i am frances rivera.w for courses. >> with republican front runner for the presidential nominee nation getting arrested all the time, trump subordinates in congress are doing everything they can to try to help him out. including a plan to shift attention by impeaching the current president. in fact, today, donald trump publicly ordered those republican caucus to get it done. writing, quote, either impeached the bomb or fade into oblivion. they did it to us. one of the most outspoken members of that caucus, matt gaetz of florida, citizens believe the house needs to vote to open an impeachment inquiry. according to marjorie taylor greene, speaker mccarthy's apparently taking direction from matt gaetz and donald trump. >> that leaves the decision to kevin mccarthy, ultimately, are you confident he's gonna go with the impeachment inquiry this fall in september? >> i am confident. the reason why i'm confident, we have house gop call yesterday, and that was his big push on the call. so, if we were to have the v

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i'm frances rivera we begin with a deadly inferno ripping through paradise wildfires burn on the island of maui urgent evacuations continue across maui where mm services and communications have been crippled satellite images show the widespread destruction on the island at least 270 structures have been damaged our miguel almaguer starts us off. >> reporter: the apocalyptic scene in maui unfolded before sun rise an island wildfire so explosive flames poured into the pacific, forcing the desperate to plunge into the ocean to escape the inferno. the coast guard quickly plucking roughly a dozen from the water, as witnesses say the unstoppable blaze ripped across homes and took at least six lives. >> the smoke was just so thick people were running around, looking for refuge it was, the heat was unbearable. >> reporter: during the chaotic evacuation >> oh, my god. >> reporter: hospitals treating at least20 burn victims quickl became overwhelmed 911 service went down, cell coverage is out, and the national guard was ordered in to help >> it really took us by surprise >> reporter: as 70 mile p

i'm frances rivera hope you have a great tuesday. tomorrow leer tomorrow >>> right now at 5:00, sending new help to maui. local first responders preparing to head to lahaina. a live report ahead for you on the departure and the reaction in maui to president biden's whirlwind trip. >>> it was healing, it did bring back some of the emotions that happened this past week. >>> calls for peace after violence rocks a south bay high sc

. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera in alaska four navships were respondeto a dozen chinese and russian military vessels this is the latest close call between the u.s., chinese and russian mill tears abc's aaron gilchrest starts us off. >> reporter: it is called an incursion and happened here near the aleutian islands of alaska 11 military ships from russia and china patrolling the waters according to a statement from both alaska senators adding four american navy destroyers were sent t to shadow thehem until ty left the area. what is the u.s. signaling to russia and china by putting destroyers in the water near their exercises >> well, i think it was, again, an attempt to countersignal that we are aware of their presence and have military power in the region >> reporter: the patrol never entered u.s. waters according to u.s. northern command, confirming to nbc news that air and sea assets conducted operations to ensure the defense of the united states and canada. it is the latest aggressive maneuver by the chinese military after this close call between chinese and american war

. >>> let's check on the headlines with nbc's frances rivera in new york with the latest. ances. >> good morning, frank. we begin with the familiar, but ominous threat for the state of florida. idalia has strengthened to a hurricane as it churns in the gulf of mexico. the tampa airport shutdown at midnight. it will make landfall as a dangerous category 3 hurricane tomorrow morning. >>> the shooting at the university of north carolina chap thel hill left one faculty member dead and left the campus in lockdown. the gunman is now in custody. the investigation will take weeks. >>> we learned two important dates for trials featuring former president trump. the judge set a start date of march 4th in the federal election interference case. that is one day before super tuesday. trump will appeal the decision. meanwhile, the former president and other defendants are set to be arraigned on september 6th. >>> and the super blue moon should come over the horizon at 9:35 eastern time wednesday night. the closest full moon of the year bringing our nearest neighbor 222,000 miles away. fra

. ♪♪ >>> welcome back let's check on the top headlines with frances rivera in new york.d morning >> dom, good morning a sweeping 41-count criminal indictment is what the fulton county grand jury brought against former president trump and 18 allies. this came after the two-year investigation by district attorney fannie willis in the attempt to overturn the 2020 f election in georgia. trump faces racketeering and conspiracy charges >> the indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgia's legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn georgia's presidential election results >> all 19 defendants, including rudy giuliani and mark meadows have ten days to turn themselves in voluntarily with an august 25th deadline. the former president has maintained his innocence he called it an politically inspired indictment. dom. >> thank you, frances rivera >>> now time for one of the big money movers housing stocks shares of lenard and d.r. horton moving higher after the s.e.c. filing shows that berkshire took new posi

