we do actually have antonia hylton. she is in one of the hardest hit areas of north carolina but antonia is located in asheville. i know most of you have been following you been seeing and hearing out of their. we just heard the beginning of the briefing that kamala harris is getting. i want to know from you. what are folks think on the ground where you are about how those cleanup and recovery efforts are going? >> reporter: i can tell you a lot of people will be trying to watch what the vice president says today closely. it will be challenging because so many still do not have access to the internet, cell service is spotty. people do not have running water. which has just put pressure on every part of their lives. it means they cannot cook food or cleaner clothing. it also means that they cannot clean out all of the buildings and businesses and parts of their lies that have experienced this intense devastation. they're being told, in many cases, that it may be weeks before running water is back on. it has caused some co

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

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

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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

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antonia hylton thanks for joining us again. that will do for me this hour. i am katie phang but we were going out to politics nation with the reverend al sharpton. . >>> good evening and welcome to politics nation. on the ground were it happened. >>> you are looking at a live view of butler, pennsylvania where donald trump will take the stage within the hour. three months after his first assassination attempt in july. in a dramatically different rent 2024 race against vice president kamala harris. now down to exactly one month of beef for election day. meanwhile, the vice president is in north carolina tonight. right now, getting briefed on the state's recovery from hurricane helene after touring the damage firsthand today we will hear more in a moment. let us start in butler, pennsylvania. the venue where donald trump narrowly survived an assassination attempt back in july. trump is holding another rally there right now. that is where jake traylor is standing by. jake, tell us what you see there so far. >> reporter: back in butler for former president donal

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

nbc's antonia hylton was in lewiston in the aftermath of last year's shooting and she is reporting onm some of the families directly. what are they saying? >> they spelled out in really 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 opportuniti

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

. >> 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-

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

. >> 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.

antonia hylton is there. >> reporter: tonight president biden sending 500 more troops into north carolina as the reality of recovery sets in. thousands still without running water. some loved ones still missing. the national guard showing nbc news their challenging operations. as they navigate through north carolina's blue ridge mountains. wyatt bumgarner grew up in this terrain, a cowboy and professional horse trainer. >> hey, sweetie. >> reporter: when helene hit washing away roads and homes that homegrown knowledge became crucial for towns like burnsville. >> come on, friends. >> reporter: word got out that wyatt and his friend tracy adams will the skills to head up into hills and bring hay and food to isolated farmers and rescue horses lost in the storm. >> how does it feel for you to see people experiencing that kind of loss, to be finding animals who've been stranded for days in some cases? >> it's kind of hard because it is such a devastating time. calling on our community and the community is showing up. >> reporter: residents here feel they're getting less federal support than th

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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

ryan nobels is in augusta, georgia and antonia hylton is in asheville, north carolina, you've been talking with people at a supply distribution site, what are some of the biggest challenges they're facing in. >> reporter: you know, we got here at about 8:00 a.m. today and it's gotten busier and busier, in fact we had to create a second line, only one line serving families coming through, they've expanded and doubled that operation, people need water, food, nonperishable foods, because they still don't have the ability to use their stoves or to boil water for example, they're asking for supplies for their infants, things like formula and diapers. so, you're seeing the full impact now five days out from all of this, it's still very real on the ground. take a listen to a conversation i had with one resident. >> i just try to look for the good people, it's so lovely to see the kids outside playing because there's no power and internet. they're forced to play with each other. i try to focus on that. >> reporter: if you have never been to asheville, that spirit you just shared with you there, th

nbc's antonia hylton is in western north carolina where the president will be getting an aerial storeat is the reality on the ground. what is the president going to see and hear there? >> chris, well, the president is going to see devastation, homes completely unrecognizable, a vibrant, artistic community that is, you know, it's just never going to be the same until the years and months it's going to take to rebuild for all of them. what's still here, though, is the spirit in nashville. this community is intensely close, and the people who you see here volunteering at this manna food bank, the organization running this, they lost their entire operation. their building destroyed, all the food that they had gone. and still, they have managed to do all of this, and just so you know, the line that you see here around me, that is the level of need here. the number of people who need simple things like water, hygienic supplies, and food for the kids, take a listen to the conversation we have had today. >> we can't call our people. >> and we got a writer, and the station is finally get engag

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

antonia hylton, thank you for being there for us.e vice president now taking the stage in wisconsin. let's listen in. ♪♪ >> can we hear it for sisco? good afternoon, wisconsin. good afternoon. oh, it's wonderful to be back and here at the university of wisconsin lacrosse. thank you all. go eagles. oh, it's good to meet everyone. and mark cuban, thank you for all that you are. and being a part of this. thank you. so, some of you may know, when i was 5 years old, we lived in wisconsin. my parents taught at the university of wisconsin in madison for a time, and every time i come now, when i land, governor evers will greet me and say, welcome home. so it is good to be back in wisconsin. and this is a room full of leaders. i thank you all for taking the time out of your busy lives to be here to have this conversation. i want to thank mayor reynolds. thank you for the warm welcome and all you do. and lacrosse, let's re-elect someone who has spent her career fighting for the families of wisconsin, your senator, tammy. we need her in washing

story about, you know, the blowback and the political battles in south lake that my colleague antonia hyltonompanion piece for nbc nightly news in the aftermath of publishing those, we realized, oh, this is much bigger because then we were hearing from people in communities all over the country saying, hey this fight over diversity, equity, inclusion in the south like school district. that's the story of my town, the suburbs of philadelphia or that's the story of my town in outside of columbus, in ohio. or that's what's happening down here in in florida. we got literally dozens of those messages when we published that story in early 2021. at that time, maybe most people probably had never still not heard of this idea of you critical race theory and hadn't clued in that that these fights were coming. but we our inboxes were kind of like previewing what was about to happen across the country. and so then it became like we need to keep going on this. that's probably a pretty good sign when you start getting emails from all over people saying, this is my town story that i think that's really pow