Amy President Trump is moving ahead with his pledge to withdraw from the landmark paris climate agreement. We will speak to 350. Org cofounder Bill Mckibben. Then we willll go to yale to spk to a student who is fighting to stop the deportation of his hundred mother. She is receiving stage four Cancer Treatment and is being held in a private detention jail in georgia. Plus, it is election day and much of the United States. We will look at a new york city Ballot Initiative that could change the way voters selectt their candidatates in future elections. It lets you choose whethero vote for one candidate like you always have work to rank your favorite. If your first choice does not win, your boat automatically goes to your second choice. The first candidate to get a majority wins. Amy rankeked Choice Voting. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace e report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration has formally notified the United Nation
As you can see, structures are completely levelled, trees stripped the devastation reaching all the way to the shoreline. Hawaiis Attorney General has begun a probe into how authorities responded to the fires, after some residents said they received no warning. Our North America correspondent Sophie Long Reports from maui. The historic city of lahaina, once the capital of the hawaiian kingdom, has been reduced to ruins. Almost everyone who lives here has lost everything. We already know this is the deadliest disaster in the states history, and the number of those who died is still climbing. This was lahainas historic seafront, now reduced to ashes. Bustling streets and shops all razed to the ground. But its too early to accurately assess the full extent and impact of this disaster. Buildings burned to the ground have not yet been searched. The fires that claimed them and the lives of Those Inside May be contained, but theyre still burning. Thousands have been left homeless by the feroc
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With 60 children inside for their first communion. Severe weather from texas to florida. Were tracking it. Wildfire smoke from canada moving into the u. S. Air quality alerts in multiple states. Propalestinian protests disrupting some graduations. Jerry seinfelds speech at duke prompting dozens to walk out. Just in, the dramatic controlled demolition of a massive piece of baltimores collapsed bridge. And the most stunning images from that spectacular show in the sky. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. The Prosecution Case against donald trump nearing its crescendo in a new york courtroom tonight, with the muchanticipated testimony of former trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen. Cohen describing his role in trying to bury Stormy Danielss claim of a sexual liaison with mr. Trump and his concerns about its impact on the 2016 election, driving cohen to pay hush money to daniels that he says was at mr. Trumps direction. He wasnt thinking about mel