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look at the video. oh wow, that was pretty good. and that island. that is where they could have gone. the meteor shower will happen every year. they would at least get to see it. that's very nice and the meteor and i'm sure we saw some of the bay area, but they're close to the coast. you didn't try it? >> i missed my flight. i didn't get off site on time. >> i tried for a second and i didn't see much. i think some of those were playing in that video. >> that wa ♪ tonight, historic destruction and desperation in maui. >> oh my god, look at the harbor. >> now the deadliest wildfire in modern u.s. history. survivors are finally making
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their way back to lahaina devastated by these fires, hundreds of homes reduced to metal and ash. >> what happened to the warning systems? >> i'm outside lahaina where hundreds of people are still missing. as the search continues, fema in flying in extra cadaver dogs to assist. >> hundreds still missing. others filling shelters. is there enough space? >> i'm in maui. >> harrowing stories of escape and kindness. we'll have the latest. also tonight, weather threat. extreme heat scorches the sunbelt and northwest. damaging storms, thunder across the east. >> you know the answer to that. >> plus, donald trump tonight facing a fourth indictment, a georgia grand jury considering the case.
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deadly explosion, a blast destroys homes and lives in pennsylvania. >> eating a sandwich and heard a very loud explosion. and later, hawaii strong. out of the horror, help and hope, the faithful gathering today focused on healing. >> announcer: this is "the cbs weekend news". good evening. i'm major garrett in new york. the death toll from the fire that roared through maui has risen again, more than 90 people confirmed killed. it is the deadliest u.s. wildfire in more than a century. the scale of suffering and trauma only now coming into focus. tony dokoupil is in maui and leads our coverage. good evening. >> reporter: major, good evening. we are just back now from a shelter still filled with a thousand people five days after
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that wildfire chewed through pasts of west maui. people tell us they're trying to comprehend the scale of the devastation. people in hawaii are some of the toughest around, but even they need help. there's a search for everyday things like gasoline, phone reception or your next hot meal. power outages are rolling. it means major appliances are useless. local volunteers and groups have stepped up. the government help mostly words, not yet deeds. there's increasing frustration about the response to the fire threat, warnings that were never heard or seen. we have full kocoverage tonight. jonathan vigliotti has the latest. >> reporter: tony, at this hour, hundreds of people are still missing. as the days go by with no word, hope is quickly fading that
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everyone will be found alive. first responders have described horrific scenes. a warning to our viewers, what you're about to see and hear is disturbing. local crews working with cadaver dog teams flown in by fema resume their search today in neighborhoods reduced to fields of ash. >> when we pick up the remains and they fall apart, i don't know how much more you want me to describe it. that's what you're stepping on. >> reporter: maui's police chief says crews have covered just 3% of the destruction. >> we have an area that we have to contain that is at least 5 square miles. it is full of our loved ones. >> reporter: the fire ripped through lahaina tuesday afternoon, a time many tourists and locals would have been walking and shopping on historic front street. >> i saw one dead on the ground like a piece of charcoal, lime pompeii almost, just dead. i mean, there's nothing you could do. it was that fast.
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>> reporter: the first wave of 150 fema agents arrived on the island friday, 90 of them search specialists, looking through homes, businesses and cars. this is front street. without a proper evacuation order, people in a desperate attempt to outrun the flames got into their cars and took to the road, but the fire quickly caught up. you could see the desperation in how these cars are lined up. we're talking dozens as far as you can see. there was so much panic as the fire hit. sources close to the search tell me the death toll could be in the hundreds. >> if that's what they're telling you, i wouldn't second guess them. >> reporter: fema administrator surveys the damage. how long do you think it will take to conduct the search effort? >> it depends on the conditions and how long the dogs can continue to go in. we're bringing in more teams and dogs to speed up that process as much as we can. >> reporter: as the search
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continues, with x marking buildings checked, county officials are now under fire for their response. a 2014 hawaii wildfire protection plan warned dry vegetation could fuel a catastrophic blaze, but action wasn't taken. survivors say they weren't told to evacuate until it was too late. many people didn't even realize there was a fire until the flames were on their heels. the state attorney general is investigating the county's emergency response before, during and after the disaster hit, tony. >> reporter: jonathan, thank you very much. the word of the day, though, is relief, getting relief for those is one of the hardest challenges right now, because everything needs to be flown in or brought in by boat. it is an island after all. the dock here in kihei has
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become the epicenter of the relief efforts. >> it is so devastating. >> reporter: relief workers rushing supplies into lahaina tonight by plane and boat. people who lost their homes are now living in parks. >> everybody lost everything. >> reporter: where arlen is looking for basic necessities. >> we need formula, diapers, ice, water and just food. >> reporter: officials estimate 86% of lahaina's residences have been damaged or destroyed. >> i lost my condo, my jeep, my laptop, my cell phone, everything i ever owned for 40 years that i lived in lahaina. >> reporter: but there's no estimate for the emotional trauma left behind. akeem walker relives the terror of the flames in his sleep. >> i have nightmares of just screaming, "run, run, run, run."
