cbs news foreign affairs correspondent margaret brennan has details. >> reporter: as the first step of president biden's deal with iran, these five americans were transferred from tehran's notorious evan prison to house arrest. secretary of state antony blinken -- >> my belief is that this is the beginning of the end of their nightmare. >> reporter: the prisoners may be back on u.s. soil as soon as september. for years, the detainees' families have urged president biden to just bring their loved ones home. >> my dad's just a dad. like let him come home. >> reporter: businessman emad shargi was taken in 2018. so was environmentalist marad tobaz, another man imprisoned in 2015 today called past eight years horrific. two other americans whose names are withheld will also be released. the breakthrough comes amid tension. earlier this summer the u.s. sent additional warships and marines to the gulf after iran attempted to seize two oil tankers. the white house declined to detail the deal citing negotiations as both delicate and ongoing. in exchange, iran will be able to access $6 billion in

cbs's chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret brennan on why some are criticizing the agreement.st step of president biden's deal with iran, these five americans were transferred from tehran's notorious evin prison to house arrest. secretary of state antony blinken. >> my belief is that this is the beginning of the end of their nightmare. >> reporter: the prisoners may be back on u.s. soil as soon as september. for years the detainees' families have urged president biden to just bring their loved ones home. >> my dad's just a dad. like let him come home. >> reporter: businessman emad sharghi was taken in 2018. so was environmentalist morad tahbaz. the brother of businessman siamak namazi, imprisoned in 2015, today called the past eight years of imprisonment horrific. two other americans whose names are withheld will also be released. the breakthrough comes amid tension. earlier this summer the u.s. sent additional warships and marines to the gulf after iran attempted to seize two oil tankers. today the white house declined to detail the deal, citing negotiations as both delicate

i'm margaret brennan in for norah.t on the scorching wildfires still burning in maui, as the governor says the death toll has risen. some residents are returning to parts of west maui to sift through the rubble for their belongings. meanwhile, the pictures from above show the scale of the ruin, with block after block reduced to ash, and the burnt-out wreckage of the business district shows how quickly the flames over took that community. at one point, drivers were forced to abandon their vehicles as they sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic in a desperate bid to escape. the maui war memorial gymnasium has been set up as one of the many shelters across the island for evacuees who have lost everything. volunteers are handing out food, water, diapers, and other much-needed supplies. and thousands are stranded at the airport as they try to escape the chaos and return to the mainland. we have team coverage from every angle of this tragedy, but cbs's jonathan vigliotti has seen the starts us off with that update about the rising

i'm margaret brennan.begin today with a horrific almost surreal scenes of devastations in hawaii where county officials now say 93 people are dead in the wake of the wildfires that continue to burn. crews are bringing in additional cadaver dogs to sift through the rubble of thousands of buildings burnt to the ground, mostly homes. and officials say about 1,000 people have been reported missing. the death toll is expected to climb. we'll look into the local recovery effort and the federal government's assistance. but we want to start with the latest on the ground. here is cbs news correspondent carter evans. >> reporter: fire crews are still battling flare-ups across five square miles of scorched earth in the small town of lahaina. so far authorities have only searched about 3% of the area for victims. >> it may be the worst fire that america ever faced, by the time it's done. >> reporter: rescue workers now have the grim task of identifying charred remains. >> we pick up the remains and they fall apart, an

i am margaret brennan in for norah.he enduring image of the 45th president of the united states, donald trump. he made history last night as the first american president to have his mug shot taken after being booked on charges at the fulton county jail in atlanta. he was released in 20 minutes later. he is the republican front-runner for the 2024 nomination and is using his booking photo to raise money for his campaign. rallying supporters following his fourth indictment this year. in this case, all of trump 18 codefendants have now surrendered to authorities on charges of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election in georgia. the formal arrangements for arraignment for all 19 defendants are expected to begin the first week in september. we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and cbs's nikole killion starts us off from atlanta if you're good evening, nikole. >> reporter: good evening, margaret. it has been another dramatic day of developments, with one defendant denied bond late today and ordered back int