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i'm frances rivera, now back to the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle.ng news tonight. we just learned hurricane idalia is now expected to strengthen to a category four before making landfall tomorrow morning. in the state of florida tonight, it is still a category two, with winds at 110 miles an hour. one of the biggest threats, a record-breaking storm surge of 10 to 15 feet in certain areas. my colleague tom giannis picks it up from here. >> tonight, this destructive hurricane pounding the shore, fueled by the warm waters of the gulf of mexico. the eye of the storm is trained directly on florida's western coast. >> i don't have a great feeling about it. i'm hopeful, but i just think that we're about to. >> with hurricane idalia torrential rains and gusts of up to 125 miles per hour bearing down, last-minute perhaps are at a fever pitch. florida's governor mobilizing 400,000 lineman to try to keep the lights on. >> that's the ultimate goal, rapid restoration of power, this is a major hurricane. >> the keys and fort myers beach already seeing flooding. c

eastern on cnbc >>> this morning's headlines with frances rivera in new york with the very latest goodtart with the devastating confirmations that are now reaching desperate families in hawaii officials have begun identifying the many lives lost in maui's wildfires, naming two victims in their 70s. the death toll and the tragedy has climbed to 106 >>> the governor warned that teams could find as many as 20 bodies a day as they search damaged structures >>> president biden has announced $700 payments to every displaced family for immediate needs. >>> former president trump is on the defensive, following the sweeping indictment over alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. trump, who maintained his innocence, is now calling for his crowded schedule of trials to be pushed until after the 2024 election, alleging interference >>> former white house chief of staff mark meadows is one of the 19 defendants in the georgia case he filed his own move to move charges in federal court, which could result in a more favorable jury pool for defendants. >>> for the first time, north k

now >>> good morning great to have you with us, i'm jessica layton >> good to be with you, i'm frances rivera ofrivera the top gop presidential contenders took the stage. it comes as party's frontrunner will be booked in fulton county, georgia. what did we see at wednesday night's debate >> reporter: yeah, good morning, jessica. good morning jessica and frances. this is where former president trump is expected to turn himself in, later on today but last night, eight republican candidates took the stage there in milwaukee to make their case for taking on president biden in 2024 early on, the contenders attacked the biden economic agenda, while mike pence and nikki haley sparred on the issue of the federal abortion ban. upstart candidate and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy made waves with many of his remarks, including forcefully claiming that the climate change agenda is a hoax, and that he would stop the u.s. aid to ukraine if he were elected his outspoken comments led him to be be a frequenta freq tgge rivals >> that's something a u.s. president can do with focus, and i'll deliver it on that. >

teases her latest song to end the summer "early today" starts now glad to have you with us i'm frances rivera there is new fallout today in hawaii where a devastated community is demanding answers maui county emergencmanager has resigned his resignation, which he said is due to health reeasons came after he said sirens were not used >> reporter: the number of victims from the burn zone keeps climbing more than 100 dead and 1,000 still unaccounted for. as the head of maui's emergency operations faces the public for the first time since the disaster >> do you regret not sounding the sirens in >> i do not. and the reason why >> so many people said they could have been saved -- >> reporter: but when followup questions were a >> do you want him to give you the answer in. >> i do. i want to -- >> let him finish his answer >> i'm sorry, there's a lot of people -- in you >> you're talking and not letting him talk >> reporter: he maintained they are primarily for tsunamis >> had we sounded the siren we afraid people would have gone maka, and they would have gone into the fire. go it's gotten to the po

i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with the latest extreme weather threat to hit united states the system known as harold made landfall in texas a tropical storm before weakening to a depression but overnight, it's continued to bring the risk of heavy rain that storm hit as southern california continues to dig out of the sludge left behind by tropic tropical hstorm hilary >> i went out to the river out there and had a white towel and the helicopter came over i started going like that, and i guess they came back and told them there was somebody to rescue >> stephanie and her dogs with finally found after being stranded for more than 48 hours. near palm springs, firefighters used bulldozers to rescue the elderly who couldn't make it to safety the mud is as deep as five feet in some places >>> the first of the 19 defendantscharged in the jaf squlafrgets /* georgia elections k case surrendered they had mug shots released on tuesday night. two other defendants were confirmed to have been booked early this morning t

