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Let's get right to this morning's needs to know headlines Kristen. It's been a busy morning. Let's talk about Hawaii wildfires. There left at least 36 people dead. Dozens of people injured. Maui County have confirmed this. Now. High winds and dry conditions caused rapidly moving flames to spread across Maui, the big island and Oahu. Now Maui County said at least 271 buildings were destroyed including the oldest home on the island. The town of Laia, which dates back to the 17 hundreds received significant damage. The Coast Guard said they have rescued 14 people including two Children who went into the ocean to escape the fires. 11,000 households across Hawaii are currently without power. That's according to power outage dot us. Of course, we will have much more on the story later in the show. Absolutely. And a man accused of threatening President Joe Biden was shot and killed by the FBI as they attempted to serve a warrant at his home in Provo, Utah early yesterday. According to associated press sources, Craig Robertson was armed at the time of the shooting. And according to the report, Robertson's social media post from recent days allegedly read, I hear Biden is coming to Utah cleaning the dust off the M 24 sniper rifle. He also threatened Vice President Kamala Harris and prosecutors who filed charges against former President Trump. The investigation was prompted by a post from Robertson on Trump's true social platform and the FBI confirmed the shooting is under review. A candidate in Ecuador's upcoming presidential election was shot and killed yesterday at a political rally in the country's capital Fernando Villa. Vicencio campaigned against cartels and corruption. He had proposed to lead a fight against what he called the quote political mafia. Ecuador's Attorney General's office said that one suspect died in custody after being shot following the killing. Police detained six more suspects. President Guillermo Lasso said in a statement, organized crime has gone too far but they will feel the full weight of the law. He declared a state of emergency for 60 days. Ecuador's election is on August 20 and former President Donald Trump waived his rights to appear in court today in Florida after new charges were added to his classified documents case two weeks ago, Trump filed paperwork, pleading not guilty to those additional charges of obstruction and willful retention of national defense information. But two of the former president's associates and co defendants are due to appear in court today. Mar A Lago property manager, Carlos de Olivera is scheduled to be arraigned and enter a plea deal after an initial court appearance 10 days ago. Wal Nada. Also a Trump aide is also facing new charges after pleading not guilty. Last month are accused of hiding documents and deleting security footage at Mar a Lago. A new Mexico judge has set the trial date for the woman charged over the shooting death on the set of the movie Rust. In 2021 the trial will begin December 6. You might remember Armor, Hannah Guterres Reid is charged with involuntary manslaughter and evidence tampering in the death of cinematographer Helena Hutchins. Hutchins was shot and killed by actor Alec Baldwin. On set, prosecutors alleged Guterres Reid failed to ensure the gun was loaded with dummy rounds. Involuntary manslaughter charges filed against Baldwin were dropped after concerns the gun was not working properly. Guterres Reid pleaded not guilty. She will face up to three years in prison if convicted two suspects facing assault charges for attacking a dock worker in Montgomery, Alabama over the weekend turned themselves in yesterday 23 year old Alan Todd and 25 year old Zachary Shipman face third degree assault charges for assaulting a black dock worker who told them to move their boat so he could dock an approaching city boat. We video of the circulated on social media showing the white men lunging at the dock employee. A third suspect 48 year old Richard Roberts was already in custody and police are expected to file additional charges. Former Las Vegas Raiders player, Henry Ruggs was sentenced to serve at least three years in prison for his involvement in a deadly crash that killed a woman and her dog. Ruggs was charged for drunk driving, speeding up to 156 MPH, which ultimately led to a crash that killed Tina Tito and her dog Max. This happened on November 2nd 2021. Rugs fiance was also in the car with him at the time. They were both hospitalized after the incident. Ruggs pled guilty to May to du I causing death and vehicular manslaughter charges. The former NFL player was cut by the Raiders after this crash. And this fall, people will be able to get three different vaccines to protect themselves against respiratory viruses like COVID-19. The flu and RSB health officials are urging people to get their vaccinations ahead of the year's respiratory season which usually kicks off during the 12 months. People will be able to get their regular flu shots. RC vaccination and one COVID booster shot that will target the latest XBB variant. What remains unclear is exactly when the COVID boosters will be available as they haven't been approved just yet. Medical professionals say the updated COVID booster should be rolling out within the next 1 to 2 months. Guitarist, songwriter and singer Robbie Robertson has died at the age of 80. Robertson was known for leading Canadian American rock group, the band in the 19 seventies. He wrote some of the band's top hits including Up on Cripple Creek. And the band was credited with helping for American music which fuses rock country and folk. By the way of storytelling, some of the band's early collaborators included Bob Dylan. Robertson's death was announced yesterday by his long time manager, Jared Levine who says Robertson was surrounded by his family at the time of his death.