Nightly News Full Broadcast - Aug. 10

breaking tonight the growing death toll from the catastrophic wildfires burning in Hawaii the dramatic new images revealing the scope of the devastation on the island of Maui entire blocks of homes and businesses destroyed the historic town of Lahaina popular with tourists laid to waste an Untold number missing bodies washing up after people jumped into the ocean to escape the Flames thousands forced to evacuate chaos at the airport as tourists race to escape President Biden declaring a major disaster our team in the fire zone tonight in Maui also tonight the deal to release five Americans detained in Iran it's part of a prisoner's swap who or what is the U.S giving up in return new video of that deadly FBI raid in Utah agents outside the home of a man who allegedly threatened to kill President Biden then suddenly allowed Bang Tonight the role Donald Trump's social media platform played in a low the FBI the shocking assassination caught on camera in Ecuador the presidential candidate leaving a campaign event when the Fatal shots are fired and launching into history the civilian astronauts on their all-inspiring ride aboard virgin galactic's first space tourism flight this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening and welcome everyone the scope of the devastation and loss of life in Maui from that rampaging Wildfire is coming into horrific Focus tonight revealing a landscape of incinerated homes businesses cars and so much more before and after satellite images illustrate the path of Destruction as The Firestorm blew through the historic town of Lahaina fires still burning today but winds have thankfully calmed and this evening survivors are sharing with us their harrowing stories of Escape which for many involved A desperate Dash to the ocean with the Flames at their backs tonight President Biden declaring a major disaster on Maui intended to fast-track help to the island where thousands are in shelters and Communications are spotty we have an expanded reporting team on the ground we begin with Miguel Al McGuire who made his way deep into the disaster Zone Miguel I can imagine it is a shocking scene to view in person it certainly is Lester and the Damage here is extensive it stretches block after block and neighborhood after neighborhood that Wildfire just exploded here this is actually the area where some people ran from their homes into the ocean about a block and a half away but tonight far too many people did not escape the flames as homes erupted into Fireballs the fast-moving Inferno obliterated everything in its path this Tropical Paradise becoming a death trap for dozens who couldn't outrun the Flames after this terrifying heart-pounding scene to evacuate late today authorities confirm at least 53 fatalities the second deadliest blaze in recent U.S history no communication whatsoever Susan matera's son Matthew is still among the missing just know your family and friends are reaching out to everybody your faces out there we will find you and just know that we love you Matthew lived here in Lahaina the historic town in Ruins where nearly 300 structures were swallowed by flames and engulfed in smokes the fire devoured homes in minutes neighbors say it jumped from house to house and then block to block many say the Flames were out before firefighters even arrived woke up this morning and got on our phones to pictures of our house uh just down to them slap inside these charred homes and incinerated cars authorities believe there may be more bodies to recover and more heartbreak to share we've been pulling people out since last night trying to save people's lives and I feel like we're not getting the help we need a popular colorful Beach town this is what Lahaina looked like and what's now left today here at the harbor residents say more bodies are washing up along the shore as the fire came across this area victims say they were running as fast as the Flames many jumped right into this Harbor to save their lives once it came from this direction I decided at 7 pm it was too much and time to go because I could hardly breathe Patrick Sullivan lives steps from the beach and lost it all how do you describe the emotions that you're feeling right now uh well right here it's pretty tough but uh we'll be okay we'll make it with Maui in misery tonight three separate fire fights are still underway the National Guard making progress but there remains no cause for the fires only reassurance from the president anyone who's lost a loved one whose home has been damaged or destroyed is going to get help immediately but for so many help won't ease the Heartbreak chemo Kirkman lost more than just his home in the fire his father's ashes are also gone and at least just in the ground with all the other ushers I was talking to pictures old pictures and I found some of these old pictures and I said well I should take a picture of it end up something funny to him now unbelievable destruction and Miguel I know you have some late information about fire still burning tonight yeah Lester finally some good news from Lahaina the fire than this area is basically 80 percent contained Crews have made tremendous progress the reason though Lester is because so much of this area has burned there's simply not many more homes that can be destroyed Lester and McGill we heard some of it in your story but from the survivors the stories of unimaginable loss and terrifying escapes as the fires destroyed everything in their paths Dana Griffin spoke with some of them today thank you as daylight exposes the scarred skeleton of a prosperous tourist town it's all gone man the people who Thrive off the land are gutted it's like an apocalypse Mason jarvy has the burns to prove he barely escaped we just had the worst disaster I've ever seen all behind his front too crisp a paradise turned overnight into an inferno residents forced to flee in Terror we thought we were okay but then the wind came the gas stations blew up everything caught fire by the brush and then we just had to evacuate some jumped into action warning others of the rushing Flames the fires aren't Front Street