Were looking at a critical week ahead for donald trump. The republican president ial candidates and american democracy. Former president Donald Trumps 18 codefendants are required to surrender to a Fulton County jail to face charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Nbc news reports that the former president will not appear before thursday, Fulton County District Attorney fani willis, who gave the defendants a deadline of noon on friday august 25th. But they could turn themselves in at any time before them. So they also tell nbc news that trump is officially skipping the republican president ial primary debate on wednesday, and instead hes apparently seeking an interview with tucker carlson. Eight other candidates will take the stage without him, but inevitably that trump name will come up often. It remains to be seen how many of them will continue to defend the former president , and who will condemn his actions and stand up for democracy. This is the fourth crim
78% of the burned area have been searched, at least 114 people are dead. and an estimated 1000 more are still missing. as search and rescue efforts go on, the embattled maui i m urgency management director has resigned, and a new statement from the hawaii emergency management agency says a reminder was sent before the fires swept through that emergency sirens could be used. nbc s steve patterson is in lahaina, on the island of maui. steve, you spoke with a firefighter who was on the frontlines, battling these fires. what did you learn from speaking to her? first of all, she described a scene that would lead to this. what you see behind me, which is buildings that go seemingly for us and leslie as i can look at. and they are completely stripped. just a house cape, battling those fires as it was making its way through town there.