Press briefing in weeks. And there is a lot of news to cover. The fema administrator is going to join Karine Jeanpierre at the podium with an update on the governments response to the devastating wildfires in maui. Gillian also reporters first shot really to press the white house since Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a Special Counsel to investigate the president s son. Well take you to the briefing as soon as it begins. First the Campaign Trail in iowa. Way up in the polls and all over the country, thats a lot, over 50 points. I think im the most likely to beat biden and get this stuff done and the ability to serve two terms and will not be a Lame Duck President on day one. Leaders dont just give you the list of grievances that are the problem. They actually lead. Its going great. I think ive been here more than any other candidate and part of the reason is i actually enjoy it. John a little taste of republicans on the Campaign Trail five months now until the caucus is in i
About the governments evidence what she warned the former president not to do. Sam bankmanfried, the onetime crypto mogul, thrown in jail ahead of his fraud trial. Why the judge revoked his bail new photos inside the home of the suspected gilgo beach Serial Killer. Why his family is threatening to sue police and also revealed his wifes health battle. And amid the destruction on maui, the beloved landmark Still Standing announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, and welcome, everyone. In maui tonight, residents and survivors of this weeks deadly firestorm are being allowed to return to the scorched neighborhoods they called home to see what is left, but warned by hawaiis governor to brace for the worst. Many residents of haina after ng harrowing escapes from the Advancing Flam asking the tough questions tonight, why there were no Warning Sirens before flames consumed everything around them. Tonight, the lahaina fire is largely contained, and power and cell service
Neighborhoods burned. The governor saying, it looks like a bomb went off. At least 59 people confirmed dead. Now, the frantic search. More than a thousand unaccounted for, and growing questions, why werent mauis Warning Sirens activated as the flames approached . Our team in the disaster zone. Also tonight, attorney general Merrick Garland granting Special Counsel status to the u. S. Prosecutor overseeing the hunter biden investigation, why now after a fiveyearlong probe and after his deal fell apart, is the president s son headed to trial . The judge in Donald Trumps Election Conspiracy case limiting what he can share publicly about the governments evidence. What she warned the former president not to do. Sam bankmanfried, the onetime crypto mogul, thrown in jail ahead of his fraud trial. Why the judge revoked his bail. New photos inside the home of the suspected gilgo beach Serial Killer. Why his family is threatening to sue police and also revealed his wifes health battle. Amid the
And Demolition Man . Our reporters are following the latest developments. Lets begin with nbcs katie phang who has more. What happened and where does it all go from here . Reporter yeah, so now that the dust has settled a bit and weve had a chance to look at the order that judge mcafee ordered this morning, i want to start by saying to viewers this is not a ruling on the disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney fani willis. What it is is something that happens in common course in any type of case, civil or criminal. In this particular instance, when the District Attorney gets an indictment, the defense can seek to dismiss certain counts on legal grounds. What judge mcafee has done in Fulton County has said that because the state says in its indictment that certain of the defendants including donald trump relied upon violations of the United States constitution and the georgia constitution, because theres so many different clauses and so many different amendments that are con
president joe biden retaliating tonight, five days after three army reservists were killed in attack on jordan, strikes across iraq and syria is the beginning of what will likely be strikes on iran backed militias making attacks on u.s. troops in the middle east and will continue at times and places of our choosing unquote. while avoiding a full scale blow up with iran in a region already in turmoil over the israel-hamas war all this on the day the president performed one of the most solemn duties of the commander-in-chief, attending to the dignified return of the three american soldiers killed in the attack in jordan on sunday. tonight we are covering all aspects of this breaking news. orrin lieberman at the pentagon ben wedeman. orrin what do we know about these strikes in iraq and syria tonight. laura a series of strikes that are order of magnitude larger than what we have seen the u.s. do the last couple months simultaneous strikes in iraq syria seven different location