The headlines saying it all, heartbreak across the state as those fires continue to rage across Maui Chasing Thousands from their homes. No power, no internet and next to no progress in beating back the flames that have already left dozens dead. Fema directorwill join me live in a minute. Donald trump launching a threepronged attack using ads, speeches, and Tv Interviews to go after the men and women charging him with crimes. Is there a point in which those criticisms themselves break the law . And a year and a half after russia invaded ukraine, its a scenario that almost no one would have predicted at the start. Moscow now under increasing threat, its airports scrambling planes, Government Buildings bombed, Residents Raing for cover. Well have the latest there as well. But we begin with paradise ablaze. At this hour, at least 36 people are dead as three Wildfires Rage across maui. Parts of the island looking like a bomb went off and evacuations are happening around the clock. The head
this way, and it just drives us even harder forward that we ve got to understand the urgency. we ve got to put ourselves in that position. and quite frankly, all of us have friends and family that are right there. this is painful. this is heartbreaking for all of us! representative jill tokuda of hawaii, safe travels. we send our thoughts and all of the good possible emotions that we can as you continue on this struggle. thank you so much for taking the time to be with us. thank you. we ve also got breaking news from iran where five americans detained in tehran are potentially in the process of coming home. part of a prisoner exchange deal. nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell broke this story on her show in just the last hour. picks up the reporting with us now. what more can you tell us, andrea, how might this work? it s going to work slowly, and it s been a torturous negotiation, but they are,