>> Hey there. Thank you so much for joining us on this Thursday. Always appreciate your time. Great to see our Veronica De La Cruz. Here are the top stories we're tracking for you right now. >> It was while it was watching the entire the entire town burned from the ocean. These wildfires now. >> We're so much more intense, so much a bigger move so much quicker. >> Everyone that I know and love that and that and that they did to community colleagues, friends from where we are grieving with each d
oing this in consoling time. >> Another court hearing for former President Donald Trump set for today. This is all about that superseding indictment surrounding the classified documents case. If you're the judge, I don't think you want to take any kind chances that some document ends up in a place that's accessible to anyone other people with security clearances. >> Helen Moore was traumatized by what happened after she went to the emergency room with a mental health crisis. >> Emergency rooms b
ecome the dumping ground for those patients and people down there for more than 2 weeks before. >> I just wanted to help and have to down the line. ♪ >> Welcome to Scripps News live. We begin this hour with Paradise lost a series of wildfires, reducing the scenic vistas, Maui. >> To embers ash and rubble, at least 36 people are now dead. Others still missing. Many survivors leaving everything behind to save their lives. Right now, thousands of people are still in the dark with several counties r
eporting widespread power outages. >> And it's also making it extremely difficult for people to communicate right now. >> Whether it's by phone or Internet residents have been struggling to call for help. Meteorologist Scott Withers joins us now live. He is at the Maui Airport has the very latest for us. >> Crowds of people are starting up in trying to find their way to Understand the plight of arriving to the island. >> Or those have been canceled actually, are their flights even able to evacua
te residents? >> Yeah, there are flights were time here or there. But let me some of the ways you can see here is just a mass of people. I've been here for 8 hours now. Right now, Southwest Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines are starting to fly people out. Those flights are on time and people are moving but not everyone you see behind me has a ticket because the model flights canceled yesterday and they're trying to rebook and there's not a lot of space on all of these flights. Lots of people, their
vacations have been cut short. They don't know how they're getting home. Talk to a father this morning. He's got 6 people in his family. He said for could be up to 2 weeks before you can seats. 6 seats together to get off the island. And this is all happening because those wildfires still raging out of control just a few miles >> Wildfire smoke shrouding Maui neighborhoods from the sky. The damage appears widespread from the ground apocalyptic historic front street. The major tourist destinatio
n going up in flames, homes and buildings destroyed the street makes up 80% of the island's tourism. Jeff Miller car shot this video of his neighborhood as he evacuated his small town in flames. His home destroyed. The fire is ripping through several communities. Thousands evacuating people basically running for their lives. Our house is gone. >> Everything that we've ever known time, everyone I know in homes have been burned >> Roads across the island closing. 13 evacuations, neighborhoods poun
ds. Tourists caught in the firestorm leaving behind their belongings. >> Hotels and rental houses, taking shelter at the airport. >> We started evacuating them this morning using the back side of the island, which is a very narrow and a precarious drive. We are getting them out and getting them to the airport to hopefully get them off island. >> The state encouraging tourists not to visit some airlines canceling flights. Residents are being encouraged to conserve water. No power is having proble
ms and water. All of the islands. Firefighters battling the blaze. More coming in from other islands. The wind-driven by Hurricane Dora should die down throughout Thursday, giving firefighters a chance to save their island. >> House and the people here, they've been busing them from various hotels and neighborhoods trying to get people evacuated. There is a glimmer of rain. It has been consistently raining for several hours this morning. And that is good news could help put out a lot about spots
and it help down some of the really big wildfires. The firefighters out there trying to battle. Let's talk about the winds. Take a look at the Pacific satellite. This is important. Hurricane Dora moving almost your screen their way wife. But as it was spitting, it was strong. The winds back up here towards the state of Hawaii. There a high pressure system, they were squeezing those winds and that's why seen come in at 60, 70, 80 mile per hour wind Those died way down running. And that huge news
for the firefighters be able to get in between the rain and the winds dying off. They're going to be able get to these fires and hopefully knocking down U.S. Credit. That's just it's a little bit of good news. The other is a little bit of good news there. But I wanted to ask you because I know that the state of Hawaii was preparing >> For Hurricane Dora, but instead we're seeing wildfires. How did these fires become so catastrophic? >> Well, it's a combination 3 factors. First, the winds from H
urricane Dora really through Then on top of that, this state has really been under drought, extreme drought, especially in the areas where the fires place. And then finally very low humidity. There was water vapor in the air. You put all 3 of those together and it was a recipe for catastrophe. And that exactly what happened here. >> All right. Meteorologist Scott Withers live for us there in Maui. Scotty, thank you so much. Coverage of the wildfires will continue throughout the day right here on
