behind us deserve. don't forget lahaina i know i won't goodnigh won't goodnigh question els of accountabil growing on maui. we're on the ground as locals demand answers ahead of the president's arrival. before he heads to hawaii, president biden welcomes his

counterparts from japan and south korea tor in the face of threats from china and north korea. covid concerns may seem like a thing of the past. but as we head into the fall, health officials are warning of a rise of cases. and those popular blue light glasses might not be doing too much for your health a new study suggests most of the claims around the glasses don't hold up. hear the numbers that will have you seeing blue. and two eye doctors find love in the o.r. their love story reaches new heights on the roof of the hospital where they met for the proposal you've got to see it's friday, august 18 "early today" starts right now good friday morning to you i'm frances rivera there is new fallout in hawaii where a devastated community is demanding answers. the emergency manager has

resigned his resignation, which he said he gave for health reasons came just hours after he defended the decision not to use warning sirens as the fire ripped across the island federal teams are there in maui, focussed on the search and recovery effort, while more than 100 people are confirmed dead, officials are trying to get a clearer idea of what the number of missing might be. police say it could be over a thousand brie jackson has the latest. >> reporter: as the death toll from the maui wildfires rises, the search for people and answers continues. >> this certainly a very complicated search environment there's, obviously, a lot of debris there's a lot of glass and still hotspots around the search area. >> reporter: fema has canine teams helping to locate survivors and remains. the official cause of the deadly blazes remains under

investigation. federal and state leaders say reviews of the response are under way, as calls for accountability grow. in we didn't even realize that we have to evacuate. there was no warning >> where were you guys you know where were you guys to try to get us out, evacuate us. you knno, we didn't just lose o homes. we lost our town >> reporter: president biden sending this video message to help console those impacted. >> from the darkness and the smoke and the ash, we've seen the light of hope. >> reporter: the president also praising the crews putting their lives on the line to fight the flames he'll see the destruction for himself when he travels to maui monday >> and provide that level of reassurance that he has directed the entire federal government to provide every resource that we have available to help this community recover. >> reporter: a recovery that will likely cost billions but

never replace the lives lost in washington, b brie jackson, c news former president trump has called off an event. he announced on truth social thursday that at the advice of his lawyers he would not be holding a news conference planned for monday, that was said to include an irrefutable report on presidential election fraud in georgia he and 18 others were were indt oindicted kyrsten sinema is offering her help to end a standoff between government branches. in a recording obtained by nbc news, the independent lawmaker told an arizona group last week that she has volunteered to help find a compromise in the dispute between the biden administration

and alabama senator tommy tuberville over military appointments for months, tuberville has been blocking military appointments the obstruction has left three branches of the u.s. military without senate-confirmed leaders. the white house has repeatedly called for tuberville to back down from this position, calling his actions totally irresponsible. chilling new body camera footage shows a deadly ambush in north dakota a gunman killing one officer and wounding others before a cop took him down. valerie castro has the story, but a warning the video is disturbing >> reporter: the newt a routine accident when mayhem breaks out. the ambush unleashing rapid, deadly gunfire on the streets last month in a matter of seconds, the suspect, 37-year-old mohammad bearacat killing one police

officer and wounding others. the sound of gunshots unrelentless officer's body camera capturing the 1:46 exchange. >> anybody who's been in a f firefight of this kind will tell you a minute and 46 seconds is a lifetime >> three officers down >> reporter: officer robinson running past his fellow wounded officers and towards the gunman who was still shooting >> stop moving stop moving! put your hands up! hands up hands up hands up >> reporter: after repeated calls for the suspect to drop the gun, officer robinson moves around the vehicle, eventually firing the final shots at the suspect. >> i think it's pretty evident that what you're leerkooking ats extreme courage and valor, an individual who knew that when he was under attack he needed to

neutralize that threat as quickly as possible, to allow for life-saving measures to be administered to the rest of our cops >> reporter: the carnage could have been much worse police photos of what was found inside the gunman's car reveal numerous firearms and 1800 rounds of ammunition along with canisters of gas, a homemade grenade and explosives the motive still under investigation, blaw enforcement detailing troubling searches on his commute computer, suggesting his target was a large crowd >> explosive ammo. kill fast. incendiary rounds. mass shooting events how-to, i guess. chillingly, area events. area events where there are crowds in the fargo-moorehead area. >> reporter: officer robinson credited with ending the threat while under fire >> this isn't the type of incident that's ever going to be forgotten. he's going to remember at that

the rest of his career, the rest of his life. it's a traumatic type of event even in a situation like that, he reacted absolutely as best as he could as quickly as he could very proud of him for that many >> and our thanks to valerie castro for that report president biden this weekend welcomes key allies to camp david. the prime minister of japan and the president of south korea will meet with mr. biden at the maryland retreat for sessions aimed at strengthening ties between the two east asian powerhouses. let's go live now to nbc news correspondent josh letterman good morning help us understandthe main friction between the good morni. despite the fact that both south korea and japan are u.s.-treaty allies, over the years they have not seen eye to eye. u.s. officials say in the past its what hard to even get the japanese and south koreans to agree to meet in the same room and that all concluded at the e

