again. and good evening, welcome to politicsnation. tonight s lead, up close and personal. right now, i m reflecting on my exclusive interview this week with vice president kamala harris who i joined at the white house this week ahead of two events. the 60th anniversary of the march on washington, which i will be leading with ronald came the third and his beautiful active wife that on august 26th i will be meeting with them as head of national action network. and andrea waters, came head of the drum major institute. and then of course, the other event is the 2024 election. just 15 months away. and the heart of both matters are the dueling challenges that democrats face to both retain a black vote that appears to some jeopardy and to protect black voters against republican-led voter suppression efforts. and the growing dangers posed by the presidential candidacy of donald trump. so tonight appears to be on the cusp of a fourth indictment. possibly as early as next week
it to. us hello, i m alicia menendez. as we come on the air tonight we are closely monitoring the second deadliest wildfire in u.s. history in hawaii on the island of maui. 80 people are now confirmed dead. sadly, the kit mayor tonight wanting the death toll could go up as more damages are assessed. from the air, the toll of these fires, well, look at it, it is hard to take in. homes reduced to rubble. this as half a dozen fires are still burning in maui and on the big island. officials say fire in the historic town of a hyena is now 85% contained the governor saying he believes these fires could be the largest natural disaster in the state s history. , tonight residents either working to evacuate maui, if they can returning home or in cases they are finding nothing. there are also air quality concerns to talk. about we will over the next two hours with live updates from maui we will also speak to a 9-1-1 first responder who is there on the ground working to help fellow ameri
politicsnation tonight s lead, and territory. right now, america is bracin for what could be historically unprecedented event. the possible crimina indictment of a former president. earlier today, former presiden donald trump put out a serie post on his truth social media platform, referencing report that he could soon fac criminal indictment in new yor as early as next week. trump claims that leak indicate he will be arrested o tuesday. but he did not say whether h has actually been informed o any charges or what thos charges would be a spokesman for the manhatta da s office has declined t comment. trump also called for protest, and d.c. news reported frida line forsman agencies includin the nypd, fbi and the secret service. they are already this costin security plans, should charges come down. we will be talking about all o it ahead with our guest, including former trump attorney, michael cohen who testifie before the grand jury this ver week and later, the attorney genera
That does it for me. thank you for watching. i will see you back here tomorrow at five pm eastern for another live hour of politicsnation american voices with alicia menendez starts right now. reverend sharpton, what an interview with our vice president. thank you so much for bringing
6th. we will see how he behaves i the next few days. that does it for me, thanks fo watching i will see you back here tomorrow at 5 pm eastern for another live hour of politicsnation american voices will at leas here - starts right now on msnbc. woop woop! - whoo - smells great, downy! ugh, cul-de-sacs. downy unstopables. you gotta sniff it to believe it.