TOP >>> TONIGHT, A SPECIAL EDITION OF TOP STORY LIFE IN MAUI. GROUND ZERO OF THE FIRE DEVASTATION IN HAWAII. WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE LANDED. >>> CATASTROPHIC SCENES ACROSS THE ISLAND. HOME AFTER HOME BERT TO THE GROUND. FEARS THAT SOME OF THE HUNDREDS MISSING COULD BE TRAPPED INSIDE THE CHARRED BUILDINGS. MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE CONFIRMED THAT AND LIKELY THE WORST NATURAL DISASTER IN HAWAII'S HISTORY. QUESTIONS ON WHY THE ALERT SYSTEM WAS NOT ACTIVATED. TONIGHT A STORY OF ONE RESIDENT DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR ANSWERS ABOUT HER GRANDMOTHER. SHE AND SO MANY OTHERS IN AGONY AS THEY SEARCH FOR ANSWERS. >>> ARE OTHER BREAKING STORY, ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND APPOINTED SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE HUNTER BIDEN'S TAX CRIMES AND THE MAN THAT IS NOW OVERSEEING THE CASE AFTER THE PLEA DEAL FELL APART. >> A WARNING FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT WHAT HE CAN DISCUSS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND WHY SHE SAID SHE MAY EXPEDIA THIS TRIAL. >> -- HEADING TO PRISON AFTER HIS BAIL WAS REVOKED. WHILE A JUDGE IS ACCUSING HIM OF TAMPERING WITH WITNESSES. >> GILGO BEACH OR. NEW PHOTO SHOWING THE INSIDE OF THE SUSPECTED LONG ISLAND CEREAL KILLERS HOME IN SHAMBLES AND HIS WIFE CALLING THE HOUSE UNLIVABLE AS HER LOYALS WARRIORS REVEALS SHE IS BATTLING CANCER AND WILL SOON RUN OUT OF MONEY. >> THE RADIO DJS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO DELIVER CRITICAL MESSAGES TO GET HELP TO THOSE WHO NEED IT. WHAT YOU COULD DO AT HOME TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF HAWAII TONIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE ARE ON THE GROUND OF MAUI, AND ISLAND DEVASTATED BY THE SECOND LARGEST GROUND FIRE IN HISTORY. THERE IS A SENSE OF DREAD AND DESPAIR IN THE AIR WITH FEARS THAT AN UNTHINKABLE DEATH TOLL COULD CLIMB HIGHER. RESIDENTS ARE QUESTIONING WHY MORE WAS NOT DONE TO WARN THEM. WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM WAS NOT ACTIVATED AS FAMILIES MADE THEIR WAY BACK TO THE CHARRED WRECKAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE ALSO WANT TO MENTION THERE ARE MULTIPLE WILDFIRES BURNING IN MAUI. YOU CAN SEE JUST BEHIND US THE POWER OF THESE WILDFIRES. SCORCHING EVERYTHING IN THEIR RANGE. YOU CAN SEE CARS, YOU CAN MAKE OUT WHAT USED TO BE HOMES, BUT USED MOST OF IT IS GONE. WE ARE ALSO GETTING NEW VIDEO FROM THE CRITICAL FIRST FEW HOURS THAT THE FIRE BROKE OUT. THESE IMAGES ARE HARD TO BELIEVE , CATCHING SO MANY PEOPLE OFF GUARD, WIND GUST APPROACHING 70 MILES PER HOUR. IT WAS TRULY A FRIGHTENING SCENE. IT ENGULFED AN ENTIRE HARBOR. THESE IMAGES WE ARE SEEING ALL OF THEM UNFOLDING AT FULL SPEED. IN SOME INSTANCES FIRES REACHING HOMES AND PEOPLE WERE UNABLE TO GET OUT, THEY WERE UNABLE TO HEED THE EVACUATION ORDERS, SOME DID RECEIVE THEM ON THE TEXT PHONES. MANY SAID THERE WAS NO SIMONS WARNING THEM TO GET OUT. THERE ARE MAJOR QUESTIONS THAT REMAIN ABOUT HOW AND WHY IT FAILED SO SPECTACULARLY. SOME WERE FORCED TO JUMP IN THE OCEAN TO ESCAPE BUT YOU CAN SEE THE EMBERS FLYING ALL AROUND THEM WHEN THEY TRIED TO DO THAT. BURNT OUT CARS LINING WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN ESCAPE ROUTE, THE FIRES WERE ALL MOVING SO QUICKLY AND THE VEHICLES WERE COMPLETELY CHARRED. FROZEN IN TIME, A TERRIFYING MOMENT. FIRST RESPONDERS COMBING THROUGH THE DEBRIS BRACING FOR WHAT THEY MAY FIND. NEARLY 60 BODIES RECOVERED ALREADY, THAT WAS SEEN OUTSIDE. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT THEY WILL FIND WHEN THEY START LOOKING INSIDE THE BUILDINGS AND THE NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO SOAR AS THEY MOVE INTO THOSE TORTS THAT HOMES. WE ARE IN THE SKIES ABOVE THE AREA TODAY AND WHAT WE SAW REALLY SHOOK US. IT WAS EIGHT COPPER THAT TURNED INTO A CRITICAL EMERGENCY MISSION HANDING OFF SUPPLIES. THE SCOPE OF THE DEVASTATION WAS HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS. IT IS CLEAR FROM OUR POSITION ON THE GROUND THAT THE ROAD TO RECOVERY WILL BE LONG AND DIFFICULT, THE LANDSCAPE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND IN THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO CALL IT HOME ARE FOREVER CHANGED. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE RETURN TO LAHAINA. WE SAW FROM THE SKIES ABOVE THE SHOCK THAT AWAITS THEM. >> EVENT AT 400 FEET IN THE AIR YOU CAN STILL SMELL THE SMOKE AND YOU CANNOT MAKE OUT WHAT YOU ARE SEEING. IT LOOKS LIKE A TOWN THAT ONCE EXISTED BUT NEARLY EVERY BUILDING, EVERY HOUSE, EVERY CAR SCORCHED OFF THE MAP. >> Reporter: BLOCK BY LOCK BLOCK WE SEE MISERY WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM, A TOURIST MECCA IS NOW A WASTELAND OF ASH AND RUBBLE. >> Reporter: RIGHT NOW THERE IS A SEARCH FOR BODIES THOSE WHO COULD NOT ESCAPE. THEY BELIEVE THE DEATH TOLL WILL BE MUCH HIGHER. OFFICIALS WARNED THAT THEY EXPECT TO FIND MORE BODIES ONCE THEY START SEARCHING BUILDING TO BUILDING, HOUSE TO HOUSE. >> Reporter: WE RODE IN WITH MAVERICK HELICOPTERS, USUALLY GIVING TOURS, TODAY SAVING LIVES . >> IT IS HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN. >> Reporter: CHOPPERS CARRYING THOUSAND POUNDS OF EIGHT BEING UNLOADED BY REGULAR HAWAIIANS LOOKING TO HELP. >> HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE DEAD, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ON THE NEWS. >> IT IS DEVASTATING. HORRIBLE. THEY HAD NO WARNING. IT HAPPENED SO FAST. >> Reporter: HELP COMING BY AARON BY BOAT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING. >> WE NEED FORMULA, DIAPERS, ICE, WATER. >> I HAVE A FOUR MONTH OLD AND A TWO-YEAR-OLD. >> Reporter: THIS AS DESPERATION ON THE ISLAND IS GROWING. NEW VIDEO IN SHOWING THE POWER OF THE DEADLY FIRE FORCING SO MANY TO FLEE INTO THE WATER, CLINGING TO ROCKS AND IT CRASHING WAVES AND THICK SMOKE. FOR DAYS THE CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE HAS BURNED IN MAUI CARVING A DEADLY PATH, LIKELY BECOMING THE LARGEST NATURAL DISASTER IN HAWAII'S HISTORY. >> I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FEEL. >> Reporter: THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND MANY SAY THE FLAMES ERUPTED WITH ALMOST NO WARNING. >> IT IS BROKEN FOR EVERYONE. EVERYONE HAS LOST SOMEONE. EVERYONE KNOWS SOMEONE THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. >> Reporter: SHE TOLD ME SHE CANNOT GET IN TOUCH WITH HER GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS IN AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. >> WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO TELL HER? >> I WOULD WANT TO TELL HER THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR HER. GRANDMA, WE ARE LOOKING FOR YO . IF YOU CAN REACH A PHONE CALL US AND LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AT. OR IF ANYONE SEES HER OR IS WITH HER AND KNOWS WHO SHE IS. JUST CONTACT US. >> Reporter: NATIONAL GUARD RECOVERY TEAMS ARE ON THE GROUND IN LAHAINA WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE HOMES ONCE STOOD. >> THE FULL EXTENT OF THE DESTRUCTION IN LAHAINA IS SHOCKING. IT DOES APPEAR THAT A BOMB AND FIRE WENT OFF. >> Reporter: WINDSPEED IN MAUI WAS 70 MILES PER HOUR ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IT LIKELY FUELED THE OUT-OF- CONTROL BLAZE. >> THIS WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION. I CANNOT COMMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT THE SIREN SOUNDED OR NOT. I KNOW THAT THE FIRE CAME UP QUICKLY AND IT SPREAD SO FAST. >> Reporter: ALREADY THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DEADLY WILDFIRE DISASTERS IN THE U.S. AS THE DEVASTATION CONTINUES TO GROW. MANY ARE MOURNING THE DEAD WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE MISSIN . AWAITING NEWS ON WHAT IS LEFT IN THE WAKE OF THIS WILDFIRE. MIGUEL ALMAGUER AS IS OUTSIDE LAHAINA WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF CARS WAITING TO GET IN TO THE EVACUATED AREAS. WE KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO GET BACK AND WE CAN SEE THAT GRIDLOCK BEHIND YOU. >> Reporter: WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED HERE WE FOUND PEOPLE SITTING PARKED IN THEIR CARS, MANY HAD BEEN SLEEPING HERE FOR DAYS. FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE BEING ALLOWED TO GO BACK INTO THOSE PROPERTIES AND INTO THE AREAS WHERE THEY LIVE. WHAT THEY FIND WILL LIKELY BE GRIM. AS THE SMOKE AND FLAMES FINALLY BEGIN TO CLEAR, TONIGHT HERE IN LAHAINA, NEW CRISIS UNFOLDS, IN THIS DESOLATE TORTURED LANDSCAPE, THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING AND THE DEAD. HE HAS FINALLY MADE IT HOME, ALL HE HAS FOUND HIS HEARTBREAK. WE FIRST MET THE KIRKMAN'S ON THURSDAY WHO LIKE SO MANY FAMILIES WAITED FOR DAYS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR INSIDE SHELTERS FOR A CHANCE TO GO HOME . >> WHY'D YOU GET EMOTIONAL TALKING ABOUT IT? >> BECAUSE I LOVE THEM. THEY RAISE MY GIRLS. >> Reporter: THE KIRKMAN'S HAVE CLOSURES BUT FAR TOO MANY ARE HAUNTED BY THE SILENCE. THERE IS NO OFFICIAL NUMBER FOR THE MISSING WHILE SOME SAY IT MIGHT BE AS HIGH AS 1000, A STREAM OF TWEETS ON SOCIAL MEDIA MOTHERS, FATHERS, CHILDREN DESPERATE TO FIND LOVED ONES. >> DO I JUST GO OVER THERE AND FIND MY DAD BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE IS? >> Reporter: FROM CALIFORNIA, KIMBERLY IS WAITING FOR ANY WORD ABOUT HER FATHER, 79-YEAR-OLD SHADOW HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE THE FLAMES OVERTOOK HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. >> MORE DAYS GO BY AND THE NUMBERS GO UP. IF HE DID GET EVACUATED, WHERE DID HE GET EVACUATED TO? THERE IS NO INFORMATION. >> Reporter: HIS MOTHER IS ALSO UNACCOUNTED FOR. >> MY PLAN WAS TO GET ON A PLANE AND FLY OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. >> Reporter: YVONNE HAS NOT RESPONDED TO URGENT