Suicide. And the investor immortalizing The Big Short for predicting the Housing Bubble would burst is back at it again. Why hes betting 1. 6 billion that the stock market will crash. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin in hawaii with the growing questions about the role downed power lines may have played in those deadly wildfires. Nbcs dana griffin is live from maui. Some hawaiian residents are suing the Utility Company as videos emerge of what happened to the power lines during the high winds. Dana, what can you tell us . Reporter well, chris, i can tell you, we have seen a lot of videos on social media, one in particular that purports to show downed power lines and smoke, and that could have been the reignition of that fire after it was contained. Nbc news has not independently verified those videos yet. Were hearing reports from several people including one guy who says that fire started behind his home, and now there are concerns that that
it s good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, former trump chavp chief of staff mark meadows is trying to move his georgia case to federal court. the skepticism we re hearing from the judge. overseas, national security adviser jake sullivan is back in the middle east and in the middle of a diplomatic high wire act. the big change israel just announced during his trip. and payback, the senate just passed a major bill granting back pay to hundreds of service members who had their promotions held up for months by republican senator tommy tuberville. and how one florida beach city is using something called tiger dams. they re 2 feet high, 50 feet long, and they re using them to fight back against potential flooding. we expect a storm this weekend that will affect the entire east coast. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we start in georgia where an appeals court heard mark meadows arguments
of royalties on an ai colab using her voice. as we gauge on into the brave new world of music. steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. another career for you, steve. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports, let s get right to it. at this hour, the next potential candidate to take on former president trump is hinting that he s getting ready to jump into the 2024 race. we ll tell you when that announcement could come. plus, escaping war torn sudan, armed at u.s. drones helped escort hundreds of americans on a 500 mile journey over the weekend to a key port city after having to flee the country and fierce fighting. and zero leads a massive man hunt is underway in texas to find the suspect responsible for a mass shooting that left five dead including a 9-year-old boy. where that investigation stands now. plus, slow moving disaster, the mississippi river is set to crest today as homes are already seeing serious flooding across iowa and illinois
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