Joining me for insight and analysis this morning are jeff greenfield, contributor to the daily beast, molly ball of the atlantic, kimberly strossel, and Eugene Robinson of the washington post. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good sunday morning. When he first began talking about running for president , a lot of people dismissed him, including myself. But theres no denying that donald trump is completely shaken up the republican race, topping national and state polls, drawing 24 Million People to the gop debate and simply dominating the coverage so far. I caught up with trump yesterday in des moines, iowa, for his first facetoface sunday morning interview as a had can. I wanted this interview to be less about personality and more about substance. We touched on a lot of issues. Birtherism, abortion, isis, illegal immigration and much more. Lets get right to it, starting with his standing with the conservative movement. Some of the criticism on you from conservatives is youre not a
News World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, erica hill. Tonight, nearly every firefighter in this country is on call. As more than 100 large uncontained fires burn. Invoking the nations highest fire alert level, 5, is a sign of both the need and the scope of this fire season. In the west, tripledigit temperatures and drought are fueling the blazes. Many of them triggered by lightning strikes. Washington state has seen a rash of new fires, just since early friday, reducing dozens of homes to ashes and forcing thousands to evacuate. Some making it out with barely a moment to spare. Nbcs Gadi Schwartz is in washington for us tonight. Gadi . Reporter well, erica, this fire is now 60,000 acres. And as it roared down that mountainside, it incinerated cars and homes alike. It is only 1 contained tonight. And for the 450 firefighters who are out here in the fire lines, its only going to get worse. A small resort town surrounded by fire, and residents here
Fires fueled by tripledigit temperatures and an historic drought. But for many in places like this, the damage to homes and livelihood is already done. Now, fortunately there were no major injuries at this fire, but an idaho woman was killed as she fell during an evacuation. And we are just getting breaking news out of Southern California where a Small Plane Crash has caused yet another wildfire near san diego. Erica . Just cant catch a break this season. Gadi, thank you. It is a closer look at conditions across the country also causing concern tonight. Dylan . Erica, we are in the middle of fire season right now. That lasts through october. And the ground has been very dry because of the recent drought. And we have had a lot of thunderstorms that produced the lightning without the rain. So thats been the source of these fires. And temperatures remain high. We have this ridge in the jet stream allowing the heat to build. Also in the east coast. Out west, its hot and dry. Temperatures h
It turns out way too much. Joining me for insight and analysis this morning are jeff greenfield, contributor to the daily beast, molly ball of the atlantic, kimberly strossel, and Eugene Robinson of the washington post. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good sunday morning. When he first began talking about running for president , a lot of people dismissed him, including myself. But theres no denying that donald trump is completely shaken up the republican race, topping national and state polls, drawing 24 Million People to the gop debate and simply dominating the coverage so far. I caught up with trump yesterday in des moines, iowa, for his first facetoface sunday morning interview as a had can. I wanted this interview to be less about personality and more about substance. We touched on a lot of issues. Birtherism, abortion, isis, illegal immigration and much more. Lets get right to it, starting with his standing with the conservative movement. Some of the criticism on you from c