hallie? >> priscilla, thank you very much for that. let's get more now on the timing of this storm and its path from nbc news meteorologist angie lassman. angie, good morning. we are just getting in an update from the national hurricane center. talk us through the latest. >>> good morning, hallie. we officially have hurricane hilary just barely hanging on to that category 1 status with winds at 81 miles an hour. as it begins to push rain into parts of southern california and extending points north of that. this is just the first batch of rain folks will see there. we likely will see the system work onshore maybe as a tropical storm here when it makes landfall. notice as it makes its way over portions of southern california, a tropical storm is likely what we will have. the impacts remain the same. this will happen later in the afternoon before it moves north into nevada and north that have as the remnants what have is hilary right now. as we look to the flood alerts, they extend from californ

we appreciate it. >> be sure to join hallie later today on "hallie jackson now," she is streaming liveht here on nbc news now. >>> let's talk money with today's cnbc money minute. hyundai is issuing a major recall. >>> and starbucks is trying something new at the drive-through window. steve kovach joins us now. >> i always have a starbucks story for you guys. honday is recalling 40,000 vehicles due to a software risk that can cause the car to accelerate after release the brake. it recalls elantra hybrid vehicles from 2021 to 2023. the company will upgrade the software free of charge. >>> spirit airlines will pay over $8 million to settle a class action lawsuit over surprise fees. passengers say the budget airline added carry-on bag fees to tickets bought from third-party vendors. that includes expedia and travelocity. eligible travelers seeking refunds will get up to 75% of their fees back depending on the number of people submitting a refund request. >>> and starbucks confirms it's looking at scanless pay, which is a contactless checkout method. it can identify a starbucks app users'

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hallie, don't miss her show, hallie jackson now, coming up at 5:00 p.m. eastern, streaming live on nbc news now. >>> gilgo beach serial killer rex heuermann was in a courtroom today. >> he's pleaded not guilty in their murders. heuermann the lead suspect in the murder of a fourth woman. let's bring in ron allen who joins us outside the courthouse in riverhead, new york, what's happening right now? >> reporter: well the hearing just ended. heuermann, some still photographs that show him in a khaki pants, blue shirt. looked over at the prosecution as the prosecution was talking about the massive amount of evidence they say they have in this case. that's what this was mostly about, called discovery and how the prosecution is going to get this information to the defense in the coming weeks and months. the next hearing date was set for late september, the 27th of september, but a lot of the discussion as we understand it between the judge and the attorneys not in court but on side bars and forth was about the logistics to get this information to the defense, 2

. >> i want to turn to the politics here and bring in hallie jackson, nobody knows what washington like you do, hallie, you have a lot of sources, how is this playing within the republican party, he's still the front-runner the election, what are you hearing in. >> he sure is. front-runner for now. we have seen in past indictments only kept his grip on the republican party for voters in primary here, what's interesting, what i'm watching today how his rival candidates who are trailing by 20 points are going to talk about this indictment. you're seeing a spectrum of things. with former vice president mike pence, in this intightment he's a central figure because he's the guy who rejected this scheme that donald trump is being accused of here, accused of breaking the law, we're now hearing from the former vice president on camera for the first time in indiana. he's sharp on this. listen. >> as i seek the republican nomination, despite what donald trump has said over the last 2 1/2 years that i had no right to overturn the election, on that day he asked me to choose him over the constitutio

nbc news senior washington correspondent hallie jackson.house of the new york times. republican strategist al carden as and kimberly atkins stohr. three of you have law degrees and three of them don't. i'm glad there is more legal help here. here's what donald trump said last night about his current legal predicament. >> every time they file an indictment we go way up in the polls. we need one more indictment to close out this election. one more indictment and this election is closed out. nobody has even a chance. we've already defeated the republicans. >> hallie jackson, that was actually friday night and he had rallies both friday night and last night there. he's been right so far. >> fair and there's new polling out even today that shows more than half of republicans think that these indictments against donald trump are an attack against people like them. he is reflecting and channeling what he hears from his base, from the people who support him and from his loyalists. >> the dynamics seem unlikely to change at this point. the question