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>> reporter: there are friends lost and friends found. >> i'm seeing people now like, oh my god, you're alive. >> reporter: in the park, there is food for the hungry. but their biggest need is a place to live and hope for the future. >> i'm a little worried, because i have a 4 month old and a two-year-old. >> reporter: this dock normally a recreation area, now a vital part of the supply line, volunteers packing baby food, gasoline, water and other supplies and delivering them by boat and jet ski. >> reporter: the destruction from the wildfire spread not just along the coast of lahaina, but also into the up country. we travelled to the kula region, met locals already thinking about their future while still also coming to terms with their loss. in the hills of maui not far from the devastated coast, the fires have chewed through the up country grasslad.
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in the region, more than $400 million in damage, nearly 700 acres burned and 550 buildings affected. minutes from the airport we spotted a team of locals looking for still-smolders hotspots and hoping to snuff them out. mark joseph is a carpenter by trade. >> there's probably about 60 or 70 that we put out today. >> everything is scorched and burned. >> reporter: just up the road, ma monica told me winds drove the smoke and flames over a gulch and straight toward her family property. >> we're putting out a fire right here by the cottage. we were dousing it with bottles of water and a garden hose. that's all we had. >> reporter: but the moment came when they could no longer hold back the fire. >> we evacuated when the wind shifted and the flames became three and four stories high and
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the embers started to rain on us. we said it's time to go. >> reporter: she expected to lose everything. how did you feel when you came back to this? >> it was a miracle, because we left with it on fire. >> reporter: but the house that she planned to renovate for her family didn't make it. you were going to live here? >> yes. >> reporter: so on the one hand the inn still stands. >> yes. >> reporter: what was it like to see that your future home is no more? >> it's sad. it's sad. >> reporter: she told me she is for now putting her faith in the future and leaning on an old hawaii an saying. it goes there's no looking back. we wish her the best. oprah winfrey has a home here and she is doing her part to help. she's been bringing supplies and emotional support, a big dose of that to people who have little
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to nothing left. she was at the shelter we just came from. we talked to her outside of that shelter about what survivors are most grateful for. >> they're still just grateful to have each other. the aloha spirit is about community and family and we've seen this here in ways that, you know, most people never get to imagine what that really looks like. >> reporter: you can see more of the interview with oprah tomorrow on "cbs mornings." for now, major, i will repeat a line that's been repeated to me over and over again here, even by people who have lost everything. "it's just stuff," they say. the resilience and sense of community is truly inspiring. major. >> thank you very much. tonight, tens of millions of americans are threatened by extreme weather, including scorching temperatures and
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violent storms. let's check in with meteorologist lynnette charles. >> we've been dealing with severe thunderstorms akrcross t area. it's likely we'll see more showers and thounderstorms back toward kansas, springfield and st. louis. we'll start to see this line of showers and thunderstorms continuing to move toward the east. strong to severe storms will be possible in d.c. tomorrow, in the evening, in the afternoon. we're still tracking the heat indices up to the 110s. this will extend to the pacific northwest as well. it's going to be dangerously hot. >> thank you. to georgia now, where former president trump could face his fourth indictment, this time for his alleged role in election interference in that state in 2020.