it's time to go thousands evacuated this was a home with no guarantee they'll have anything to go back to pretty much everybody I know lost everything that we have many left with only their harrowing Tales of survival we just barely got out there were there were Ash's Embers everything flying through the air Martha Roberts and Bill thornquist lost it all they had to walk 15 miles to find safety is there anything from your house you're gonna miss so it was the feeling of security locking the door when I left is that silly you're locking out the fire you're well it's horrendous so now they live in this high school gym but today perhaps a glimmer of hope over the evacuation Center the rebuilding will start with memories a 150 year old tree a famed Landmark burned but still standing Dana Griffin NBC News Maui meantime patience is being tested at Maui's airport as thousands of people mostly tourists Scramble for flights off the island Steve Patterson is there for us tonight thousands of passengers are just trying to get home people are getting delayed people are getting canceled um baggage claims is a mess it's it's all over the place many still stranded in Maui's Kahului airport processing the devastation they managed to escape it's just scary to see a big Wildfire just kind of coming your way and it's not something I ever experienced before we jumped out of the car and ran as fast as we could and got out Amy Springsteen is headed home to Oregon she says this is what's left of her Maui rental car she along with some others in her party were going to dinner when she says Flames leapt onto the street there was debris everywhere fire falling down on top of us but we got out safe so far more than 20 thousand passengers have fled the island since the fires began thousands are still waiting I think everybody feels safe that they've gotten here to the airport and there's food because there was no food on the island a lot of the seats are full a lot of people standing around just waiting for the flights tonight many Travelers will still call the airport home Airlines scrambled to add extra flights to get them out American Airlines even upgraded a plane headed to Los Angeles with extra seats on Southwest and Hawaiian Airlines websites showing available flights from Maui to Honolulu for 19 and United Airlines saying they've canceled all inbound flights to Kahului airport so empty planes can be used to get passengers back to the mainland NC Patterson joining me now from the airport there Steve what is the mood there this evening Lester I can tell you it is a mix of people who just want to escape this travel chaos and others mainly locals who are reflecting out of places that have stood here for Generations there is a woman to my right she doesn't want to be on camera but she's been sleeping in this TSA Courtyard for the past two nights so by the time people make it to this TSA line they're just happy to be getting off this island update thank you the other major story tonight five Americans who were held hostage for years in Iran finally out of prison and one step closer to coming home Andrea Mitchell has details on the deal the U.S made with Iran tonight five Americans are out of tehran's notorious Evan prison and temporarily under house arrest in Iran my belief is that this is the beginning of the end of their Nightmare and the nightmare that their families have experienced before they can come home Iran will get six billion dollars of its oil revenue for humanitarian needs eventually the U.S is also expected to release several Iranians from American jails held the longest seamatnamazi a business consultant arrested in 2015. Murad tabas an environmentalist was imprisoned in 2018 and his wife not permitted to leave Iran tell us about the experience of having your parents there and not knowing how to get them home it's obviously been a nightmare that you couldn't imagine was also arrested in 2018. his daughters told us last year the weight was agonizing especially when a fire broke out in the prison we thought he was dead um we didn't get to speak to him for two days moving the six billion dollars for Iran's use could take weeks Washington Post journalist Jason rezaian jailed in Tehran for almost two years knows what they're feeling that kind of first taste of Freedom your shoulders start to loosen up just a little bit but they don't fully uh relax until you're out of Iranian airspace a source familiar says separate talks could lead to an informal deal to freeze Iran's nuclear program which U.S officials say is only weeks away from having enough fuel for a weapon Lester Andrew Mitchell thanks there's a new video this evening of the deadly confrontation between FBI agents and a Utah man who had allegedly threaten to kill President Biden Peter Alexander has that story this video was taken during the deadly confrontation FBI agents seen surrounding the home of suspect Craig Robertson who's not visible in the footage when suddenly the SWAT team went through his back door with the battering around they called for my neighbor to come out and he's like I'm not coming out the FBI had arrived at Robertson's Provo Utah home Wednesday morning to serve an arrest warrant for his alleged threats to assassinate President Biden court records show a social media company first alerted the FBI in March about a disturbing post by Robertson tonight a senior law enforcement official tells NBC news that company is truth social the site founded by former president Trump the FBI says Roberts had identified himself online as a Maga Trumper and called one of his rifles a Democrat Eradicator the FBI says for months it had been tracking the 75 year old and his violent threats about the president vice president Kamala Harris and other prominent Democrats including Manhattan D.A Alvin Bragg who's Prosecuting a criminal case against Mr Trump in a recent post Robertson noted that Biden is coming to Utah and referred to cleaning the dust off his sniper rifle President Biden in Salt Lake City today where he praised his and his family's security detail my daughter Secret Service and you know it's just wonderful late tonight a