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Amanpour

The latest on the Maui wildfires

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

It’s America’s deadliest fire in more than a hundred years. At least 96 people have been killed in Maui, after wildfires fueled by powerful winds tore across the island at speeds of a mile a minute. The historic town of Lahaina became ruins overnight. As search and rescue efforts continue it is believed the death toll will grow. Island residents who survived have lost family and friends to the fires as well as livelihoods. Correspondent Mike Valerio joins Bianna from Maui with an update on the situation from the ground.  Also on today's show: Polish ambassador to the US Marek Magierowski; Atlantic staff writer Jennifer Senior; author Jason Stanley  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

Hello everyone and welcome to Ahm on 4. Here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

Seems like a nightmare that we're trying to wake up from.

0:11.0

America's deadliest fire and more than a century.

0:15.0

As the desperate search for life continues on Maui,

0:18.0

we get the latest.

0:19.4

Then, Poland's military might is on display as the country ramps up for its Armed Services Day

0:25.6

and announces it sending 10,000 troops to the Belarusian border.

0:29.7

I discuss with the Polish Ambassador to the US.

0:33.1

And the ones we sent away.

0:35.6

Writer Jen Sr. tells me about the discovery of her disabled aunt,

0:39.8

who was institutionalized as a baby, why her heartbreaking story is touching so many.

0:46.3

Also ahead.

0:47.3

It's inarguable that they face a cultural genocide. Yale Universities Jason Stanley tells Hari Sri

0:54.6

Nervasan what he learned by taking his course on fascism to Kyiv.

0:59.5

And finally, a visit to the site of Julius Caesar's murder and the theater of a mad emperor, why Rome

1:06.0

is opening up its history like never before. Welcome. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Bianna Goladriga in New York sitting in for

1:28.2

Christiane-Amanpur. It's America's deadliest fire in more than 100 years.

1:33.0

At least 96 people have been killed in Maui, Hawaii,

1:35.9

after wildfires fueled by powerful winds

1:39.0

tore across the island at speeds of a mile a minute.

1:42.4

You can see here the terrible impact on the historic town of Lahaina, which became ruins overnight.

1:48.0

A search and rescue efforts continue, it is believed that the death toll will grow.

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