and gas wells that can leak toxins into the water and even cause homes to explode, and as cynthia mcfadden reports, millions live near them. >> the fact that the two of you got out is such a miracle >> yeah, we were lucky. we had somebody watching over us. that's for sure. >> reporter: it was a sunday afternoon after church 13 years ago that beverly butler and her husband bob lit a fire she says moments later, their home exploded >> this ball of fire hit me in the face, and the next thing i knew, he hollered, we got to get out, the house is on fire. >> reporter: like the house that blew up over the weekend in plum, pennsylvania, the butlers' home three hours north in bradford is surrounded by old abandoned and unplugged oil and gas wells. the butlers' fire was so intense, investigators said they could provide no conclusive explanation for the gas explosion, and the cause of the explosion in plum is still under investigation, though pennsylvania officials told nbc news abandoned wells are being looked at as one possible cause the dangerous remnants of 100 years of searching for oil and gas,

abandoned oil and gas wells can leak toxic fumes and in some cases lead to explosions our cynthia mcfadden investigates >> reporter: the fact that the two of you got out is such a miracle. >> yeah, we were lucky we had somebody watching over us, that's for sure. >> reporter: it was a sunday afternoon. after church 13 years ago, beverly butler and her husband bob lit a fire moments later their home exploded >> the fire hit me in the face next thing i know he's hollering we got to get out. the house is on fire >> reporter: like the house that blew up over the weekend in plum, pennsylvania the butlers' home, three hours north in bradford is surrounded by old, abandoned and unplugged oil and gas wells. the butlers' fire was so intense investigators said they could provide no conclusive explanation for the explosion. and the cause of the explosion in plum is still under investigation. though pennsylvania officials told nbc news abandoned wells are looked at as s one possible cause. they were often dug by companies now long out of business, leaving open holes, which can cause toxins and dangerou

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well, the one thing that president mcfadden refused his approach to the continent. in today's new chair, yesterday it was molly the central african republic brewing of a sort rejecting france french forces french companies. but we did not understand the pollution of french poets in africa on a military level, as well as on the level of joint development or on the level of cultural and linguistic cooperation. today, the french africa yesterday has been replaced by the military russian africa by the economic chinese africa and by the diplomatic american africa. and unfortunately, what do we have to say about the regression of the french language and conversion was english based on this or addressing french president. and you're not co now in a major national newspaper live feed, yahoo! and they're doing it on behalf of 94 french parliamentarians. now what they want, they say, is a quote review of francis vision of africa and links to the content because it's all just suddenly a big mystery to them as to what could possibly have gone. so wrong, so the french defense mi

five counts but jurors revealed they are concerned about personal safety, writing to judge trevor mcfadden personal information usually shared with attorneys on both sides. fellows is rep resenting himself in court. the judge would only say the jurors information is destroyed at the end of the case. meanwhile, former president donald trump pleaded not guilty of a georgia election interference case and waived his right to appear at the arraignment next wednesday in atlanta. he likely would have aired live on television. in fact, late today, the judge in that case ruled whenever trump's trial a officially begins, cameras will be allowed. when it starts and ends remington open question. the prtrump moved. his attorney say it does not give them enough time to prepare. >> norah: a lot happening him ed o'keefe, thank you very much. tonight, new ethics questions are swirling around supreme conservative supreme court justice clarence thomas. newly-released financial disclosures show justice thomas a plane owned by her republican mega harlan crow. jan crawford has reported no magnum from. >> report

mcfadden, clarification is needed because this is a bit confusing.'s confusing, and it gives me heart burn at the same time because we've had such a progression of young people accepting the challenge to be screened we still know more than one out of ten people are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer and it's still a diagnosis we see many older people which led to this particular group saying, well, is there really risk benefit here, right? if we know we're finding less colorectal cancers in this group, how might we screen them better the concern i have is are we going to discourage people, con feuds people about getting the test g >> the recommendation is, what, screening every year starting at nstead of 45 >> at the age of 45, yes>> but g the american cancer society is saying 45 is the year. >> and manoups are saying that i imagine there would be a lot of conversation about that in the upcoming days. >> what would be the reason of changing the age, other than there are fewer people in that group who get it because as craig was pointing out, we h

