Wildfire burning out of control in northern california. More than 130 structures already destroyed, thousands more threatened. And a deadly attack in the golan heights. Late details coming in. Thousands of firefighters battling in tough conditions across several counties, the park fire exploding in size, doubling overnight, now larger than los angeles. The towering flames threatening communities, jumping highways, thousands of residents under evacuation, including the town of paradise, devastated by the deadly campfire six years ago. Our team on the fire lines. Breaking news overseas, a rocket striking a soccer field in the israelicontrolled golan heights were children were playing, civilians killed, the death toll expected to ris israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu warning hezbollah will pay a heavy price. Matt rivers reporting from israel. The race for the white house. Former president donald trump and jd vance hit the trail amid the renewed focus on the ohio senator and what
whitfield, our special coverage of the south carolina republican presidential primary all right, starts right now with wolf blitzer and erin burnett welcome to cnn special coverage of the south carolina republican primary i m wolf blitzer in washington. erin burnett joins us from new york we re just three hours away right now from the polls closing. donald trump is expected to dominate in nikki haley s home state where she was twice elected governor. but haley says she s quote, not going anywhere and plans to continue until the very last person votes. south carolina s primary, erin pick up our reported its open wolf, as you know, it means democrats and independents can cast ballots in the gop race, which is a significant thing, the trump campaign at a weak showing among independent voters as you ll remember in new hampshire, the real question though is whether that will be enough to close the gap between haley and trump in south carolina. whereas well, you ve been saying th
it s 2:00 p.m. on the east coast, i m jessica layton. live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. breaking news overseas, a massive earthquake striking japan. triggering tsunami warnings across the region. the shocking images we are now seeing of the destruction left behind. plus, a deadly fire fight in the red sea as tensions only build in the middle east, and a new and major political blow to benjamin netanyahu inside israel. and all eyes on iowa with just two weeks until iowa voters choose their top choice for president, how are the candidates making that final push. hello, and we begin with the shocking tsunami warnings after a series of deadly earthquakes struck the sea of japan earlier today. the biggest quake reaching a magnitude of 7.6 with the epicenter just over 300 miles west of tokyo, and then this prompted japan, russia, and north korea to all issue tsunami warnings after the quakes. the intense shaking sent people running as buildings collapsed even
it s good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, breaking news overseas. more than 15 people killed, dozens injured after a shooting at a university in prague. video shows a scene all too familiar here in the u.s. but exceedingly rare in central europe. so what happened? plus, rudy giuliani trying to fend off a mountain of legal bills from lawsuits and legal fees by filing for bankruptcy. and wait until you hear just how deep his debts go. the growing humanitarian crisis at the southern border. for the third day in a row, more than 12,000 migrants have crossed into the u.s. we are live in texas. plus, governor greg abbott escalating his war against president biden s immigration policies. first, he was bussing migrants, now he s flying them out of state. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we start with that deadly shooting in prague. nbc s molly hunter is following that story for us. just mome