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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. southern california and mexico's baja peninsula are already feeling the effects of hurricane hillary hours before fall. in the desert east of los angeles, what is expected to be three days of rain has begun. forecasters say a years rain could fall in a matter of hours, leading to catastrophic and life-threatening flash floods. hurricane hilary, now a category two storm, is expected to become a tropical storm by the tenant fall as early as tonight in the baja peninsula. and then forecasters say it will surge north as the first tropical storm to hit southern california in 84 years. high winds and heavy rains are expected from the pacific coast to southern nevada and central arizona. residents are preparing. in newport beach, they stocked up on sandbags and san clemente workers put down parts to prevent mudslides. more natural disasters, wildfires are affecting the u.s. and canada. in maui, the death toll from the deadliest wild

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and for contributions by viewers like you. geoff: good evening. as disaster recovery efforts ramp up across maui, so has the search operation. the death toll. it's been one week since the first buyers tore through maui. >> we lost everything. >> the official safe two regions are ablaze. as of tuesday night it's 85% contained. search teams have been recovering human remains. so far crews have scoured 32% of the area and are racing against the clock. today, fema administrator's spoke. >> will have at least 40 canine search teams in addition to search and rescue personnel. officials have: family members to help. authorities have started to notify the victims next of. the wildfires were propelled by high wind from a hurricane. what caused them is under investigation. and maui resident reported smoke billowing out of his house. >> there is a power line. shortly after. sparks, a fire. >> the utility company to power on despite warning. meantime president biden says he will travel to maui on monday. historic landmarks have

the corporation for public broadcasting and for bike contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening and welcome to "washington week." for the first time in our nations history of former president stands accused of trying to reverse the results of an election. former president donald trump was back in washington, this time to up in a federal courtroom and plead not guilty to charges that he tried to undermine the bedrock of american democracy -- the transfer of power. there are four felony counts, conspiring to defraud the united states. conspiring to instruct -- obstruct an official proceeding, obstructing an official proceeding and conspiring to deny american citizens the right to vote and have that vote counted. after appearing in court, trump says this is all politically motivated assault. >> this is a persecution of the person that is leading by very substantial numbers in the republican primary, and leading biden by a lot. >> that last part is not true. he is not leading biden by a lot. the latest polls have him tied. on tuesday when jack smith a

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contbutions to yourtion from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening, i'm john yang. the death toll from the maui wildfire keeps climbing. it now stands at 93, the most people killed by any u.s. wildfire in a more than a century. hawaii governor josh green surveyed the damage with fema head deanne criswell and warned that the number of dead will grow. he said the search for bodies will take time. >> we have to go with caution. there are heavy metals there. there are toxic states where the houses have come down and the businesses have come down. the recommendations are to avoid those structures because they can still fall on people. and we've lost too much life already. john: the maui chief of police said that so far only 3% of the burned area has been searched. he said the pace should pick up as more help arrives. amid the search for the dead, there are tales of survival and trauma. one family escaped the flames by jumping into the ocean and staying there for 5 hours. as survivors told of their o

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions by viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening, i'm john yang. the death toll stands at 80 and it is expected to go higher. officials say more than the vast majority. >> summer homecoming, some taking stock of smoldering remains, e once vibrant island is now a hell skate. the house and life they built reduced to rubble. >> we don't know how to start over again. >> 4500 people need shelter. >> a lot of us are shellshocked. it's healing for us in a way. >> donations are pouring in. >> constantly sorting clothes, we are sticking together. >> officials say the losses can't be measured in dollars and cents. >> beautiful people. we are a tight knit community. >> another kind of natural disaster, two people dead and 16 missing in a mudslide. >> many rivers are above sea level, more migrants are attempting to cross now that the weather is milder. >> on thursday, 755 people crossed. a three-year-old child died, it happened in southern illinois on the way to chicago. more than 30,000 migrants since the p

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tor pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm vanessa really is with newshour west. the death toll from the maui wildfires and tin you to climb. at least 99 are confirmed dead. the rescue effort continues with a fraction of the effect it area search so far. geoff bennett has our report. >> search and recovery efforts are underway after the nation's deadliest wildfire in more than a century. as officials survey the devastation, residents continue to look for missing loved ones. >> i would like to find the quijano family, coloma family and villegas families, which is three days now that everybody's looking for them. >> hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. fema administrator deanne criswell spoke to reporters at the white house today. >> we have sent more personnel as well as more cadaver dogs to come into the area. they are working in conjunction with the maui fire department and the sheriff's office to make sure we are doing this in a very methodical way, but one that is

