With signs of hope slowly emerging. Good morning. Its august 17th. This is today. Fire starter . Video showing downed power lines sparking a blaze. Just as work to recover more victims moves forward. A key road is reopened, clearing the way for more help to arrive. Were there live. Midair scares. Alarming video shows the engine of a Southwest Airlines plane in flames moments after takeoff. While on a flight from miami, the pilot suddenly collapses and dies. His crew safely landing that plane. Both incidents now under information. Well have the very latest. Extreme weather. Tens of millions under new heat alerts this morning, from the Pacific Northwest down to the south. Severe storms expected across the midwest and the northeast. Als tracking all of it. Shark watch. Officials increasing patrols, even holding rare drills on new york beaches after a string of attacks. You cant let go until help arrives. This morning, the new steps to keep swimmers safe heading into a busy summer weekend.
Underway for donald trump and 18 allies to surrender any day in atlanta. Plus, the effort by his former Chief Of Staff to get this case moved. Also ahead, new reporting on why the Special Counsel wanted trumps tweets and a new warning from his former a. G. About trumps social media habits and the potential for more trouble. The latest on that legal labyrinth just ahead. And the death toll from the wildfires in hawaii, now over 100, 1,000 still missing and new reporting just in about when the president will visit the burn zone. Thanks so much for joining us. Its 10 00 eastern, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and this morning the countdown is on for donald trump and his allies to surrender to authorities in georgia. The former president and his 18 codefendants have until high noon next friday to voluntarily surrender, and we have some new details about where the booking will happen. Atlantas Rice Street Jail. This as trumps former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows is trying
Response Fire Hydrants without water and no Emergency Sirens were in the fire Zone A Small Town in kansas now a battleground over free speech after police raided a local newspaper. How the owner says it led to his mothers death. The new legal move by the subject of the oscarwinning movie The Blind Side. The former nfl star who was taken in by a wealthy family as a teen now says the story was all based on a lie. And the dramatic rescue caught on camera four divers missing for hours found by the coast guard nearly 50 miles off the carolina coast. Then the emotional reunion. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening as we come on the air in the west, were following lateBreaking News tonight in atlanta where a grand jury investigating 2020 Election Interference has returned indictments, though we do not yet know against whom with so many of the legal cases involving former President Trump happening behind closed doors, tonight we watched live as a clerk handed the ju
We today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law. We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone their evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizen sdpgs we look at the fact, we look at the law and we bring charges. For the fourth time in as many months donald trump, the former president of the United States, is facing a criminal indictment. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, august 15th. Lets dive right into the latest indictment for the former president. The charges are from Fulton County, georgia, where trump and 18 others were named in a sweeping 41count indictment targeting alleged attempts to overturn the states 2020 Election Results, Fulton County District Attorney fani willis announced the charges just before midnight. The states role in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia like every state has laws that allow those who believe that results
As we speak, Search And Rescue workers trying to find 1,300 people still unaccounted for. The governor saying the vast majority of victims that have already been found were burned so badly theyll have to be identified through dna. The latest on the search and the president s plan to head to hawaii coming up. And the really sick trend of Swatting Synagogue Ss fueling new fears among jewish congregations. Threatening calls are made during services being live streamed so the suspects can watch crimes unfold at realtime. All this with antisemitic incidents at their highest level in decades. But we start with donald trump, legally bound to surrender to authorities at the Fulton County jail in atlanta sometime between now and next friday at noon. With that jail open 24 7, the how and particularly when are still up to him. Could he try to slip in under cover of darkness, will he want to get it over with or wait until the last possible minute. Theres one more fascinating possibility, could he