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🗓️ 14 August 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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0:00.0 | Good morning. Welcome, Axios today. It's Monday, August 14. I'm Nailibutu. Today, an update |
0:10.0 | on the deadliest American wildfire in a century. Plus, how one lawsuit could put a chill |
0:15.3 | on corporate diversity programs across America. And today's one big thing. Georgia takes |
0:21.6 | the spotlight among Trump's legal woes. |
0:27.4 | Today, an update on Hawaii, where the recent Maui fires have become the deadliest in America |
0:32.8 | in more than 100 years. As of last night, the death toll is at least 93 people. But that number |
0:39.2 | continues to rise as search and rescue efforts are still underway. And residents are expressing |
0:44.6 | concern over warnings ahead of the fire, asking why emergency sirens didn't go off in enough time |
0:50.4 | for evacuation. So far, FEMA has more than 200 people on the ground helping with recovery efforts. |
0:56.7 | And FEMA Administrator Dan Krizwell told CBS's face the nation yesterday, |
1:01.2 | the agencies were lying on dogs to help rescue teams identify remains. |
1:05.5 | But I think one of the challenging things is many of the areas that they're in searching, |
1:10.0 | there's structures that are partially standing. At a press conference on Saturday, |
1:14.4 | Hawaii Governor Josh Green gave an update on the property damage. |
1:18.1 | In West Maui, 2,200 structures have been destroyed or damaged. 86% are residential. |
1:25.1 | The losses approach $6 billion in estimate. |
1:28.9 | Many nonprofits are also providing relief. The American Red Cross is providing shelter for |
1:33.8 | thousands who've been displaced. Maui Food Bank is providing meals for the community. |
1:38.8 | And the governor's office is directing donations to the Hawaii Community Foundation. |
1:43.6 | We'll include a link to those places and others where you can donate in our show notes. |
1:48.2 | All signs point to a big week ahead for the probe into former President Trump's 2020 |
1:56.0 | election subversion efforts in Georgia. The Fulton County DA looks set to put the case before |
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