Now dead in the maui fires. Hawaiis Attorney General today announcing an independent investigation into the response. And mauis Emergency Chief speaking out for the first time. Why he says they didnt activate the sirens. And the Video Showing downed power lines. Did they help spark the fires . Our team on the ground in hawaii. Also tonight Hurricane Hilary forming in the pacific taking rare aim at the southwest and california, the state that hasnt seen a direct hit in 84 years. Al roker is here. The Georgia Grand Jury that indicted former President Trump receiving threats. The investigation the sheriff announced today. The stunning turn in the trial of two white men charged with shooting at A Black Fedex driver in mississippi. The victims mother storming out of the courtroom after the judge declares a mistrial. Why he did it. The fbi arresting multiple Police Officers in raids in california. Their alleged racist texts. The new warning on north korea. Is russia giving kim jongun Nuclear
And all promises of that irrefutable evidence in a report on Election Fraud in georgia. Were on the trail with Chris Christie, the republican president ial candidate says hes leading a Truth Movement to be an alternative to trump. Plus, Hunter Bidens tax charges dismissed, at least for now. The latest in the saga over the president s son and the plea deal that fell apart. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We start in lahaina, where there are still more questions than answers, and a new investigator has been brought in to find them. Nbcs dana griffin just arrived there. Dana, this investigator comes as the islands top Emergency Official resigned. What more can you tell us . Reporter yeah, so a day before Herman Andaya resigned, which was on tuesday, he faced some tough questions from reporters. Listen to what he told them. Do you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. Had we sounded the siren that night, were afraid that people would have gone into
Response to the disaster but not necessarily answers they accept, including why sounding warning sirens would have been a bad idea there was some testy moments when the islands top disaster official took questions in a public meeting, defending what was, and in some cases, what wasnt, done and now tonight, hawaiis attorney general says she will bring on a third party private organization to investigate the government response, promising an impartial, in dependen review while no official causes of the wildfires that struck maui have been determined, there is a broad belief that many of the more than 100 lives lost could and should have been saved. The heartbreak and frustration on maui is where we start again tonight with tom llamas, and tom, people are really calling for accountability here reporter that is right, lester, and good evening that relief is coming in tonight to lahaina, but the tension is rising local officials are being pressed harder than ever before the a. G. , as you m
A Black Mississippian who previously worked as a delivery driver has filed an additional lawsuit against a white father-son duo accused of shooting at him as well as FedEx his former employer. The litigation filed by D’Monterrio Gibson is pursuing at least $5 million, the Associated Press reports, in.