Scripps News. >> So it's been another busy legal day for former President Trump. The arraignment for the superseding indictment filed by special counsel Jack Smith in the classified documents case in Florida took place this morning. More charges for the former president raising the total count from 37 now to 42 and he has 2 co-defendants in this case. National political correspondent Burnett joins us now live from Washington Bring us up to speed. What happened in court this morning. And he was
there. >> Hi, Veronica. Good afternoon. Tea. While both of the co-defendants were inside that courtroom today, we're talking about while not a and Carlos de la Vera? Well, he walked into the courtroom today and he entered a plea of not guilty. Remember, this is just a repeat of what we saw last month because it's the same indictment with additional charges. So no surprise they're not entered a plea of not guilty. The former President, Donald Trump, he was not there. He waived his right to appear
for this hearing today. And he, too, also pleaded not guilty. But the big change here was for a 3rd co-defendant in this case, Carlos de la it was anticipated that he would be arraigned today and this is where he would enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. But it appears as if he continues to have issues what acquiring an attorney who's able to represent him there in the Southern District of Florida. And this could be significant because this could potentially slow the case We want to show you
a quick calendar that we put together to give a timeline of what's been happening with Carlos de La. There's case right after the superseding indictment came down, he had his initial court appearance a few days later on July 31st. And then he was set to be arraigned today. Remember, that's once again where he would enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. But because of that issue, things have been pushed off now to next week Tuesday. We did the math here. That's about 13 And so there's a possibili
ty that this could delay things for about 2 weeks. So this could potentially Veronica, this is what I'm sure prosecutors are taking a look at because they want to move forward with a speedy trial. Remember, they were moving for a trial date to be in December has been pushed back to mid-may or late May. It's May 20th when think things are supposed to start. There's a possibility that they will really be taking a close look at all of these potential delays to see how it adds up on the back end. >>
Really interesting that you should mention that give up. This is a district that is known for its rocket docket or its speedy trials added. I wanted to ask you about the former president who's been wanting special accommodations surrounding these classified documents. What has he been asking for specifically? >> So this is something that we found some new court filings that came out yesterday. The former president, along with his legal team. They're asking that the court allow them to have him
look at these classified documents in an area that at his property or near his property. And so remember that we're handling classified documents here. So there's something that's known it's area where you're able to look at sensitive material. So that is the the request that we're getting from the former president's team. They want something that's more convenient for him. And really, this is vital as they prepare their defense. We want to show you a portion of what they wrote in their argument
to the court to try to convince the judge to rule in their favor. They said this request is based on the immense practical and logistical hurdles and costs that make it virtually impossible for President Trump to make regular trips to a public facility about public facility once again is known as the And that's where people are able to look at sensitive material. But of course, as you can imagine, the prosecutors in this case are really pushing for these these documents to be limited in where y
ou're able to view them. And this is what they wrote in their arguments to the court. They said there's no basis for the defendant's request that he be given the extra ordinary authority to discuss classified information at his residence. And it's particularly striking that he seeks permission to do so in the very location at which he's charged with willfully retaining the documents charged in this case. We spoke with a former federal prosecutor is in that very district in the Southern District
of Florida. And he gave some insight on how the judge could possibly rule in this matter. >> Want to spend less time, I guess, traveling. But I would think the judge is going to sort of move this on the side of protecting the documents in the process because we know one thing. They're clearly documents in there that are considered classified that has security implications. And if you're the judge, I don't think you want to take any kind chances that some document ends up in a place that's access
ible to anyone other people with security clearances. >> And the ultimate decision on if the former president will be able to look at these classified documents at or near his home will be up to the judge. Veronica, of course, it's something that we will, we will be tracking. >> Course, we're going see if this delays matters even further after burn at live for us there in Washington. I'm joy. Thank you. And you could buy deeper dives on all of these stories and much more online. Feel free to che
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loss of power to the plant's main external power source operators have switched to a backup line that is less than half as strong and they're worried about possible exposure to radiation. If things get worse, the International Atomic Energy Commission has a small team of the plant right now and has yet to comment. In the meantime, more than 6 million people have left their homes in Ukraine due to the war. That's according to the un High Commissioner for Refugees. Dozens of them have ended up in