. >>> let's bring in senior washington correspondent hallie jackson, senior legal correspondent laurakristen welker and legal analyst danny cevallos. this is the third indictment of this former president, but these charges, to many, stand alone. kristen welker, this is the first time we're seeing a former president accused of trying to stop the democratic process, the lawful election of a president. >> and as you said at the top these are among the most serious charges that he's facing in the indictments. it's a somber moment for the country undoubted lead. what does it mean politically with each indictment. we've seen his poll numbers go up and his fund-raising go up and his super pac has paid out more money in legal bills than it's brought in in this past year and he's just become increasingly emboldened in this republican primary. notably speaking, his former vice president mike pence for the first time really started to sharpen his tone yesterday to say anyone who has violated the constitution in this way should not be president, but for the most part his gop challengers have real

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we've already defeated the republicans. >> hallie jackson, that was actually friday night. his rallies both friday night and last night. he's been right so far. >> fair, and there's new polling out even today that shows more than half of republicans think that these indictments against donald trump are an attack against people like them. he is reflecting and channelling what he hears from his base, from the people who support him, from his loyalists. the dynamics don't seem to have changed. we've seen a semi-sharp tone from pence and desantis. >> those closer to trump but not so tough. here it is. >> anyone who puts themselves over the constitution should never be president of the united states. >> another sad day for america. now we have former president that's under indictment three times. >> in d.c. they will go after you if you're a republican. the facts are damned. republicans don't have a fair shot there. >> doj continues to weaponize their power against political opponents. seems like they spent a lot of time protecting hunter biden. >> like most americans, i'm tired

[hallie] when i talk to people who are close with the senator, and who are reflecting on his life and don't wanna hear today-- donald trump. [john] the whole of the political world was there, but the family had said to trump, "don't come." [meghan] we gather here to mourn the passing of american greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly. if you wanted to reach out from beyond the grave and give trump another middle finger, mccain couldn't have done any better. so much of our politics can seem small and mean. [dana] when it came to sending a message about where the country should be, john mccain and his family understood that inviting the person who beat you for president to speak at your funeral, that says it all. [john] there was no way to miss the message. and at this moment of massive tribalism in the country and the fact that mccain was perceived to be this person who cared, country over party, it codified the sense of where we were at that point. you get roped in with phone offers, that bind you to a 3-year

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nbc's hallie jackson breaks it all down for us. >> you probably know how a presidential election works to the polls to choose who they want as president. if enough voters back a certain candidate, that candidate gets electoral college votes from that state. the winner needs 270, that's the magic number. >> here is the road to 270. >> so, that's what you see on tv. you typically don't see what happens next, because it's usually a formality, as members of the electoral college pick it up from there. those members, called electors, are selected by state parties months before election day. after every presidential election in december, each state gathers together electors from whichever party won the popular vote in that state. those folks meet and said an official certificate to the national archives and to congress. they look like these and they basically say, okay, this is who gets our states electoral college votes. it's pretty ceremonial. except in 2020. that's when the former president and his allies got to work, convincing loyalists in seven states that they should back republican e

images and i wouldn't be surprised if he used a mugshot to try to energize -- >> i want to bring in hallie. most people would think of the mugshot as a negative but the way he is embracing his fate here, for his own election chances, it kind of changes everything >> i wouldn't be surprised if we saw it if it happens sold on t-shirts in his merch store because that has been part and parcel of the tone from team trump all along. they see this as political persecution and how they have been framing it to supporters of the former president. to the point kristen made on the optics it is extraordinary. whether we get a mugshot or not we have been looking live at the former leader of the free world at an active jail. this is not a federal courthouse. this is not ceremonial. this is the real deal where a lot of defendants go to end up booked just like donald trump who not only is the former president but the current republican front-runner. there is a political risk here. we talked about it a bit. in the primary, post republicans are standing by the former president. we've seen that in recent poll

