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Tonight, the state of emergency in Hawaii. The deadly wildfire so catastrophic people jumped into the ocean to escape the flames of massive infernos fueled by a far away hurricane raging on Maui and the big island. At least six dead. The flames burning homes and forcing hundreds to evacuate. Much of a popular tourist town destroyed. The Coast Guard rescuing people after they fled into the water.
Our team in Hawaii. Also tonight, just hours before President Biden's visit to Utah. The FBI fatally shooting a man there while serving a warrant after he allegedly threatened to kill the president. The images he posted online of guns and himself in a sniper suit holding a rifle chest revealed the special counsel's secret search warrant for Donald Trump's Twitter account.
What were they looking for? The American nurse and her daughter kidnaped in Haiti, released after nearly two weeks. Was there a ransom? The billion dollar mystery. Who won the record? Mega millions jackpot. Our NBC News exclusive. The mother daughter duo set to make history as Virgin Galactic takes a big leap in space tourism.
This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.
Good evening. It was paradise in flames in Hawaii where incredibly fast moving wildfire fires on the island of Maui have claimed at least six lives overnight, framing parts of the picturesque tourist destination against a hellish backdrop. Homes, businesses and the historic town of Lahaina destroyed power and communications on the island crippled. Residents and visitors urgently evacuated. Others literally running for their lives in desperate sprints to the ocean to escape the heat and smoke.
Many of the injured were treated for burns. The fire sweeping across the western part of Maui, driven by strong winds, fueled by a hurricane hundreds of miles away that initially kept firefighting helicopters on the ground. Miguel Almaguer has made his way to Maui and has this late report.
The apocalyptic scene in Maui unfolded before sunrise, an island wildfire so explosive flames poured into the Pacific, forcing the desperate to plunge into the ocean to escape the inferno.
Careful right here.
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.
During the chaotic evacuation. Oh, my God. Hospitals treating at least 20 burn victims quickly 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 as 70 mile an hour winds fanned the flames. The air attack was grounded quickly. Multiple fires erupt in historic sections of Lahaina, were swallowed by flames and engulfed in smoke.
This is not a safe place to be on certain parts of Maui. We have shelters that are overrun.
Calling the unfolding catastrophe unprecedented. State officials say some of Maui is without power. Roads are blocked. Hotels are closing. And thousands of tourists and locals are trying to flee.
Our stuff is still at our hotel, so we are here at the airport with the flight tonight. With this, the firestorm came.
Through and took everything with it. But for those with nowhere to go or no way out, the extent of the damage is still unclear.
Local people have lost everything. They've lost their house. They've lost their animals.
And it's it's devastating. Tonight, this is the misery in Maui as a wildfire turns this tropical paradise into a hellish nightmare. Here at the airport and across the island, some 4000 people are trying to leave Maui, which is still under a state of emergency. Airlines are sold out and hotels are evacuating. Many have nowhere to turn.
Lester Miguel Almaguer in Hawaii starting this off. Joining me now is Hawaii's lieutenant governor, Sylvia Luke. Acting Governor Luke, as we just reported, there has sadly been loss of life in Maui based on the extent of the destruction you know about. So far. Do you anticipate there will be more casualties?
Well, you know, this is the beginning of some of our findings and assessment. It is really a sad day for Maui and for the state of Hawaii. You know, we never anticipated that we would have this type of brushfire fires.
Do you have any sense of what you're seeing in terms of people, displaced, visitors and locals alike?
You know, as of this morning, we received reports from the Maui County that about 2000, over 2000 people are at the shelters. That's not including the 2000 people at the Kahului Airport. These are mostly visitors waiting to fly back to their final destination because they were evacuated early. They ended up spending the night at the airport.
And Maui, obviously an attractive destination in good times. What is your message to travelers to the island right now?
I issued our emergency proclamation a few hours ago encouraging people not to travel to Maui. You know, whether it's visitors or residents, it's not a safe place for you to be. We have wildfires that are not completely contained. If you have travel plans to Maui. We ask that you postponed or canceled at this time.
Acting Governor Luke, thank you for taking time out during this very busy period. We do appreciate it.
Thank you, Lester.
And also developing tonight, FBI agents shot and killed a man in Utah while serving a warrant to him for allegedly making death threats against President Biden ahead of his visit to that state. Peter Alexander has late details.
Tonight, President Biden out west heading to Salt Lake City just hours after the FBI says its agents had a deadly confrontation with a man who had threatened to kill him. The FBI says it happened at 615 this morning in nearby Provo, Utah, where they were serving an arrest warrant on suspect Craig Robertson, who they say was approximately 70 to 75 years old.
There was a big boom and another.
