Sunrise 5 a.m. (June 25, 2026)

Aloha Warrior fans, the news is out. UH games are coming home to K5. All the games, UH shows, athlete profiles, and throwbacks to your favorites are all in one place. Hawaii News Now. Celebrate the home team with us, and let's go Bose. This is Hawaii News Now Sunrise, F5. Right now in Sunrise, lawmakers are being asked to come clean if they have any ties to Hawaii's bribery and corruption probe, why the call has become more dire. After years of legal wrangling, the U.S. Department of Justice finally issuing some settlement payments to Red Hill plaintiffs, how much they got and why so many claims are still unresolved. And the Office of Hawaiian Affairs moves forward. into the entertainment and information industry. How close it is now to buying a Hawaii TV station? All right. Good morning, guys. Good to be back on Thursday. Grace Lee is back. Yeah, welcome back. Good morning. Anybody? They're not that excited. I mean, I was, but now I'm just like, oh, okay. Well, you didn't miss much in traffic. The road race have actually been moving along nicely, Grace. Okay, well, that's good. Yeah, and you've come back to the best weather on the planet, Grace. Yeah, it feels nice out there. Yeah, it is going to be nice because it's going to be windy, right? Give it that. It is going to be windy. We've got a couple days of windy conditions, and upstream. There are a few showers, but not a lot of rain until next week. Next week, a disturbance could bring in more showers Tuesday, Wednesday, especially. Now, this morning, there's not a lot, right? We're getting the usual windward and mauka showers, including those showers for parts of windward Hawaii Island, very dry. Out towards Kapalua, a little bit of moisture, but really not much rain for Maui County. And a few specs here and there are a little damp right now. And there will likely be more showers heading into the windward side. of Kuwait, but the showers will be moving out very quickly because we already got some breezy trade winds. They're going to get stronger today. That's the one thing you'll definitely notice how windy it is. In the afternoon, winds will be running 15 to 25 miles an hour, so there is a bad hair advisory posted. Still, though, we're clicking lots of sunshine after the morning showers pass through. Back to you, Jelani. Guy, right now, if you are heading out from White and I, that's about a 43-minute drive, no problems as you're making your way through Nanakuli and then onto the H-1 freeway. to reach Macha Kila, a 27-minute commute from Koppelay into town, and about a half-hour drive out of Eba Beach. But no major slowdowns along Fort Weaver Road as you make way onto the H-1 freeway, and then smooth sailing, driving past CWa Kele Premium Outlets and through the H-1-H2 merge. Ferrington Highway, also looking nice and green. That's your first alert traffic on sunrise. Steve Grace, back to you. All right, thanks, Chilani. Breaking news to report this morning. The Supreme Court has just struck down a Hawaii gun law. In a six to three decision, the justices ruled that people do not need express permission to carry guns into privately owned properties like stores or hotels. Those private owners can still proactively ban firearms from their premises. Now, the state's gun restrictions in place, like beaches, parks, and restaurants with alcohol are still in place. Now, since those rules were not before the High Court. In another win for Second Amendment advocates today, the court found that marijuana users