CALLS FROM LOVED ONES. A MAUI RESIDENT FOR 20 YEARS, SHE LIVED IN THE HEART OF LAHAINA. >> WHAT WORRIES ME IS INTERNET ACCESS OR WAS IT SOMETHING ELSE? >> Reporter: MANY BELIEVE THE DEATH TOLL IS FAR GREATER THAN WHAT IS CONFIRMED. RESIDENTS TELL US THERE ARE BODIES IN HOMES, CARS AND IN THE WATER. SURVIVORS TELL US WHEN THE FILE FIRE FIRST HIT LAHAINA THERE WAS NO WARNING OR TIME TO EVACUATE. IMAGINE BEING HOME HEARING SCREAMS AND LOOKING OUTSIDE AND SEEING A WALL OF FLAMES. THAT IS WHAT NEIGHBOR SAY HAPPENED RIGHT HERE. >> WE ARE ALL A FAMILY. WE DO NOT EVEN LOCK OUR DOORS. >> THERE'S NOTHING FOR US ANYMORE. IT IS DEVASTATING. HOUR TONIGHT SO MUCH DESTRUCTION AND SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN THIS PARADISE NOW TURNED TO ASH. >> MIGUEL ALMAGUER JOINS US LIVE NOT JUST OUTSIDE OF LAHAINA. I AM LOOKING AT THAT LIVE SHOT AND USUALLY IN NATURAL DISASTERS YOU SEE THE TRAFFIC JAM ON THE WAY TO GET OUT, BUT THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET IN BECAUSE THIS IS UNFOLDING . YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST CORRESPONDENCE ON THE GROUND FOR NBCNEWS. TELL US HOW THE SITUATION HAS CHANGED, IF AT ALL. >> Reporter: SO MANY PEOPLE HERE WHO YOU ARE SEEING IN THIS LINE OF CARS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET IN, THEY ARE DESPERATE, THEY ARE TIRED AND THEY WANT INFORMATION. MANY OF THEM WILL RETURN TO PROPERTIES THAT ARE TOTALLY GONE . SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THESE CARS ARE LOOKING FOR LOVED ONES WHO HAVE BEEN MISSING FOR DAYS. FOLKS THAT THEY HAVE NOT HEARD FROM SINCE THE WILDFIRE BROKE OUT. EMOTIONS ARE VERY RAW. THEY HAVE BEEN ON EDGE FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND NOW THEY WILL START GETTING ANSWERS. SO MANY ARE AFRAID OF WHAT THEY COULD LEARN. >> MIGUEL, BEFORE YOU GO, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE WHO IS GOING BACK IN? IS IT ONLY RESIDENTS OR IS IT EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND SUPPLIES? >> Reporter: RIGHT NOW THEY ARE LETTING IN RESIDENTS WHO HAVE A VALID ID THAT SHOW PROOF THAT THEY LIVED IN THIS AREA, IN THE BURN ZONE, THEY DO NOT WANT TO FLOOD IT WITH EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO GET BACK HOME. THEY ALSO HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS AND SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS ARE COMING IN PRINT THOSE FOLKS HAVE FIRST PRIORITY TO GET IN. WE EXPECT THESE BACKUPS TO LAST FOR HOURS. THEY ARE CHECKING ID AND MAKE IT OR EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE IN THERE AND IT WILL JUST TAKE TIME. >> MIGUEL ALMAGUER. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> I WANT TO BRING IN OUR SPECIAL GUEST. SHE HAS BEEN DELIVERING MAIL TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE ARE, FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. YOU ARE ACTUALLY STILL DELIVERING MAIL. THIS IS HAPPENING JUST BEHIND YOU. >> WE HAVE BEEN DELIVERING, EVEN ON TUESDAY WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED. >> IS THAT YOUR PHONE? IS THAT AN EMERGENCY ALERT? THEY HAVE BEEN TEXTING OUT ALERTS ABOUT THE WILDFIRES. >> IT IS ABOUT LAHAINA OPENING THE ROAD AND LETTING RESIDENTS FOR TO GET HOME. >> YOU HAVE BEEN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THREE YEARS WORKING AT, WHAT WAS HERE? IT IS HARD TO TELL. TO >> RIGHT HERE THERE WAS A BIG HOUSE AND THEY USED TO BE A GUY LIVING BEHIND THE GARAGE. THE ONE UP ABOVE WAS ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS HOUSE, HER BOYFRIEND'S FAMILY'S HOUSE. >> IT'S GONE. >> YES. >> WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS? >> IT IS HARD. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO DELIVER. >> YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE MAIL. >> YES. WHERE HOLDING IT AT THE POST OFFICE. AWFULLY THEY COME TO THE POST OFFICE, BUT IT IS REALLY SAD TO BE OUT HERE. I'M TRYING TO KEEP THINGS NORMAL . >> THAT HAS TO BE HARD. WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE? WHAT HAVE THE RESIDENTS TOLD YOU AS YOU HAVE GONE TO THE HOUSE? >> THERE ASK ME IF I'M OKAY. I'M OKAY. >> ARE PEOPLE STAYING HERE? >> SOME ARE EVACUATED AND SOME ARE HERE. I CHINA TO LEAVE ANY MAIL OUT BECAUSE I AM AFRAID SOMEONE WILL GRAB THE MAIL AND PEOPLE COME AROUND WHO DO NOT LIVE HERE, THAT IS WHAT I DO NOT WANT. >> SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HEAR THAT AND SAY THAT SOUNDS CRAZY DURING THIS TIME, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP SOMETHING THAT IS ROUTINE. THIS IS SO NOT THE NORM. >> YES. WE JUST KEEP DELIVERING MAIL READ ALL OF THE OTHER ROUTES TO. WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP GOING. >> THERE ARE STILL HELICOPTERS DROPPING WATER. IT STILL SEEMS TO BE AN ACTIVE SCENE WHERE THEY ARE FIGHTING FIRES. YOU ARE STILL HERE. IS IT SAFE >> YES WE ARE SET. THE SMOKE IS STAYING HERE, HOPEFULLY A BIG WIND COMES AND IT WILL BLOW AWAY AND YOU JUST WANT TO WAKE UP AND EVERYTHING WILL BE GONE. >> WHAT IS THE TOUGHEST PART X >> SEEING ALL THE FAMILIES THAT ARE NOT HERE. THE TWO KIDS UP THE STREET RUN TO ME AND GRABBED HER MAIL. THEY ARE BROTHER AND SISTER. >> WE COMMEND YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. I KNOW IT IS NOT EASY. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WE WANT TO MOVE ON WITH SO MANY BUSINESSES, HOMES AND LIVELIHOODS DESTROYED. THE TOWN IS NEARLY UNRECOGNIZABLE. >> Reporter: BENEATH THE ASH AND DEBRIS IS THE TOWN OF LAHAINA, ON MAUI'S WEST COAST, A HISTORY RICH IN CULTURE NOW LAYS BURIED. >> LAHAINA IS OFTEN CHARACTERIZED AS A TOURIST THE GRACE DESTINATION BUT IT'S HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE WHEN STATE DEEP. HOUR WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LAHAINA? >> IT IS LIKE WALKING THROUGH THE COLONIAL AND CAPITALIST HISTORY OF HAWAII STARTING FROM LOYALTY ROYALTY TO -- >> Reporter: LAHAINA WHICH MEANS COLD SON WAS THE ORIGINAL CAPITAL OF THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM MADE SO BY KING, WHO UNITED THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IN 1982. THE FORMER SITE OF HIS PALACE WAS ENGULFED BY FLAMES ALONG WITH HIS 200-YEAR-OLD CHURCH, THE FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR SEVERAL HAWAIIAN KINGS AND QUEENS. >> WE LOST OUR BUSINESS. >> Reporter: SHE RUNS LAHAINA GIFT SHOP. >> THE NICE THING ABOUT LAHAINA IS IT IS A SENSE OF FAMILY. WHEN TRAGEDY HAPPENS EVERYONE STANDS TOGETHER. >> Reporter: AS MUCH AS HAS BEEN DESTROYED, STILL STANDING IS THE 150-YEAR-OLD BANYAN TREE. IT IS BADLY BURNED BUT OFFICIALS HOPE THE ROOTS ARE HEALTHY AND THAT THE TREE, LIKE LAHAINA CAN COME BACK. >> IF WE COULD HAVE THE TREE, THAT IS A LITTLE GEM. >> Reporter: DEEPLY ROOTED HERE, THE ALOHA SPIRIT EXTENDING ONE TO OTHERS NEEDED IN LAHAINA MORE THAN EVER. DANA GRIFFIN, NBCNEWS, MAUI. >> THAT ALOHA SPIRIT IS INCREDIBLY STRONG HERE. IT IS IN FULL DISPLAY AND EVACUATION CENTERS ACROSS THE ISLAND. THEY HAVE BANDED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE SHOOT AND SHELTER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED. STEVE JOINS US NOW FROM MAUI HIGH SCHOOL. TELL US WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN SEEING. >> MAUI HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE GRADUATION CENTERS ON THE ISLAND. MUCH AS YOU HAVE BEEN REPORTING, ESPECIALLY THAT WOMAN YOU SPOKE TO, STORIES OF RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING. STORIES OF RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LEFT EVERYTHING, PETS, CRUCIAL MEDICATION. NOT ONLY RESIDENTS, BUT TOURIST. PEOPLE WHO WERE IN LAHAINA AT THE TIME THE FIRE BROKE OUT, THEY PUT EVERYTHING IN THE CAR AND JUST DROVE AND THEY WOUND UP SLEEPING IN THEIR CAR FOR DAYS AND NIGHTS AND FINALLY FOUND A WAY TO A SHELTER. ALSO PEOPLE DONATING ALMOST EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY HOUR THERE IS ANOTHER BOX THAT GOES BY WITH FOOD, WATER, FUEL AND SUPPLIES THAT ARE VITAL. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE RESIDENTS. THERE IS A WOMAN WHO LIVED ON MAUI FOR 50 YEARS AND SHE WATCHED HER HOME BURN. SHE CAME HERE WITH NOTHING BUT HER HUSBAND AND THE SHIRT ON HER BACK. >> WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE THIS PLACE THAT YOU LIVED FOR 50 YEARS IS GONE? >> IT IS SO SAD. WE ARE ALL HUGGING AND CRYING. >> Reporter: IT CAN BE HARD TO HEAR HER. SHE SAID HER NEIGHBORS AND HER WERE HUGGING AND CRYING AND SOBBING. HER DAUGHTER ALSO LIVES IN LAHAINA, HER HOME STANCE IT SO SHE WILL LIVE WITH HER DAUGHTER AFTER THIS. >> BEFORE YOU GO, YOU HAVE BEEN REPORTING FROM THE AIRPORTS THE PAST FEW DAYS, SO MAY PEOPLE DESPERATE TO EVACUATE. HOW HAS THE FLIGHT SITUATION BEEN TODAY? >> THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN A PLACE OF CHAOS. 15,000 TRAVELERS FLED LAST NIGHT ON TOP OF THE 11,000 BEFORE THAT. WE EXPECT THE SAME SORT OF NUMBERS TONIGHT. THE AIRLINES ARE PLAYING BALL. THEY ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO GET PEOPLE OUT, THEY ARE PUTTING MESSAGES OUT THAT GETTING PEOPLE OUT IS PART OF THE MISSING INCLUDING LOWERING FAIRS AND OFFERING MORE FLIGHTS AND MORE SEATS. SO FAR IT IS WORKING. >> STEVE PATTERSON FOR US. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> WHILE MOSTLY CONTAINED, THE FIRES ARE STILL BURNING. I WANT TO BRING IN MICHELLE GROSSMAN. ARE THE WEATHER CONDITIONS HELPING OR HURTING THE FIREFIGHT? THROUGHOUT THE DAY WE HAVE FELT THE WINDS . >> WIND IS GUSTING OVER 20, 25 MILES PER HOUR, BETTER THAN YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE AND BETTER THAN HE 82 MILES PER HOUR THAT WE SAW AT THE PEAK. RIGHT NOW WINDS ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO 15 MILES PER HOUR . THIS IS LOCAL TIME, EIGHT MILE PER-HOUR WINDS ANYWHERE EIGHT TO 15 AND TOMORROW AT 6:00 P.M., FIVE TO EIGHT MILES PER HOUR. IT WILL BECOME MORE TYPICAL TRADE WHEN PATTERN. THAT WILL HELP THE FIREFIGHTING EFFORT. THIS WILL -- WE HAVE A LOT OF DRY FUEL ON THE LAND. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS AS WE GO THROUGH TIME, WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY RAIN 90 DEGREES AS WE IN THE DAY TODAY, A LOT OF SUNSHINE, SUNNY, HOT AND DRY WITH THE WIND FIVE TO 15 MILES PER HOUR. THEN THE NEXT FOUR DAYS SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY LOOK AT THE SUN SHINE AND TEMPERATURE SO HOT AND WE WILL KEEP THE RAIN OUT OF THE FORECAST. WE COULD SEE A SHOWER OR TWO BUT NOTHING TO HELP. >> WE WANT TO TURN TO OUR OTHER BIG STORY, ATTORNEY GENERAL MAREK DARTED GARLAND ANNOUNCING A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE HUNTER BIDEN. THE TAX CASE AGAINST THE PRESIDENT IS LIKELY TO GO TO TRIAL. >> Reporter: LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER HUNTER BIDEN IS AT COURT EXPECTING THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TO END, TONIGHT HIS LEGAL TROUBLES ARE GROWING. >> I'M HERE TO ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT OF DAVID WEISS AS SPECIAL COUNSEL. >> Reporter: ATTORNEY GENERAL MAREK GARLAND ANNOUNCING DAVID WEISS WHO HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING HUNTER BIDEN FOR TAX AND GUN CRIMES HAS REQUESTED SPECIAL COUNSEL STATUS. >> THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. WEISS REINFORCES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO ACCOUNTABILITY AND PARTICULAR SENSITIVE MATTERS. >> Reporter: SHORTLY AFTER WEISS SAID NEGOTIATIONS WITH HUNTER BIDEN'S ATTORNEY FOR PLEA DEALS WERE AT AN IMPASSE AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE A TRIAL. HUNTER BIDEN'S LAWYER SAID HE EXPECTS A FAIR RESOLUTION TO THE CASE. REPUBLICANS ARE LASTING HIS SELECTION OF WEISS WHO OVERSAW WITH THE GOP CALLS A SWEETHEART PLEA DEAL THAT WOULD ALLOW THE PRESIDENT SON TO -- THAT FACE SCRUTINY FROM A FEDERAL JUDGE. >> MR. WEISS HAS BEEN COMPROMISED. WHO BELIEVES THAT CHANGING THE TITLE OF WHAT YOU CALL MR. WEISS SOLVES ALL THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH MR. WEISS? NOBODY. >> Reporter: CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS ACCUSE HIM OF APPOINTING WEISS TO STONEWALL THE INVESTIGATION ON WHETHER PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS INVOLVED IN WHAT REPUBLICANS SAY WERE EFFORTS TO ENRICH THEMSELVES OF THE POLITICAL CAREER. >> THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO WHITEWASH THE BIDEN SEEN WITH CORRUPTION. >> Reporter: THEY SLAMMED THE ALLEGATIONS AS INSANE CONSPIRACY THEORY. TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT IGNORED THE QUESTIONS BUT REPEATEDLY SUSPENDED HIS SON. >> ALL OF THIS IS A NEW POLITICAL HEADACHE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE WITH A POSSIBLE CRIMINAL TRIAL FOR HIS SON. >> THE NEWS OF HUNTER BIDEN'S LEGAL TROUBLES COME AS LAWYERS FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMPER BACK IN COURT. THE JUDGE LAID OUT WHAT HE COULD SAY ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE 2020 ELECTION INTERFERENCE PROBE. GARRETT HAKKE JOINS US WITH MORE. >> Reporter: THE JUDGE PUT IN PLACE A PROTECTIVE ORDER THAT WILL LIMIT SOME OF THE EVIDENCE THAT DONALD TRUMP CAN TALK ABOUT PUBLICLY IN THIS CASE AGAINST HIM. THE VAST MAJORITY ARE THINGS THAT HE CAN TALK ABOUT IT HE COULD TALK ANYTHING THAT INCLUDES PERSONAL INFORMATION OR WHAT THE GOVERNMENT MARKS IS SENSITIVE THAT CAN BE GRAND JURY, TRANSCRIPTS OR INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE CLASSIFIED. HE CAN REVIEW IT ON HIS OWN, ALTHOUGH HIS LAWYER HAS A CHECK AND MAKE SURE HE DOES NOT TAKE ANY NOTES OR PHOTOGRAPHS. THE BIGGEST THING TO TAKE AWAY WERE THE REPEATED WARNINGS FROM THE JUDGE THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO LOOK AT THE POLITICAL CALENDAR OR TAKE CONSIDERATION INTO THE THOUGHT PROCESS AT ALL. IS GOING TO TREAT DONALD TRUMP LIKE ANY DEFENDANT, HE IS STILL GOING TO HAVE HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. THE FACT THAT HE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT WILL NOT ENTER IN HER DECISION. AND SHE HAS COME UP WITH AN IDEA, WE WILL SEE HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS, TO RESTRAIN THE SPEECH THAT HE DOES NEGATIVELY THAT WILL AFFECT WITNESSES OR JURORS. SHE HAS SAID IF SHE THINKS DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO TAINT THE JURY POOL, A CARNIVALLIKE ATMOSPHERE, THAT WILL BE A FACTOR IN THE TRIAL DATE SUGGESTING THAT ANYTHING THAT HE DOES MAKES IT HARDER FOR HER TO CONDUCT A FAIR AND APPROPRIATE TRIAL, SHE WILL SPEED UP THE START PROCESS. WE KNOW THAT THE KIOSK WILL BE A DELAY. THEY WANT TO PUT OFF THE START OF THE TRIAL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. TRUMP IS WANTING TO GET A PASS TO GET SOMETHING CLOSER TO WHAT THEY WANT. ONLY IF THE CLIENT BEHAVES AS WE KNOW FROM EVERY OTHER LEGAL CASE THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS FACED, NOT TALKING PUBLICLY ABOUT PROSECUTORS OR JUDGES