hallie biden, the widow of beau and later romantic partner of hunter collected $35,000.den directly received $360,000 from robinson, walker llc. companies associated with hunter biden snared around 30 million. >> the banking records speak for themselves. no one does business like this unless you are up to no good creating 20 different shell companies swirling the money around as it comes in from foreign entities and transferring out to family members. >> it's one thing to receive the money. did the bidens properly account for it? >> there is no record of them paying any taxes on this $20 million. if you and i sell $6 hundred worth of stuff on e-bay guess what? we get a letter from the i.r.s. that's just a two-path system in this country. the biden crime family syndicate and the rest of us. the rest of us are getting pretty ticked off. >> the white house denies wrongdoing. the administration says the president was not tied to his son's business dealings. bret. >> bret: chad pergram, thank you. >> dana: let's bring in jeff mason from reuters, a white house correspondent. i

. >> will: next up, if you missed the live action remake of "the little mermaid" starring hallie baileyg of the summer, at the end of the summer post-labor day it starts streaming on disney+ september 6th. special features like a song breakdown of "under the sea" and javier's performance as king triton and he does "impossible child" and i did miss that movie but i would like to see it. >> somara: i'll put that in the queue and glad it's on disney+. finally the long wait is over for fans of the abaaoud, "red, white & royal." the movie adaptation of the gay romance where the son of the american president falls in love with a british prince is out this weekend. >> will: sounds fantastic. >> somara: uma thurman plays the american first female president and the movie looks at a love story where these two people are really emotionally connected. >> janai: that sounds juicy. yeah. >> will: add that to my queue. >> janai: coming up, "deals & steals" to keep you cool during the dog days of summer. you don't want to miss those. we'll be right back. we always had questions. who do we belong to? wh

what were they saying, hallie biden, james biden, what's the access? it's not hunter. the special counsel will drag this out, they're going to try and block congress, try and block the committees. by the way, they should not do that, and republicans should not even accept any hint that, well, we're in the middle of an investigation. but this is what weiss will also use as his excuse, we're investigating it, so we can't comment. charles: you're suggesting this is something almost of a brilliant judo move. >> it is. charles: it's not acknowledging all of the things coming up, all of the evidence you can no longer ignore, none of the testimony that you can no longer ignore and say it's some sort of right-wing conspiracy. this is not an act in a moment ifment of that, been acknowledgment of that, but a way at taking the system and at some point making it a moot point anyway. >> the exactly. what happens if you go, republicans, the american people will say, well, why not prosecute in statute of limitations has run out. special counsel's investigation. he gets called before

i'm hallie jackson in for willie geist.seems too much to bear but we are learning the maui fire is the deadliest in history. more than 90 people confirmed dead after that fast-burning fire engulfed the entire neighborhood of lahaina. we'll have the latest in a live report from maui just ahead. >>> plus, the sunday focus on sharks after a new york city beach goer was attacked this week with several other close calls coast to coast. are sharks getting more bold or are we just capturing more on camera? >>> how they're hoping to help make orchestras look more like the rest of the country. >>> later as we continue our oscars august, a sunday sitdown with brendan frazier on his extraordinary performance on "the whale" and what he thinks of all the talk about his comeback. >> i'm glad you used that term because i was not going to use it. >> let's get it out of the way. i mean, on the one hand, it's funny. but i'm also hearing everyone else is having a remember nas ending on their name, too. >> plus, another life well-lived later o

