>> RESCUE EFFORTS ARE STILL UNDERWAY IN HAWAII AFTER A SERIES OF DEVASTATING WILDFIRES SWEPT THROUGH THE ISLAND OF MAUI. AS OF THIS MORNING, OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT THE DEATH TOLL HAS RISEN TO 93. MAKING AT THE DEADLY AS U.S. WILDFIRE IN MORE THAN A CENTURY. THE NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB IN THE COMING DAY'S AS CREWS WORK TO LOCATE HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN REPORTED MISSING. NATIONAL GUARDSMEN HAVE ALSO ARRIVED ON SCENE TO ASSIST WITH SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS. ISLAND WILL HAVE A LONG AND EXPENSIVE ROAD TO RECOVERY AS MUCH OF THE DAMAGE IS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. JOINING ME NOW, THE GOVERNOR OF HAWAII, JOSH. GREAT GOVERNOR GREEN, THEY GET VERY MUCH FOR COMING TO THE SUNDAY SHOW AND FOR COMING HERE BECAUSE ITS SIX HOURS BEHIND US. IT IS 24 IN THE MORNING. IT REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMING ON. PRESIDENT BIDEN APPROVED DISASTER DECLARATION IN HAWAII, WHICH UNLOCKED FEDERAL AIDES. MEIOSIS NEED THE MOST. RIGHT NOW. >> THEY NEED OUR. LOVE AND THEN HE WHEN THEY JUMP TO ITSELF LAST. THE FLAG RETURNED AT 11:50 AT NIGHTS. I-12:10 WE FINISHED OUR DOCUMENTS TO GO TO THE PRESIDENT SIX HOURS HE APPROVED. THE PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION. HE WAS INCREDIBLE WITHIN SIX HOURS. THAT OPENED UP LIKE YOU SAID, FEMA AND AN AMAZING SUPPORT FOR RECOVERY. BUT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STILL IN THE THROES OF THE ACUTE PHASE OF THIS RECOVERY. MEANING THAT WE ARE STILL RECOVERING THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE, AND THE BODIES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY BELOVED PEOPLE HERE IN HAWAII. WE ARE AT 93, NOW LIKE YOU SAID. IT IS A WAR ZONE, BUT THE HELP IS INCREDIBLE. WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE, NOW, ABOUT 150 FEMA FISH WAS ALREADY ON THE GROUND. THIS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THIS. IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED LATE IN THE EVE THEY UNJUSTLY A. TODAY I THINK IS THE 13TH OF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND WE ALREADY HAVE ALL THESE OFFICIALS THEY'RE HELPING OUR PEOPLE. NOT JUST FEMA, BUT THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ADMINISTRATION AND THEY FIRE MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE PRESIDENT AND YOU ARE GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THE POLICE AND FIRE SUPPORT. AND GRATEFUL TO AMERICA BECAUSE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF SUPPORT OF ALREADY COME. EVERY AGENCY IN GROUP UNDER THE SUN HAS REACHED OUT TO US. THANK, YOU EVERYONE. >> SO, GOVERNOR, AS YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL RESPONSE TO THIS EMERGENCY HAS BEEN CRITICIZED. REPORTS SUGGEST THERE WAS A LACK OF AUDIBLE SIRENS AND WARNINGS ONCE THE WILDFIRES STARTED. GIVING PEOPLE LESS TIME TO EVACUATE AND YOUR REACTION TO THAT WAS THE INITIAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE LACKING? >> MY REACTION OF COURSE AS THE EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR MORE THAN AS A GOVERNOR IS THAT IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW IN THE THROES OF THE ACUTE PART OF A CRISIS IF YOU DID EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD. WE HAVE, IN MY OFFICE ASKED FOR COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF MY ATTORNEY GENERAL BECAUSE WE DECIDED TO BE ON THIS FULLY TRANSPARENTLY, RIGHT FROM THE START. BUT LET ME SHARE A FEW THINGS. IT WAS A FIRE HURRICANE. AND I WANT TO WARN THE ENTIRE PLANET ABOUT THIS. ALL OF