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtion from viewers like you. thank you. vanessa: welcome to "the newshour." i'm vanessa ruiz in for stephanie sy with newshour west. disaster recovery efforts ramp up across maui, so too has the painstaking search operation. the confirmed death toll now stands at 110 people, but with most of the victims still unidentified, families and friends of the missing are left fearing the worst. geoff bennett reports. geoff: it's been one week since the fires first tore through maui, turning vibrant communities like lahaina into scorched ghost towns. days after evacuating, residents are gradually returning to survey the damage, and rebuild their homes, and their lives, from the ground up. >> it's not just me, who lost everything. everybody. everything's gone. geoff: officials say two regions of the island are still ablaze. as of tuesday night, the lahaina fire on maui's western coast is 85% contained, and the upcountry kula fire, only 75% contained. in lahaina, search teams, aided by cadaver dogs

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbstion from viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening and welcome to the newshour. the impact of wildfires is being felt on two fronts tonight. on maui, residents are trying to rebuild their lives days after fire scorched parts of the island as they are mourning the lives lost. but for one city in canada, the fire danger is only just beginning. traffic lined the only highway out of yellow today while residents packed airports amid urgent orders to evacuate. >> i'd never seen anything like it. i'd never heard anyone speculate something like this happening. >> a race against time. a wildfire reaching a few miles north of the capital of canada's northwest territories, home to 20,000 people. strong winds can push the flames into the city by the weekend. this year has been the worst wildfire season in canada history. more than 51,000 square miles have burned. far more than the average wildfire season, which typically scorches 9000 square miles. the wildfire danger extends to british columb

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. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos stations from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. we began with two major stories tonight -- yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group, was on board a plane that crashed in russia today, leaving no survivors. that's according to russia's aviation agency. the crash comes two months after prigozhin's attempted coup against the kremlin. we'll have more on this shortly. geoff: but first, republicans are set to hold the first presidential debate of the 2024 election season tonight. a field of eight challengers is gathered in milwaukee for this first faceoff, as the current frontrunner, former president trump, is notably absent. our own lisa desjardins is at the debate and joins us now for a preview of what's to come. lisa, you have been talking to the various campaigns all day. what are they telling you? what should we look for tonight? lisa: i have to stress, this is the first republican primary presidential debate in several years. a lot of player

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbstion from viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening. welcome to the newshour. the u.s. economy added 187,000 jobs last month, slightly fewer than expected, but still a sign of a resilient job market. >> the under plane it rate dipped to 3.5%. -- the unemployment rate dipped to 3.5%. to break it down, we are now joined by catherine ramp l. thank you for being with us. what are the key takeaways from this report? what stands out the most? >> i think it was a solid report. it was a slower pace of growth. but a more sustainable pace of growth. and frankly, not even that slow. 187,000 jobs is exactly equal to the average pace of job growth we had in the decade proceeding the pandemic. in many ways, it was a relatively strong report, probably what the federal reserve was looking for. hopefully assign that we might be able to avoid a recession. >> the economy seems to be holding out now against a recession a lot thought was closing in. has it led to concerns that jay powell might be overdo

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. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions toation from viewers like you. thank you. >> here are the latest headlines. tropical storm harold barreled through south texas today. the states first tropical storm of the hurricane season to make landfall, bringing much-needed rain to drought stricken areas. some of those areas could see as much is six inches of rain along with wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. thousands of homes and businesses in corpus christi are without electricity. in california, crews in mountain and desert towns are digging themselves out of mud and debris left behind from tropical storm hilary. more than 800 people on maui are unaccounted for two weeks after the deadly wildfires first erected. teams have searched all of the single-story residences. they are now focusing on multi-story properties including commercial buildings. the confirmed death toll stands at 115 people. in greece, authorities have recovered 18 bodies from a major blaze burning in the country's northeast. they were believed to have been mig

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the ongoing support of these institutions -- ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingr pbs news station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.] >>> back on the campaign trail after his court appearance in how voters are reacting this most serious indictment with political strategist sarah longwell. then as thanniversary of the gruesome death approaches in iran we look at a new documentary on iran's protest movement. with producer sasha joella keeley and the new york times journalist. and what the russian state trial says about alex novotny. >> yevgeny prigozhin's wings are much less clipped than we thought . >>> inside the wagner groups armed rebellion.

. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and contributions topbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with newshour west. here are the latest headlines. the nation's weather has etched more entries today in the journal of extremes that's marked this summer. millions of americans faced everything from steaming heat across the south, to stormy destruction in the northeast. laura barron-lopez has our report. laura: in north baltimore county, emergency crews cleared through the damage. enormous trees, completely uprooted, left homes crushed and roads impassable. this morning, maryland governor wes moore said it's a long road ahead. >> this is going to take some time to fix. the damage from last night is significant, and it will take time to make sure that we are getting everything done. laura: a fast-moving storm swept through the east coast on monday night, prompting severe weather advisories in 10 states and the district of columbia. in upstate new york, outside dryden, tornado funnel clouds whipped through gray

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening and welcome to "the newshour." the impact of wildfires is being felt on two fronts tonight. in maui, residents are trying to rebuild their lives days after fire scorched part of the island as they mourn the many lives lost. for one city in canada's northwest territories, the fire danger is only just beginning. traffic mind of the only highway out of yellowknife today while other residents packed airports amid urgent orders to evacuate. >> i have never seen anything like it and i have never heard anyone speculate that in my lifetime something like this would happen. >> it is a race against time. wildfire rages just a few miles north of yellowknife, the capital of canada's northwest territories. forecasters say flames could push -- strong wind could push the flames into the city this weekend. more than 51,000 square miles have burned so far, far more than the country's average wildfire season, which typically scorches 9000 sq

." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to yourtion by viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. the death toll continues to rise in maui. at least 67 people were considered dead today. the smoke has all but cleared over lahaina, revealing what's been lost. the beloved, centuries-old town on the coast of maui was once the capital of the hawaiian kingdom. today, it's a burnt out shell of itself. >> this is going to take years, years to recover. and it just breaks my heart that all the history from back in the waning days of the 1800's. dust, ash and dust. stephanie: firefighters worked to extinguish the lingering flames. several wildfires erupted on the island this week, with lahaina bearing the brunt of the damage. homes, businesses and historic landmarks -- many built out of wood -- reduced to gray piles of ash. the street signs melted. satellite images show how the area looked before and after the fire tore through. gov. green: when you see the full extent of the destruction in lahaina, it will shock you. it doe

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to "the newshour." part of the island of maui in the state of hawaii is being described as a veritable wasteland as wildfires continue to burn. the death toll has spiked. at least 53 people are reported dead tonight, and the governor warns the toll will rise. it has become the second deadliest wildfire in modern u.s. history. over 1000 structures have learned. >> oh, my gosh, look at the harbor. >> the resort town of lahaina is shrouded in a blanket of smoke. the popular tourist spot steeped in native hawaiian history dating back to the 1700s, was virtually unrecognizable today, even to locals. >> oh, my goodness, look at all these houses. >> adding to the devastating human toll is the loss of cultural treasures. quentin lee were not prepared for what we saw. lahaina used to be the capital of all of hawaii. all of the places that are tourist areas that are hawaii history are gone, and that cannot be replaced. you cannot ref

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. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and i contributionsbs patient from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ geoff: good evening and welcome to "the newshour." for the fourth time this year, former president donald trump is "defendant donald trump." late yesterday, a grand jury in georgia charged mr. trump and 18 others in a far-reaching racketeering case related to efforts to overturn the 20 election results. lisa desjardins starts our coverage. lisa: today on social media, donald trump lashing out, calling the latest indictment a "witch hunt" and promising to release his own report alleging election fraud next week. >> they are trying to take donald trump down. lisa: while his republican allies rally to his defense. >> this is disgraceful and it is wrong and it is an abuse of power by angry democrats who have decided the rule of law doesn't matter to them anymore. lisa: house speaker kevin mccarthy called the charges a "desperate sham," saying the "radical da in georgia is following biden's lead." the latest charges were voted on by a grand jur

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the “newshour”" they're still fighting fires tonight on the hawaiian island of maui, in the nation's deadliest fire disaster in five years. at least 36 people are known dead and more than 270 buildings damaged or destroyed, across a blackened landscape. >> oh my gosh, look at the harbor. amna: the resort town of lahaina is now shrouded in a blanket of thick smoke. the popular tourist spot on the western coast of maui, steeped in native hawaiian history dating back to the 1700's, was virtually unrecognizable today, even to locals. >> oh my goodness, look at all these houses. amna: adding to the devastating human toll is the loss of cultural treasures. >> we were not prepared for what we saw. amna: richard olsen is a helicopter pilot for a maui tour group. >> lahaina used to be the capital of all of hawaii. all the places that are tourist areas that are hawaiian history are gone, and that can't be replaced. you can't refurbish a b

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. march 4, 2024, that is the tentative date former president donald trump will face trial for federal charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. geoff: it's the result of an at-time contentious hearing today where donald trump's attorneys sparred with special counsel jack smith's prosecutors and judge tanya chutkan. npr justice reporter carrie johnson was in the room for the proceedings and she joins me now. it is always great to see you. the federal judge has set march 4, 2024, as the trial date in donald trump's election interference case. remind us what the two parties were initially asking for. carrie: they were so far apart. jack smith, a special counsel in this case, wanted to start the trial on january 2, 2024. lawyers for former president donald trump wanted to kick this trial all the way into 2026, the spring of 2026. the judge said that is too far but she agrees that trump

