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Hawaii churches offer prayers for dead, missing

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USA TODAY

News, Daily News

4.11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Maui is mourning, as the death toll rises following devastating wildfires.

Afghan children fled the Taliban, then faced years in custody.

USA TODAY Supreme Court Correspondent John Fritze looks at an upcoming decision on disability testers.

Former Vice President Mike Pence avoids saying whether he's a 'MAGA Republican.'

USA TODAY Travel Reporter Kathleen Wong talks about her visit to the Marshall Islands, and how the country is pushing to become a tourism destination.


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0:00.0

Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and this is five things you need to know Monday the 14th

0:08.6

of August, 2023.

0:12.9

Today, Maui Morns, plus what an upcoming Supreme Court decision means for disability testers,

0:28.4

and Pence won't say he's a MAGA Republican.

0:38.6

The death toll has risen to 93 in a historic Maui wildfire that ripped through the community

0:43.8

of Lahaina.

0:44.8

It's the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.

0:48.9

Hundreds more are still missing, and nearly 2,000 homes and other structures have been destroyed.

0:54.7

Officeners and Hawaii churches mourned the dead and prayed for the missing yesterday.

0:59.7

Shelley He attended service after losing a home in the fire.

1:04.4

I try and hold it in.

1:05.4

They keep telling me cry, cry, but I'm holding in and I'm sure I'm going to get to the

1:11.3

day where it's just going to come out.

1:13.4

And this is one of the events, but I have my life and I know God's with me.

1:20.1

Meanwhile, Governor Josh Green and the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation

1:25.3

are launching a program to connect property owners who would like to offer rooms or other

1:30.0

accommodations with now he residents affected by the disaster.

1:34.9

Application forms will be available online this morning.

1:40.5

Twelve-year-old Muhammad Halim Shams made it onto a flight out of Afghanistan in August

1:45.3

of 2021 as the U.S. withdrew from the country.

1:49.4

And he reached the United States.

1:51.4

But for children like Muhammad, the journey to safety did not end there.

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