Several Stranded by Lava Despite Evacuation Warnings
CABRERA: Emergency airlifts are now happening in Hawaii. Despite the warnings to get out, nearly a dozen people who chose to stay put are now stranded, cut off by the fast-moving lava. And now, authorities are having to airlift those people out. So far, we're learning they rescued at least three people. CNN's Scott McLean is staying on top of the latest developments for us. Scott, what can you tell us?</s>SCOTT MCLEAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Ana, that's right. We know that three people were rescued early this morning, local time, by the civil defense officials by helicopter. We know that two of them were men and there was one woman in the group as well. Though we don't know the exact circumstances of why that rescue took place, but the bottom line is that area that has been cut off by lava is not a very nice place to stay. You know, despite the fact that you may be in your own home, you don't have power, water. Landlines don't work. There's no cell service out there either. And so, really, you're cut off from food and water and even communication. So even if you did want to be rescued out, you'd have to send smoke signals up in order to get the authority's attention. We've heard helicopters going by every so often. Those are going out to monitor the lava flow but also to check on some of those people in coastal communities to see if any of those dozen or so people who have stayed, in fact, would like to be rescued. The lava has not yet reached the ocean, though. The last word is that it's about 400 yards offshore. So why has it cut it off? Well, the fact is there's no highway in that area, and so you wouldn't be able to take a car through there. And even if you, as a person, wanted to go through, you'd have to trudge through some pretty heavy bush in order to get there. So right now, people are stuck, at least for now. And that lava showing no signs of slowing, so it's not clear when they will be able to rejoin the rest of the island.</s>CABRERA: How frightening. How are the people who have evacuated doing? What do you know about how they are and where they are staying?</s>MCLEAN: Yes. There's this amazing spirit on the island that you hear over and over again, Ana, and that's that people just sort of -- people kind of just say, well, if it takes my house, it takes my house, or this is just how it goes. They sort of are not quite as upset as you might expect them to be. But there is another issue, and that's at the summit of Kilauea, about 20 miles away from where we are. They've been seeing earthquakes there. So, yes, there is an issue with evacuees on this side, but it's important to point out that, on that side, air quality earthquakes, they're a big problem as well and no one really knows when all of this will end.</s>CABRERA: All right, Scott McLean, in Pahoa, Hawaii. Thank you. Coming up, the President known for having a strange theory about exercise talks to kids about the importance of fitness.