We begin this hour with all signs pointing to a fourth indictment of donald trump in georgia. Two witnesses say they will appear tuesday before the Fulton County grand jury. Journalist george shady and former georgia Lieutenant Governor George Duncan Claude Duncan put, quote, i look forward answering the questions around the 2021 election. Republicans should never let honesty be mistaken for weakness. The Fulton County georgia courthouse already on high alert, plastic and metal barricades blocking the building for traffic. Bomb sniffing dogs inspecting media vehicles. Trump meanwhile is proclaiming his innocence on the campaign trail. Here is what he was asked about on a popular plea deal and georgia. Any chance you take a plea deal in georgia . We did nothing wrong. We do not have to take a plea deal. Yes sir, yes sir. We dont take plea deals, that is a wiseguy questions. We dont take plead eels because i did nothing wrong. Trumps running commentary on his criminal cases are to rebuke
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
In the trump administration. Some of the accusations against mr trump include violating georgias racketeering act. Racketeering is a type of organised crime where someone profits through dishonest or illegal activities. And the ex president s also accused of soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer. Also, Making False Statements and filing false documents. A reminder that these charges are all in connection to accusations of Election Meddling by trump. The bbc s Kayla Epstein has been following the events in georgia and has more on the legal view of the charges. Ive been speaking to legal experts about this all day and theyve told me they are not surprised that a Racketeering Charge was brought by fani wills. Its a Signature Charge brought in the past and we expected to see this, but weve still got indictment, which is nearly 100 pages, it names 19 defendants, including donald trump, i think a lot of people were struck by the breadth of the evidence she lays out. Almost 70
And then these high winds, winds averaging 70 mph, reignited those flames and, at times, they now believe that that fire was moving at a speed of one mile every minute, leaving those residents of lahaina with little chance of escaping. Now here at this harbour today, weve met volunteers who have been taking their boats, packing their boats with aid, trying to get over to lahaina to distribute much needed humanitarian aid. People still need food, water, clean drinking water, shelter. The absolute basics at the moment, which are in short supply. And, speaking to everyone, you get the sense that people are traumatised here. Many people from lahaina in particular have lost absolutely everything but, because their humanitarian needs are so great, theyre barely able to process the loss. Theyre barely able to grieve when essentially they are sleeping out in the open in some cases when they have such dire humanitarian needs. There are other concerns about the weather. You can see that at times
Our children. When you see our kids, and i truly believe they are the children of our country. I will not let parents come into schools and actually make their own decision. I dont think parents should be telling schools what they should teach. No place is this fight more evident than in virginia where parents have found the vessel to fight for their rights. Governor glenn youngkin. In july youngkins Department Of Education released new School Guidelines to keep parents in charge of their kids. Under these new rules, School Personnel will have to call children by the pronouns listed in their official school record. Not whatever they feel like identifying as that day. Kids will also have to use the bathroom that corresponds with their sex, not their chosen gender. No, these seem like common sense guidelines to keep our children safe. But the states Largest School district doesnt think so. Fairfax county, virginia is defying youngkins orders and parents are petrified of what that means f