Meet the Press NOW — August 14
Meet the Press
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🗓️ 11 August 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | If it's Monday, the Maui wildfires are now the deadliest in modern U.S. history. |
| 0:07.3 | Officials facing growing criticism about whether enough was done to warn residents as the |
| 0:11.8 | disaster unfolding. |
| 0:13.3 | I'll talk to Hawaii's governor about the road to recovery and whether his state was |
| 0:17.7 | properly prepared. |
| 0:20.4 | Plus former President Trump lashes out at prosecutors, judges, and witnesses. |
| 0:25.4 | As a potential fourth indictment looms in Georgia, we're charging decisions in a year's |
| 0:30.4 | long election interference case could come at any time. |
| 0:35.5 | And Democratic Congressman Dean Phillips urges President Biden not to run, and for Democrats |
| 0:40.4 | to wage a competitive primary for President amid new legal and political problems facing |
| 0:45.8 | the White House. |
| 0:55.8 | Welcome to Meet the Press. |
| 0:59.6 | Now I'm Kristen Wilker in Washington. |
| 1:01.7 | We begin today with the heartbreaking scene on the Hawaiian Island of Maui, where the |
| 1:05.8 | death toll from last week's devastating wildfires is now 96, making it the deadliest wildfire |
| 1:12.1 | in modern United States history. |
| 1:14.8 | And sadly, officials expect that number to rise. |
| 1:17.8 | As of this morning, only 3% of the affected area had been searched. |
| 1:22.0 | Area efforts, including those in the historic town of Lahaina, have been hampered because |
| 1:26.0 | local law enforcement can't safely enter the destroyed buildings. |
| 1:30.3 | More personnel, including FEMA in the National Guard, as well as specialist teams, are now |
| 1:35.1 | deployed to search through the burnt out ruins and rubble for those still unaccounted |
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