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league world series. he just turned 11 years old on monday, and when it comes to stage fright he knows no such thing. >> so you got to be like half and half. you got to like interact with the crowd but als stay focused at the same time, because you don't want to be like -- you don't want to be like a statue, but you also wan to focus at the same time! >> i don't think this is the last we are going to be hearing from this kid! he will also hav to switch from piano to keyboar for the performance. the little league world series kicks off tomorrow in south ♪ ♪ >> norah: tonight, a special edition of the "cbs evening news" from here on maui. the new details as recovery crews are in a race against time before a potential new storm rolls in.
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the fourth indictment against former president donald trump. here are tonight's headlines. ♪ ♪ with only a third of the search complete, the governor warning the death toll could double, as we learned the identities of some of the victims. our new reporting about what went wrong here on maui. >> nothing would make us more pleased if we couldn't go back in time and have a lot more protection from sirens. >> norah: we speak with lahaina residents who find nothing. >> everything is gone. >> everything as to the ground. >> norah: and my concern tonight about lahaina's children. how many are among the missing? and the news of an elementary school completely destroyed. >> the fire went through each building, so there is no windows, no doors, there is nothing left. ♪ ♪ >> the fire guys show up, and they don't have water have water. >> norah: the threat continues on maui as fires still burn in kahula. >> a georgia grand jury hands out the most sweeping indictment
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yet against former president donald trump. >> on charges he had 18 others engaged in criminal conspiracy. trying to undermine the results of the 2020 election in georgia. ♪ ♪ >> small-town kansas newspaper is in the national, even international spotlight, was rated on friday for a story that never published. ♪ ♪ >> norah: investigators identify a possible cause in a deli home explosion may pittsburgh summer suburb. speak with a little noah's ark. >> norah: as maui residents look towards recovery, the volunteers looking out for the fires little as victims. >> humans need pets just as much as the pets need the humans. ♪ ♪ >> norah: good evening, and we are live again tonight from maui. reporting from america's 50th state, hawaii, because it is
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grappling with the worst natural disaster in its history. today marks one week since the wildfires tore through lahaina, but the search and recovery for victims is just in the beginning stages. the death toll stands at nearly 100, but that is expected to grow dramatically in the coming days. of the national guard and 20 cadaver dogs continue the painstaking search for victims and the burned. the maui police department revealing just tonight they have identified four victims, calling on family members with missing loved ones to give dna samples. lahaina is the hardest hit community, but right here in kahula, known as upcountry, crews putting out new hot spots. president biden today making his first in-depth remarks about the tragedy and promising to visit. there is a lot to get to and we have team coverage of this ongoing disaster starting with
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maui's long road to recovovery. >> reporter: as lahaina still smolders, it is a race to finish recovery efforts before forecasted rain, possibly hampering the search for remains. >> norah: this historicc t town closeded off, authoririties warg ababout toxic hazards. >> the fact they are making it difficult for us to try and go back to where we are from, it is just hard and unbelievable. i still have loved ones that's trapped. >> norah: today, facials were only able to identify four people using their fingerprints. but we are learning more tonight about victims found by their families, including the tone and takafua family, the four,% including a 7-year-old discovered inside a burned-out car. >> to see these bodies -- [syes] rocks on the beach, bodies in the car, there was a kid underneath the car on french street, front street, look like his dad was trying to protect h. >> norah: we witnessed the
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devastation firsthand, traveling to lahaina by boat, with volunteers delivering supplies. you said there is a school right around there, too? >> right behind those boats. and that was decimated. >> norah: that elementary schools were mindi cherry is a first grade teacher. >> they are just ash, and all of the classrooms come all of the windows are blown out, the roofs were just kind of tilted on the ground. the fire went through each building, so there is no windows, no doors. every building is that way. there is nothing. >> norah: with more than 1300 still missing, we heard about fears that many are children. >> i'm just going to be very direct with people, always. when the bodies are smaller, we know it as a child. that is one of the toughest parts of this. >> norah: president biden today speaking about the tragedy for the first time in five days. >> imagine being a mom or dad, wondering where your child is. >> norah: but in the midst of
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the ash, anguish, and unknown, there is still a tight knit community. how would you describe the heart of the people from lahaina? >> so strong. yeah. they really care about each other and everyone, it is not just lahaina because now they are leaning on everybody from maui because there is no lahaina. >> norah: ally mattox runs lahaina grill and co-owns hotel lahaina, both burned to the ground. nearly 50 of 75 employees lost everything. >> there is no way they can move back there even if the structure is standing because it is in rubble. >> norah: what is your biggest worry when it comes to all of the people you work with? >> i actually know that they are going to be okay because the people that work with us are strong and they love each other and everyone is helping each other. i am still worried about all of the people we don't know about yet. >> norah: there are still just so much emotion here. there are also new questions tonight about how the wildfires