cannot be banned from owning a gun. There's a new push for lawmakers to come clean if they have any ties to Hawaii's growing bribery and corruption probe. Current and former high-ranking government leaders have been connected to the state attorney general's criminal investigation with either target letters or subpoenas. That includes Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke, who took an unpaid leave of absence in April after getting a target letter. The state prose stems from the federal bribery case that landed former Hawaii representative, Tai Cullen, and former Senator Kalani English in prison. There's now a call for public officials to step forward, even if they were just called to testify. as a witness. That if you are a current sitting legislator and you are involved in the Attorney General's investigation in any capacity, whether it was being subpoenaed, whether you received a target letter, or whether you were just questioned generally to provide insight, you should come forward. This is going to continue to be investigated. We don't know who else may be dragged into this ultimately. Removing suspicion from all public offices is becoming more important as the primary election approaches that is set for August days. More details now on settlement payments for plaintiffs in the 2021 Red Hill fuel disaster. The federal government has sent out about $17 million to nearly 630 plaintiffs. In 2024, 17 plaintiffs went to trial and settlements were reached with about 3,600 civilians. One private company says adult plaintiffs settled with the government for $27,000 each, about 50 grand less than the judge ordered. And roughly 3,000 claims are still unresolved. It's never going to be enough. They're not doing, they didn't do this for the money. This is a story about a government that contaminated its people. We're glad that some people are resolving claims, but there are thousands more who are going to enforce the court's order, and we're here for it. The DOJ says that the latest settlements show a fair, efficient, and good faith effort to resolve the claims. U.S. out of everywhere. No boots on the ground, no bombs in the air. Protesters gathered in front of Pearl Harbor to take a stand against war, the military in Hawaii, and the expense for taxpayers. This is the 30th Rimback exercise is now underway. Now, it started yesterday with more than 25,000 service members from 30 nations training together around Hawaii through the end of July. That includes 40 ships, five submarines, and 140 aircraft. The exercise held once every two years is meant to strengthen ties among military branches, but it does have many concerned about its effect on the environment. We have extra watch standards on board our surface ships to look for marine mammals. We stop our exercises if we have marine mammals in the area that don't leave the area. On land, we abide by the cultural respect of those lands and we don't conduct operations on lands for cultural sensitivity.

Now, as part of this year's RIMPAC, crews will reportedly sink two decommissioned ships, the USS Pallelieu and the USS Mobile Bay. Meanwhile, another protest is scheduled for Sunday afternoon at the Hilo Bayfront. In the run-up to Independence Day, President Trump has launched 10 days of celebration on the national law with a call for unity. However, this came hours after he clashed with lawmakers from his own party over the war with Iran. Jared Hill reports. America is back. President Trump kicked off the great American state fair with a speech on the National Mall celebrating his administration. Our country is strong again, our country is wealthy again, and our country is safe again. In the address after multiple musical acts pulled out, a call for unity as the nation marks its 250th birthday this 4th of July. We are one people, one nation. marching into one magnificent future. But hours earlier, he broke with Congress scrapping a signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing bill, pressuring lawmakers to pass the SAVE Act first, a package of strict national voting standards. The SAVE Act is not going to pass the Senate or the House. We're not going to trade lower costs for housing. for taking away our voting rights. Afterwards, President Trump had a testy closed door meeting with members of his own party on Capitol Hill. Clashing with Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy in particular, one of four GOP senators who initially voted to limit the president's war powers in Iran on Tuesday. I'm not going to be bullied when I'm trying to get answers for the American people. The president downplayed the tension. I think we had a really great meeting. And we're very proud of the party. Overnight and about face with Senate Republicans blocking the symbolic measure from moving forward. Bill Cassidy switched his vote after posting he'd met with the White House. Jared Hill, CBS News. Another round of tickets for the Obama Presidential Center Museum in Chicago go on sale July 8th. The next batch will be for admission through September, from September through January of 2007. If you're planning a trip to the windy city, tickets start at $23. You can purchase them online at tickets.obama.org. 5-08 now the Office of Hawaiian Affairs seems more interested in buying local TV station, KITV. Yeah, where they are in that process and what incentives the agency sees in making this investment. And the USDA calculated errors in SNAP payments, how much taxpayer money they say was wasted, and what the rate of error was for us as a nation and here in Hawaii specifically. That's next. How's the guy? How's Steve? Lots of sunshine yesterday. We got the 87 degrees in Honolulu and Kahului. We didn't break or tie any records, however. A little cooler over in Hilo at 82, and we'll likely see similar temperatures today, but because the winds are expected to be stronger, it might feel a little bit cooler than yesterday. We'll be right back with more sunrise. Don't go away.

