Biden approves Hawaii disaster declaration

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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New footage showing powerful flames ripping through communities in Hawaii after a wildfire strikes Maui along with Hawaii’s Big Island. The death toll rises to 36 as crews anticipate that number growing even higher. Plus, President Biden makes a deal with Iran that would include making $6 billion in Iranian funds more accessible to Tehran in exchange for five Americans’ return to the US. Also, Ecuador asks the FBI to help investigate the assassination of a presidential candidate in the country. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	President Biden approves a disaster declaration for Hawaii as that state continues to burn
0:08.5	the lead starts right now.
0:12.0	Unprecedented disaster, new images showing the power of flames ripping through communities
0:16.9	in Hawaii.
0:18.1	The death toll rises to 36 confirmed deaths as crews anticipate that number growing even
0:24.1	higher.
0:25.7	President Biden's $6 billion deal with Iran will the regime free five Americans in
0:31.1	exchange for frozen funds.
0:33.8	The first steps appear to be already in the works plus the deepest dive yet into the
0:38.3	lavish lifestyle for Supreme Court just as clearance Thomas luxury strips, private
0:44.0	planes, big ticket gifts, all bankrolled by billionaires, detailed by pro-publica and
0:50.0	never disclosed.
0:55.9	Welcome to the lead.
0:56.6	I'm Jake Tapp.
0:57.6	We start today with our national lead and the other devastation in many parts of Hawaii
1:02.6	with fears that the reality could be much worse than we know because a lack of power
1:07.9	and self-service complicates search and rescue efforts, at least 36 people have been killed
1:13.5	in what the state's lieutenant governor is calling unprecedented wildfires.
1:18.1	Most of the fires on Maui Island where those deaths happened are still not contained
1:22.8	according to local officials.
1:24.5	It could take days or even weeks for power and cell phone service on the island to be restored
1:29.2	issues that are making it incredibly hard for survivors to know if their friends and
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