Is it alabama or is it florida . A new report is raising questions. Our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with Steve Patterson who has the latest on the ground in hawaii. Steve, whats the latest from there. I know theres still just so many people who cant get home or who dont have a home to go to. Reporter or who are missing Family Members, chris. The death toll has increased overnight. It is now 55. Everything we have heard from the mayor to the governor to Emergency Officials on this island and looking at the devastation and looking at the damage, that toll will almost certainly increase over the next few hours and days. The governor has just told some families that they may be able to go back to their homes soon, but youre right, in a lot of cases, they will find nothing there. Lahaina has been almost entirely reduced to rubble. Thousands of structures raised. Were expecting millions, if not over A Billion Dollars in damage. Federal help is on t
regain some level of credibility, i don t think they can all of a sudden try to patch together a deal at the last second, in the face of this trial, in the face of the last deal it fell apart, it would just be too bad. now weiss is the guy, special prosecutor, his whole career is on the line. he s probably getting calls from delaware and he s getting heat from justice to hold firm. because this would just blow up the justice department if they cut a deal last second. they are going to be presenting evidence of him smoking crack on camera. like on the day of the gun purchase. and they are going to be bringing in exes. three ex-girlfriends. one is the widow of the other son, and joe biden paid her a visit earlier in the week. they say it was about an anniversary, but you know, when has the president ever gone to her house for anything? so i don t know what he told her. it looks like witness tampering to me. but i think the message is clear. she better stay the right thing. shannon: i g
to two presidential appointed u.s. attorneys in d.c. and california that no charges were brought in those districts tells you everything that you need to know. martha: leave it there. quick thought on this. obviously everything he s talked about gets more true with more and more confirmation. but in addition to that, now weiss wants to go to california to prosecute. what does that tell you? oh, he can t do that. he s like it s like you can see the feet going under the water now of this duck. this will be a real issue going forward. the more they indict treatment, the more they ll look at him. good to see you on the five. so 2024 shapes up to be a let me tell you, folks, this will be a wild ride on all sides. get ready, this is a layered presidential election the likes of which we haven t seen. the president heads to milwaukee. we ll be there next week. now he s working on selling bidenomics to the folks in a
not please the white house. the ag named david weiss the trump appointed u.s. attorney in delaware who has been investigating hunter biden four years has a special counsel giving them greater powers and more independence. david weiss requested the move. suddenly, constant coverage of hunter biden despite the media obsession with donald trump. hunter biden s plea-bargain on tax and gun charges spirit in him jail time fell apart. now weiss will probably take it to trial. even my devon archer testified next week that vice president joe biden joined 20 speaker phone calls with hunter and his associates and said the vp dying twice at a fancy georgetown restaurant for the first time the hunter scandal is getting too big for the media to ignore. i am howard kurtz, this is the mediabuzz . .