Aloha Warrior fans, the news is out. UH games are coming home to K5. All the games, UH shows, athlete profiles, and throwbacks to your favorites are all in one place. Hawaii News Now, celebrate the home team with us, and let's go Bose. Now, first alert weather with Guy Hug. All right, heads up South Shore surfers. We got another little pulse. You notice, right? Really not a lot of energy, but a little pulse is due in today. But another possibly bigger, bigger swell, is due in over the weekend. We're talking about Sunday. There it is there. It's going to show up Sunday. So Sunday looks to be pretty good, but it's going to be a little on the windy side. Still, conditions should be all right with some decent waves holding through Tuesday. So wave fights today on the way up. Again, not a big swell, but still, maybe some head high with some pluses in town. And the west side might pick some of it as well. East shores will be rising, but it's going to be rough out there. The reason why East shores will be picking up is because the winds will be picking up. Look at this, right in the slot, right? And that's at that last big swell at the Alamona Bull. So again, it's going to be windy today. We'll see lots of sunshine. There will be a few passing showers. We're not talking about a lot of rain. Heavy rainfall should be done until next week. And because of all the sunshine, that UV index will be extreme today. So load upon the sunblock can reapply. Ahmed al-Sharaa, what you're looking at? Right now I'm looking at one of our usual slow spots, the Kunia Interchange. No troubles for those heading out of Kauplea or Waanai, as you drive through Kunia, Waipahu, and through the H-1-H-2 merge. Farrington Highway is also moving along smoothly and efficiently as you're driving through Ewa and Ypahou, and then hopping on to the H-1-Ypahoo from there. Here's a look at the H-2 on-Ramp out of Mililani, smooth sailing as you drive past the YPo-Cosco and through the H-1-H-H-2 merge. No delays at the Yamalu exit as you continue on through Pearl City, IEAa. and through the Aloha Stadium Interchange. That's your first alert traffic on sunrise. Steve Grace, back to you. All right, thanks, Ahmed al-Sharaa. More than $10 billion of taxpayer money wasted. That's according to the USDA. It just released its annual SNAP payment error rate. So this measures how accurately a state finds who's eligible for SNAP benefits and how much they should get. 6% is the congressional threshold. Nationally, the error rate much higher for 2025. Here in Hawaii, the payment error rate even higher at 10.92%. States above the threshold must now pay back a percentage of their benefits and submit an action plan to the USDA explaining how those errors are going to be addressed. For the first time, Kalalpapa National Historical Park is opening up for public tours and it will not be easy. Starting July 9th, guides will lead visitors on a strenuous eight-mile hike. in hot, humid conditions. You're going to pass through the Kalalpapa Poly Trail to get in and out of the former colony for Hansen's disease patients. It is a 1,700-foot elevation change. That's 20 flights of stairs and more than 2,000 steps. The park is offering two tours per week to visitors 16 and older. You can make reservations starting tomorrow at recreation.gov.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs takes another step forward towards potentially buying a Hawaii TV station after rejecting this just last month. A committee passed a measure yesterday to proceed with the analysis, and it's expected to pass the full board today. OHA's investment in land management committee passed a measure to spend up to $172,000 for due diligence for the potential acquisition of KITV and Kiku from Allen Media Group. OHA's chair says studying the station's assets, licenses, and infrastructure could take 90 days. We would get it at a really good cost. And we would be negligent if we didn't enter into due diligence. It would mean narrative sovereignty on a scale we have never held before. In 2020, Allen Media Group acquired KITV for $30 million and then bought Kiku for $2 million. We could probably flip it in five or six years and make a pretty good profit. One of my top concerns is how this could. put OHA as a whole as an entity at risk. Trustees who opposed the proposal had an array of concerns. There are many areas in which OHA needs to learn to walk well before we begin to run. First, in terms of competence. We have no competency in the industry of broadcast. Last month, the full board rejected the measure. Trustees, if a proposal that has already been considered and rejected by a majority of the board can simply be bought back through a different committee process a few weeks later, beneficiaries may reasonably question whether board decisions have any finality at all.

All right, that was my headline, Richardson, reporting, 515. You're probably feeling it higher prices on consumer goods. We're going to tell you how much you're going to be paying year to year. And before you eat breakfast, check your freezer. The new recall that involves Morning Star Farms coming up next. But first, this way surprise you. The biggest story right now about artificial intelligence isn't about robots taking jobs. It's about... electricity and utilities and whether your utility bill will go up. I'm Jamie Tucker Carlson. I'll have that story coming up. Aloha Warrior fans, the news is out. UH games are coming home to K5. All the games, UH shows, athlete profiles, and throwbacks to your favorites are all in one place. Hawaii News Now. Celebrate the home team with us and let's go Bose.