senior law enforcement official tells me Robertson was armed when FBI agents confronted him that he pointed his weapon at them and did not respond to commands before agent shot and killed him Lester Peter thank you in 60 seconds the terrifying airplane plunge nose diving 1500 feet within seconds was the crew to blame plus the stunning assassination caught on video what happened when one man went up against the drug cartels the NTSB cited crew failure today as the probable cause of a terrifying plunge by a United Airlines jet last December the plane had just taken off from Maui for San Francisco when it descended from 2100 feet to just 748 feet above the Pacific before recovering the NTSB blamed a miscommunication about the Pilot's desired flap setting during the initial climb we'll turn now to that shocking moment caught on camera in Ecuador a presidential candidate killed by an Assassin's Bullet at a campaign event as escalating gang violence grips the country Richard Engel now with the disturbing video presidential candidate Fernando Villa vincentio was surrounded by bodyguards leaving a campaign event in Ecuador's Capital as he was getting into a truck you can hear the gunfire he was shot in the head and killed just two weeks before the election the lawmaker and former journalist was running on a pledge to root out corruption and organize crime now terrorizing the streets the President says assassins tossed her grenade as they escaped thank you at least six people are under arrest drug violence is skyrocketing in Ecuador with gangs fighting over roots and turf via vincenzio promised to clean house these are some of his last words at his final campaign event to do is to lock up the thieves he said beer vincenzio had said he'd been repeatedly threatened by drug cartels tonight Ecuador's president has declared a state of emergency Lester Richard angle tonight thank you and coming up our exclusive reporting how China is allegedly threatening people Beyond its borders in an effort to cover up human rights abuses [Music] we're back now with our NBC News exclusive on China's human rights abuses and the lengths it's allegedly going to cover them up even trying to get to people who've already fled the country we get more from cure Simmons tonight Idris Hassan is in a prison in Morocco his wife and young daughter thousands of miles away in Turkey listening to our phone call as he tells us about his two-year nightmare sometimes Hassan was arrested by Moroccan authorities wanted by China under an Interpol red notice which Interpol confirms has since been dropped he's a member of the mostly Muslim uighur minority from China the Chinese government Accused by the U.S of committing genocide against weakers while in Exile Hassan campaigned against that treatment China calls that terrorism and wants him extradited he says he's innocent and now his wife and three children live in fear you must miss them I miss very very much I have a picture of my family I cannot see this picture if I see this picture I am very upset I was crying for myself tonight a new report obtained exclusively by NBC News documents disturbing efforts by China to allegedly Target exiled uyghurs we have your father and sister you'll never see them again if you don't collaborate with us the report says one Anonymous victim was told the report by Safeguard Defenders a non-profit Human Rights group highly critical of the Chinese government describes cases like javlan chimeth living in Turkey who says his family was forced to call him from China and urged him not to speak up on human rights when you got that phone call did you believe that they were speaking I know that the phone call is belonged to the Chinese Police Department the Chinese Embassy in Washington tells NBC News China is ruled by law it can't be accused of torture persecution or arbitrary detention against uyghurs it's not about human rights ethnicity or religion but about fighting violence terrorism and separatism meanwhile a U.N appeal is delaying Hassan's extradition to China for now Leicester Kira Simmons thank you up next we talk with the civilian passengers after they got the right of a lifetime to the edge of space and made history in the process foreign ly it's a trip of a lifetime for three space Fanatics aboard virgin galactic's first space tourism flight Gotti Schwartz with the civilian astronauts who have just made history three two one release release this is the voyagers not test pilots or trained astronauts but ordinary people were in the vertical headed towards space they rocketed at three times the speed of sound to an and then zero g zero gravity felt like nothingness it was the most peaceful Serene moment ever where everything just stopped natives of Antigua Keisha shahoff and her 18 year old daughter Anna are not only the first mother and daughter Duo to reach space they're also the first female astronauts from the Caribbean what do you hope little girls back on the island seeing this happen feel after seeing what you guys went through I hope they feel Invincible like it's okay to dream it's okay to have these crazy dreams [Applause] and the heroes welcome for John Goodwin from his wife of 52 years the former British Olympian who's battling Parkinson's disease bought his ticket back in 2005 waiting nearly two decades for this view even 80 years of age with Parkinson's I can do it a 60-minute flight that for these trailblazing tourists will last a lifetime it was so beautiful just breathtaking and I just felt this total connection it's something so deep within yourself like that feeling that you have in your heart when you just know that you love someone or something so truly much needed perspective from a spaceship called Unity Gotti Schwartz NBC News Upham New Mexico and that's what I call a family road trip that's Nightly News for this Thursday thanks for watching everyone I'm Lester Holt please take care of yourself and each other good night [Music] thanks for watching our YouTube channel follow today's top stories and breaking news by downloading the NBC News app

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Published: Thu Aug 10 2023