there are people to honor commissioner griffin that don't always come to those things. um, and a lot of you have your own deeply personal stories about commissioner griffin and paul. commissioner griffin in addition to being um, a labor leader a community leader, and person i really got to know him knew him a long time but during the parks commission and the was so proud of being a commissioner and honestly done a bunch of important things but parks matter to him and this commission matter to him and as i said in his memory 90 percent is showing up and commissioner griffin always, always showed up. and this is a big loss a little hard and awkward celebrating this will end you think being a big party of our incredible people that you worked for this department but let's take a brief moment of month-to-month and president buell to say a few words about commissioner griffin and then (unintelligible). >> thanks >> thank you i'll be very brief. i do knew larry for over 40 years and knew him which was active in the community and not seen in a number of years while postponed t

sonali: talk about the relationship between ken griffin and ron desantis.$5 million to ron desantis for governor. there has been signs of tension. how significant are those tensions and is it signal a waning support in the billionaire to the florida governor? >> let's think about how things have changed. last year, desantis wins as his landslide governor and ken gives them $5 million and would like to see them run for president and that's the state of thing at the end of last year and the beginning of this year. now, there has been a clear cool off. he launched the presidential bid in his down the poles and way behind on donald trump and has reset his issues and changed the campaign manager so there's clearly a lot of issues gaining traction. he also supported a lot of consequential things like restrictions on abortions and in effect on immigration that has alienated some donors. the important piece of data is griffin contributed to his governor campaign but not one cent for his presidential campaign so there is tension in the air. jon: thanks very much. th

you know, one common thing in here is the griffin daily news has got coverage just like griffin is, younow, and seeing a lot of these folks, you remember a lot of these guys. some of these are pictures from some of our missions. i know it is kind of hard to see, but she's even got some e-mails in here that i had sent her, and apparently it wasn't too bad because i was joking a lot with her. i didn't want her to worry too much, you know? >> yeah. let me ask you a question, were you able to talk to your family? did you have the opportunity? >> you know, just about everywhere you went, there was an internet cafe. >> okay. >> but, you know, connectivity was iffy. and then if somebody -- if there was something significant happening, they would shut it down for three days. so families at home knew, we haven't heard from him in three days, something's happened. because soldiers are going to, you know, you want to make sure that the right things are done when something bad happens. so yeah, pretty much. i could at times shoot an e-mail in iraq every other day, every three days, something like t

as we light this candle may we honor and pay contribute to the larry griffin, rec and parks. and symbolizes the life of larry in spirit and serves as a remriender that the love and be loved larry griffin will live in our hearts and minds and work forever. thank you, madam vice president. >> thank you, commissioner jupiter jones. >> now is it more appropriate. there is surely so many wonderful things that is head and that we'll hear today about larry but i want to reflect on how much he loved this city. he loved this city, the time that i got to learn from him, was cut short was reflecting on what you share of his memory as a blessing and i learned so much from him in that short time about how to care deeply and passionately about everyone in this city. and he taught me to consider always, everyone and i i will hold that with me as i opinion to work on behalf of the city that we all love so much. so i'm really grateful for that time. and he will be missed but he will be with us. >> in deed, thank you, commissioner. >> commissioner halasse. >> i first met larry in 2021 when he

it's a precautionary measure because of the unknown impacts of this wildfire jose. >> dana griffin inaui, thank you. >>> overseas, the casualties are rising after a russian missile hit a historic theater in ukraine. this woman was taking a video when the missile violently exploded behind her. the video then just cuts out ukraine's interior minister said seven people were killed, including a 6-year-old child more than 120 people were injured. >>> now to a major setback for driverless car technology after a self-driving taxi collided with a fire engine injuring a passenger. california was set to expand the fleet of robot taxis, but now they're putting those plans in reverse. jake ward has the latest from san francisco. >> reporter: this video posted to citizen.com. >> i have an emergency in town >> reporter: highlighting questions over robot taxis on the road >> they're going to ruin our life >> that's right. >> reporter: a driverless vehicle from gm cruise and a san francisco fire truck collided thursday night the truck had lights and sirens on as it entered the vehicle the cruise had