One in court documents the FBI says Robertson posted on social media. I hear Biden is coming to Utah and that he was cleaning the dust off his sniper rifle. This Robertson post, according to the FBI, shows a picture of his weapons, along with threats ahead of the 2024 election cycle. The documents also say Robertson posted threats to kill Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic D.A. in Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, who's now prosecco, shooting former President Trump.
During surveillance in March, the FBI says it observed Robertson wearing a hat bearing the word Trump. And when agents attempted to speak with him, Robertson replied, I said it was a dream, adding Don't returned without a warrant.
He was nice to me. It just goes to show. You never know who your neighbors are.
It comes amid growing concerns over threats to public officials and their families. Capitol Police saying the number of investigations is historically high. Major incidents include the violent attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, and an attempted assassination of conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The FBI has not released any details about what sparked today's deadly confrontation. No FBI agents were injured last year.
Peter, thank you. Now to the secret search warrant on former President Trump's Twitter account. Tonight, we've learned it's part of a federal investigation into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Garrett Hager joins us. Garrett, this was a move by special counsel Jack Smith.
Yeah, that's right, Lester. And court documents unsealed today reveal that the special counsel obtained a warrant to seize the former president's Twitter account data earlier this year with the judge okaying a search of the account for evidence of criminal offenses. Now, the documents also show the judge slapped Twitter, now called X with a $350,000 fine for delaying handing over this material as the company fought a nondisclosure order that prevented it from informing Mr. Trump about the warrant.
The former president firing back, posting the DOJ secretly attacked my Twitter account and calling the warrant a, quote, major hit on his civil rights. And tonight, NBC News has also learned that Fulton County, Georgia D.A. Fannie Willis is expected to present her 2020 election interference case to a grand jury there next week, which means a fourth indictment of the Republican front runner could soon follow.
Lester.
All right, Garrett Hague, thank you. Now to Mr. Trump's top Republican rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who made headlines today when he suspended an elected Democratic state prosecutor calling her soft on crime. And tonight, she is firing back. Gabe Gutierrez has that story.
Tonight, state attorney Monique Doral is off the job, suspended by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. She's now firing back, calling him a weak dictator who's targeting her to prop up his presidential campaign.
This is absolutely a political hit job. I think that the governor's campaign is failing and that he needed something to put him in the national spotlight.
Morale is a progressive prosecutor in Orlando who campaigned on criminal justice reform and was backed by a committee that got money from liberal Megadonor George Soros. DeSantis accuses her of refusing to enforce Florida law.
Monique Walls Administration of criminal justice in the Ninth Circuit has been clearly and fundamentally derelict so as to constitute both neglect of duty and incompetence.
The police union has criticized Wall for being soft on crime, and today a local sheriff praised Desantis's move. This governor has always put the victims, has always put the law abiding citizens ahead of the criminals. Orioles performance frequently slammed by Republicans just days ago. To Orlando, officers were shot and wounded by a suspect who'd been released on bail.
Warrell tells us she had no say over his release. Governor DeSantis is saying that you're just not enforcing the law, that you're abusing prosecutorial discretion. Your response? It's just not true.
That's not based, in fact. Crime is down in Orange and Osceola counties, not up. And that decrease has happened since I took office two and a half years ago.
This is the second time two sentences suspended. A Democratic prosecutor. Tonight while tells us she's reviewing her legal options.
Lester gabe gutierrez, thank you. An American nurse and her daughter are free tonight in Haiti. Almost two weeks after they were kidnaped at the clinic where the mother works. Kristen dahlgren has more for us tonight.
For two weeks there had been no sign of a 31 year old nurse, alex Dawsonville, or her young daughter named Haven. But today, Elroy, Haiti, the Christian charity run by her husband, confirmed their safe release, writing today we are praising God for answered prayer.
We express our deepest appreciation to our Haitian and U.S. interagency partners for their assistance in facilitating for their their their safe release.
Tonight, Ellroy asking for privacy for the young family. It is unclear whether they will stay in Haiti, a country Alex considered her adopted home.
My name is Alex. I'm a nurse from New Hampshire, but now I live in Haiti.
In a video posted on the organization's website before the Kidnaping, Alex speaks glowingly of the people and her work caring for children at Elroy School with her Haitian born husband. I'm so blessed.
To be able to know so many amazing.
Haitians. But on July 30th, the organization reported she and the couple's child were taken from the Port au Prince campus. It was the same day the State Department issued its highest level travel advisory for Haiti, ordering nonessential personnel to leave. UNICEF reporting a sharp uptick in the kidnaping of women and children. Nearly 300 in the first half of the year.
These armed groups over the past few months have actually expanded their territory and are extremely more aggressive.
Cristian joining me here in the studio. Do we know if a ransom was paid in this case?
Right. So these gangs commonly asked for up to $1,000,000 in this case. We just don't know. And may never know. It's unlikely anyone, including the State Department, would want that advertised, since it could put other Americans in danger.