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nikole killion is in atlanta with the latest. good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, major. fulton county district attorney fani willis is expected to begin presenting evidence to a grand jury as soon as monday. with such a sprawling case, some legal experts predict it's possible multiple people could be charged. tonight, an increased security presence outside the fulton county courthouse ahead of a potential charging decision this week by district attorney fani willis. >> we're ready. obviously we're concentrating on georgia and things that impacted georgia. >> reporter: at the center of willis's 2 1/2 year investigation, this phone call by then-president donald trump to georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger in the days before january 6th, seeking to potentially overturn the 2020 election. >> i just want to find, uh, 11,780 votes. >> reporter: on his truth social
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platform sunday, trump called it a perfect phone call. >> did you interfere in the 2020 election? >> you know the answer to that. >> reporter: and at the iowa state fair where the former president tried to show up florida governor ron desantis, he was peppered with questions about a possible fourth indictment. [indiscernible] >> yes, sir. >> it's a wiseguy question. >> reporter: cbs news has learned several witnesses have been subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury, including former lieutenant governor jeff duncan and independent journalist george cheaty. >> have you been asked to testify before the grand jury this week? >> if i am called, when i am called, i will tell the truth. >> reporter: gabe sterling is a top deputy with the secretary of state. >> we've been saying this over and over again. we counted the ballots three times. he lost the state. to continue to say he didn't lose it, it's just creating a
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lot of tension and chaos. >> reporter: security is expected to remain tight this week. the sheriff says his office has received dozens of threats against the district attorney and other officials here in fulton county. major. >> nikole killion, thank you. today the thunder over michigan air show ended abruptly after a plane crashed near an apartment building in a detroit suburb. smoke and flames pour from the rear of the plane after a sudden mid-air explosion. two pilots ejected and landed in a lake. no word on any injuries or what caused the crash. today we learned five people were killed in a deadly explosion that destroyed three homes and damaged several more east of pittsburgh. astrid martinez has more. >> reporter: a door wbell camer shows the moment this home in pennsylvania exploded, the force
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of the blast obliterating it. >> we have it completely gone. we have copious amounts of debris and damage to the surrounding area. we're trying to evacuate. >> reporter: flames immediately engulfed two other homes, burning them to the ground. the explosion sending debris flying, damage ming many homes the neighborhood, shattering windows and destroying cars. george emanuel lives on the street. >> it was scary. it was like hell on earth over th there. >> reporter: the blast heard more than a mile away by families at a baseball game. >> what the hell was that? >> i need everyone out of the structure. >> reporter: firefighters from at least 18 departments worked to douse the flames and rescue others buried in rubble. an official says representatives from several gas companies were also called to the scene. >> at this point, we can share that our system was operating as designed. >> reporter: among the five
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dead, a child. their ages and identities are yet to be released. another person was critically hurt. there have been at least two previous house explosions here in the past 15 years, the most recent april of last year. in 2008 a house explosion destroyed three homes and damaged 11 others. the cause of this latest explosion remains under investigation. astrid martinez, cbs news. today in ukraine, russian shelling killed at least seven people, including a 3-week-old baby girl. ukrainian officials in kherson say the baby's parents and 12-year-old brother also died. kremlin forces have intensified shelling in the region since ukraine reclaimed parts of that area last fall. straight ahead on "the cbs weekend news" brazen burglars caught on camera striking a californrnia departmtment store. ♪ ♪♪ jardiancece ♪ ♪ it's s a little p pill withth a big stotory to tell♪ ♪ i i take oncece-daily jajardiance, ♪
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ignited an outpouring of compassion. out of the horror, something beautiful, neighbors helping neighbors, offering everything they can, food, water, clothing or just a hug, all to the hungry and the homeless. donations keep pouring in by land and by air, piling up for distribution to those who need a helping hand. >> i just am very grateful. i know we all are. i know the people who are receiving the services are. we hear it from them time and time again. >> reporter: there's a sense of family and pride in lahaina, visible for all to see. today the maria catholic church still standing amid all this destruction and loss, a symbol of survival. and all across the island, we are seeing hawaiians banding
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together in the face of these wildfires. relief and recovery will be a long and grueling process. but tonight even in the face of that adversity and devastation, what's clear is the wave of hawaiian pride and sense of community is very strong. we've been told repeatedly aloha will rebuild this world. that is "the cbs weekend news" for this sunday. i'm major garrett in new york. good night. ♪ now at 6:00, one of the few safe venues in a notorious area of san francisco. so why is the city trying to move the farmers' market out? i'm in maui where new shelters are being set up. as officials try to find placement
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for thousands who have been displaced. plus it's been months since the historic winter storms announced some homeowners say the clock is ticking to protect their homes for next winter. and later ten break-ins in just the past few years. an oakland smoke shop owner talks about her struggles as burglaries skyrocket across the city. live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. with all the talk about homelessness, drug addictions in san francisco, there is one bright spot, the farmers' market. >> but even that is facing changes due to the human turmoil. john ramos has that story. >> reporter: for nearly 40 years, this farmers' market has existed in san francisco's united nations plaza. it began as the solution to a problem of not enough healthy fruits and vegetables in the area. but now it looks like an even bigger problem may be fo

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