OR WITNESSES IS AN ENORMOUS CHALLENGE FOR HIM AND IN THE HEAT OF A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN INDICATES THAT HE SAYS IS ABOUT POLITICS WILL REMAIN AN ENORMOUS CHALLENGE FOR HIM. THAT IS WHAT I'M WATCHING GOING FORWARD. >> GARRETT HAKKE. THANK YOU. >> STILL ON THE SPECIAL EDITION OF TOP STORY, THE OTHER MAJOR HEADLINES WE ARE FOLLOWING. THE NEW PLEA FROM THE WIFE OF THE SUSPECTED GILGO BEACH SERIAL KILLER AND WHY SHE WILL SOON RUN OUT OF MONEY TO PAY FOR CANCER TREATMENT. >> AN UPDATE ON THE STABBING OF A BELOVED DANCER IN NEW YORK CITY. MUCH MORE TONIGHT FROM RIGHT HERE IN MAUI AND WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER LIVE LOOK AT THE SKIES OF MAUI AND SOME OF THE DESTRUCTION HAPPENING. MULTIPLE WILDFIRES BURNING ON THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND. STAY WITH US. >>> WE ARE BACK LIVE FROM MAUI. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THE DISASTER IN MIAMI IN A MOMENT, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE MURDER CASE OF DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER OH SHAKILY. HE IS LET'S KILLER WAS 17-YEAR OLD FROM NEW YORK. THE DA SAID HE USED RACIAL AND HOMOPHOBIC SLURS BEFORE THE KILLING. >> Reporter: A 17-YEAR-OLD FROM BROOKLYN PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO THE MURDER OF 28-YEAR-OLD O'SHEA SIBLEY. A HEATED ARGUMENT TURNED DEADLY. THE TEENAGER IN THE SHORTS AS THE SUSPECT. >> HE IS SAD ON THE HE IS AFRAID AS HE SHOULD BE. >> Reporter: THE CHARGES INCLUDE SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AS A HATE CRIME AFTER ALLEGEDLY STABBING AND KILLING SIBLEY BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK AND . THE DA SAID THAT HE THREW HOMOPHOBIC SLURS AT SIBLEY AND HIS FRIENDS AS THEY DANCED. >> THEY WERE ALLEGEDLY TARGETED BECAUSE THEY WERE DANCING, THEY WERE DANCING JOYFULLY TO BEYONCI■MUSIC AT A GAS STATION. OMAK SELF DEFENSE WILL LIKELY BE THE STRATEGY BUT NOT ACKNOWLEDGING IF HIS CLIENT WAS CARRYING A KNIFE AND ADDING THE 17-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IS NOT RACIST. >> HE HAS MANY BLACK FRIENDS AND HE HAS A BLACK -- >> Reporter: THE NEW YORK CITY MAYOR SPEAKING OUT. >> PARENTS LOST A CHILD. A CHILD FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS CLEARLY A HATE CRIME. >> Reporter: HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN LEFT TO MOURN THE LOSS. HIS FRIENDS REMEMBERING HIM AS A LIGHT. >> HE ENCOURAGED US TO STAND OUT AND BE US. >> Reporter: AT THE GAS STATION WHERE HE LOST HIS LIFE, THE COMMUNITY LETTING THEIR VOICES BE HEARD. IN THEIR GRIEF THE SOUNDS OF RESILIENCE. THE JUDGE TOLD HIM TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY. HE IS IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY FOR HIS OWN SAFETY AND DUE BACK IN COURT ON OCTOBER 10th. >> WE ARE GETTING CHILLING NEW IMAGES FROM INSIDE THE HOME OF THE SUSPECTED GILGO BEACH SERIAL KILLER. HOUR ATTORNEYS SAY INVESTIGATORS LEFT THE ALLEGED SERIAL KILLERS HOME UNLIVABLE. >> THEY CANNOT BE INSIDE THE HOUSE IS IN SHAMBLES. THE CONDITIONS INSIDE ARE DEPLORABLE. >> Reporter: THE FAMILY IS CONSIDERING A LAWSUIT. THEY RELEASED NEW PHOTOS OF THE HOME INCLUDING EVIDENCE BOXES PILED HIGH AND MISSING DRAINPIPES IN THE BATHROOM. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY DO NOT COMMENT ON PENDING LITIGATION. A LAWYER ALSO MADE A PUBLIC APPEAL FOR MONEY TO HELP THE FAMILY. SHE HAS CANCER AND THE INSURANCE IS RUNNING OUT. >> THE ONLY THING HIS FAMILY KNOWS IS FROM THE MEDIA APPEARED >> DO YOU THINK HE DID IT? >> IT DOES NOT MATTER. >> Reporter: REX HEUERMANN IS ACCUSED OF KILLING THREE WOMEN OVER A DECADE AGO AND LINKED TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A FOURTH. HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY THIS WEEK THE TRIAL JUDGE ORDERED THE 59 YEAR-OLD TO GET PROSECUTORS A DNA CHEEK SWAB. IN HIS DECISION WRITING, CONTRARY TO THE DEFENDANT, THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED THE CRIME CHARGED. WHILE THE COURT CASE MOVES FORWARD A MULTI AGENCY TASK FORCE KEEPS INVESTIGATING. AT LEAST 11 BODIES WERE DISCOVERED ON OR NEAR GILGO BEACH YEARS AGO. ONE IS IN JAIL AND MANY WONDER IF THERE IS ANOTHER. >> COMING UP NEXT, THE CRYPTO KING HEADING BACK TO PRISON. WHY A JUDGE REVOKED HIS BAIL. >> PLUS COVERAGE FROM RIGHT HERE IN MAUI CONTINUES. OUR LIVE COVERAGE ON THE SPECIAL EDITION OF TOP STORY AS YOU CAN SEE WILDFIRES ARE STILL BATTLING WILDFIRES ATTACKING IT >> WE ARE BACK LIVE FROM MAUI WHERE THE DESTRUCTION FROM THE CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES ARE ALL AROUND US. THE DEATH TOLL HAS NOW ROSE TO 67 NOW SURVIVORS ARE REGAINING ACCESS TO AREAS THAT WERE EVACUATED. MANY ARE RETURNING AND NOT SURE WHAT THEY WILL GO HOME TO, INCLUDING LORI AND CARL. THEY ESCAPE THE FIRES EARLIER IN LAHAINA. EXPLAIN WHAT YOU SAW AND WHAT YOU LIVED THROUGH. >> EARLY IN THE MORNING ABOUT 8:00 THERE WAS A SMALL FIRE AT LAHAINA ROAD. WE WENT