World headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, erica hill. Good evening. California is a tinder box tonight. That description from governor jerry brown, who declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard. You can see the power and the proximity of these flames. Fueled by the states longrunning drought. And this week the excessive heat. More than 20 major fires are burning. Tens of thousands of acres scorched, homes destroyed. On the front lines, a grim reminder of the danger thousands of firefighters face each day with news that one of their own has died. We get the latest from nbcs joe fryer. Reporter firefighters today are mourning one of their own. An engine captain from south dakota died in the Modoc National forest. Across the state, 8,000 of his fellow firefighters are now on the front lines, including Northern California where the massive rocky fire scorched 22,000 acres so far. Over here we are probably seeing flames in excess of 10
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Will hold a joint news conference. Their remarks will be a prelude to the president who will talk taxes next hour in a speech in indianapolis. Just last hour at the white house, the president responded to criticism that the plan only benefits the wealthy. My plan is for the working people, and my plan is for jobs. No, i dont benefit. I dont benefit. In fact in fact, very, very strongly as you see, i think theres very little benefit for people of wealth. We got an advance look at the gops nine page plan. It slashes Corporate Taxes, stream lines tax brackets and axes the estate tax. Republicans hope it will deliver their party a badly needed victory. How imperative is it to get something done now . Its the difference between succeeding as a party and failing. Its the difference between having a majority in 2018 or losing it. Its the difference between one term and two. Were going all in on tax reform right now. There is a sense of urgency. We recognize it. We have not gotten enough on th
Homes in the keys are destroyed. Well have an update in a minute. Now to the russian probe with and a body of evidence thats growing by the week, the investigation is going to cast a net over the president s advisers and associates. Theres a new sign that the probe is honing in on the Trump Campaign for the search of potential evidence with russian. The daily beast reports today the Trump Campaign has began handing document over to bob mueller, a coop collusion that the probe may not be all that near. T its still soon for mueller to reveal any findings, ann apple balm makes the case that substantial evidence with his campaign is already available and direct evidence is getting very very close. Amid multiple new reports about the astounding reach of the Russian Campaign on social media, they raise cue questions that confront mueller. How did the russians behind the fake american accounts know which americans would be most excited to read about conspiracy theories on facebook. How did tr
Reporter but its 2,000 miles, Pacific Ocean to the gulf mx co. Desert, mountains, tarmland, cities. Concrete, scrub grass and a whole lot of sand and one long river. How exact laaly are you going t build a wall on this . To comp remend the border, you got to see it and its overwhelming vastness, the people on both sides. The reality. Whats your message to the president about this section . We have kids who cross the border every day to go to school. In one hour well talk you all 1,933 miles from michigan texas to sand yag o, california. This is all in america live from the border. Im standing at the site of what the president plans to declare a National Emergency. If the house passes a bill to avoid a second shut dng, he will sign it, and declare a National Emergency, then head to maralago oafter declaring a a National Emergency. The president has turned into a National Symbol of trumpism. M jacob in el paso, at the border crossing. In antelope wells, New Hampshire and Gaddy Schwartz i