Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Wildfires are exploding coast to coast right now, an early and destructive start to the fire season due in part to a blistering heat wave gripping much of the country. One of the biggest fires burning right now is in southern california, near santa barbara, where drivers on a major freeway had a close call, coming face to face with a virtual wall of flame. Nearly a dozen states from california to florida are battling wildfires. Nbcs Gadi Schwartz is on the front lines and has late developments. Reporter an orange glow over californias Pacific Coast highway. Bad news here. Reporter plumes of smoke darkening the sky. That fires moving really, really quick. Reporter forcing this major artery to shut down as flames move closer. You see this wall of flame coming down the hill. When people saw that on the 101 freeway, they stopped. Up ahead, nobody can go any further because there
Promise to unleash fire and fury at north korea, you could be forgiven for your confusion about whether youre listening to the fictional hungarian on game of thrones or the very real president of the United States. Trump spent this week ratcheting up the rhetoric even as his own cabinet tried to take it down. The war talk between rounds of golf at bedminster has made it difficult to tell trumps words from those of the brutal 33yearold dictator of north korea. Take, for instance, some of the tough talk from this week about a sea of fire or the threat that only absolute force can work on him. Can you guess who said it . Mother of dragons, kim jongun, donald trump. Okay, all of those came from kims regime. But you werent 100 certain, were you . Because with trump its very hard to tell the difference. Now i should note that the threats and weapons tests and bluster from north korea are actually nothing new. But as the New York Times noted this week with previous american president s they w
Erupted in violence late this morning. White nationalists groups attending a scheduled unite the right rally to protest the removal of a confederate statue clashes with counterprotesters including clergy and ant fascist groups and members of the black lives matter movement. The rally ended before it began when the governor and officials declared a state of emergency. Before 11 00 a. M. But clashes continued into the early afternoon. The most Serious Violence happened when a driver plowed a car into a crowd of peacefully marching counterprotesters. Killing one person and injuring 19 others. Several witnesses say they believe it was intentional. Police have arrested one person in connection with the crash. It is being investigated as a criminal homicide. Police say in addition to the crash, another 15 people were injured at todays protests. Lets go right to nbc news correspondent Mia Rodriguez who has been in the crowd in charlottesville all day. Mia, give us an update on where we stand
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