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. william: good evening, and welcome to the “newshour.” survivors on maui spent another day picking up the pieces more than a week after wildfires devastated parts of the island. the confirmed death toll now stands at 111 people, even as rescue crews work to find more of the missing. donation centers have been set up to distribute food, clothing, and other essential supplies, and to offer encouragement in the wake of such devastating loss. >> people are telling us, get out of here. the air is not good, the water is not good. but people that lost their clothes, their cars, people that lost everything, and they're living in neighbors' houses or whatever, they need -- we need to be close to them so they can come and get supplies. william: crews have searched roughly 40% of the disaster area so far. hawaii's governor estimates that over 1000 people are still unaccounted for. wildfires have also burned a widespread area in canada's northwest territorie

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "newshour west." here are the latest headlines. relief is arriving for parts of the country that have been broiling under intense heat. a cold front helped today to lower temperatures across much of the upper midwest, the northeast, and the mid-atlantic. temperatures in phoenix fell below 110 degrees for the first time in 31 straight days. but in california, the heat is fueling wildfires. crews today battled a fire burning out of control in the mojave national preserve. the property manager at former president trump's mar-a-lago estate made his first court appearance today in a classified documents case. carlos de oliveira faces charges that he hid security footage and lied to investigators. de oliveira left the hearing in miami without entering a plea because he has not found a local attorney yet. he's free on a $100,000 bond. hunter biden's former business partner says then-vice president joe biden spoke with t

. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tos stations from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ geoff: welcome to the newshour. hurricane idalia is gaining strength, with winds of 100 miles per hour. it's now a category 2 system and is barreling toward florida, where it's expected to make landfall as a category 3 storm tomorrow. amna: rain from the hurricane's outer bands is already falling in florida. idalia is expected to punish the western coast of the state, and particularly the big band region near the panhandle in the northwest. forecasters are warning of a "catastrophic" storm surge, along with destructive winds, flooding rain, and possibly even tornadoes. more than 20 counties were under evacuation orders late today as the storm takes aim at florida. along the gulf coast of florida, people in tampa and elsewhere are focused on sand bags instead of sandy beaches. grace: in every situation, now we start preparing, putting away all my patio furniture, bringing in anything out there that's loose and can fly away, getting the sand

. ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. iversity.at arizona stategton, geoff: welcome to the newshour. it has become a familiar sight. for the third time this year, former president donald trump was arraigned on criminal charges. today, he was in federal court in washington, just a few blocks from the u.s. capitol, where a mob of his supporters rioted on january 6th and in the same courthouse, where hundreds of participants in that attack have also appeared as defendants. mr. trump pleaded "not guilty" to felonies relating to efforts four to overturn the 2020 election and remain in power. among them, conspiracy to defraud the united states, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy against the right to vote. mr. trump spoke to reporteres after his court appearance. >> when you look at what's happening, this is a persecution of political opponents. this was never supposed to happen in america. this is the persecution of the person that's leading by very, very substant

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtion from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the "newshour." an historic day in washington. a federal grand jury has indicted former president donald trump on four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the united states and obstruction of an official proceeding. geoff: it comes after a more than nine month investigation by special counsel jack smith of mr. trump's involvement in the january 6 insurrection and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. amna: this is the third time mr. trump has been indicted this year. he was first charged in march in a new york court with 34 counts related to hush-money payments made during the 2016 campaign. geoff: his first federal indictment then came in june as part of the special counsel's probe. a florida grand jury charged him with 37 felonies related to classified material found in his home. amna: white house correspondent laura barron lopez has been following all of this and joins us here. as we mentioned, jack smith has been followin

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. >> wins near 125 miles perour. wall of water. >> officials reported rain traffic test. >> after a night of raging wind and rain, the hurricane landed. on the gulf coast. ,. those who shelter-in-place woke up to find the flooded streets. >> this is going to be devastating. >> the hurricane could be seen from the international space station. the storm hit hardest in the big bend region. after the hurricane had passed, officials urged people to remain watchful. the local utility company staged crews and tracks. as of midday, hundreds of thousands of people are without power. >> the state by the storms. committee workers are actively working to restore power in all affected areas. . >> be ready and move. make sure back in florida aftermath. >> federal teams are going to work to get people to safety. i'm ready to mobilize the support. >> still recovering from hurricane ian that destroyed thousands of buildings. >> for an update, we turn to the mayor of tallahassee, john daly. this was the largest, strongest storm to