Suicide. And the investor immortalizing The Big Short for predicting the Housing Bubble would burst is back at it again. Why hes betting 1. 6 billion that the stock market will crash. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin in hawaii with the growing questions about the role downed power lines may have played in those deadly wildfires. Nbcs dana griffin is live from maui. Some hawaiian residents are suing the Utility Company as videos emerge of what happened to the power lines during the high winds. Dana, what can you tell us . Reporter well, chris, i can tell you, we have seen a lot of videos on social media, one in particular that purports to show downed power lines and smoke, and that could have been the reignition of that fire after it was contained. Nbc news has not independently verified those videos yet. Were hearing reports from several people including one guy who says that fire started behind his home, and now there are concerns that that
Trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Sources tell cnn that georgia prosecutors now have Text Messages and emails directly connecting trumps legal team to a Voting System breach in Coffee County, georgia in january 2021. This comes as the district investigating trump in georgia appears to be close to an indictment. Fulton County District attorney fani willis is expected to seek charges against more than a dozen people. If she brings charges against the former president , it would be the fourth indictment of trump since being voted out of office. We have coverage of these new developments. Isabel rosales is outside the Fulton County court where Security Preparations under way. And we have Cnns Zachary Cohen with these new developments. Zach, lets begin with you. Tell us more about what youre learning and this new evidence. Reporter fred, these are texts, our sources are telling us, are in the hands of the prosecutors in georgia. The Text Messages really lay out a plan that links
Election interference case. And we know that multiple witnesses are likely inside. What we do not know yet is when we will know. Indictments arent usually sealed in georgia, so we would likely find out the moment it is filed. Who exactly is going to be charged, if they are charged . Is it one person or multiple . The initial grand jury investigating the case recommended charging 12 people. What will be charged . Is it racketeering, conspiracy, false statements, solicitation, and how would those charges apply . Looking ahead to if and when a trial date is set, what will that trial look like . Emphasis on look. Unlike federal trials, court cases can be televised. We could get answers to all of these questions and more very soon. So lets get into both the reporting and the legal analysis. Starting us off with the reporting is nbc news correspondent blayne alexander. Nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and the Atlanta Journalconstitution Senior Editor of trump gr
Where the fourth criminal indictment of donald trump may come this week. Whats happening at the courthouse in Fulton County today. Also ahead, a Home Explosion claiming the lives of five people in pennsylvania. The question remaining, what caused that blast . Thanks so much for joining us. Its 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. The death has diemd once again from the wildfires in maui. 96 confirmed dead in what is now the deadliest wildfire in modern u. S. History. With hundreds still missing with just a fraction of the area searched, that death toll will almost certainly rise. Rescue teams are carefully working their way through the rubble. The bright orange xs marking places where theyve searched for victims. Families forced to give dna swabs to help identify those who lost their lives. Lets go live to maui to nbcs dana griffin. Dana, The Search Process is painfully slow for the families missing their loved ones. Whats the latest . Reporter good morning, ana. It i
and they were much better than expected. the new boss of bp, murray auchin closs, has had a mountain to climb since he took over from bernard looney, who was forced out after a scandal over workplace relationships. bps share price has languished while rivals such as exxonmobil have soared, some investors are uneasy about its huge and costly investments in green technology. some analysts say it is a potential takeover target. cornelia meyer is ceo of meyer resources, an energy consultancy. she was a former senior executive at bp. always good to have you with us. talk to me about that new dilemma that the new bus finds himself in. he has a debate where the new investment will come. continue to put money into green investments that are costly and won t pay off straightaway, or go down the route of fossil fuels which investors like but is not deemed to be the root of the future. . ~ but is not deemed to be the root of the future. ., ~ , ., ., ., the future. thank you for having m