a small Wisconsin town. National correspondent Ben Schamisso says it's largely due to the efforts for women. >> Thousands of miles away from the front lines. 15 Ukrainian families having probably found their way here. A small town in Wisconsin here they are building new lives and slowly recovering from the trauma of war. >> A Ukrainian mother and her 4 daughters at class to reaching the safety of American after 10 years terror in war-torn eastern Ukraine, there are starting new lives in Steelto
n. A Wisconsin town of 13,000 near Madison. And in the process, they're being embraced by a large community. A fellow Ukrainian refugees. >> She's a strong woman and she has week. To move. >> So it's a senior soccer who resettled here over a year ago and is now bilingual is helping us grassed the harrowing situation. Yulia debido by her daughter is just escape Cup because that's it. >> It's really hard to to feel fear all the time. That today can be your day. >> Over is from of the fa the frontl
ine town that Russia has reduced to rubble and where there is no electricity, no running water. >> Lots of people just night, not from the rockets, but from different diseases. >> Escape thanks to her old neighbors, Ilya and put a after the are resettled to start ending December, they've begun to their American sponsor to also feed over. >> Elliott told us about this family and I couldn't get them out of my mind. >> Renee Lou Chi is the co-founder and co-director of Stilton Resettlements nonprof
its that has resettled 51 refugees since 2022. Who she has sponsored 10 of them herself. And despite the language barrier, they have become one big family. >> And tell us as we cannot even imagine that we would be welcomed here like that. They gave us all the care housing and everything for a wonderful life. We're very grateful to the whole team. >> It was in DC Kitchen over 2 years ago that Lou Chi first brought up the resettlement idea to her call behind just storms the U.S. Capitol on January
6. And Lou Chi failed to the needs to do something uplifting today. The 4 we men alongside donors and volunteers are supporting 16th and in area providing families, furnished apartments. And this will probably be your room. >> Yulia and helping children and the rolling school and adults find jobs and health insurance. There are people like my family. They're people like my neighbors, families. >> They that we're just we're lucky that were not born next to Russia. >> Could just last October when
the Biden administration allowed Americans to also sponsor Venezuelans, Lucia and her could directors broad. Ian Anderson Easton sheds. We didn't want. >> All of the refugees to look. Just like us. Don't need to with what most us that. >> As for Yuli, a deputy over, she says she still scarred by a decade of war. >> When something loud, like founder. It's hard to to feel this feeling because it remember all this stuff. >> But she's about to get a much needed morale boost her husband and her cats
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ws credit card debt has reached more than 1 trillion dollars the highest ever. I am not comfortable saying this is no big deal. It's a really big deal. Associate professor of economics Victor Claar says consumer confidence rising interest rates and inflation is to blame for boom in credit card debt. >> It's been hard. I mean, I have stop using one credit card, one bang. The called the K Pay for so I had to start using my all altogether. Just use cash. >> Walter Barnes says he's had to cut up his
credit card so he doesn't spend it every time he puts money back on it. >> Avoid incurring the charges in the first place. There's no way to get in trouble paying your credit card bill. If you don't have a credit card bill in the first place. >> Claar suggests only using credit cards for emergencies unless you have the money and you know how to budget. >> I use mine a lot for for just for monthly bills and for traveling and things. And it's just convenience. It's easier just to use a credit car
d. And then when the bill comes in, just pay it off. But not everyone is doing that late payments have also rescind the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported in the 2nd quarter. 7.2% of credit card accounts were 30 days overdue. The highest level in 11 years. It takes more dollars to buy the same stuff. >> If you carry a balance, the interest rate is higher than it's been before. And when you carry any balance in all, then it costs you more to buy that good or service than it did otherwise.
>> Claire says Gen Z's are the ones racking up credit card debt faster than anyone else. >> If you're in that position and you're struggling, the simplest thing to do is call your credit card company and see if you can work out a payment plan. >> That was Lydia Vazquez reporting there from Florida for us. Well, from Tampa to Illinois, the butter cow sculpture is back at the Illinois State. Fair. Check this out. Sarah Pratt using 500 pounds of butter in a span of 5 days to create this creamy mast
erpiece for nearly a century. Now the butter cow has been unofficial icon of the Illinois State. Fair. It's going remain on display until August. 20th. The butter cow will also pose in front of a live web cam for those who can't make it to Illinois to see it in person. And it's just so cool. And on that note, the Gates officially open right now in Iowa. This popular attraction brings Des Moines community together, but it also sparked the interest of presidential candidates. Congressional corresp
ondent Stephanie Liebergen explains why the Iowa State Fair plays a key role in the campaign season. >> From coast to coast, state and county fairs like this one in Howard County, Maryland, are full of animal competitions. Carnival rides and fried food. But for politicians wanting to live in the White House, there is just one fair. That's a must stop. The Iowa State fair has been a staple of Midwest Summers for nearly 170 years. >> And for nearly 60 years, it's also been a staple of presidential
campaigns. >> First of all, want to catch a lot of Iowans at once. You want to do that at the Iowa State. Fair. Total attendance throughout the 11 day. Fair can be over 1 Million. >> For candidates, it offers a chance to shake hands with the voters who will be first to cast their ballots in the primaries. >> Iowa caucuses in Iowa politics are kind of based on that one-on-one interaction and you still get that the Iowa State fair candidates can't hold their own campaign event at the fair, but th
