Nbc news daily starts right now. Today, tuesday, august 15th, 2023. Breaking news, the fourth indictment. Former President Trump and highblow highprofile members of his inner circle facing a slew of charges in georgia. The allegations over his alleged interference in the 2020 election and how team trump is responding. The growing concerns about the potential threats in the water and the air. Blind side. The subject of an oscarwinning film hits back that the adoption seen in movie was a total line. What he said really happened. And you make the call, when is it appropriate to answer the phone and when is it best to do not disturb. Cell phone etiquette. We begin this hour with the fallout from Donald Trumps fourth indictment in five months. The former president and 18 others face a number of felony charges including racketeering over their alleged efforts to overturn mr. Trumps election loss in georgia, the codefendants include trumps former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and former white house ch
Accusing them of engaging in a criminal enterprise designed to overturn the will of georgia voter. The d. A. Wants to try all 19 defendants together at the same time. She wants to do it within six months and that puts this thing on a Collision Course with the primary schedule. Dana the president and legal team are seizing on that saying the charges are politically motivated. Chris christie is here with us. Jonathan turley on deck with legal analysis. In atlanta Jhonattan Seary is standing by for an update. Good morning to you, dana. Former President Trump is lashing out against prosecutors because of the timing of these indictments. Mr. Trump tells fox news digital quote, this politically inspired indictment which could have been brought close to three years ago was tail ored for placement with my Political Campaign where im leading all republicans. He has been indicted along with 18 others including former Chief Of Staff mark meadows and former trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and sidney
Mayor herman and diet resigned citing unspecified health reasons. But he did face criticism for not activating disaster. Sirens during the fires in maui. Where as of tonight, 111 people including children, are confirmed dead. The fire is now the deadliest u. S. Fire in more than a century. Up until the last to the very last moment. And i a defended his decision for not activating the sirens. Concerns as i mentioned earlier is used primarily for tsunamis. And thats reason why many of them i found old enough own on the coastline. The public is trained to seek Higher Ground in the event that the sounded. In fact, the web said the hawaii Emergency Management agency, the following guidelines provided if you are in a lowlying area near the coastline, evacuate to Higher Grounds a very to the 4th floor and hire concrete building. Me also come in the form of a wireless emergency alert. Have the sound of the siren that night. Were afraid that people would have gone mocha. And if that was the cas
17th, 2023. Call for accountability as a failed response to the maui fires. Were starting to learn the identities of some of the victims. Breaking news, bracing for impact, california is preparing for a rare and dangerous hurricane. When hilary is expected to hit and how powerful it could be. Not cool, School Districts across the country struggling to keep their classrooms comfortable in this recordbreaking heat. And added to the cart, why now is the time to do your backtoschool shopping and how you can score some free supplies. We begin with the aftermath of the maui wildfires. Frustration is mounting over the response as the number of victims keep growing. No official cause for these fires. But the focus has been on the Electric Company and downed power lines. State lawmakers are calling for an independent investigation to get answer and President Biden is sending a message to the people of maui ahead of his planned visit on monday. As you seek to heal from a loss of family and frien
Lets go live now to our reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. Helena, the governor of hawaii, josh green, has been speaking again today. What has he been saying . He has been giving up statement in that update he warned once again as he appears to be doing daily now that the death toll which is already significant is likely to rise. He has also been speaking about how it was that these wildfires were able to move so quickly and he said authorities now believe that one of the fires they believed to be extinguished in fact was not and when we saw high winds of a 70 mph, that allow them to take hold. He said at one moment they believe that these fires were moving at a frightening pace of one mile every minute, leaving residents of lahaina with very little time to escape. He has also spoken with the federal response he says the Us Health Department is now involved in more Tree Services and are receiving more us assistance to remove toxic waste in the area of lahaina. He has also