of world war ii in 1945. south korea accuses japan of forcing hundreds of,0thousands f its women to work in brothels during that occupation the biden administration really using the summit at camp david to try to bring the two countries together to further a reproachment that has taken place several years. they want to solidify closer military and economic ties, including security cooperation on two issues that are really concerns about north korea and about china. and during this summit we expect new steps to be announced to increase information sharing among these allies about early warnings from missile activities from china and north korea as well as announcements that they plan it hold more joint military exercises in the future. >> critical efforts there in bridging the divide in those

differences, thank you now to hurricane hilary bringing powerful winds and rain let's turn to nbc meteorologist angie hasman man. >> hilary is working toward the baja peninsula now a category 4 hurricane going through rapid intensification. meaning it's getting really strong really fast it's got winds at 140 miles per hour it's going to take a northerly turn down the line eventually running into cooler waters this is important because it brings its intensity down. we're not talking about a hurricane. but we are talking about impactful rain we've got the flash flood risk for saturday you can see the areas we're closely watching, from the

southwest cer southwest areas. this is saturday into sunday, monday, even tuesday we could see left over rain could seewef sunshine too cleveland, 75 degrees many columbus ook at your forecast there are new concerns about a late-summer covid surge. "early today" is back with an update on the next covid booster. update on the next covid booster. with bounce pet, you can cuddle and brush that hair off. bounce. it's the sheet.

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is actually on the rise this summer our anne thompson sits down with cdc director mandy cohen for more on the spike and the latest updates on the covid booster . >> reporter: this summer, most americans left covid in the past gathering together mask free but signs of a covid resurgence. across the country, hospitalizations jumped more than 1% i4% in the most recent week dr. patel. what's behind this uptick that we're seeing >> the main driver of this is a varianene, eg-5. it makes it easier to pass along. >> reporter: it's been almost a year since the last covid booster came out cdc director dr. mandy cohen >> the new booster is expected to be approved by the fda and we will make recommendations by the second or third weekbooster is

we seeing circulating now. >> reporter: critics say the federal government is behind once again people knew there was going to be a covid resurgence. >> mm-hm >> reporter: so why don't we have a booster today why do we have to wait until next month in >> we're looking at the ways in which the virus changed. they look and evaluate that. the fda is doing its work. we likely will see this as an annual covid shot, just like the flu shot >> reporter: just in time for fall, when we'll also face rsv can you take the flu shot, the covid booster and rsv vaccine all at once in. >> for flu and covid, yes. rsv is only available for older adults talk to your doctor about what's right for you. >> reporter: what to do until the new covid booster comes? get prepared that means stocking up on at-home tests. yes, they cover the new strain that is out there.

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place to learn and enjoy tad lot. >> reporter: last year while working in the operating room and learning everything eye-related, carolina caught palmer's >> carolina came in, and i thought, oh, i don't mind, maybe this will be cool. >> reporter: it blossomed into a beautiful relationship from then on, when wednesday rolled around, the couple couldn't wait to get to work august 2nd because an extra special weekday. >> i wanted to do it at the hospital, because i felt like that's where we met. we did these wednesdays together >> reporter: palmer says he's confident carolina is his forever. >> i love her so much. there's no question i needed to do something big >> reporter: so the former navy doctor bought a ring and began searching for the perfect place to propose >> i started searching around the hospital for the most romantic place which was very challenging. >> reporter: that's what led us here >> w

>> reporter: to the helipad. >> i had no idea 0% idea. >> reporter: staff at rhode island hospital were all on board. they told her she needed to come quickly to attend to something >> and i'm texting him in the meantime being like, why aren't you trying to help >> reporter: standing in the center of the helipad with his party beat soaring he asked her for her hand in marriage and she said yes >> we've kind of just known, you know, that we were going to spend the rest of our lives together >> reporter: on cloud nine and in them literally, palmer had already made her a nail appointment and official ring sizing and decorated his apartment everything engagement and book add beautiful beach photo shoot. >> i felt bad that all of her engagement photos would be her wearing scrubs >> reporter: the couple has great groatitude for everyone involved they plan to get married after

their finished training. and one thing's for sure they only have eyes for each other. are you going to get married at the hospital >> we are considering it, yeah >> we haven't ruled anything out at this point. it's not a bad option. >> and our thanks to sam reid for sharing that story and congratulations to a lifetime of lookin

right now at 5:00, a surprise raid by federal agents targeting east bay police officers. ten officers now face charges. ahead, surveillance video captured the raid on one home. also, a top official in maui resigns in the wake of the deadly wildfires, this as more questions rise about the response to the devastation and whether more lives could have