ey do get involved. A longstanding tradition of Iowa State Fair is the Des Moines Register Soapbox, which literally, as you know, some hay bales in front of one of our buildings that candidates can sign up for times to participate. I think it's kind of a rite of passage that you sign up for a shift to flip. >> Pork chops and grilled pork chops of the Iowa pork tent. And of course, stop to the better gallon, the ag building with so many politicians in one place. It can be hard to break out from t
he pack. Sometimes extravagance makes headlines like when then candidate Donald Trump offered helicopter rides to kids in 2015 other times. It's a misstep at the fair that can hurt a campaign. >> Corporations are people, my friend. >> But as long as the Iowa caucuses stay near the top of the primary calendar, presidential candidates are likely to keep stopping Stephanie Liebergen Scripps news. >> We've got a lot of the state fair. I'm Veronica De La Cruz. Thank you so much for joining us for the
audience. Leaving us right now. Your local programming is up next. Remember, you can always check us out on Scripps News dot com. Now, if you're staying ♪ Hey there. Welcome to sportsday live. Great to see you on this Thursday. I'm Veronica De La Cruz. Let's take right now. The day's top stories more than 1000 acres of land charred in. Now we were rampant. Wildfires continue to devastate the area. At least 36 people have been killed. Others are still missing. Many survivors had to leave everyth
ing behind thousands of people remain in the dark right now. Several counties reporting widespread power outages. Well, the U.S. Inflation rate rose for the first time in a year last month. But analysts say it's not as bad as it looks. Well, overall, consumer prices were up 3.2%, July food and energy were the biggest reasons. Everything else rose at the smallest monthly rate in 2 years. Experts say that proves the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes happen. Taming inflation. Ups and Teamsters
reaching a tentative agreement. Ups delivery drivers. Well earned $170,000 a year in pay and benefits part-time workers will make at least 21 bucks an hour while full-time employees earn about $49 an hour. Ups workers still have 12 days to decide whether to approve a tentative contract agreement. >> While students have enjoyed their summer teachers and staff and one Missouri district. We're in the classroom learning something new this summer. They received mental health first aid training Megan
Abundis was Scrippsnews. Kansas City has the details. >> Before the students take their seats, the teachers, the educators >> Are the ones doing the learning they need to want to do this more than 200 elite. The educators volunteered for mental health for state. It is so hard to work with kids who are in pain. >> And to know that that pain keeps them from being their absolute best. >> They're trying to do everything they can for student success. >> You're talking about what to do if you suspect
somebody is in mental health crisis or has a mental health disorder. It talks about things that you can say how to listen to them and then how to connect them to help. >> And all over the director of mental health at elite. The school district says think of a wheel to student in a mental health crisis. >> They just keep going going going and they're not getting off trying to fight their way through, but not necessarily making any progress. >> She says society is finally starting to recognize the
intense trauma. Some kids face. >> Today. >> Our students experienced suicidal ideation. They experienced trauma bay staff of homelessness or food insecurity. There are lot of anxieties about their safety and being being afraid of going to school or going out in public. Our teachers are often the first responders. >> A lot of times it can come up as anxiety. Where is student might be anxious about an assignment or about attending a certain class. The student could also show pervasive symptoms o
f sadness being really happy. One moment 2 extremely sad or angry. And another moment we have so many students that we have to reach on so many different levels throughout the day that this is something that needs to not be over, let's say needs to be forefront because of you don't have a good state of mind. >> The rest, the school just kind of goes to the side. We had over 500 referrals for mental health services. Sometimes 3 a day. It's not easy, but they say the work is life saving. Since 201
9, there was a 40% decrease in the number of a late the students who were flagged for being at risk for suicide. The school district says it's because of their commitment to preventative mental health care and the crisis interventions that staff practice. It's hard in the moment. >> But, you know, it's all worth it in the these conversations showing there beyond the mental health stigma, our educators not only teach our students, the academics, and they do that so well. >> But they are also that
person who can provide emotional support. Should that student need it? >> I'm Megan Abundis for Scripps News. >> Emergency rooms have become ground 0 in our country's mental health crisis. They're often the first place people go when they feel suicidal. Goal is to transfer those patients to psychiatric hospitals. But as Ben Hall with Scripps News, Nashville learned sometimes those patients have to wait for days. That's what happened to Helen Moore. She was told she was 35th on the waiting list
for state psychiatric hospital. >> So she waited. >> Seconds matter in the emergency room. >> Usually delivered in minutes or hours. >> But for many mental health patients. >> It can take days. >> When why. >> Helen Moore was traumatized by what happened after she went to the emergency room with a mental health crisis. >> I just wanted to help and Don't know why. >> Therapist center to Unity Medical Center in Manchester where she was admitted for suicidal ideation in July of 2020. >> I was feeli
