John we are tracking President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Movement as they visit some of the communities hardest hit by Hurricane Helene. President biden will take an aerial tour in western North Carolina. He just touched down. And in moments we do expect Vice President harris to land in georgia, where she will survey damage there. A couple days after former President Trump did. Im John Roberts in washington. Good happy with us today. Gillian things for having me. Im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Towns in North Carolina completely unrecognizable. Especially the western part of the state. Asheville Mayor R faced of their resources. The pictures you can see right there on your screen proved that is the case. Emergency crews are working to reach the isolated communities that have been devastated by catastrophic flooding. Residents there are heartbroken, desperately pleading for help. There has been landslides. Our valley got wiped out. They had to rescue people, the Nati
In america, and faced with a candidate whos promised to turn the pages on all of this, trump is plummeting with rhetoric that is so deep and nasty. Hes raising fears over where the wannabe autocrat who attempted a coup the last time he lost is trying to take his supporters this time. Heres what he said on saturday about his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Kamala is Mentally Impaired. Joe biden became Mentally Impaired. Kamala was born that way. She was born that way. If you think about it, only a mentally disabled person could have allowed this to happen to our country. Anyone would know that. So he does that to shock us, to get us to say, look how reprehensible he is. Were not showing you it for those reasons. Its number 10,000 of his moral bankruptcy, as if we need proof of that. Were not showing it to you because hes crossed some new line and feels great about it, adding to his political riz may thats defined by his vile often racist attacks that he saves up and stores up fo
We are coming on the air in the middle of a race against time in South Florida. Still a search and Rescue Operation, meaning they are still looking for survivors after part that have condo collapsed around 2 00 this morning in surf side near miami beach. Youre seeing part of that building left. At the moment one person has died, two are in the hospital. There are no numbers on how many people are still missing after this horrifying scene. Survivors started to share their stories after a scary morning. Unfortunately, we do hear screams. I dont even want to think about it. We did hear screams but i couldnt tell where they were coming from, from the rubble, from the apartments. People were on their balconies, waving flashlights, yelling to the firefighters. Over the course of the next 60 minutes, we are talking live with another person who made it out of that building and with the mayor of Miamidade County who oversees the First Responders here. As we come on the air with you live from wa
We are coming on the air in the middle of a race against time in South Florida. Still a search and Rescue Operation, meaning they are still looking for survivors after part that have condo collapsed around 2 00 this morning in surf side near miami beach. Youre seeing part of that building left. At the moment one person has died, two are in the hospital. There are no numbers on how many people are still missing after this horrifying scene. Survivors started to share their stories after a scary morning. Unfortunately, we do hear screams. I dont even want to think about it. We did hear screams but i couldnt tell where they were coming from, from the rubble, from the apartments. People were on their balconies, waving flashlights, yelling to the firefighters. Over the course of the next 60 minutes, we are talking live with another person who made it out of that building and with the mayor of Miamidade County who oversees the First Responders here. As we come on the air with you live from wa
Codefendants appearing in court as the former president makes a new and unusual request in the classified documents case. Plus, inflation ticks up after a yearlong streak of declines. What it could mean for your wallet as the fed plots its next move. And Playing Tourist at the edge of space. A mother daughter duo and a former olympian blasting off with Virgin Galactic, is this the future of commercial space travel . Our nbc News Reporters are covering it all. We begin with those raging fires in maui. President biden issuing a major disaster declaration for the area. Nbcs Dana Griffin Reports from an Evacuation Center. Reporter we are at the largest Evacuation Center in maui where 300 to 400 people here slept overnight. Many escaping the flames in lahaina. Several people have told me that their homes are destroyed. Many, however, are kind of coming here with a very positive attitude, expressing gratitude for still being alive. We know several people have been killed. At least 36, and th