and "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera florida is on edge this morning with all eyes on tropical storm idalia it is expect expected to expecty into a category 3 hurricane. >> reporter: how bad do you think the storm is going to be >> it looks like he's going to be a big one even some of the old locals are pretty concerned at this point >> we've been extremely lucky here in tampa and have been bypassed by bad ones and i'm just afraid our luck is going to run out >> overnight, idalia lashed the western part of cuba and has moved into the gulf of mexico where it's expected to intensify quickly. let's get an update from angie lassman. >> today is going to be the day that folks want to finish those preparations ahead of the system moving closer and eventually strengthening before landfall as we get into wednesday morning. tropical storm idalia, a strong tropical storm with winds at 70 miles per hour impacting western cuba you can see the rain bands starting to work a chill closer little close to the state of florida. we've got

>> and good morning, and thanks for joining us i'm jessica layton >> good to be with you i'm frances rivera former president trump and his allies are already on the defensive after the sweeping indictment in georgia. trump on truth social tuesday called for his crowded schedule of trials to be pushed until after the 2024 election, allege be allegeing interference, meanwhile, mark meadows filed tuesday, attempting to move his own charges to federal court a move to federal court could result in a more favorable jury pool for defendants. nbc's garrett haake has more on the reaction from the political world. >> reporter: the historic fourth indictment of donald trump shaking up the 2024 campaign the republican frontrunner slamming the charges as another witch-hunt by a democratic d.a. and vowing to release what he calls a conclusive report on monday proving his disproven claims of election fraud in georgia. frumt trump allies blasting the growing number of charges he's facing [ this >> this should be decided at the ballot box >> we see the legal system being weaponized against political opponen

see it's friday, august 18 "early today" starts right now >>> good friday morning to you i'm frances rivera there is new fallout in hawaii where a devastated community is demanding answers. the emergency manager has resigned his resignation, which he said he gave for health reasons came just hours after he defended the decision not to use warning sirens as the fire ripped across the island federal teams are there in maui, focussed on the search and recovery effort, while more than 100 people are confirmed dead, officials are trying to get a clearer idea of what the number of missing might be. police say it could be over a thousand brie jackson has the latest. >> reporter: as the death toll from the maui wildfires rises, the search for people and answers continues. >> this certainly a very complicated search environment there's, obviously, a lot of debris there's a lot of glass and still hotspots around the search area. >> reporter: fema has canine teams helping to locate survivors and remains. the official cause of the deadly blazes remains under investigation. federal and state leaders say

today" starts right now >>> good morning good to have you with us, i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with a familiar but ominous threat for the state of florida. tropical storm idalia is expected to intensify quickly before hitting florida as a possible category 3 hurricane. several have been urged to evacuate priscilla thompson kicks off our coverage >> reporter: florida's gulf coast taking no chances when it comes to tropical storm idalia >> i come in for the bags that i need and they loaded it in my car. >> reporter: it could become the strongest hurricane to hit florida's big bend since 1950. how bad do you think's going to be >> it looks like it's going to be a bad one >> reporter: mandatory evacuations and school closures along the coast already issued from we >> we want everybody to make the best decisions they can for themselves and their families. >> what we always like to say is run from the water, hide from the wind >> reporter: residents and business owners in the fort myers area concerned and still rebuilding after hurricane ian hit nearly a year ago. >> it was

good morning, and thanks for getting up with us i'm jessica layton >> good to be with you, i'm frances rivera the future of abortion rights in ohio is all but certain to be on the ballot this fall but a state election on tuesday dealt a major blow to those looking to limit reproductive freedoms we go to brie jackson in washington what was the purpose of this late-summer election, and how does it affect any future action on abortion? >> reporter: good morning frances. on tuesday voters in ohio took the first step in deciding the future of reproductive rights in this state by going to the polls. on the ballot was issue one. it would raise the majority to a 60% threshold. november's election is expected to feature a proposed amendment on enshrining reproductive rights in the buckeye state. in the lead up to tuesday's vote, critics accused issue one of being designed to make it more difficult to pass that measure this fall. and condemned the state's leadership for planning the vote for august, which is typically a low turnout month. in the end, issue one was rejected by the voters with over 56% v