i'm cynthia mcfadden. >> and i'm gabe gutierrez. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >>> today, tuesday, august 15th, 2023. breaking news, the fourth indictment. former president trump and high-blow -- high-profile members of his inner circle facing a slew of charges in georgia. the allegations over his alleged interference in the 2020 election and how team trump is responding. >>> the growing concerns about the potential threats in the water and the air. >>> blind side. the subject of an oscar-winning film hits back that the adoption seen in movie was a total line. what he said really happened. >>> and you make the call, when is it appropriate to answer the phone and when is it best to do not disturb. cell phone etiquette. >>> we begin this hour with the fallout from donald trump's fourth indictment in five months. >> the former president and 18 others face a number of felony charges including racketeering over their alleged efforts to overturn mr. trump's election loss in georgia, the co-defendants include trump's former lawyer rud

shadow chief secretary to the treasury pat mcfadden says the trade has potential, but it's the content india is potentially a very big trading partner for the uk , huge trading partner for the uk, huge population, huge economy . population, huge economy. >> me fantastic links between this country and india. >> me fantastic links between this country and india . so great this country and india. so great potential there. but when it comes down to it, it's about the content of the deal and whether the uk government can defend the interests of our different trading sectors, whether that's whisky , financial services, whisky, financial services, automotive or whatever. in the negotiations . negotiations. >> seven new free special education schools are set to be built across england. over 1000 more children and young people with special education needs and disabilities will benefit from access to specialised learning . access to specialised learning. the schools will be built in cambridgeshire , kent merton and cambridgeshire, kent merton and norfolk in addition to the existing 83, is set to

pat matt pagan, mcfadden pat fagans, matt pagan, mcfadden is fantastic.s streeting at the health department . they're fantastic department. they're fantastic people. we've got a very good team, but obviously it's okay. it feels necessary as there's been a shuffle because this will been a shuffle because this will be going the election. be going into the election. maybe be some maybe there might be some people that perhaps that need moving and perhaps that need moving and perhaps that the next that will happen in the next couple weeks. couple of weeks. >> you waiting by the >> will you be waiting by the telephone? don't think so. telephone? i don't think so. >> quite where i am. >> i'm quite happy. where i am. thank yeah, thank thank you very much. yeah, thank you thank you very much. yes, thank you. >> that's how that's how very nice. >> labour mp khalid mahmood, thanks coming thanks for coming in. >> come, we're >> right. still to come, we're to latest on to going have the latest on american nuclear missiles potentially on potentially being stored on bri

her brother charles and his wife gave nbc's cynthia mcfadden a tour. >> this is a room i would sit withancing as a teenager. as a teenager, she was endless tap dancing. that's might main connection to this house. >> inside the grand house, it was not always warm and friendly. the parents divorced, and her mother lost custody of the children. but the father remarried a woman called raine spencer. diana and her brother called her acid rain, and they kept her at arm's length in one of the estate's smallest rooms. >> we were up in the attic, and for a house like this, i'd say very, very modest rooms. but that's the way it was. >> diana's unhappy childhood would later manifest itself in a big way. >> she was very, very needy. >> penny chuner has written extensively about the royals including books on both prince charles and diana. >> she was constantly looking for love. the love that she felt that she had never had from her mother. and that actually tainted her entire life. >> during her team years, diana started to blossom. james, who was a dateline consultant, made her on a ski trip and sn

look, with that, let's go to the shadow chief secretary to the treasury, pat mcfadden joins us from westminsterossibility of a trade deal with india in the offing. what do you make of it all? >> well, i think it's all about the content that we should have learned from our experience with this. so far, that if you just rush for the signing ceremony , rush for the signing ceremony, regardless of looking at the content , you regardless of looking at the content, you can end up selling your own country short. and that's what some tory mps, let alone labour ones , think has alone labour ones, think has happened, with 1 or 2 of the trade deals negotiated so far. so these things are tough negotiations. india is potentially a very big trading partner for the uk , huge partner for the uk, huge population, huge economy, fantastic links between this country and india. so great potential there. but when it comes down to it, it's about the content of the deal and whether the uk government can defend the interests of our different trading sectors, whether that's whisky, financial services, automotive or what