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The 7

Monday, August 14, 2023

The 7

The Washington Post

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4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Monday briefing: Maui wildfires; Trump election probe in Georgia; Hunter Biden; Zuckerberg vs. Musk; and more


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0:00.0

La Haina residents are determined to rebuild.

0:04.0

We want to make sure that we are able to keep La Haina, La Haina, and La Haina strong.

0:09.0

We don't want it to be La Haina was.

0:11.0

We're starting today's show with an update from Hawaii where wildfires devastated

0:16.0

West Maui last week. I'm Jeff Pierre and this is the seven from the

0:20.0

Washington Post. It's Monday August 14th. Let's get you caught up with

0:25.0

today's seven stories. Number one, the death toll from the Maui wildfires rose to 96 over the weekend.

0:37.0

It's now the deadliest US wildfire in over 100 years.

0:41.0

Searches are continuing and the final death toll may not be

0:44.6

known for some time. This weekend Hawaii Governor Josh Green described just how

0:49.1

quickly the fire spread. Fire traveled one mile every minute resulting in this tragedy. With those

0:56.6

kind of winds and a thousand degree temperatures, ultimately all the pictures

1:00.5

that you will see will be easy to understand because that level of

1:03.8

destruction in a fire hurricane something new to us in this age of global warming was the

1:09.5

ultimate reason that so many people perished. The cause of the fire is still not known, but

1:15.6

Hawaiian Electric is facing scrutiny for not cutting power in advance of high winds

1:20.0

to reduce the fire risk. Number two, a Georgia prosecutor will begin presenting her case against Donald Trump this week.

1:32.0

For more than two years,

1:33.3

an Atlanta area prosecutor

1:35.0

has been investigating

1:36.3

whether President Donald Trump and his associates

1:39.0

broke the law by trying to reverse his 2020 election loss

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