ng suicidal and when they asked the How do you plan to do law had really thought about how I'm going to it. And feeling this way. >> Doctors said she needed to go to a psychiatric hospital. They just had to find one that would take or >> Did they give you an idea of how long you would wait? No, that information they get? No, I'm just ever became available. >> Medical records show it took 4 full days that entire time she spent locked in a small room in the er with no window or TV. Doctors said sh
e couldn't leave because she might hurt herself. Is a holding >> And it locked. I refer to it as the torture rate. >> Because Helen was uninsured nurses told her she would have to wait for a spot to open up at the nearest state-run psychiatric hospital. Moccasin Bend where she 35th on the waiting list. >> I want cry the whole I didn't cry. >> It is heartbreaking because you don't have a way to help these people. >> Unity hospital's medical director emergency room doctor Nigel Facchinei said Hele
ns weight was not unusual. >> A week actually not uncommon. I've had people down there for more than 2 weeks before. >> The day we were there, a nurse at in front of the same room where Helen was watching a suicidal patient who had been there 7 days. >> Emergency rooms become the dumping ground for those patients. And we are required by law to take care of anyone who comes into our emergency room. >> Unity hospital CEO said the problem is worse for people with no insurance. They have to wait for
an opening at a state hospital like Moccasin Bend. >> If you don't have insurance, that is the place that you pretty much have to go because no private psychiatric facility generally accepts a uninsured patients. >> Alan Moore's medical chart shows that weight can be painful on July 10th. 3 days after arriving, she asked Why am I not been offered a shower or toothbrush? A nurse wrote patient informed she needed to ask for her needs that the nursing staff are not mind readers. >> If I were a reg
ular patient. If I were in there with a stroke or heart attack or broken leg. Apartment house and large tracks to watch >> I am concerned that. Clients will stop asking for help. >> Licensed counselor, Suzanne Blackwood says the last thing suicidal patients need is the chaotic atmosphere of an emergency room. Sadly, a lot of patients come out quite harmed as a result. What happened to Helen is called Emergency Department board. The problem is so serious. The state has a website and even hired th
is doctor to reduce the time it psychiatric patients spend emergency departments but data provided by the state shows wait, times are increasing in 2020 patients averaged nearly 24 hours waiting to get into a state psychiatric hospital this year. The average is more than 39 hours. That's close to 2 days. >> When you're in a mental health crisis, you need help. The same as having a heart attack or stroke. >> 4 days after she arrived, Helen was finally transferred to Moccasin Bend, but she was not
admitted. The doctor determined she was no longer suicidal. >> You see a lot of reputation of patients. >> Doctor Fontenot says when patients are just sent home with no help, they often end up back in the emergency room. >> This is an area >> Is extremely lacking in a teacher. In this country and people are suffering. System kind of change. >> Helen can't believe she waited for days in an emergency room. That's why she sharing her very personal story. >> As outlandish and wild as it sounds. I'm
not the only person just happened. >> State officials declined an on-camera interview, but a Tennessee is investing in crisis. Stabilization units and walk-in centers. They're designed to keep people in mental health crisis out of emergency rooms. But the bottom line for many is we need more fully staffed mental health beds, especially at state-run psychiatric hospitals. Coming up next on Scripps News live will explain how high gas prices are driving down business profits across the U.S.. >> Pl
us, some car repairs putting a dent in people's wallets will have the details of what's fueling the spike. One drivers can expect some relief will be right back. ♪ Welcome back. U.S. Oil production has reached an all-time high federal estimates project U.S. Oil output reach 12.8 million barrels a day for the first time ever. >> That's half a million barrels a day more than the previous record. Experts say this doesn't mean we'll see any relief at the pump. They forecast an average of $3 and $0.6
3 a gallon through the end of the year. And U.S. Drivers may see lower gas prices when the summer travel period. And then those temperatures drop. But if you drive to make a living, you probably need that relief sooner. Woman who uses her truck for work. Explain to Caroline Hogan was Scrippsnews Kansas City. How fuel costs of in cutting into her earnings. What she's doing right now to make up for it. Rain or shine. Sarah Rollins is out on the road driving from job to job commercial cleaning, mak
e readies move ins for apartments, drywall. Yeah, a little bit of everything maintenance related. We do grounds keeping to burning rubber and a lot of gas in her Ford F one, 50. >> It's burning a hole in her pocket. >> Long gas on icy, really cheap price. All stop and get it. >> She assumed by a truck with safer money and because of the junk hallway or liked large paint jobs, drywall. I was renting a trailer all the time. >> That money saved is going straight to the gas >> I'm making more than I
was at my 8 to 5. But I feel like I'm not even doing as well because I'm fighting inflation on gas and and supplies and stuff. All the Sayre spends about $160 on gas a week with her filling up twice and it's money. She wishes she could spend elsewhere. >> My kids, medical bills >> As a mom of 2, she's resorted to taking on extra jobs to make up the difference. >> Doordash and Postmates on the I'm doing consulting work on my computer at home to where I like. Do compliance files for apartments an