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began and why the flames spread so quickly across the region. cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports there is also growing outrage over the response. good evening, jonathan. >> reporter: and good evening, norah. we are hearing from people that not only survived the flames but then went days without food, water, and even medical assistance, all while waiting one week after the catastrophic fire ripped through lahaina, tonight many residents say they were failed by their government. was there any communication in these first few hours about panic? >> no. nothing. >> reporter: state officials are investigating what went wrong, but here's what we know, tuesday morning, 6:37 am, a 3--acre fire breaks out near lahaina intermediate school. two hours later it is declared 100% contained. but with forecasts calling for wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour, four schools in west maui
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were closed due to the powerful winds from hurricane dora. 3:30 p.m., hours later, the fully contained fire, which may have given residents false hope, flares up. all the while, active power lines are down. they were never shut off. alert sirens designed to warn residents of an emergency sat silent. with no activation alert, kawena kahula barely survived. >> fear and panic that i have never experienced before in my life. >> reporter: she followed a line of cars, she thought, toward safety. >> reporter: you unknowingly were heading to the danger zone. >> willingly, unknowingly, blindly headed into the fire. >> reporter: the problems cascaded. fires had no water pressure, an official tells cbs knew they ran dry, when water leaked from fire-damaged pipes. the damage compounded after the flames died down. kahula says no assistance team
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for two days. >> there is an airport down the road. why is it that being used? there is an oceanfront 20 feet from our lobby.% why are we not using that? >> reporter: is heartbreaking because there was ways to get help to you. >> yes. >> reporter: officials say relief was delayed because roads were blocked but kherson tells me when she evacuated nearly three days later, the roads were clear and help still had not arrived, norah. >> norah: such incredibly powerful interviews and reporting, jonathan vigliotti, thank you so much. while wildfires are still raging right here in maui, we are actually in a place known as the upcountry come in a town called kula, and just moments ago, we witnessed cruise dousing hot spots just up here, not far from where we are, and they believe that started this wildfire in this area that took out 19 homes, including the home behind me. it is a reminder tonight that the danger still exists.
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you can even hear some of the helicopters in the region. cbs's lilia luciano reports on a community that is relying on each other in the face of devastating loss. >> reporter: in mouse upcountry town of kula, this is the land where sweetheart no mori is home was. >> we fortunately got out alive, before the fire came. >> reporter: were you able to salvage anything? >> nothing. nothing. we came back the next day, everything was still on fire. >> reporter: her family survival is the only solace. >> everybody is struggling here. as it is, living day by day. but they still give, they still want to help. >> reporter: kula residence jack swink, aaron mcveigh, and the roommates built a brigade of hoses and neighbors to save their block. >> we are still on edge. we do not feel like we are out of the woods. not at all. >> reporter: mori says many
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have wanted to buy off our property, but she says even if they need to pitch a tent, it is not for sale. it is for the next generations. amaya is mori's granddaughter. >> it has been really heartbreaking. coming up and seeing my grandma's house gone. >> reporter: you are planning to rebuild? >> rebuild. >> reporter: you are staying >> president biden: >> we will stay. this is my land. this is my land. we are from here. this is my country. so i cannot go anywhere, you know, i think about moving to the usa. because it is so expensive over here. but where i going? i don't belong there. >> reporter: mori told us, like those neighbors, her husband also tried to avoid evacuations and try and protect their home, but thanks to that granddaughter, she finally convinced him to leave, and now, of course, the house is destroyed, but the family is
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safe, norah appeared to people don't know where to go. >> reporter: that's right. >> norah: lilia luciano, thank you. the other top story, the fourth criminal indictment of former president donald trump, a georgia grand jury handed 14 counts against trump including conspiracy and racketeering for his alleged attempts to overturn the results of that state's 20 presidential election. cbs's nikole killion reports 18 others are also facing charges. >> reporter: and 98-page indictment was handed out as cameras rolled and contained 41 felony counts listing former president trump and 18 other defendants, including members of his inner circle, former white house chief of staff mark meadows an, an ex-personal attorney rudy giuliani. district attorney fadi wilson gave them ten days to surrender. >> the grand jury's believe they were part of an illegal effort to overturn the results of george's 2020 presidential election. >> reporter: the indictment says the activity began within
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days of the 2020 election. willis used george s racketeering law to accuse trump and his associates of conspiracy. >> some of those acts may seem innocent in and of themselves but they are each steps according to the prosecutor to show a pattern of activity that is, in fact, composed of, ultimately, of crimes. >> reporter: the court filing sites 161 separate overt acts, raising from lying to state legislators during a series of hearings at the georgia capital to creating a false slate of electors and severe harassment of election worker ruby freeman. in a pair of truth social posts, trump called the indictment a witch hunt, renewing his claims of election fraud in georgia. the indictment also references trump's phone call to secretary of state brad raffensperger, which sparked willis' investigation. >> i just want to find 11,780