518, Howard is off again today, but we still have your business news this morning. We'll take a live look at the markets today, and the Dow's rallying up almost 400 points at this hour. Its higher open been driven by chipmaker Micron, which reported big earnings last night. Inflation has risen to its highest level in three years. That is, according to the Federal Reserve's preferred gauge, consumer prices rose 4.1% in May from a year earlier, the Commerce Department said today, That is the largest annual increase since April of 2023. The new data shows the challenges the Fed is now facing to try to combat rising prices as gas costs soared from the war in Iran. Check your freezers for this pair of meatless products. Recall out for Morning Star Farms Buffalo Chicken Nuggets. Also, for the hot and spicy sausage patties. It was issued because there may be plastic in these products. They were sold here in Hawaii. The stores like Safeway Times, Don Quixote, and Whole Foods. You can find the best-by dates between July 6 and 8th. The company is offering a full refund. Passing through airport security checkpoints is about to get easier for Android phone owners. TSA is now accepting pre-checked touchless IDs stored in Google Wallet. That is a major upgrade for the program, which until now only partnered with a handful of airline apps. It makes no difference what airline Google Wallet users are flying on. It is available at about 65 airports. Summer travel, still on, but this year Americans are being a lot more careful about how they do it. Yeah, a new pulse check from the travel site called Going, finds that plans have shifted from ready and open to adventure to selective. Ivan Rodriguez reports. Summer travel is now in full swing, but the way people are choosing to travel is seeing a shift. This year, 41% of travelers describe themselves as selective. up from just 29% last year, now outpacing those who say they're ready and open to adventure, according to a new report by Going. There is definitely a tale of two travelers going on for the summer, and it really starts to split when we get into different income levels. Katie Nastro with Going says budget is the number one barrier to travel this summer for 39% of travelers earning under $150,000 a year. Those earning 75,000 or less are pulling back the hardest. 41% say they'll travel less. One in four plans to take fewer trips altogether, while another one in four is staying closer to home. When it comes to that lower income traveler, they're definitely citing that there are limitations as to how much they're going to spend. The result is what going calls the backyard summer. Domestic travel has slightly increased this year as well as staycations. It's not necessarily a conversation around whether or not people are traveling. It's more of a conversation around how people are looking to be more selective and continue to travel, but do it smartly amid having budgetary concerns this year. I'm Ivan Rodriguez reporting. Yeah, you know, the thing about that is we live in a holiday vacation, you know, destination, so we kind of spoiled.

Yeah, we are. And plus two with the weather, right? The weather's the main thing. It's just gorgeous out there right now. It is a little windy, and it is going to be a little windy, at least through tomorrow. And then the winds will actually hold firm going into next week as well. So it looks like we're in for more of these scattered showers out there as well. But really, not a lot of rain when you add it all up. So when you take a look at the model with the streamlines, you're going to see those streamlines continue at moderate speeds. into the early part of next week, maybe even beyond that. They might back off just a little bit. So minor fluctuations in wind speeds over the next several days, but for the most part, we're in for a nice long run of trade wind conditions. Now, the one exception, the conno side, right? The conno side will not get those breezy winds. And you can see they're not going to get a lot of rain either anytime soon. However, On the other side of the island with the trade winds in control, we'll see these early morning overnight showers for the Hamakoa coast back into Puna and Pahala. We'll see a few more showers, though, bump up the early part of next week. So expect those showers to increase. Back to you, Jelani. Guy, right now it's a smooth drive into town, whether you're heading out of east or windward Oahu, no problems, along Kalaniana-Oli on Oli Highway, driving through Huala Ridge, Ayna, Wa'Ila, Iki, past the high school, and then on to the H-1 freeway where cars are moving at a brisk. pace as they head towards the University Avenue exit. No issues out of Kailua driving along Pali Highway into Nuu Valley. That's your first alert traffic on sunrise, keeping you and your Ohana safe. Aloha Warrior fans, the news is out. UH games are coming home to K-5. All the games, UH shows, athlete profiles, and throwbacks to your favorites are all in one place. Hawaii News now. Celebrate the home team with us and let's go Bose.