d things like that started bringing a cooler, making sandwiches and bring in bottles of water and things like that. With me. And that's saving me like 75 bucks weeks at a you know, that's a whole tank. >> The reality is there's not much can do. The truck is essential to her job. >> My business would take a hit if I didn't have the truck. >> So for now, she'll keep taking any job she can no matter how far hoping this gas price roller coaster comes down. >> I every time I fill up by immediately ch
eck my bank account liked. Hey, where am I reporting in Kansas City, Caroline Hogan. And rising gas prices aren't the only bump on the road that drivers are facing. >> The cost of car repairs has been climbing as well as leaving several people in a tight spot. Scripps News correspondent Thomas Harper has the details. >> After a long battle with historic inflation, Americans are used to feeling the strain on their wallets at the grocery store at the gas pump. And now at the mechanic. >> That's th
e way life you know, you've got got to drive. So you got to get a car, according federal consumer priced at a car repair costs are up nearly 20% over the last year. That's more than 6 times the national inflation rate. And among the biggest price jumps of any household, good or service. So what's fueling the price hike pains more advanced and more expensive technology in vehicles nowadays as a driving factor, according to triple a common car, repairs can cost drivers up to $600 a visit fixing fe
atures like auto emergency braking backup cameras and lane. Keeping technology are a big part of that eye-popping bill. But even standard car repairs have skyrocketed in Price. Thanks to ongoing supply chain issues, certain vehicle parts like microchips are still hard to come by, which means you'll be waiting longer for repair and forking over more money when it's finally finished. >> Cost of also gone up to operate the business. And then we also see a lot of vendors adding and fees for delivery
now to help them cover the some of their costs that we're getting. We're getting fees we never got before. >> Another big detail. I play longer car ownership. The average age of passenger cars and trucks in operation was about 12 years in 2022. All-time high. Experts say that's due to sky-high sticker prices of new vehicles. These days. But older cars are more likely to need more repairs and big ones at that. Kelley Blue Book tallied up the average prices for common car repair services and alte
rnate a replacement or run you as much as $842 brake pad and wrote a replacement is around $600 and among the most expensive, more than $1200 for a fuel pump replacement Darwin, the growing labor shortage among automotive technicians driving up labor costs. And you're looking at a papal trip to the repair But the good news for drivers, experts say part shortages in car availability. Could you soon providing some much-needed relief? Thomas Scrippsnews Denver. >> Well, people are paying big prices
to live in the Big Apple. A new report out from brokerage firm Douglas Elliman shows the median apartment rent in New York City hit an all-time high in July for the 3rd time in the past 4 months, the median monthly rent for a one-bedroom was 4400 bucks in July. And that is $100 increase from June. And you'll find a little relief and other boroughs, but not much rent prices in Brooklyn and Queens. Also reaching new heights last month, averaging more than $3500 a month for a one bedroom apartment
. The cost of housing, the cost of oj Orange juice getting more expensive. Government officials say the price isn't going down anytime soon. Become partly blame the weather for this hike. Florida provides most of our Orange juice supply, hurricanes and a late freeze. Got a big portion of the current Orange crop. In addition, Orange trees are dying from a disease called citrus Greening. The usda predicts production will drop 51% from last year. Straight ahead on Scripps News live. Of growing up w
ith hip-hop. >> And then to walk into your museum, it all comes flooding back in. It's just so much fun. >> And wait for this. We're going to take you to a business in Milwaukee celebrating the 50th year of hip hop music. That's next. ♪ ♪ So this is the year of Taylor Swift. The superstar announcing another remake of one of her popular albums. 1989. She made the announcement during one of her final U.S. Concert and her record-breaking era's tour. So if posted on social media that this is her fav
orite re record yet and it's going to be released on October. 27th Mark, your calendar. The initial album released in 2014, the upcoming Taylor's version will feature 16 reworked songs and 5 new songs from the vault. All right. So hip hop. It's more than a music genre. The cultural movement gained widespread popularity in the 80's and 90's. Dj Kool Herc mixing his baby sister's back-to-school party in the Bronx. And the rest is history. So tomorrow is consider the 50th anniversary of hip hop and
to celebrate Andrea Williams visited a hip hop museum in Milwaukee. Take a look. >> Hip-hop turns 50 years old this year and it's a genre that has influenced people across the globe. We are here at the Milwaukee Hip Hop Museum and we are ready to get this party started. ♪ >> When did you first? >> Fall in love with hip-hop they were playing like public enemy Krs, one stop the violence movement Doug? E 86 1986. >> Antonia Anderson is the founder and curator of the Milwaukee Hip Hop Museum. Start
ed the Milwaukee had planned use them. >> In 2019 during covid when I was actually working at home, she works for Milwaukee Public Schools and believes that hip-hop can help children with critical thinking and be more productive in the community. Her home is filled with everything from turntables to images of individuals service, pioneers like Africa, and dj Kool Herc. Is actually is like magazine photo of when he first started and have the party for his sister, Brenda, became like one of the mo
st famous parties and hip hop was that day in the Bronx helped kick start the massive cultural force that has since become a lifestyle for millions across the globe for music. >> To dancing to fashion. That was over and and Gucci and all of that creative that he You know, he really put. >> Some of different twist on fashion. >> It is no secret. Hip-hop is really about added to being creative, whether it's run dmc rapping about their fetus with no laces or the strong lyrics and sugarhill gang's r
apper's delight over here. I have my final album Collections and I know know that in the 2024, they're going to have a great chance in in the Olympics, graffiti and break dancing where the aspects of the culture first caught the public's attention. The memories grown up with hip-hop and then to walk into your museum. It all comes flooding back in. It's just so much fun. >> Have some some pepper when Houston tlc Aliyah. I'm just a little bit of everything, everyone. Yeah, everyone. >> For me been
in the hip Hop museum was equivalent to a kid in a candy store. Well, there's action figures, cassette tapes, magazines are clothing. She's got it all. Reminded that hip-hop has generated huge sales of everything from electronics, automobiles and even television. >> Back in the day, the cameras that would use Why. Antonia plans to continue traveling around the city and the country. >> Sharing her knowledge hip-hop and the global impact. It has had. She also plans to continue growing her collect
ion. That will spread the knowledge for generations to >> That was Andrew Williams reporting there for us in Milwaukee. Okay, stargazers list. Not because this weekend is going to be a site for your eyes. The Perseid meteor shower peaking up August, 12th and 13th officials from Michigan State University are saying that dozens of meteors. We're going zoom across the sky per hour. The Northern Hemisphere will have the best viewing. And if you want to see them fight an area with little to no light
pollution. Hot tip for you. >> I'm Veronica De La Cruz. Thank you so much for watching. Scrippsnews live for the audience leading us right now. Your local programming next. Don't forget, you can always check us out on Scripps News dot com. And if you are staying with us, we have much more news headed your way on Scripps News. Live will be right back. - [Speaker] At first, just leaving the house was hard. - [Speaker] But Wounded Warrior Project helps you realize it's possible to get out there - [
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ets to a certain size, there's just no way you control it. >> Developing now, at least 36 people are dead. Several others still missing as wildfires continue to sweep through Maui. Officials warn the death toll could climb. Thank you so much for joining us on this Thursday. I'm Veronica De La Cruz. Welcome to Scripps News live. We're going to get to that story. But first, President Biden on the road today marking the one-year anniversary of his signing of a significant bipartisan bill into law.
Called the Pact Act created the largest expansion of veteran benefits and more than 30 years. This is a live picture right now, Pakistan for promise to address comprehensive toxics, which has been so important to many veterans and it's also deeply personal to President Biden who lost his son Beau to brain cancer after he served in Iraq. White House correspondent Haley Bull is in Washington right now. She has the latest on the president's agenda today. >> So Haley understand the president is head
ed to Utah is going to be speaking at a va hospital. >> What exactly can we expect? >> Veronica, he is visiting a va medical center in Salt Lake City to give remarks on the one-year anniversary since signing the pact Act alongside veterans and their family members. And as you mentioned, it is very personal for the president and beyond has become a core part of his agenda. The White House calls this the most significant expansion of benefits in decades for veterans for toxic exposure. And when yo
u talk about toxic exposure, looking at things like burn pits in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now administration says in the years since its signing there been more than 843,000 hacked acts. Pacific's claim applications more than 458,000 of them have been processed at this point. When you're looking at funding more than 1.0, 8, 5 billion dollars impact related benefits have been delivered and the law required an expansion of the workforce to work through one veterans group. We spoke with pits 3.60, kno
ws that and then ricin. This but also that there's more work to do calling this a bittersweet day. Remember, Marine those who passed away from toxic exposure and they specifically noted need for noninvasive technology, continued awareness and more access to services. When you're and regions like rural areas. Listen. >> For for the veteran, even though that has passed receiving treatment compensation. But still, though, the war is not over for for us. For many of us. And that's where right now fo
r the implementation of the pact Act this year. And for still for. The for looking forward. What needs to be in you know, like there's a need noninvasive technologies. >> Now the agency has extended the deadline to submit pact Act-related claims that would be backdated to last to Monday after some technical online issues. Now Biden is expected to give remarks shortly here. I where he will tell that bipartisan legislation alongside Republican governor and Veronica. This wraps up three-state tour
of the southwest. Biden has been on this week to know some of his landmark legislative items, including that pact Act and also Americans on his economic agenda front of >> All right. Haley Bull reporting live from Washington for us. Haley, thank you so much. So search and rescue operations are underway right now as the crisis continues on Hawaii's Maui Island. >> Take a look at some of this video. A helicopter pilot for a tour company flying over Maui saying, quote. It looked like a bomb went of
f. The popular tourist destination behind a reduced to ashes. President Biden is pledging all available federal assets to help those on the island right now we have team coverage for you on the crisis in Hawaii. Meteorologist Scott Withers is in Maui and has the latest developments on the wildfires. Lindsay fees is in Oakland, California, speaking to travelers returning from the island and Isabella Martin was Scrippsnews. Las Vegas has been speaking with concerned Hawaiian Natives watching their