dana griffin r us night. we appreciate thatorting we've heard uch aboue people w fled intthe n to rvive when fires broke out. tonighwe're finally ing frof directlyrvivors thre some of t most terrifying images of the fires desperate people rushing into the ocean. the only way to escape the flames >> we're in the ocean. >> reporter: 19-year-old noah tompkinson was one o them [ ble s >> reporter:ng with his 13-year-old brother, m >>'re gointo be okay, milo reporter: and their mother >> both sides to the left and the right are on fire. white smoke starting to come, which means the fire's starting to die out. >> reporter: how did the idea to run into the ocean, how did that even happen >> we kind of had it in the back of our mind the whole time that we wanted to be next to the water if things got really bad. we could save ourselves by jumping into the ocean and that -- that is what it came to. if we walked across the street we would have been like -- we would have been in the fire >> emil, what were you inking you

years after an extended break to focus on her mental health and biles looked like she never left dana griffin has more. >> a great save. >> reporter: and just >>> overseas a boat crash off of italy's famed amalfi coast is now being investigated as a possible manslaughter case after a top american >>> players and managers ejected this man rescued as his boat was sinking off florida, and the emotional reunion with his parents. >> i gave up hope. i should never give up hope don't give up on the big guy. >>> and a major supermarket chain experimenting by going all self-checkout. will other stores follow will customers buy it? >> those machines do not work >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news." with kate snow >> good evening. i'm peter alexander in tonight for kate it was the heartbreaking, most agonizing finish imaginable the u.s. women's soccer team, long the dominant squad in its sport, eliminated by the narrowest of margins, knocked out of the world cup at the earliest stage in program history. the decisive goal coming during a penalty kick shootout. the u.s. goalkeeper alyssa nayer getting

dana griffin has the latest. >> reporter: it's the latest cyber attack on hospitals this year prospect medical holdings, which owns more than 170 medical facilities in california, pennsylvania, rhode island, and connecticut says it took its national computer systems offline thursday after discovering the ransomware attack in a statement saying we are focused on addressing the pressing needs of our patients as we work diligently to return to normal operations as quickly as possible. the attack is forcing doctors and nurses to use pin and paper instead of computers some outpatient facilities have closed, and some effective surgeries canceled student nurse eduardo says he works at one of the affected hospitals. >> it's a whole commotion, going back to the start again. something we could do two or three minutes on a c computer is taking forever now >> reporter: the fbi is now investigating. >> i'm concerned about being able to see my doctor and getting the updated lab reports. >> reporter: the prospect hack is one of about 275 cyber attacks on u.s. health care organizations this year. acco

is impacting several states, with some medical facilities canceling surgeries and treatments dana griffin has the latest. >> reporter: it's the largest cyber attack on hospitals this year prospect medical holdings, which owns more than 170 medical facilities in california, pennsylvania, rhode island, and connecticut, says it took its national computer systems offline thursday, after discovering the ransomware attack in a statement, saying, we are focused on addressing the pressing needs of our patients as we work diligently to return to normal operations as quickly as possible. the attack is foforcing doctcto and nunurses to ususe pen and d insteaead of compuputers some outpatient facilities have closed, and some elective surgeries canceled student nurse eduardo origel says he works at one of the affected hospitals >> it's a whole commotion in there. it's just constantly going back to the chart again something we could have done easily in two, three minutes on a computer is taking forever now. >> reporter: the fbi is now investigating. >> i'm concerned about being able to see my doctor an

. >> joining us now from maui is nbc's dana griffin. she is at an evacuation center which is near the airport. thank you for being with us. can you just describe what you are seeing there? how many people are at that evacuation center and what types of stories are you hearing? >> today we have seen a lot of people show up to try to pick up some fresh food, frozen food items that have been dropped off here. the pastor tells me there is only about 30-40 people at the center right now because a lot of people are starting to move to hotel rooms. the thing about that is these hotel rooms are only going to be available for 30 days and the big question is going to be what temporary housing or permanent housing is going to be available for them long-term wax >> so many questions. is the government response okay? has it been effective okay or is it still lagging? >> you have a lot of people that have said this is been a great effort. obviously with the local donations coming in, people are praising that. so much support from around the world but

but the news with jennifer griffin, she's live at the pentagon as we learn the details here, jennifer. what exactly do we know about this at this point? >> sandra, what we know is from the official news agency tas, says a private plane carrying ten people on board and among those people, the head of the wagner group who attempted a coup over a month ago, the plane crashed, northwest of moscow, en route to st. petersburg. there is some video evidence on telegram and twitter suggesting a russian air defense system may have shot down the private jet and that he was on board. nobody expected him to survive very long after attempting that coup against vladimir putin, in some ways it's surprising he lived as long as he did. if these reports are proven to be true, state services are now reporting the head of the wagner group was killed in a plane crash outside moscow. sandra. >> sandra: jennifer griffin, we'll get back to you with more details from the news, thank you very much. john. >> john: for more on this, let's bring in michael waltz, a member of the house armed services and foreign af

dana griffin reporting from lahaina. thank you. appreciate your reporting. >>> up next, pg&e facing a backlog of 17,000 issues in high-risk fire areas. some say there are a lot of problems here. we investigate. >> plus, the bears are back on campus. it's move-in day at uc-berkeley. u're watching nbc newsyo b >>> back to nbc news bay area tonight. this isn't something we want to hear, especially as we enter the heart of fire season. pg&e facing a backlog when it comes to high risk areas. state officials helping them come up with a plan to fix all this. pg&e has 170,000 outstanding maintenance tags in high fire threat areas. that means the pg&e crew identified something unusual with its equipment which needs to be repaired. we learned pg&e submitted a plan to promises to clear up the backlog by 2029. the agency reviewing the plan has concerns. >> we need to be able to see that they are building the capacity -- the personnel, the equipment, the supply chain, the money -- to be able to repair the issues and maintain the system. >> join

just right it was announced today what is the role of the gripin when the f-16 is there and the same griffintually , well, the planes are such light fighters . let's put it this way, does it make sense to have two such models in the arsenal of the ukrainian air force ? look at the situation we are in. we need fighters . yes, we need not only fighters, so we need carriers of cruise missiles. in this case, of course, the gripen will not play a major role in our air force , because sweden simply will not be able to provide us with such a number of aircraft, and brazilian aircraft, well, that means in general, i do not think that we will focus on them there now some kind of production of gripens is being adjusted, so as a spare option it can be kept somewhere, well, for example, the czech republic will remove the armament of its gripens from them in 14 summers of this type, and they will be rearmed there somewhere in the 25th year with fifth-generation f-35 fighters, well, sweden needs will think about where these 14 planes are going, maybe they will offer them to us, the situation is like this,

dana griffin spoke with some of them today. >> reporter: as daylight exposes the scarred skeleton of a prosperous tourist town -- >> it's all gone. >> reporter: the people who thrive off the land are gutted. >> it's like an apocalypse. >> reporter: mason jarvey has the burns to prove he barely escaped. >> we have the worst disaster i've ever seen. all lahaina is burnt to a crisp. >> reporter: a paradise turned overnight into an inferno. residents forced to flee in terror. >> we thought we were okay, but then the wind came. the gas stations blew up. everything caught fire by the brush. and then we just had to evacuate. >> reporter: some jumped into action, warning others of the rushing flames. >> the fire's on front street. it's time to go. >> this is completely burned. and we just -- if i saw somebody, i helped them. >> reporter: thousands evacuated. >> this was a home. >> reporter: with no guarantee they'll have anything to go back to. >> pretty much everybody i know lost everything that we have. >> reporter: many left with only they're harrowing details of survival. >> we just bare

at least i don't hear, but there are well, sir, we can imagine how many swedish griffins ukraine cansense that if we combine these 42 with 20 , for example, or twenty-five griffins , then it will be exactly 60-70 planes which ukraine needs, what do you say, i think it will be necessary to calculate somewhere. well, the dash indicator is 10-15 planes in them approximately in the czech republic, hungary, well, if it is, we will take the history of availability, which is because on the one hand sweden of these decisions, it is a lot of 96 units are carried out in formation but to the other side , well, the speed under the moss is also russia, sweden is still considered neutral in the sense that it cannot yet use the umbrella of nato protection, accordingly, the composition still has to build plans for independent defense under federation right away, let's note that somehow it is very interesting who in one context that zelensky negotiated with sweden lost at the same time, then zelensky asked turkey to join nato because who knew suddenly hmm let's say that suddenly as a result of some s

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>> charles: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you.se and what the administration is saying on this. fox news' jacqui heinrich has the very latest from today's briefing. jacqui? >> the white house is maintaining this is not a ransom payment. they're pointing out there's no u.s. taxpayer dollars involved here. that's not how critics of this administration see it. mike pence called it the largest ransom payment in american history. >> president biden made a payment hoff $6 billion to iran. they intend to use the resources for whatever they want. we know what they use the money for. it's to support malign influences across the region, support terrorism around the world. >> that concern was echoed by the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu as jennifer griffin just mentioned. the israelis said any deal with i ran that doesn't put a halt to their nuclear program will fund terrorist activity by that state. the white house denied that the move has anything to to with their efforts to deter iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. >> will i

convinced that the benefits of amygdalin for cancer prevention are underestimated american edward griffine ban was allegedly lobbied by pharma companies to sell their expensive drugs own rightness griffin, for example, took apricots and went to the zoo to feed a gorilla with them. animal according to him, she had never tasted such a fruit, but the first thing she pulled out was a bone and ate griffin, on the basis of this , concluded that the need for a moment in the valley in mammals is laid down by nature itself? we decided to repeat the experience of the american and went to visit the capuchin monkey boris, who lives on a farm in the suburbs . as the owners told us, boris’s diet is mainly baby food banana porridge, sometimes visitors are allowed to feed him carrots or fresh cucumbers. well, we decided to offer a few apricots. look what i have you want this yes, unlike the american counterpart. boris threw away apricot pits without showing any interest in them. but the fruits themselves came to his liking, of course, such experiments are unlikely to be able to prove anything, and all th

i had basically, he, you know, he found out that there be some very serious griffin going on with the bite and family and ukraine. and he wanted to learn more about it. and is often asking questions, and then eventually he got onto the landscape and said to him, well, find out what the hell has been going on. and, and this, this, the story is great. and it is quite an extraordinary uh, fact that the democrats went into a total panic mode when it, when they found out the trump was really digging into what was it been going up. he got a page. and another whole thing kind of gustovo swept under the rug and the republicans are trying to make something out of it, but they're not getting very much coverage because the, the media and i'm going to give any time to, uh, republicans on the say, oh, that's all just simply propaganda, republican trump propaganda, but it is an interesting aspect of this that the media absolutely desperate to cover up the connection between the us government and the ukraine. and, and so this is the thing, it's really interesting. i like with george said there, i me

nbc's dana griffin, thank you.you'll keep us updated. >>> i want to turn to the president of blue hawaiian helicopters, quinton koch. he's using his helicopter tour company to help with relief efforts on the island. thank you so much nor being with us. what is it like where you are right now? what are you and your team seeing? >> it's been a devastating week seeing all the travesty and all the impact. in hawaii, we're all related, all connected. everybody knows everybody. seeing the outcry, anger, it's definitely been frustrating. but there's also signs of hope. where you see our pilots, normally tourism pilots becoming heroes and stepping up and providing that food to lahaina, water supplies, it's amazing to see how the community has been pulling together to make a difference wherever we can. >> give us a sense of what your choppers and pilots have been doing, which i know has included keeping firefighters supplied. what are you seeing as the most urgent need and how are you able to help? >> there's an airport on

>> is -- this alyssa farah griffin -- this is more than him just wanted to avoid a mugshot in fulton county -- clearly, he would like to -- >> that certainly a factor. listen, none of this brings me joy. but meadows, from what i understand, is -- who knows him kind of playing all sides -- trying to leave trump world, think he is not cooperating, while going as far as he can, cooperating unofficially with the oj and you say that to me -- his answer, he has responded to a subpoena, he is very clearly, at least, claiming -- but fulton county was always kind of this x-factor. because fani willis did not give him some kind of an angle where he could basically quietly cooperate and not get wrapped up in the indictment. i think it was so clear cut his actions there. so, i am not sure how this is going to work out. i would also just note to the judges point that there is the specific line in the george indictment were talks about meadows actually offering money to speed up a recount. that was going to come from the trump campaign. i don't know how you could possibly legally say that he was d

griffin says there have already been investigations into the company's alleged abuses.ir credit quality. geisha as a result of what they found. >> that she n is using for flavor to support this retail, this growth in us retail giant and now they want to do business benefit from the united states. despite concerns about labor abuses, she has grown rapidly in the u.s. operating a growing warehouse in indiana that opens last year. news nation reached out to sheehan for a statement with a spokesperson telling us the company's policy is to comply with the trade laws of the countries ip which we operate. we have 0 tolerance reports laver adding we will continue to engage with u.s.. federal and state officials to answer their questions. but griffin isn't convinced we wouldn't take any companies. >> that said that much love a chinese company such as this all we're asking is that the sec verify with it with an independent investigation. independent review to make certain that our are being followed. if so. >> meta says it has uncovered one of the largest known dis-information op

dana griffin, thank you, please stay with us as i bring in speedy now.just heard some really harrowing stories of the people who had in some cases just minutes to flee. i know you are a regional director of an air ambulance company. how would you describe what you're witnessing and experiencing right now? >> thank you. just to be clear, i'm the regional director for not only the air ambulance company, but importantly american medical response, and we're the ambulance services that were on the ground during this event. >> oh, my gosh. >> we provide services to maui county and have for some 45 years, and i want to say this is truly very sad from every perspective, the iconic town and maui. our teams were truly heroes, ana. they worked tirelessly through the night alongside police and fire and other rescue workers. you heard some of the stories starting at about 5:00 p.m. on the 8th, we started to get word that the brush fires were coming into the communities, so all told, we transported about 30 patients in about 12 hours to maui memorial hospital. >> and

dana griffin, nbc newsws, maui >>> that's "nightly news" for this friday. thanks for watching.ach other. good night >>> i have never seen something ravaged so fast. >> thousands of people homeless after the devastating wildfires on maui. locals returning to their homes and seeing what is left for the first time.

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dana griffin, nbc news, maui >>> that's "nightly news" for this friday. thanks for watching.good night [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ sometimes i wonder if i should be medicated ♪ ♪ if i would feel better just lightly sedated ♪ ♪ the feeling comes so fast and i cannot control it ♪ ♪ i'm on fire, but i'm trying not to show it ♪ ♪ as it picks me up, puts me down ♪ ♪ it picks me up, puts me down ♪ ♪ picks me up, puts me down a hundred times a day ♪ ♪ but i hear the music ♪ ♪ i feel the beat ♪ ♪ and for a moment ♪ ♪ i am free ♪ ♪ is this how it is? ♪ ♪ is this how it's always been? ♪ ♪ to exist in the face of suffering and death ♪ ♪ and somehow still keep singing? ♪ ♪ oh, like christ up on a cross ♪ ♪ who died for us, who died for what? ♪ ♪ oh, don't you wanna call it off? ♪ ♪ but there is nothing else that i know how to do ♪ ♪ but to open up my arms and give it all to you ♪ ♪ 'cause i hear the music ♪ ♪ i feel the beat ♪ ♪ and for a moment ♪ ♪ when i'm dancing ♪ ♪ i am free ♪ ♪ i am free ♪ ♪ i am free ♪ ♪ i am fre ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: welcome to the kelly clarkson sh

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