i'm frances rivera we begin with a dire situation unfolding innize an island paradise has gone up in flames. the a least six people have been killed as wildfires ravaged maui about a dozen people were pulled out of the ocean as people plunged into the water to escape the fast-moving fire the coast guard says mass rescue operations are still under way tourists are now scrambling to find flights home, while many locals say they've lost everything >> ply my mom's place is gone my place is gone pretty much everybody i know has lost everything that we have i haven't been able to assess, but everybody told me front street's gone. >> satellite images show the widespread destruction on the island at least 270 structures have been impacted. the full extent of the damage is still unclear as crews continue to battle the flames >>> now to a disturbing story out of utatah hoururs beforere presidenent biden lalanded in t state on w wednesday, fbi agents carried out a raid on the home of a man accused of making threats against public officials, including the president himself. for more on this, we

"early today" starts right now good morning, i'm frances rivera >> i'm jessica layton. a sweeping 41-count criminal indictment, what a fulton county grand jury brought against former president trump and 18 of his allies monday night, all in connection with efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. these charges came following a major, two-year investigation by fulton county district attorney fani willis which involved the testimony of 75 witnesses. it is the fourth indictment brought against the former president this year and saddles him with 13 new counts >> we go to chris pollone in washington good morning, take us through the charges and the defendants in this lengthy indictment >> reporter: we originally thought that voting on these indictments could take place by that fulton county grand jury today, but instead, d.a. fani willis held a marathon session yesterday that lasted late into the night and culminated in this 98-page indictment among those charged, 19 people, former president donald trump, along with his personal attorney, rudy giuliani and his forme

i'm jessica layton >> and i'm frances rivera. for the fourth time this year, a former u.s. president was arrested and booked on criminal charges. donald j. trump on thursday surrendered to authorities in atlanta and became the first u.s. president to have his mug shot taken this, as the last remaining defendants in the georgia elections case join trump and turn themselves in for more on this, we go to drew petramoix in washington. what happened during trump's fourth arrest? >> reporter: good morning, frances and jessica. just after 7:30 p.m., trump arrived at the fulton county jail in georgia. he was placed under arrest and booked and processed at the jail in a change from the previous three arrests, trump also had his mug shot taken the former president is already using the image in social media and fund raising after posting bond he was released and went back to the airport where he spoke with reporters claiming he had a right to challenge the result of the 2020 election. then he returned to his private club in new jersey he was there by midnight in her indictment, fani w

i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera we begin with the unthinkable loss coming to light in hawaii search teams still have a lot of ground to cover in the ruins of this community in maui the death toll from the wildfires has reached at least 111. but hundreds more are still unaccounted for. and a push for answers and accountability is growing. nine state senators are demanding an independent investigator get to the bottom of what happened video shows power lines appearing to snap and spark flames the local power company now under intense scrutiny >> reporter: search teams in lahaina continue their heartbreaking work already more than 100 bodies found, and they're still looking for the lost what was once a paradise is now a mass grave >> the tears just constantly coming for the families who have lost a lot. >> reporter: the flames destroyed ty burnett's scuba business is it your elief, too, that th power lines started this fire? >> absolutely. the amount of power lines up in that area are horrendous >> reporter: while the cause of the blaze is still being investig

"early today" starts right now good tuesday morning i'm frances rivera >> i'm jessica layton. new york, washington, florida, and now georgia. two weeks after a federal grand jury charged former president donald trump with attempting to defraud the united states he faces fresh allegations connected to the 2020 election in the peach state on monday night, a fulton county grand jury brought a 41-count indictment against trump and more than dozen of his allies all in connection with alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. now these charges came following a major two-year investigation by fulton county district attorney fani willis >> to break this down we go to nbc's chris pollone in washington take us through the charges and defendants in this lengthy indictment >> reporter: we originally thought that that fulton county grand jury would vote on these indictments today. but instead, d.a. fani willis held a marathon session that went late into the night, culminating in that 98-page indictment among the 19 people charged, former president donald trump along with hi