OUT LOOKING FOR FOOD AND WHEN WE CAME BACK THE FIRE WAS SMOLDERING, THERE WAS NO ONE THERE TO PUT IT OUT. WITHIN A MATTER OF HOURS IT WAS RIGHT THERE. WE HAD TO HURRY UP, WE GOT AN ALERT ON HER CELL PHONE BEFORE THE CELL PHONES WENT OUT AND IT SAID IT WAS .6 MILES AWAY SO WE HURRIED UP AND WENT OUT AT ONE POINT WE HAD FLAMES ON BOTH SIDES OF US. WE COULD HEAR THE TREES BLOWING, WE COULD HEAR THE PROPANE TRAINING TANKS BLOWING AND THE STRUCTURES FALLING. >> DID YOU HEAR ANY SIRENS? YOU NEVER HEARD ANY? YOU DID GET AN ALERT ON YOUR PHONE? >> BEFORE THEY WENT OUT. >> BY THAT TIME IT WAS TOO LATE? >> ALMOST TOO LATE. WE WENT TO THE BYPASS THAT WE WERE TOLD TO GO NORTH AND WE COULD NOT GO TO NORTH AND WE WENT AS FAR AS WE COULD PRINT WE WERE IN LINE FOR ALMOST 20 MINUTES. >> COULD YOU FEEL THE HEAT? >> WE COULD FEEL THE HEAT. THE SMOKE WAS HORRIBLE. IT WAS HORRIBLE. WE COULD SEE THE FIRE SPREADING AND SPREADING AND THEN WE FIGURED IT WAS TOO LATE IT WAS GOING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AND WE HAD TO TURN AROUND. WE TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK THROUGH A LITTLE FIRE, IT WAS NOT TOO BAD BUT THERE WAS FIRE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY AT THAT POINT. WE WENT DOWN THE ROAD, -- >> WE PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD LIKE SO MANY UNTIL WE COULD SEE IT GETTING CLOSER THEN WE WOULD GO FURTHER. >> EVERYONE WAS DOING THAT. WE RAN INTO SOME PEOPLE WHO WE KNEW AFTER THE THIRD TIME. >> DID YOU HAVE TO ABANDON YOUR CAR OR DRIVE OUT? >> WE DROVE OUT. >> HAVE YOU SEEN GLIMPSES? >> JUST A LITTLE. >> CAN YOU TELL IF WHERE YOU LIVED IS STANDING? >> WE COULD NOT TELL. THE SCHOOL IS RIGHT BEHIND OUR HOUSE AND SOME SAID THAT DID SURVIVE. >> WE MIGHT HAVE A BETTER ACCURATE NUMBER ON THE NUMBER OF DEAD. SOMEONE SAID IT IS OVER 100. >> THEY ARE SAYING MORE THAN 67 RIGHT NOW. WHAT DO YOU NEED RIGHT NOW? I SEE YOU HAVE A STICKER. ARE YOU VOLUNTEERING? >> WE HAD TO TAKE MY DOG TO THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY. >> IT WAS UNRELATED. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PEOPLE OF MAUI NEEDED IF YOU'RE SPEAKING TO VIEWERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY? >> RIGHT NOW JOBS. >> WE NEED A WAY TO PAY BILLS. >> NOBODY HAS ANYTHING. THEY ARE GOING TO NEED EVERYTHING THEY CAN GET GREAT IF WE DO HAVE A HOUSE WE WILL TRY TO CLEAN THE SET OUT IN GIVE AS MANY PEOPLE PLACE TO SLEEP AS WE CAN. >> WE WILL EXPEDITE GROWTH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THEY CANNOT SIT ON THEIR LAURELS. >> DO YOU THINK OFFICIALS NEED TO BE BLAMED? >> FOR THE WARNINGS? >> THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF SPACE FOR WHERE NOT FIRE CAME DOWN AND IT HIT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TIME ONCE THE FIRE TOOK OFF. >> THE WIND PUSHED SO BAD. >> THIS HAPPENS EVERY FOUR YEARS. IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE IS SETTING FIRES EVERY TIME THERE IS A HURRICANE. I DO NOT KNOW WHO IT IS, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE STOPPED. THEY FOUND THE ONE YEAR AND THEY DID NOT CHARGE THEM WITH ATTEMPTED MURDERS THAT THEY SHOULD'VE BEEN CHARGED. >> THERE IS NO EMERGENCY SYSTEM MOST PEOPLE'S PHONES WORK ON. >> WE ARE SORRY YOU ARE SUFFERING LIKE THIS AND WE HOPE THAT THIS AREA AND ALL OF MAUI GETS THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> JUST HEARTFELT PRAYERS. >> A SICK HUMAN BEING WOULD START THE FIRE IN A HURRICANE. >> EVERYONE JUST NEEDS JOBS, FOOD AND CLOTHES. EVERYONE ALL OVER. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> WE ARE SORRY THIS IS HAPPENING. >> WE WILL CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE ON THESE DEVASTATING WILDFIRES INCLUDING HOW DJS ARE STEPPING IN TO HELP. >> A COLOMBIAN SOCCER STAR COMING BACK FROM C WHERE WE THINK WE ARE RIGHT THERE. YOU WILL HAVE TO TAP WITH DANCE WITH US A LITTLE BIT. >> WE ARE BACK WITH TOP STORY NEWSFEED. -- HAS BEEN SENT TO JAIL AFTER A JUDGE REVOKED HIS BAIL OVER ALLEGED WITNESS TAMPERING. HE WILL REMAIN IN CUSTODY UNTIL HIS TRIAL N OCTOBER 2nd. THE FORMER CRYPTO CEO IS ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING INVESTORS AND CUSTOMERS. PROSECUTORS ACCUSE HIM OF USING THE PRESS. >> A MANHUNT IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER AN INMATE ESCAPE FROM A FIFTH FLOOR WINDOW AT A MANHATTAN HOSPITAL. THE SUSPECT TIED THE CHEATS TO A ROPE AND REPELLED DOWN THE BUILDING TO STREET LEVEL. THEY BELIEVE HE HAILED A CAB HE WAS AWAITING TRIAL ON DRUG CHARGES. >> A MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN UNITED PILOTS LED TO A CLOSE CALL IN DECEMBER. SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OFF IN HAWAII IT DOVE WITHIN 700 FEET OF THE OCEAN SURFACE. THE COPILOT HAD IN THE NUMBER 15 A SET OF FIVE AND A CAUSED IT TO DROP. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT IN BOTH PILOTS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL TRAINING. >>> CALIFORNIA STATE REGULATORS VOTED TO ALLOW 24/7 SELF DRIVING TAXI SERVICES IN SAN FRANCISCO. THIS COMES AFTER PROTESTS FROM TAXI DRIVERS AND OTHER RESIDENTS WHO SAY THAT CARS CONTINUE TO CAUSE TRAFFIC JAMS. CITY LEADERS SAY THEY MAY FILE FOR A NEW HEARING. >> WE WANT TO GO OVERSEAS TO THE DEEPENING CRISIS IN NIGER. OUR TEAM WAS ON THE GROUND AS IT BEGAN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THOUSANDS TAKING TO THE STREETS IN NIGER SUPPORTING A MILITARY COUP AS THE U.S. RAISES ALARMS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE PRESIDENT LAST SEEN PUBLICLY IN THIS IMAGE OVER A WEEK AGO. >> WE HAVE A DEEP CONCERN FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. >> Reporter: LEADERS OF NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES -- THAT COULD RESTORE HIM TO POWER. NBCNEWS HAS LEARNED COUP LEADERS TOLD U.S. OFFICIALS THEY WILL KILL THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT IF ANY OUTSIDE MILITARY FORCES INTERFERE. WE TRAVELED TO NIGER THREE WEEKS AGO TO REPORT ON THE STRENGTH OF THE PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH IMMENSE POVERTY AND A GROWING TERROR THREAT. THEN THE CRISIS BEGAN. COUP LEADERS CLOSING THE AIRSPACE AND BORDERS. FOR DAYS THEY BURNED CARS, BLOCKED TRAFFIC AND ATTACKED THE FRENCH EMBASSY. U.S. NEGOTIATING TO START FLIGHTS. >> WE JUST BOARDED THE PLANE. >> Reporter: SIX DAYS LATER, THE SYRIAN AUTHORITIES AGREE ALLOWING THE U.S. TO FLY IN A CARGO PLANE. FOR SECURITY, FLYING UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS. >> THIS IS THE FIRST AIRCRAFT TO FLY IN SINCE THE COUP LAST WEDNESDAY. IT CAME IN WITH MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR U.S. TROOPS. WE JUST HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH THAT THEY HAD SOME SEATS AVAILABLE. >> Reporter: WE LANDED AT A U.S. AIRBASE IN GERMANY THE NEXT MORNING. MILLIONS OF NIGERIANS CONTINUE TO BE CAUGHT IN THE CRISIS. TONIGHT THE U.S. HAS NOT DESIGNATED THIS AS A COUP NOR HAS THE U.S. DECIDED TO WITHDRAW ANY MILITARY FORCES STILL STATIONED IN NIGER . >> LET'S MOVE ON TO GLOBAL WATCH AND A DISTURBING DISCOVERY NEAR THE U.S., MI■ICO BORDER. AUTHORITIES ARE RESPONDING TO A CALL ABOUT A STRANDED MIGRANT WHEN THEY FOUND A BODIES ALONG THE HIGHWAY IN TIJUANA. OF POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING IF THE KILLINGS ARE RESULT OF CARTEL VIOLENCE. >> AND UPDATE ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION OF A ECUADORIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND THEY ARE ALL COLOMBIAN NATIONALS. THE SUSPECT WAS KILLED IN A SHOW SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE. HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE IN THE CAPITAL DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION. >> THE LARGEST GLACIER WILL DISAPPEAR DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING WARMING. THEY SUFFERED FROM EXTREME HEA . THE GLACIER HAS . >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, A SIGNAL OF HOPE HERE ON MAUI. RESIDENTS ARE TURNING TO LOCAL RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO HELP THE COMMUNITY IN THEIR TOUGHEST HOURS. >> Reporter: MAUI'S RADIO STATION IS USUALLY A PLACE FOR MUSIC BUT NOW A LIFELINE FOR THOUSANDS OF HAWAIIANS DESPERATE FOR INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE AFTER CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES. >> PEOPLE ARE DESPERATE. >> THEY HAD TO LEAVE THEIR MEDICINE. HOUR THE FIRE BURNED CELL TOWERS TO THE GROUND AND CUT OFF COMMUNICATION. DJS ARE BROADCASTING 24 SEVEN. >> LETTING US KNOW THAT YOU ARE THERE AND YOU ARE WAITING FOR SOME KIND OF SUPPLY OR ANY KIND OF SUPPLY AND WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. >> Reporter: NOTIFYING RESIDENTS WHERE TO FIND AID AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR. >> >> Reporter: LISTENERS CALLING IN TO FIND LOVED ONES. >> WE HEAR THEM CRYING AND DESPERATE PLEASE. IT IS VERY REAL. >> Reporter: DJS SHARING THEIR OWN GRIEF. >> HE BROUGHT A SMILE TO MY FACE AND I CAN SEE THE HURT IN HER EYES. >> Reporter: COUNTY OFFICIALS USE AIRWAYS TO GET STATUS ON THE FIRE. >> TODAY'S UPDATES THE BRUSHFIRE IS 80% CONTAINED. >> Reporter: THE RADIO STATION IS ALSO USING SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES TO USE DONATION DROP-OFF SITES LISTS OF MISSING PERSONS AND LINKS. LOCAL RADIO PROVIDING A SIGNAL OF HOPE THAT THE SPIRIT IS STILL ALIVE. >> I GO HOME AND I THINK I SHOULD NOT BE HERE. THERE IS MORE THAT I CAN DO IT >> Reporter: TONIGHT WE SALUTE ALL OF THOSE DJS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT MOST. FOR YOU AT HOME, THERE ARE WAYS TO HELP THOSE AFFECTED. THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HAS DEDICATED DONATIONS TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. UNITED WAY CREATED A MAUI DISASTER RELIEF FUND AND THEY ARE PROVIDING MEALS FOR THOUSANDS OF DISPLACED RESIDENTS. 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