A new incident with Biden: I could not name the Hawaiian island affected by the fires

US President Biden appears to have forgotten the name of the devastated Hawaiian island of Maui when he broke his silence on a firestorm that has killed at least 106 people after he was denounced for refusing to comment on the tragedy and flew on vacation. The President of the United States told the audience that they had all witnessed the terrible scenes – “the ones you see on TV all the time” – and seemed to have forgotten the name of Maui.

Joe Biden seemed to have forgotten the name of Maui on Tuesday, calling the island “the one you see on TV all the time” in a speech in Milwaukee.

As the death toll rose to 106 as rescuers cleared rubble in Lahaina, Hawaii, the US President told the crowd that the Big Island was still on fire.

According to the Daily Mail, the American leader noted that the fires were blazing on the Big Island, and not on Maui, but it seems that Biden was at a loss to call it Maui.

“Army helicopters helped put out the fire on the Big Island, because something is still burning on the Big Island – not what you see on TV all the time,” the head of the White House said.

Biden, who quickly approved a federal state of emergency but has been criticized by Republicans for not traveling to the wrecked island so far, said he and his wife intend to visit soon.

“My wife Jill and I are going to go to Hawaii as soon as we can,” he promised. “That’s exactly what I was talking about with the governor. I don’t want to get in your way. I’ve been to too many disaster zones. But I want to go and make sure we have everything they need. We want to make sure we don’t disrupt ongoing recovery efforts.”

On Sunday, Biden further angered his critics by replying “no comment” when asked about his reaction to the tragedy.

Kaniela Ing, a former Democratic member of the Hawaii state legislature, said she was not satisfied with the Biden administration’s response.

“I campaigned for you,” he said. “Now that I’m losing dozens of my friends, family and neighbors – what is it?”

More than 3,000 people have registered for federal assistance, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and that number was expected to rise. The agency provided $700 each to displaced residents to cover food, water, first aid and medical expenses, in addition to insurance coverage for loss of homes and personal property.

The Biden administration was also seeking an additional $12 billion for the government’s disaster relief fund as part of its request to Congress for additional funding.

The grim task of finding and identifying the victims of the United States’ worst wildfire in 100 years continued on Tuesday.

Maui County officials said Tuesday morning they had only combed a third – about 32 percent – of the search area, a week after fires broke out near the devastated city of Lahaina.

John Pelletier, Maui’s police chief, said at a press conference on Monday that he hoped search engines would cover 85 to 90 percent of the area by the weekend.

On Tuesday, the morgue’s mobile unit finally arrived to help Hawaiian officials painstakingly identify 106 people confirmed dead.

The US Department of Health and Human Services has sent a team of coroners, pathologists and technicians along with examination tables, x-ray machines and other equipment to identify victims and process remains, said Jonathan Green, the agency’s deputy assistant secretary of state for the response. “This is going to be a very, very difficult mission,” Greene said. “And patience will be incredibly important because of the number of casualties.”

Only three bodies have been identified so far, Pelletier said, and officials are expected to begin releasing names on Tuesday. He urged others with missing relatives to provide DNA samples. So far, 41 samples have been submitted, the county said in a statement, and 13 DNA profiles have been obtained from the remains.