AMERICA AND ALL OF THE WORLD. WE WERE EXPERIENCING VERY DRY CONDITIONS. DROPPING CONDITIONS WITH GLOBAL WARMING. WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY VERY REAL FOR US HERE, AND EVERYWHERE. IN ADDITION TO THOSE DROUGHT CONDITIONS, AND DIFFICULTIES WITH WATER MANAGEMENT BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH WATER HERE IN OUR ISLANDS, WE THAT HAD A PRINT NUMBER OF A. HURRICANE HURRICANE DORA PASSED SOUTH OF US. LEAVING 50-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS GUST UP TO 89 MILES PER HOUR. WHAT HAPPENED TO US, WHEN FIRE JUMPED FROM ONE SPOT TO ANOTHER, THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR FIRES GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME. WE SEE IT VERY QUICKLY WITH THE 80-MILE-PER-HOUR GUST WINDS. THEN, THE FIRE MOVED ESSENTIALLY AT A MILE PER MINUTE, SIX MILES PER HOUR DOWN THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHAT A FIRE HURRICANE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE ERA OF GLOBAL WARMING. SO WE HAVE TO ALL DO, RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE CAN TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING IN HER OR HER SITS. AS THE SIRENS WILL KNOW SOON WHETHER OR NOT THEY DID ENOUGH TO GET THOSE SIRENS GOING. MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF TELECOMMUNICATION. OTHERWISE, WE OURSELVES WHO HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH EACH OTHER LIKE WE ALWAYS DO WITHIN SECONDS ON OUR CELL PHONE. . THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT, HAPPEN WILL MAKE SURE WE GET TO ALL THE ANSWERS THE PEOPLE DESERVE AND ALSO AUTHORIZE THE DUAL STATUS COMMAND CENTER WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE JOINT CHIEFS AND NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF MILITARY PRESENCE TO PROTECT THE AREA ALSO AND LET THEM DO THE INVESTIGATION. >> AND, GOVERNOR WITHIN THE LAST 20 MINUTES THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED BY THE PRESS POOL TRAVELING WITH HIM IN DELAWARE WHETHER HE HAD ANY PLANS OF GOING TO MAUI AND HE SAID, QUOTE, WE ARE LOOKING AT IT. DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS COMING TO HAWAII IN THE COMING DAYS? >> I KNOW THE PRESIDENT WILL COME IF WE NEED HIM ON THE GROUND THAT MOMENT. HE SAW RESPECTFUL OF US, IF HE SAID ANYTHING JOSH, HERE WE GO. ANYTIME ALSO THE PRESIDENT'S CALL HIS INTO THE TROUBLES WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING THE ACUTE PHASE OF THE RECOVERY. TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE DISLIKE AT GROUND ZERO, EVERYTHING IS BURNED TO THE GROUND IN THE HIGH. NOW HERE IS A LITTLE. PATRIOTIC IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED, OKAY? EVERY BUILDING THERE. WHEN YOU SEE THE STRUCTURES IT WAS 1000 TO DEGRADE HEAT CREATING FIRE CYCLONES, GOING THROUGH BUILDINGS. I'LL JUST SPEAK GRAPHIC AND APOLOGIZE IF THERE ARE ANY CHILDREN WATCHING THE SHOW. WHEN WE TRY TO LIFT AND EMBRACE THOSE THAT WE HAVE LOST, NOTHING THEY'RE PRACTICALLY. IT MEANS IT IS SUCH A DELICATE SCENE AS A RESULT OF THE NATURAL DISASTER, THAT EVEN, I JUST WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS, IT'S TOO. GRAM RIGHT NOW, FIRST OF ALL, IT IS A HAZARDOUS SIGHT AND WE DON'T WANT TO EXPOSE ANYONE UNNECESSARILY TO THAT. ALSO THE PRESIDENT, OH MY GOD IN SUCCESS IN TEN MINUTES HE TURNED AROUND THE DECLARATION FOR US WHEN IT NORMALLY TAKES DAYS TWO WEEKS. THEY'RE GIVING US WHAT WE NEED BUT WE WOULD ALWAYS BE THERE TO SEE ANYONE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND WE LOVE THE PRESIDENT. >> GOVERNOR, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND THE PEOPLE OF
