 36 of their community members, loved ones, friends have died. information has been slowly trickling in because there are still 11,000 people without power, their communication lines are down. so it has been very difficult. a lot of people over on this side of the island here experiencing a sense of helplessness as they wait to learn what else has happened. oh, my gosh, look at the harbor. reporter: the view from above is of shock and heartbreak. we were not prepared for what we saw. it looked like an area that had been bombed in the war. reporter: wildfires rampaging across maui. our entire street was burned to the ground. reporter: decimating homes ....
Raid, a man killed after making threats against president biden and other elected officials. and new information in the atlanta area investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. sources tell cnn that the prosecutor fani willis is seeking more than a dozen indictments as former president trump releases a new ad attacking her. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, it is 7:00 a.m. here out east. 4:00 a.m. on the west coast. victor blackwell is with us and we start with the breaking news in hawaii. catastrophic and unprecedented wildfires have now killed at least 36 people. the death toll in maui has soared overni nitovernight. this 4e8 cokcop helicopter vide shows the scale of the def devastation in lahaina. ....
In extinguishing the fires. they flew 13 hours, did 58 drops, and about 150,000 gallons of water. reporter: recovery will be a long road ahead. according to hawaii s lieutenant governor sylvia luke. the damage to the infrastructure, it is not just buildings. i mean, these were small businesses that invested in maui, these were local residents. and we need to figure out a way to help a lot of people in the next several years. reporter: and that fire in lahaina, one of three burning on the island that firefighters are contending with. and at the airport, airlines are offering more flights and reduced fares to get people off of the island. officials are asking people to leave and not come here so they can save resources for those who ....