Good to know they are safe. Thanks for that report. To the mystery now in one small Florida town where someone woke up a billionaire after winning last night's record setting Mega millions jackpot. Sam Brock reports from Neptune Beach.
In the city of Neptune Beach, Florida, population 7045. A gigantic question. Who bought that ticket? Do you know who won the lottery?
No, no, it wasn't me.
It's definitely not me.
A record $1.58 billion jackpot with a neighborhood Publix proving to be the lucky location.
This is so exciting for this. Every year I only buy one ticket. I always say it just takes $2 in a dream.
It's not just the talk of the town, but the nation.
I woke up this morning to a bunch of text messages.
Where are those text messages coming from? This group of women thought they played their cards right.
And most of us in here bought a ticket. And there were no winners. Everybody was there.
As speculation bubbles. The Florida lottery rules are clear. The winner needs to claim the prize within 180 days for the annual payments or 60 days with a lump sum of 783 million. As for what to do with it, one idea would be to buy one of the tastiest subs on planet Earth. The public's chicken tenders sub which at 849 you can buy 186 million of these are for the lump sum.
92 million subs. Some people had other suggestions. What would you buy with $1.5 billion? I would travel. The first trip would be to Tallahassee so I could collect it and at some point, maybe a lucky soul will. But until then, it's $1,000,000,000 question. Sam Brock, NBC News, Neptune Beach.
We've got more to tell you about in 60 seconds. The American woman accused of conspiring to kill her husband in a murder for hire scheme. Freed on bond tonight in the Bahamas. We're back now with a shocking alleged murder for hire plot. An American woman from Georgia out from behind bars tonight in the Bahamas after she was charged with a scheme to kill her husband.
Here's Anne Thompson.
Tonight, Lindsay Scheiber is released on bond, but she is not free. Accused of conspiring to kill her estranged husband, Robert, the Georgia woman now wears an ankle monitor and cannot leave the Bahamas, where authorities say the plot was hatched. The 36 year old, along with her alleged coconspirators, Terance Bethel and Faron Newbold, appeared at a bail hearing in Nassau this afternoon.
In a court document, Bahamian authorities say the trio agreed on July 16th to murder her husband. Bethel is said to be her lover. Newbold, the alleged hitman. They have yet to enter a pleas and there is no comment from their attorneys.
If the only evidence of this conspiracy is a text message saying kill him with a photograph, and if there was no offer of money or money exchanged, then I think the defense has a strong case here.
Now, tabloid fodder, Shiva's Instagram ready life is unraveling. A former beauty queen, Shriver met Robert, a college football player at Auburn. Married for 13 years, they had three children and lived in a multimillion dollar home in southwest Georgia. But this April, he filed for divorce, accusing her of cheating. She denied that and accused him of domestic violence. Released on $100,000 cash bond, Shriver must report to authorities three times a week as her case makes its way through the Bahamian justice system.
Anne Thompson, NBC News.
Up next, I'll tell you about a milestone in space tourism. Our exclusive with the first mother daughter team to ever go to space.
The countdown is on. Tonight, Virgin Galactic making the final preparations for its first mission with all civilian passengers. Gary Schwartz now with our NBC News exclusive. With those making this historic flight.
T minus one more day for launch at Virgin Galactic, Spaceport America and even the planet's newest space pilot. Can't wait.
Till you actually.
Come into there counting down. You're all of a sudden like, oh.
We're really going to do this thing.
In less than 24 hours. Kelly Latimer will be at the helm of Unity on a historic mission and the same ship that said Sir Richard Branson and his crew beyond the stratosphere in 2021.
It feels like we're at the the turning points of a new age of space travel.
Hoping to bring tourism to the cosmos. It's the latest salvo in the new space race and the first Virgin Galactic flight to carry regular.
Folks.
Like Kiesha Schaaf and her 18 year old daughter on a lucky enough to skip the 450,000 per ticket by winning their seats in a lottery. They'll become the first mother and daughter duo to go to space. What are you looking forward to the most?
It's looking back and seeing a beautiful planet.
And then looking.
Across to see my daughter's.
Face while she's looking at it as well.
The 90 minute flight blasting off to three times the speed of sound with three magical minutes of total weightlessness.
You go, Oh, okay.
And to find out what to expect to spend in the cockpit simulator.
To one drop drive and fire.
So we followed the motor and off we go.
Here we go.
And now Earth is above us.
Wait, what?
The launch of a lifetime to the edge of a new frontier. Where do you think humanity goes from here?
Outward and upward.
This is the very beginning. It's going to grow dramatically.
Gary Swartz, NBC News. From New Mexico's gateway to space.
And that's Nightly News for this Wednesday. Thank you for watching. I'm Lester Holt. Please take care of yourself and each other. Good night.
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