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votes. >> reporter: today, raffensperger said, the most basic principles of a strong democracy are accountability and reflect for the constitution and rule of law. you either have it or you don't. tonight, trump x chief of staff mark meadows wants his case moved out of fulton county to federal court periods attorneys say the allegations against him are not criminal, and they intend to file a motion to get the case dismissed. norah? >> norah: nikole killion, thank you. there is also some breaking news tonight. north korea is acknowledging for the first time that an american soldier ran across its heavily-armed border last month. the north claims that private travis king now wants to seek refuge there or in a different country. a defense official just telling cbs news that the u.s. cannot verify those statements came from king and they remain focused on his safe return. he was set to leave south korea and be discharged from the army
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after serving 47 days of hard labor for assaulting two people. we want to turn now to the weather. powerful storms are in the forecast for the east coast, while record heat will be the problem in the pacific northwest. let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partnes at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> good evening, norah. strong to even severe storms expected for parts of the east coast for the next several hours. some of the storms that are going to come will bring at least the chance for some damaging winds, and then push off and really winding down during the overnight hours. heat has been going up. a heat wave gripping much of the pacific northwest, down into california. excessive heat warnings for millions of people. this heat is going to last for days. meanwhile, relief eventually coming to the pacific northwest, norah, however, that heat is just shifting over to the middle of the u.s.
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>> norah: chris, thank you. tonight, there are important questions about the first amendment following a police raid on a small town newspaper in kansas. the publisher tells us he is planning a federal lawsuit against the police department. more than 30 news organizations, including cbs news, have condemned the raid. cbs's elaine quijano reports on the potential constitutional fallout. >> reporter: surveillance video shows police in marion, kansas, rating the offices of the marion -- seizing servers and cell phones. the paper's owner, eric myers, says officers also searched his house, where his 98-year-old mother lived. she died the next day, he says, from the stripes. >> it is intimidation. i think the whole point of this was intimidation. >> reporter: police say they suspect the paper of identity theft and unlawful acts. myers says the paper obtained information but a local restaurant owner had a dui and was driving without a license for 14 years.
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that owner says the information was obtained illegally. while meyer says it was confirmed by a source and public records. investigating allegations a new police chief had left his previous job with the kansas city police to avoid a demotion for alleged sexual misconduct. meyer ultimately decided not to publish either story. >> everyone has to be protected against unlawful search and seizure. if you have to justify it, there is no other way to get something other than to intrude into somebody's house. to seize their property. >> reporter: federal law protects journalists requiring police to subpoena any materials in most criminal investigations. but marion police defended the raid saying the law does not apply when journalists "themselves are suspects in the offense that is the subject of the search." norah? >> norah: elaine quijano,
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it really, really well here so we can get them back. >> this facility is getting ready for 100 pets, >> and noah's ark. >> for cdo's is taking care of people's pets gives them one less thing to worry about. >> semi coming for 24 hours, at some might be here fr a while, trying to prepare for a marathon, not a sprint. >> in that it is tonight's "cbs evening news." as we say good night, our thoughts and prayers are with the people of maui, telling their stories has been an nor and i hope >> announcer: chaos inside their blended family. >> judge judy: you were having some difficulties at the house with her children? >> yeah. >> announcer: then the troubles spread outside. >> judge judy: and they've been involved in some break-ins in the neighborhood. police were involved. is that correct? >> yes, ma'am. >> judge judy: has that all been straightened out? >> yes, ma'am. >> announcer: but they won't talk about their wrecked rental. >> judge judy: i assume whatever damage was caused to the house was caused by your three children. >> i don't know how to answer your question. >> announcer: "judge judy."
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you are about to enter the courtroom you are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. captions paid for by cbs television distribution kara petron is suing her former tenants, anthony lueder and his fiancée, heather kochevar, for damages to her home caused by heather's kids. >> byrd: order! all rise! it's case number 78 on the calendar in the matter of petron vs. lueder-kochevar. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. sir, have a seat. >> judge judy: ms. petron, yo were the landlord. the defendants were tenants in the house that you own, and you claim extensive damage to the home when you... >> that's correct. >> judge judy: ...finally got back into the house. i understand from reading your complaint that you knew this gentleman before. your last name is...? >> lueder. >> judge judy: mr. lueder before you rented the house... >> that's correct, your honor. >> judge judy: ...to him. how did you know him before? >> well, my father, we own a small liquor store

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