hallie biden, widow of the president's son beau and later romantic partner of hunter, collected $35,000 with hunter biden snared around 30 million. this is why some gop members are ready for impeachable. impeachment. >> we need to start an inquiry, and we're going to drag him in or drag his people in and get more information and, hopefully, we will have an inquiry that, you know, broadens the scope of what james comer's committee can do and let the american people judge. let them see. >> reporter: republicans believe the appointment of david weiss as special counsel for hunter biden is an effort to stonewall their investigations. gop members still want weiss to testify this fall, but it's unclear if that will happen. liz in. elizabeth: chad pergram, thank you so much. good to see you on this friday night. let's bring in congressman jeff van drew from house judiciary. the federal law unambiguous. potential counsels are supposed to come from outside the government, not inside the doj like u.s. attorneys like david weiss. so you guys, i think you have standing to fight this to continue ove

a striking number of these activists like women in general were single like hallie morse, homesteader who is the first female fire lookout, divorced, like clara shortridge fowlkes. a mother of 5 who became the first female lawyer. she was a real firebrand. her brother became a senator. of course she should have been a senator, but she actually started the position of public defender which was considered a radical thing, she championed the cause of public defenders and now they are everywhere but the first was in passed the bar and went on to become a crackerjack lawyer. others were gay like montana's jeanette rankin, the first woman elected to the u.s. congress. or bisexual, like adelina warren. a new mexican educator and politician. by the 1890s, huge numbers of women such as luna kelly, a nebraska farm wife, help make the west the national capital of the new progressive politics. she was also a poet who wrote a very rousing ballad called stand up for nebraska that brought everybody to their feet. progressives upheld women's rights and importantly economic justice for average people

. >> hallie, quickly here, do we know why fani willis gave such a long runway to the 19 defendants, to august 25th? and will we eventually get a kind of hard and fast time as to when the former president will be turning himself in, as we did with the other three indictments? >> i think all of the rest of us would love that kind of a timing certainty, especially because you look at the way that next week is going to break down, they do have the duration of that week, but wednesday night, for example, is supposed to be that first republican debate. it seems now, according to our sources, that trump has decided he won't be on that stage. he's likely to be sitting for an interview with someone like tucker carlson, potentially, that night. but that means that it makes it harder for him to do this wednesday and it means that he could do this thursday, as our sources are estimating to us at this point. or it brings us up against that friday deadline. yasmin, this is probably not surprising, but we never expected trump to do this the moment that he was asked to do this, coming early on this de

couple months ago, the committee had bank records that hunter biden, the president son james biden, hallie biden all receive money originating from trying to robertson walker llc, a company owned by rob walker. a well biden associate. when presented with this evidence by reporter, the president said, that's not true, mister ziegler -- >> is it true the president's family received many originating from china which was funneled through the robinson walker account? >> that is correct. >> as it pertains to hunter biden investigation, mr., sadly you sat on a meeting on october 7th 2022 with mr. way. you testified to. that is that correct? >> that's correct. >> later this, year june 7th, mr. whites publicly stated in a letter to the judiciary committee the following. as the attorney general, as they've stated i have been granted ultimate authority over this matter. including responsibility for deciding where, when, and whether to file charges. that statement is dramatically and consistent with your recollection of a meeting that's happened october of 2022, that? correct >> corroborated documenta

>> we brought hallie to new yor!plause ]. ♪ >> welcome home! great to have everybody on our plaza. we see you, cuties it's thursday morning. listen, everybody should just come on back tomorrow because kelsey balleeny will be our live concert performer tomorrow morning on "today. hoda hates to miss it, but it's her birthday week celebration. don't know if you've seen any of your posts >> hoda is loved >> this woman is so loved. she has her entire family around her. she posted some of the stuff people sent. it looks like a floral shop. maybe what she's really doing is opening a floral shop. it's so sweet. meghan trainor called and serenaded her. >> love you, hoda. >> we're so glad our hoda is enjoying some love and a happy birthday let's get to your news it's 8:00. >>> we begin with an alarming increase overnight in the number of lives lost to those catastrophic wildfires in hawaii and in the meantime, thousands of residents and tourists are still being evacuated. nbc's miguel almaguer joins us from maui. the danger is