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in the wake of widespread criticism, the state has launched a formal review of the emergency response including why a warning siren system wasn't activated. in the meantime they are being given permission to be allowed back into the town and homes. >> reporter: this is the only checkpoint for residents to get into lahaina and for people who stop here to have their licenses checked so officers can make sure they are, indeed, residents, they tell us this is a profoundly emotional moment. listen to a woman named susan who told us everything she's been experiencing before and after she goes into the disaster zone. >> i drove through lahaina for the first time on friday. i, again, live up north seven miles out of lahaina and that night of the fires we were watching the sunset on one side and it seemed like the sunset on the other side from the flames. we did not know how serious it
lahaina. >> reporter: good morning. at this early hour of the toidday, we're standing at the check point to get into the lahaina disaster zone. no other way in but right here. and whenever you are standing here talking to people, families, people who have lived here for decades, it's an extremely emotional juncture for anybody who crosses through here. a few hours ago, we met a woman named susan who told us just what it is like to experience the dramatic change from this landscape to the moon skap of ash and streets, debris and explain to us in quite moving terms everything that she has seen. listen to what she told us. >> when i drove through on friday, i had no clue what i was going through. i got -- everything is gone. i lost friends in there. they have gone back to get animals and she died. it's really sad because people come over here. i heard there was a snorkeling boat looking at lahaina town.
lance yet, susan, david, good to see all three of you. and for once, i'm going to finish this show on time. as i say, that's a result -- that's a wrap for me. see, guys, aren't you happy? i'm sending it to you on time. that's it, we are done. it's her turn next. have a good one. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey everybody, good afternoon, and on time. i'm yasmin, new information, the georgian interference case as we are getting closer to a new trump indictment expected as early as tuesday afternoon. the death toll also rising tonight, 93 with the maui fires as right and there are struggling with what to do next. >> i live in honolulu, it's -- if my place is okay, i have like eight people staying with me. as soon as they open traffic, i went to -- to get diabetes medication, insulin, to get everything i
it's torturous. it really is. mike valerio, thank you very much. we'll talk further about this whole experience for hawaiians there and the impact it's making, how the people of hawaii are processing this horrific tragedy. unimaginable catastrophe. naka nathaniel is joining me live from honolulu. he's an opinion writer for honolulu's "civil beat." i'm so glad you can be with us, sadly after these horrible circumstances. sadly, in susan's voice, if you weren't able to see her face on a monitor there, i imagine you can relate and all your fellow hawaiians can relate to the devastation of experiencing this and then contrast that with people who are only seeing hawaii as a beautiful destination, a vacation
friend susan. fred, this is the only way to get into lahina, into the disaster zone. we're about 1,000 feet over the pacific ocean. it's an orderly process. cars are stopping every now and then. people are coming up to us and want to tell us their stories. a couple seconds ago i talked to a woman named susan. i said, susan, we're broadcasting to europe, africa, the mainland of the united states. tell everybody watching why this isn't just a postcard, but your home and why we all need to care about what is unfolding this slow-motion disaster. listen to what she told us it's about 40 seconds. listen up. >> when i drove through on friday, i had no clue what i was going through. everything is gone. i worked at the chart house since 1991. it's flat to the ground.
lives here in maui. again, going back to what we just heard, when people are on their missions to try to deliver supplies, to try to figure out how to go on, every now and then you just hear the realization that things will never be the same. what we're looking at right here, this is one of the officers we've become friends with over the past hour, she's just making sure these are lahaina residents, not people who are trying to unfortunately a lot, take advantage of the situation. fred, we're going to be here for the rest of the afternoon -- i should say it's still morning here. check on people, i think that is what people need to understand who are so far away from where we are right now, this is just beginning, fred. >> you can see it in susan's face. you could hear it in her voice. it's painstaking. it's heartbreaking.
met a woman named susan. and she is going home, very emotional about that. but she wanted everybody watching, our viewers around the world, to know that maui, her home, this island here, jessica, is not just a vacation spot but it is the soul and identity of thousands of people who live here. and in this vulnerable moment, she spoke quite movingly about the need for respect. listen to what she told us. >> when i drove through on friday, i had no clue what i was going through. i got so -- everything is gone, i worked at the chart house in 1991. it's flat to the ground. there's houses i used to live in that i don't even know where they were. i lost friends in there. they were going back to get their animals. and she died. so i mean, you know, it's really sad because people come over here, you know, i heard there was a snorkeling boat looking at lahaina town. give them respect. it's so bad.
earlier today, we spoke with a woman named susan. she was telling us what it is like to go into the disaster zone, come out, and some unfortunate things that she is seeing once she's inside. listen to what she told us. >> we did not know anything that was going on in lahaina. we had no running water, no electricity, no nothing. we got stuck there, and i had no idea what was going on just two miles down the road. we had no information. my cousin is over there right now, taking care of everything. but we don't have any like good running water or anything. so, yeah, and i went back to get two generators and 25 gallons of gas to come back over. i waited in line for 4 1/2 hours thinking that i could get through and a fight started when i was there. >> reporter: can you believe that, a fight started. she's reporting looting.
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and i think that is something that is gonna be on full display when district attorney willis proceeds with her grand jury investigations next week. and we know that she is spinning a number of people close to trump as well. some of his former allies, including the former lieutenant governor of georgia, as well as some of those fake electors who managed to flip on each other and receive some type of immunity from the district attorney's office. and so i think trump is lashing out because he feels the wall closing in. and i think that that is definitely going to turn off some independent voters and continue to -- democratic voters against him. >> susan, turning now to another story we are following, president biden's son, under, is now the subject of a special counsel investigation. attorney general merrick garland announced friday that david weiss, the current u.s. attorney for delaware was will serve as a special counsel in the ongoing biden probe. wise who was appointed by trump is looking into allegations