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Good evening, and welcome, everyone. The demand for accountability is growing louder on the Hawaiian Island of maui tonight amid the search for something to explain how so many, how so much could be taken so quickly. No cause of the fire has been determined, but the local power company, Hawaiian Electric, is coming under increased scrutiny tonight over how it responded as live power lines toppled under 80mileperhour winds spewing showers of sparks, potential sources for ignition of the incredibly fastmoving fires. The utility acknowledging shutting off power as conditions worsened was not a simple solution, but no search for answers in all of this is more urgent than accounting for the missing. Over 100 have been found dead, and there is still so much ground to be searched. Tom llamas once again leads our coverage from maui. Reporter tonight, search teams in lahaina continue their heartbreaking work already more than 100 bodies found, and theyre still looking for the lost what was once
Danger lurking just below the ground we walk on. Abandoned oil and gas wells could be the answer behind pennsylvanias deadly house explosion. National outrage over a Newspapers Police raid. Now officers are ordered to give everything back. Summer is not over yet, but fall drinks are starting to creep into everyones hands. Dunkin beat everyone into the Pumpkin Spice this year. How to get the fall favorite into your hands. Shes world to me. Shes my mom [ sh shes my baby a big surgery. Reporter a big surge where i a huge impact. The gift this daughter gave her mother without a second thought. Its thursday, august 17 early today starts right now and a good Early Morning to you. Im Jessica Layton glad youre with us, im Frances Rivera we begin with the unthinkable loss coming to light in hawaii search teams still have a lot of ground to cover in the ruins of this community in maui the death toll from the wildfires has reached at least 111. But hundreds more are still unaccounted for. And a p
The blind side, the Family Firing back after the Football Star At The Center of the movie said they didnt really adopt him. Nbc news investigates the danger of abandoned oil and gas wells, and could they be connected to that Pennsylvania House explosion . And Baseball Players wanted the mlbs search for the next generation of stars. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, and welcome, everyone. The demand for accountability is growing louder on the Hawaiian Island of maui tonight amid the search for something to explain how so many, how so much could be taken so quickly. No cause of the fire has been determined, but the local power company, Hawaiian Electric, is coming under increased scrutiny tonight over how it responded as live power lines toppled under 80mileperhour winds spewing showers of sparks, potential sources for ignition of the incredibly fastmoving fires. The utility acknowledging shutting off power as conditions worsened was not a simple solution,
Seen. Also, the questions, what sparked the inferno. Caught on camera, downed power lines, was that the cause . Were learning more names tonight of the victims. Our team in hawaii. The Fulton County d. A. Proposing a march 2024 date for Donald Trumps trial in georgia. Will the judge agree . The police raid on a small kansas paper that drew national outrage. Why the prosecutor now says hes withdrawing the warrant and telling police to give everything back. Could charges be refiled against alec baldwin for the deadly rust shooting . What the prosecutor said today. The battle over The Blind Side, the Family Firing back after the Football Star At The Center of the movie said they didnt really adopt him. Nbc news investigates. The danger of abandoned oil and gas wells, and could they be connected to that Pennsylvania House explosion . And Baseball Players wanted. The mlbs search for the next generation of stars. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome,