he's as antonia's granddaughter. passed recently but she was a granddaughter of ana pavel car, not of antonia. the real person who. he's -- i mean, very much knew that the novel was based in significant ways on her life but it also diverged from her life. host: willa cather died in 1947 but it was in 1935 at an awards ceremony in new york city she discussed the importance of novels. here's willa kateer in her own voice. >> it's certainly a very new arrival among the arts. and we hope that the most -- developments as a novel are still to come. looking back over its short pasd variety you discern -- discern inaudible [indiscernible] [indiscernible] host: that was willa cather in 1935 talking about the importance of novels. well, the books that shaped america series came from a list from the library of congress. 100 books that shaped america. this list came out in 201. we chose 10 -- 2013. we chose 10 from that list. there were other books from the era that "my antonia" was published in 1918. here's a look at some of th

immigran, antonia.his grandparents move into town, antonia begins to work for their neighbors. jim goes to college and returns less and less. as the book comes to a close, he reunites with ant knee yasm after years struggle, she has 10 children and a farm of her own, her version of the american dream. the novel was well-received and mirrored part of waiter's own life. she traveled west as a young child where she met the inspiration for the novel. red cloud and its people played prominent role in her work. later in life, in 1934, she said, "my antonia," in my opinion, is by far the best of all my contributions. host: welcome to "books that shaped america," our c-span series that looks at how books throughout our history have influenced who we are today in. partnership with the library of congress this 10-week series has been exploring different topics, viewpoints, and eras and we're glad you're joining us for this walk through history. so far in the series, we've looked at early america, its growth, the

" and reading from "my antonia." first heard of antony on an interminable and journey across the plains of north america. i was 10 years old then. i had lost both my father and mother within a year and my virginia relatives were taking me to my grandparents whoa livd in the rescue but it traveled with my voice jake one of the hands on my father's old farm under the blue ridge was going west. he worked for my grandfather. we went in day coaches becoming more of with each stage of the journey. beyond chicago we were under the under the protection of the friendly passenger conductor who knew all about the country which we are going he gave us a great deal it of advice in exchange for our confidence. once we sat down to chat he told us in the immigrant car ahead there was a family whose destination was the same as ours. i did not remember crossing the missouri river or anything about the long journeys' through nebraska are probably by that time i had crossed so many rivers. the only thing very noticeable about nebraska w

we will bring in, right now, antonia hylton. antonia is located in asheville, north carolina.ome of what she has been witnessing and what she has been hearing on the ground. as i mentioned we heard from vice president harris. she will be making some visits and to to are some of the area. she talked about how mecklenburg county has now received major disaster declaration status and that is going to help people there to apply for federal assistance. >> reporter: that is right. i'm sure that is very welcome news. one of the things we will see is over these next several days , perhaps additional strategies or revelations about what various communities are dealing with. one of the things we know just in the asheville area is that there are all of these remote towns, very small communities that have mobile park homes. they are deeply affected. some homes simply washed away. i mean that literally, like off their foundations and into bodies of water. it is taking a while for federal workers and all of the emergency responders to do reconnaissance work. they do that on the ground. they

antonia lleva 15 aÑos viviendo en davis, gran parte como comerciante.s agenciastratando de mejorar la tecnologÍa para resolver estos robos y que se haga justicia. pero eso no es todo. >> se han querido meter, como cuando estÁ cerrado. varias veces. henry, me revelÓ que en efecto recibe muchas llamadas sobre personas sin hogar sobre todo en el centro y no explicÓ que estÁn desplegando oficiales extras para conversar con estos residentes, pero de mÁs el tema de la seguridad y ciclistas tampoco es ajeno a antonia. >> antes podÍas caminar a cualquier hora. juan: henry me me dice que tienen oficiales enfocados en detener a conductores borrachos y para conductores en las calles que no respeten las leyes y sus lÍmites, tambiÉn asegura estar educando a los ciclistas sobre cÓmo conducir de forma segura. recordemos que henry tomara el cargo a partir del prÓximo 18 de octubre aquÍ en davis, pero por supuesto estaremos pendientes de que si responda efectivamente la preocupaciÓn de residentes como antonia. por ahora esa informaciÓn aquÍ desde davis. maribel: juan es

well albert, wearing antonia is 9 years old. she has to take medication 7 times a day. it used to be 10 times including at nights, often through a gastric to natural color. i can do it alone at school, but at home it's easy to forget what time to take. it is pretty much what i usually bring it to her. we go to the same school and it was, i don't think a centrally on tonia has system osis or rare genetic disorder that causes sustain crystal deform throughout her body. that leads to oregon damage, especially in the kidneys, in ice without treatment, the damage worse since over time. and i'm, i liked the music. my mom says there are some kinds of crystals inside me. that's why i need to use the eye drops. otherwise, she says my eyes will eventually go blind. i'm how to get them didn't 1st as well, so we don't want that to control. yeah, but sure, but the eye drops are annoying. nasty out on tonia was diagnosed on her 1st birth thing for her parents. the news came as a shock, but it also allowed her to begin treatment, helping to prevent more serious organ damage. had she b

but they trust kind neighbors will get them through. >> and antonia, thousands of residents are still without power tonight as well. when is it expected to be restored? >> reporter: governor roy cooper announced that as much as 90% of the power supply could be back on tomorrow but that fixing the water systems will take time, lester. >> all right, antonia, thank you. >>> in israel and beyond a day of mourning on the anniversary of the october 7th hamas terrorist attack that left 1,200 people dead and sparked a war that has killed tens of thousands in gaza. here's raf sanchez. ♪♪ >> reporter: as the sun rose, israel stopped to remember. a nation still reeling in grief, thousands gathering at the site of the nova music festival at 6:29 a.m., one year to the minute that the terror attack began. ♪♪ this is the last track that played at the festival before the music stopped and the shooting started. of the 1,200 people massacred by hamas on october 7th, nearly a third were killed here. executed on the festival grounds or gunned down trying to escape. we first visited the nova site five day

and as antonia related, this is the problem. is a functional democracy depends on the ability to get to the common good through a common set of facts. and our health systems depend on it, as we saw during covid. and our natural response -- fema depends on it, when we're responding and government response. so the functioning of government depends on the ability for us to share a common set of facts and then to deal with it and act accordingly. when we have these conspiracies and all of this playing, and not only does it have a political effect and effects sort of people's perceptions of politicians in a right or wrong way in the course of this, and donald trump is playing on those fears through telling those lies, but it actually really, in a real way, affects the functionality of government in responding to this. if people believe a conspiracy and believe if they take money, somehow their land is going to be taken or they're going to owe it back, then they make decisions that actually could hurt themselves or hurt their neighbor

antonia hylton has the details. >> reporter: it took five hours. >> you're under arrest. >> reporter: s.w.a.t. teams, drones and a crane. >> follow the commands of officers. >> reporter: for police to take 54-year-old john herbert sawchak into custody after he allegedly surrendered outside his minneapolis home. he he was wanted for the attempted murder o neighbor, davif his matoroturi. surveillance video neighbor, davis matoroturi. surveillance video shows the moment moturi fell to the ground. >> i woke up with tubes in my body. holes in my body. >> reporter: according to court documents, moturi had called police on sawchak 19 times in the last year, alleging his neighbor had threatened to kill him and his wife, brandished a knife at them and hurled racial slurs. >> stay away from me. >> you don't know what you're doing. >> stay away. >> try it again, then, tough guy. >> reporter: police say they began surveilling sawchak after reports of harassment. but even after the shooting, they did not move to arrest sawchak for several days, citing his mental illness, possession of a firearm an

nbc news correspondent antonia hylton is following this story for us.took four days to make this arrest, what did they say, what took them so long. >> reporter: many people in the community have been asking just that, and what the authorities there in minneapolis say is that sawchek has a history of mental illness, he had knowledge of explosive devices, there was concern about police officers descending on his property and there be a violent standoff. they waited for days to see if he would exit the home on his own. last night they took him into custody before they were going to gas his home to draw him out. this shooting happened wednesday and it was not until late last night this happened. many people in the community have been outraged. >> we have heard from the man who was shot. video of him in the hospital. have we heard anything from the suspect. >> reporter: we haven't heard from the suspect but he's facing attempted murder charges, among other charges related to his harassment, the victim says that he called at least 19 times prior to the shooti

the middle east, secretary general antonia and tabitha ones of the danger of all israel promises retribution a day after being targeted by more of a $180.00 a range and me styles. buildings were damaged with at least one death and several injuries report. the . i'm feel ok, welcome to the program. israel's reporting it's 1st, come back dest, inside 11. on the after announcing it was conducting raids that it says 8 soldiers have lost their lives in classes with has been on minutes since israel says it's now deploying regular infantry and on. but units, as it expands, efforts to stop has the loss of cross for the attacks. israel defense force is also carried out more strikes in something that went on and elsewhere, including the capital by root. as follow says $85.00 missiles towards the northern . these right, the city of hyphen janice, kareem, outgo, harvey is in the lab and these capital you gave me an update on those classes as well. it's really difficult to get an independent picture. the what is happening really in the southern frontier. it to never know that that is right. and as we hea

antonia hylton is there. >> reporter: mark and julia can still hear the music. >> the only thing thatg and laughter that once filled the asheville guitar bar, a venue in the river arts district. >> what was it like there on a busy night? >> oh, my gosh. i would just look at everyone smiling. >> many bands have been formed out of here. >> many relationships have come and gone and come back again. yeah. >> reporter: hurricane helene may have destroyed almost everything in the neighborhood, but the one thing the storm couldn't touch was its spirit. this is an iconic, creative community. welcoming artists and grammy-winning performers. mark and julia are salvaging many of the 52 guitars that once covered these walls, and accepting help from beloved customers coming to dig them out of the mud. >> so, yes, we haven't really broke down yet. >> no, we haven't. we've just been focused on getting forward and making things happen. >> reporter: they're not alone. artists have coordinated cleanup crews saving as much as possible. >> check on us. we're going to need help for a long time. ♪♪ >> repo

. >> antonia, what is fema telling you about what they've been able to do there? >> reporter: jose, fema is on the ground here in asheville, already approving 14,000 applications for assistance in bunkham county alone and delivering $27 million in aid statewide, jose. >> antonia hilton, thank you so much. >>> in all that devastation, all that heartbreak is even more tonight. the reality is hardly anyone in the north carolina storm zone had flood insurance. as jesse kirsch tells us, so many are now paying the price. >> reporter: as helene tore through asheville, north carolina, this was the scene outside lebray russo's back window. his neighbor's home floating away and flattened. >> it started moving upstairs of the lower deck. >> reporter: meanwhile, water was rising in his own home. tonight his family is one among so many confronting the unimaginable -- their belongings and homes ravaged without any clear sense of how or even if they'll be compensated. what did the insurance company tell you? >> we're very sorry, you know, that's why we encourage you to -- to buy

thank you, antonia helton, in north carolina. we will keep you updated on the vice president's visit later in this hour. from north carolina, we now go to georgia. joining me now is democratic congressman lucy mcbath. congresswoman, it is always good to see you. both president biden and vice president harris were in georgia this week were governor brian kemp says they have been, at least 33 deaths related to hurricane helene, including the youngest known victims of the storm, a pair of five week old twin boys who died in their mother's arms. as the tree fell in her bedroom in a small town near augusta. nearly four dozens of the counties are under major disaster declarations while thousands remain without power in georgia's eastern and southern regions. how are your constituents in atlanta doing tonight? >> hurricane helene was so detrimental for so many people here in the state of georgia. i have just been heartbroken to see and hear the stories of so many that have been impacted. they have lost their homes. their lives have been

antonia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys.g new memories and music with their grieving neighbors. that's next on "saturday today." but i'm protected (pause) with arexvy. arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent lower respiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. rsv can be serious for those over 60, including those with asthma, diabetes, copd and certain other conditions. but i'm protected. arexvy is proven to be over 82% effective in preventing lower respiratory disease from rsv and over 94% effective in those with these health conditions. arexvy does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients. those with weakened immune systems may have a lower response to the vaccine. the most common side effects are injection site pain, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, and joint pain. arexvy is number one in rsv vaccine shots. rsv? make it arexvy. (♪♪) (vo) and now for the final challenge, create your own cereal. (jason kelce) we call it the kelce mix. (travis kelce) our three favorit

antonia hylton, nbc news, asheville. >> and that is "nightly news" for this friday.holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. ♪ ♪♪ does mark farrell have the right experience to shake up city hall? in nearly ten years as supervisor, mark grew the bureaucracy by authorizing or creating a commission almost every year. he rubber stamped hundreds of millions to homeless nonprofits with zero accountability and orchestrated a pay-to-play scheme that sold out taxpayers to the highest bidder. mark farrell has all the wrong experience for the change we need. as we head into the weekend heat and wind, we are tracking the latest in our october heat wave. also, a san jose city

antonia hylton, thank you for that reporting.eone who's trying to help, rob gode, who leads the ground force aid volunteer group, on the ground in spruce pine, north carolina, about 50 miles northeast of asheville. rob, i don't know where to begin when we think about where we're at a week after hurricane helene came through. what are you seeing? what are your biggest challenges? >> well, and i'll just start off by saying i'm at the eoc meeting in spruce pine right now. just ten minutes ago i heard they're still doing rescue. it's been a week. rescue means there are still people unfound that they believe could be alive, and that's a strong statement. i've never heard anything like that being a week into a disaster. what we're seeing is roads closed. we had to map a route that added an hour and a half to our journey for our volunteers to get here to understand how to tell volunteers to come in to help, and the people here, you know, the trees fall across these -- the hollers in the roads that lead into these communities, and, you k

antonia, we heard from some of the families directly. what are they saying?ly heart breaking terms what this past year has been like for them. not just grieving the people they lost, but coming to terms with the fact that the evidence, the records seemed to show that the army, other agencies, and treatment centers involved all knew a lot about robert card's condition in the leadup to this mass shooting, that they knew about his mental health struggles, they knew he posed a risk to his community. and in fact that at one point even an army hospital that treated him failed to file a notice that they could have filed with law enforcement to make sure that they knew he was a danger to himself and others. that is the kind of -- these are the facts there on the ground, that led these families to take this kind of action. take a listen to them describing this in their own words. >> it is so difficult for us to relive those moments. it is even more tragic that there were many opportunities to prevent this. >> we have a 10-year-old daughter, she was a daddy's girl. he

antonia hylton, nbc news, asheville. >> and that is "nightly news" for this friday.holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. ♪ ♪♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> welcome! welcome, welcome! very nice! very nice! welcome to "the kelly clarkson show." i'm your host for the day, roy wood jr. i say that just in case you couldn't tell. i know how similar kelly and i look. you might have also seen me here a few days ago when michael buble was hosting, but now i get my chance to host. he bet me 50 canadian dollars i couldn't do his hosting job better than he did, i was surprised to hear canadians still have currency. i don't even know what 50 in canadian is. it's always good to be back here at 30 rock. you know, it's -- it's one of those places where it's just a magical place. i come to 30 rock because they've got one of the best cafeterias in new york city. and also, it's nice to be back in 30 rock in the daytime. i'm used to late may. you may remember me from eight years as a "the daily show" correspondent. but that's a nighttime show. that's a nighttime

antonia has such a lay and such all these symbolic words mean that during this altars people painted, received some kind of healing of these other some divine gifts, caresses. look, in spiritual and educational projects. on the belarus 24 tv channel, since after all it is hard to sit and draw in the studio all the time, in fact, i want to communicate with people. but with like-minded people, of course, so that it would be a pleasure, so that such an exchange of energies would be, that is why i came up with my own course , creativity for pleasure and as if diy home decor. alexandra, my wonderful one, supported me in this matter, because alexandra is also a professional designer. in fact, i come from a family of artists, my dad and mom graduated from the academy of arts, and i followed in their footsteps, and so... i worked with a designer for a very long time, including with glass and somewhere, that is, our interests with lada intersected in this, but we met when i was mostly doing photography, yes , we had such a symbiosis, by the way, that is, i started making these pots, and alexan

since when un secretary general antonia pretend rush as on the devastating consequences of polished indians. if israel implements alone binding the u. n. a agency for palestinian refugees of his funds, the passage of bells, and these rarity parliament, aimed at preventing underway from operating in israel. the votes has drawn international criticism with $9.00 to $2.00 votes and save the end to end against these rules. paula montez fossil banning the u. s. main aid agency for police teens from work in in israel. the decision could hurt aid some gone to the west bank and is jerusalem. israel accuses unrestored 1st off involvement in october 7th, tara tech and being if you wait with some us and other groups or more as an organization that a terrorist organization has completely taken over. what we've seen in gaza is how come as taking over united nation facility schools, hospital clinics and headquarters in order to use them as military base as to hide ammunition, to hide rockets, to actually commit care activities from the united nations facilities on the roof flight 9 and police officer inv

i'll be when secretary general has called for an end to the was in the middle east and a new great antonia good tatters was speaking of the gathering of the bricks. alliance of emerging economies posted in russia by president pro 10. it's the u. n . chase 1st trip to russia since the full scale invasion of ukraine, 2 and a half years ago. the code for the implementation of a you and the initiative to prevent future conflicts, like we must finish and investigate the machine the a piece. this includes the forms to make the united nations security policy and reflective of today's will. the facts for the future. it includes the important steps on these documents, including the subs multilateral agreement or nope, we are, these are meant in more than a decade and steps this addressed weapon lies ation develops of space and use of lead. solo told them was weapons across the board. we need to piece so patrick stewart says, director of the global old institutions program with the economy again, diamond friends and natural peace in washington. i beg upon stuart to patrick, i've got you and i write

a it's the secretary general has called for an end to the was in the middle east and in ukraine. antonia good tatters was speaking with a gathering of the bricks alliance and emerging economies hosted in russia. my present pro 10, it's the u. n. g. first trip to russia since a full scale invasion of ukraine, 2 and a half years ago. the code for the implementation of a us initiative to prevent future conflicts. we must finish and investigate the machine, the piece. this includes the farms to make the united nation. so go to the goal. assume reflective of today's well the fact for the future it includes the important steps on these documents, including the 1st multi letter agreement or nope, we have these arguments in more than a decade and steps that the best weaponized ation develops of space and use of lead solo total moves, weapons across the board. we need to piece so sure thing your, you and things have gone into russia in the middle of its escalating world with you cried. i asked you what patrick, from the con, the endowment for international peace in washington dc. i think it would

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we are true to this. >> reporter: for "sunday today," antonia hylton, brooklyn. >> thank you very muchnd of world war ii, the holocaust that killed 6 million european jews, the tiktok generation has been learning about that dark history directly from a survivor. >> my number is 810572. that is what i was. it was not my name. we were not human. >> lily ebert telling her story to a tiktok following of nearly 2 million people on an account created by her great grandson. >> have a nice weekend. >> she was 20 when she and her family were taken in the summer of 1944 from their home in hungary to the auschwitz concentration camp where her mother and two siblings were killed. in april of 1945, jewish prisoners were being led on a nazi death march when they were rescued by american soldiers. after the war, she made her way across europe before settling in israel where she met her husband and started a family. in 1967, they moved to london where lily made a life's work of keeping alive the story of the holocaust. she co-founded the holocaust survivor center. she spoke at schools. she wrote a bes

joining me now is antonia hilton in asheville, north carolina. i have talked a lot in the last few days. heart of the amazement is, you think we as reporters think a lot about the place it is going to make landfall and the damage it is going to do, and certainly, helene was devastating were made landfall. asheville wasn't on anybody's mind. it's well inland. it is western north carolina toward western tennessee, and i can't believe this picture that you are standing in front of. >> yeah, when you talk to people here in asheville, often they are days into this now still in a state of shock because of that. in fact, actually for years now, climate scientists, climate writers and enlisting asheville as a place that you should move if you wanted to get out of the path of these kinds of storms. they called it a climate safe haven. so i think one of the major lessons from the storm and probably others to come is that you can't out run these things, that some of our assumptions about, you know, what might constitute a safe or a climate protected part of

antonia hylton is on the ground in nashville, north carolina. >> reporter: one of the major concernsts right now is water. they are getting a lot of water bottles delivered and support from local organizations and the federal government. they are hearing that in many cases of water may not actually be turned back on for several more weeks because of all of the damage done to the treatment plants around asheville. i am in the arts district. you can see there behind me but is artist going into the damage warehouses and galleries and trying to recover and rescue their life work. it is really hard to do a cleanup job if you are a family or a business owner. if you do not have water and the ability to turn on equipment and supplies to do that work take a listen to a conversation we had with one of the artists here. what do you need from people right now ? >> we need a lot of long-term support to get back on our feet. people need to look up artist and tried to support them. everyone i know on social media has a gofundme because they are struggling. it is a tourism and gig economy here. peo

antonia, thank you. >>> ryan, you're in augusta, georgia, how is the recovery looking there, what do they hope to hear from the vice president? >> reporter: kate, it's important to point out that maybe the damage isn't as extensive as it is in parts of north carolina and tennessee. augusta got hit hard. they weren't prepared for it. it came with a lot of rain and wind. this house behind me had several trees fell on top of it. every house on this street that we're on met a similar fate. it's intermittent. one street, fine. another street, the kind of damage we're seeing here behind me. the recovery has been intermittent. some places have power. you go a mile in the other direction and there's no power to be had. that's one of the reasons you see vice president harris focusing her visit to this area, she'll meet with first responders, talk to some of the victims, she'll tour some of the extensive damage that took place here and send a message that the federal government is here to help that many people not only in augusta but people up and down the east coast aren't getting to them fas

nbc's antonia hilton with more on that and that visit by the vice president. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. vice president kamala harris thanking first responders and being briefed on the recovery amid growing misinformation that the federal government has abandoned these hard-hit communities. emergency teams are on the ground navigating a complex recovery. this morning western north carolina is still reeling ten days after hurricane helene made landfall. vice president kamala harris touching down in charlotte, north carolina, meeting with survivors. >> i think that these moments of crisis bring out some of the best of who we can be and who we are. >> reporter: like many disaster responses, it can be slow and complicated. many told they may not have running water for weeks. crews still doing search and rescue. >> our communications are down. >> reporter: the national guard invited nbc news to survey the challenges ahead. >> we can see things ground rescuers can't. >> i will spin around and come back. where we flew over thick brush and woods spotting

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but un sec agent antonia guteric said that the fire in the middle east is already turning into a conflagration before our eyes, recalling that israel did reject the offer of france and the united states for an immediate ceasefire. israel's operation in the sector. as in the case of the iranian attack in april, and how should it was obvious in the context of my condemnation, i once again strongly condemn yesterday's massive missile attack by iran on israel. in a few days we have seen such a sharp escalation that i wonder what is left of the normative framework that the council laid down in resolution 17. and as vasily nebenze, the representative of russia, noted, the middle east region is now sliding straight into the abyss of a major war and the security council is only a useless observer, with the only constant the united states of america remains a member of the security council, which blocks all decisions on the settlement, colleagues, yes, dmitry, thank you, thank you very much, this was our correspondent dmitry melnikov about the emergency meeting of the un security council on... the midd

we begin with nbc's antonia hilton.e president harris is down >> right now to meet with those devastated by the storm. one of the biggest challenges facing the community and frankly is this information about fema and recovery is one of them. >> reporter: vice president harris is going to get a briefing on a lot of what people i have spoken to today are going through, what i keep hearing about is water. people have been told in many cases they may not get water back in their homes for weeks. that means they cannot cook meals, properly bathed, wash their clothing, disinfecting spirit here at the food bank and a number of sites around asheville, a helping, they are bringing those kinds of supplies, toiletries, food, cases of water. they set up a system where all day long you're going to see cars come here and stop at various stages and they tell volunteers what do you need? they are putting them all into their cars and making sure people have several days worth of supplies, knowing they will likely come back again. as you

. >> nbc's antonia hylton joins us from asheville, good morning. the suffering continues.he president's visit there today, and what it means for getting resources to people so affected? >> reporter: good morning, jose. well, we know the president is going to take an aerial tour of western north carolina, but you are not going to see him on the ground at places like the one i'm at right now, which is a food bank operation here supporting people, and that's because the president's presence on the ground would disrupt the ability for people who are bringing supplies, critical water, food, cleaning wipes and supplies to people, and it would disrupt the first responders who still are trying to reach remote mountain communities here. the need is incredibly great. i'm at the manna food bank. people have been coming here all morning asking for water. i spoke to a mother who had an infant in the car who had not had proper formula in days. take a listen to that conversation. >> and baby wipes, any kind of baby, please. the baby hasn't eaten in five days. he's a hero. and i have a 9-

nbc's antonia hylton shows us. >> reporter: the head of fema attempting to set the record straight, after has been repeatedly accused of an inadequate response to hurricane helene by former president trump. >> kamala spent all of her fema money on housing for illegal migrants. >> reporter: deanne criswell responding on cnn. >> it is categoically false. i can assure you no funding has been taken from the disaster relief fund. >> reporter: fema has distributed more than $1 billion in taxpayer money to shelter migrants in cities across the u.s. but the white house and fema both say that's a separate government program, not for disaster relief, adding there is no evidence funds have been diverted. the vehement defense comes as the federal government rushes to prepare florida for a second hurricane. governor ron desantis saying the government is working with his state. >> we have gotten what we need from the feds. >> reporter: the federal government also sending an additional 500 troops to north carolina to help with search and rescue efforts and to bring aid to people left with little after h

antonia hylton for us there in north carolina.woman returned home after spending the last couple years in australia. she did not tell her dad she was coming. then she wanted to surprise him by doing this. she waited in his trunk. take a look. >> what? >> yeah. are you taking a picture of me?! hey! >> okay. that's what you get when you mix fear, excitement, you get the shock and then you get that. >> all the feelings. >> that video is going to live on. all right. >> glad dad has a strong heart. >>> just ahead, halloween just a few weeks away. that means the season of spooky movies is upon us. coming up on "popstart," a look at the scariest movies by state. stick around to find out where your state ranks. >>> but, first, have you ever wondered how snl got its start? well, its origin story is being told in a new movie called "saturday night." we have the film's cast with us live right after this. when symptoms tried to take control, i got rapid relief with rinvoq. check. when flares tried to slow me down, i got lasting steroid-free r

while antonia's organ damage can't be on done, other children could be diagnosed and treated as newborns. allowing them to lead a more carefree life. wild, irritable, stubborn or cheerful, both nature genes, i'm new to our environment, help shape us. but what is that you determines our personality? that's where a studies of twins come in. when 2 people on genetically the same and grew up in the same environment. well, they end up with identical personality traits for us on and who is a new ones in the olympic training center in heidelberg is a home away from home. the identical twins are members of the german national boxing team. they share the same genes and the same passion for boxing, but they're not exactly the same. was a new is to minutes younger than his brother. he self critical discipline and conscientious us on the older twin is 2 centimeters taller. he's even tempered optimistic and theory. and don't give him when we're with friends on the quiet or lines though. if i don't like something i always try to get my way that's. he's more determined than i am. image can do that for

tonya peterson telling antonia hylton her grandkids had not eaten in days. >> running what little gas we got out of a junk car for the generator. to be able to heat the bottles up for the babies. it's terrible. we've got people looting for gas, coming through your yard, it's awful. it's awful. >> and our thanks to sam for that update. >>> more than a year after hawaii's deadliest wildfire ever, investigators say the official cause was accidental. maui fire officials say broken power lines that became reenergized sparked the fire on the morning of august 8, 2023. the inferno killed more than 100 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses. the state says no criminal charges are expected. but the utility company that operates the power lines has agreed to pay a large portion of a $4 billion settlement. let's get a look at your weekend weather with angie lassman. i like that look ahead. >> never too soon. it's thursday, we're only a couple days away from the weekend. and your thursday looks pretty good, too. not a whole lot going on across the country. we're a little warm by au

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. >> reporter: tanya peterson telling our antonia hylton her grandkids had not eating in days. >> we are running what little gas we have out of a junk car for the generator to be able to heat the bottles up for the baby. it's terrible. we have people looting for gas, coming through your yards. it's awful, it's awful. no one's come to help. no one. >> sam, this is so horrible, but especially troubling is this lack of water. is there an update on that crisis tonight? >> reporter: there is, lester, and, unfortunately, this is quite a blow, the county saying both the water treatment and delivery systems are catastrophically damaged. they cannot even provide an update to residents as to any sort of time line as people are just trying to remove debris from properties and sheared roofs offer the front of their yards. lester. >> sam, thanks for bringing us this story. >>> vice president harris also toured some of those storm-ravaged areas today after former president trump went there earlier this week, all following what was perhaps the last debate before the election. here's gabe gutierrez.

as an emergency meeting of the un security council, a secretary general antonia could tatters pleading for an end to what it colby deadly cycle of tit for tat violence. it sites time to stop the sickening cycle of escalation of that escalation that he was living the people of the me of the leaves strides over the cliff. it's jessica relation is set of as a pretty fix for the next. we must never lose sight of the 3 men to install. this is no way that these going to in conflict is taking on civilians. and we cannot walk away from systematic violations of international humanitarian law. well donna, das, a k as a senior fellow at the university of california, los angeles, a buckle center for international relations, a welcome to the w. why do you see child striking back 1st as well? i think your previous gas laid it out. i. there is a, a full menu of options from a more extensive response which could target a variety of iranian nuclear sites. military sites. i or gc personnel, which is real, has been targeting over many months now, but it to possibly assassinations, even a political leader

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