margaret brennan, thank you.ry in new york city has indicted a 17-year-old suspect on a hate crime charge. after a brutal confrontation at a gas pump in brooklyn resulted in the death of o'shae sibley, a 28-year-old black man. cbs's michael george has more. >> o'shae and his friends were allegedly targeted... >> reporter: prosecutors a professional dancer o'shae sibley was targeted because he was gay. a 17-year-old high school student was arrested for the stabbing. >> we will never tolerate acts of hate crimes or any intolerance that is directed at any particular groups. >> reporter: the suspect, whose name was not released, is facing a charge of second-degree murder as a hate crime. last month, authorities say the 17-year-old hurled homophobic slurs toward sibley and his friends when they stopped to get gas. the argument escalated, and sibley was stabbed in the chest, and later died. >> o'shae came to new york to follow his dream, like many new yorkers, and his light was shut off. >> reporter: on tuesday, hundre

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back in disisneyland ♪ beans don't burn on the grill ♪ ♪ took a whole lot of trying ♪ >>> i'm margaret brennanington. this week on "face the nation" yet another extraordinary severe weather event. republican presidential candidates prepare for the first debate without the frontrunner. hurricanes in late august. not unusual. but the one aiming for the west coast and threatening catastrophic and life-threatening flooding, that's unchartered it territory. >> make no mistake, this is a very, very dangerous and significant storm. >> we'll talk with two key officials preparing for hurricane hilary expected to be a tropical storm when she hits southern california. palm springs mayor grace garner and los angeles mayor karen bass. >>> as the recovery efforts continue in maui, the questions about the state and local response continue to grow. we'll speak with hawaii's governor joshua green. >> i'll get to the bottom of exactly how the fire started, how our emergency procedures and plow toe calls need to be strengthened, and how we can improve our defenses. >> president biden will visit the devastated ar

first off, discount wag the whistleblowers are totally for this happening and if margaret brennan and chuck todd and everybody else to sit there and talk to abby lowell and others about this investigation and not saying the whistleblowers have a different story. david wesley snipes didn't have the power to be a special prosecutor. he didn't have the power to move the case to los angeles. he said so and they memorialized it in their notes and waiting to be challenged so you say what motivation did the whistleblowers have. i would like to destroy my career prevent my proceed vengs put my benefits on the line to do the right thing so they went out and put themselves on the line and that's the reason this is happening. the question is david weiss going to start using that investigative power and i don't know why judge i'm being more optimistic than you but why wouldn't he start looking into international business deals now? he has the ability. he's got the power. why did he ask on tuesday happen get it on friday? my hope is they'll look into it and if he's clean, he's clean. >> i'm not sa

it is a topic today for major garrett who is in for margaret brennan on "face the nation" on cbs. >>his rationale expressed to those close to him, internally is, why would i go? i am ahead in the polls. if i go to the center part of that stage i'm just going to be taking incoming . whether it is about the indictments or something from my presidency or some other matter. why would i give all these other folks all that time and space to attack me? and the former president has argued to his campaign advisors, if i don't go, that reinforces to everyone, it is not a real republican event because i am not there. why would i not remind everyone of that? the leading indications are that he is leaning against showing up. >> you can see all of majors interviews starting at 8:30 this morning on "face the nation" right here on kpix. >>> back in the bay area, san francisco supervisor matt dorsey is calling on mayor london breed to transfer $18 million the city budgeted for wellness hubs into services for people arrested on drug charges. matt dorsey previously supported the hubs which are meant to

. >> that was an interview with margaret brennan on face the nation.kie and harry. so, harry, what do you make of abbey lowell now claiming the foreign business dealings have been looked at and that the pretrial agreement not to go after him on the gun charge is still in effect? every indication certainly from the prosecutor, then prosecutor david weiss' announcement of the plea agreement some time ago was that he was still investigating. so he put that in a press release. and then it was repeated in court. when the judge queried both sides and said has this wrapped up. one side said yes and the other said no so deal fell apart. >> that's true. although it fell apart for another reason. a kind of quirky legal reason because the judge said wait, you've put tat puts me in an awkward position. i think lowell has a point. he has been investigated for five years. we assume if it's not the case, all right. but we assume that we included the 2014, '15 possible violations and they decided not to bring them. if nothing new has merged in terms of facts and the l

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