today" starts right now >> good morning, and thanks for joining us, i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. more severe wh weweather threatg across the country powerful winds over 70 345milese hour continue to hammer the east coast. kathy park kicks off our coverage >> reporter: a confirmed tornado touching down in massachusetts leveling trees and damaging homes. other parts of new england under water, with flash floods stranding drivers and swallowing parked cars. the same storm system slamming stateses up and down the east coast monday night >> i see the wind coming through, the darkness. >> reporter: andrew king t took cover in his basement, as tornado warnings were issued >> i hear the tree bomb impact, like simultaneous, crashing around the house >> reporter: in the d.c. suburbs, an outbreak of heavy downpours, hail and hurricane-force winds. >> furniture went whoosh, and the power went womp! >> reporter: power lines knocked down as explosive storms plowed through at the height of rush hour 33 people trapped inside their cars for hours, including more than a dozen children. emergency

. >> good morning, and thanks for being with us today, i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with the growing heartbreak in hawaii at least 55 lives have been lost in the wildfires that have decimated maui and officials warn that the number will continue to climb as they scramble to help people who have lost nearly everything. our mig uel almaguer starts us off. >> reporter: the fast-move be inferno obliterated everything in its path. this tropical paradise becoming a death trap for dozens who couldn't outrun the flames >> let's go! >> reporter: after this terrifying, heart-pounding scene to evacuate. >> no communication whatsoever >> reporter: susan mateara's son matthew is still among the missing. >> just know your family and friends are reaching out to everybody. your face is out there we will find you and just know that we love you >> reporter: matthew lived here in lahaina, the historic town in ruins where nearly 300 structures were swallowed by flames and engulfed in smoke >> it's all gone, man. >> reporter: the fire devoured homes in minutes neighbors say it j

swinging into monday it is august 7th, and earlier starts right now >> glad to be with you i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm steven romo thanks so much for joining us. we begin with breaking news. seven people sent to a hospital in south texas after a shooting outside of a nightclub the hidalgo county sheriff's office says no one was killed, but two victims are in critical condition. an investigation is still ongoing there. >>> meanwhile, three people were shot and killed in southeast d.c. this weekend, two others were injured in the saturday night shooting the cause of that is under investigation. and anyone with information is asked to come forward. >>> lastly to orlando, where police say the suspect believed to be involved in a friday night shooting that critically injured two officers has now died. the shooting sparked an hours' long manhunt that suspect was killed saturday after exchanging gunfire with police the officers, by the way, are expected to make a full recovery >>> another major deadline looming this morning for former president trump's legal team his lawyers have until 5:00 p.m.

i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera.weather plagued the south and east coast leaving at least two people dead. a 22-year-old was let by lightning in alabama so far there have been no reports of tornados along the east coast but close to a million people lost power and hundreds of thousands are still in the dark after severe thunderstorms hit from georgia to new york many states sustained wind damage, hail, heavy rainfall and flooding more than 8,000 flights were delayed and over 1700 were canceled >>> the philadelphia phillies postponed their home game as the city saw 70 mile per hour wind gusts. and aive drooer captured the moment a power line fell onto the streets there. 33 adult and 14 kids and one dog were trapped inside their cars until all these lines were de-energized luckily, no one was hurt nbc meteorologist angie lassman tracking yet another system that could bring more dangerous weather across the u.s >>> former president trump's legal team firing back at the justice department's request for a protective order

i'm frances rivera. president biden has returned to d.c. this morning after trying to bring some comfort to the people of hawaii he visited with families and first responders, while getting a close look at the vast sdrux on destruction on the maui. he promised that the rebuilding process would be respectful of the sacred grounds there >> whatever it takes, as long as it takes i look at your congressman and senators and governor and lieutenant governor. we're going to get it done for you. get it done the way you want it done not get it done somebodys way. i mean it. >> the federal government says they are bringing in more resources and have approved more than $8 million in relief to victims so far authorities have updated the official death toll to 115 many but the mayor of maui county says 850 people are still missing. most of the victims who have been identify so far are seniors, but the governor yssa many of the victims may be children >>> let's turn to e disaster recovery, beginning in california tropical stormhilary hammered the southwe