hometown burn from afar. Begin right here with meteorologist Scott Withers. He's live for us at that airport in Maui. Scotty, bring us up to speed. What is happening with evacuations right now. >> We have a lot a lot going on here at the airport. Got dizzy, real, possibly step of the way. You can see long lines here. Multiple airports, the airlines now up and operational yesterday, large number of flights off the island and that really caused a ripple effect. These people in line. Most of good
news you have certified take they are getting on a plane and get out of here. But there are people in line still hoping that when they get to the point, they can get some taking to get off? Not everybody handing out what some people are being told. Could days before there's enough seats on planes get him out of All of this is happening because those wildfires are still raging is a few miles away from >> Wildfire smoke shrouding Maui neighborhoods from the sky. The damage appears widespread from
the ground apocalyptic historic front street. The major tourist destination going up in flames, homes and buildings destroyed the street makes up 80% of the island's tourism. Jeff Miller car shot this video of his neighborhood as he evacuated his small town in flames. His home destroyed. The fire is ripping through several communities. Thousands evacuating people basically running for their lives. Our house is gone. >> Everything that we've ever known as gone, everyone, I know I know there homes
have been burned >> Roads across the island closing. 13 evacuations, neighborhoods pounds. Tourists caught in the firestorm leaving behind their belongings. >> Hotels and rental houses, taking shelter at the airport. >> We started evacuating them this morning using the back side of the island, which is a very narrow and a precarious drive. We are getting them out and getting them to the airport to hopefully get them off island. >> The state encouraging tourists not to visit some airlines cancel
ing flights. Residents are being encouraged to conserve water. No power is having problems and water. All of the islands. Firefighters battling the blaze. More coming in from other islands. The wind-driven by Hurricane Dora should die down throughout Thursday, giving firefighters a chance to save their island. >> Those winds really dying down last night and really dying down today. The other good news we had consistent rain throughout the morning. That rain is helping to put out some of hot spot
s around the island and helping the firefighters get in there and knock down fires. You can see in hard rain there. We've got another large rainstorm moving in right Take a look at the satellite door. This is one of the reasons that we had this wildfire working door there you can see moving away from the islands, also losing intensity. That great news because when she was closer to island, she was picking up wins. It came up towards the islands a high-pressure of between those 2, the wind just e
xcitement directly over the island to 70, 80 miles per hour. That was driving the winds out here moment ago. The good news, those winds coming down, the rain coming down. The firefighters got to get in there today. Make a big effort to knock down these lights have salute for keeping our fingers crossed. Hurt tops. Absolutely. Go out to those. >> Who have been affected. But I wanted to ask you. >> Because folks there were gearing up and bracing for hurricane and instead ended up with these wildfi
res. Do we know why these fire started? >> Yeah, it was kind of a combination of things. First, those winds driven by Hurricane Dorian, even though she state 700 miles away. So that was the first think the second thing, very low humidity year. There's no water vapor in the air, nothing to kind of combat the virus. And finally, they've been dealing with an extreme drought on the island of Maui for months. And unfortunately, most of that drive was exactly where these wildfires So that's why you pu
t those 3 together and the rest of That's what happened >> All right. Meteorologist Scott Withers live for us there in Maui County. Thank you so much. >> So several major airlines have been pitching in to evacuate. Travelers were stuck in Maui. So far. They've flown more than 11,000 people off the island. Science and health correspondent Lindsey spoke with travelers touching down in California who say that they are exhausted. >> We've spoken with about half a dozen people all just in the past ho
ur or so who have landed from now? And they say they're exhausted. They're relieved and they're happy to be home safe. >> The home of baggage claim now a song of safety for decal, the Conti and Aspen Plumber. The couple had just arrived. And now we the day before for their honeymoon. >> When we woke up this morning, it was probably about 3, 3.30. We've got the pre evacuation warning to get all of our stuff ready in about 30 minutes later, the evacuation warning went out we're about an hour less
than an hour north 2030, minutes north of where the fire was. You can see the place. >> The newlyweds are among the 11,000 Maui travelers. Officials evacuated as multiple wildfires destroy parts of the Hawaiian island. >> You need to get on play to cost a lot more money I wanted to spend, but I'm very grateful to be here. >> We really appreciate what the airlines have done. We look at the transpacific Alaska, Delta, United and American have increase capacity by bringing in larger and larger plan
es. Ensure we get more seats to get more people off the island. >> Among airlines working with local and state authorities Southwest and Hawaiian Airlines have together added more than a dozen flights. United tells Scripps News they've canceled inbound flights to the kahului airport in now we so that their planes can then fly empty to Maui and be used as passenger flights back to the mainland. Those lucky enough to leave our gracious. But summer, many worry about those left on Maui. >> Evacuees
have parking lots full of people were camping overnight. Long cars queued up on the side of the road. People walking up the slopes of the volcano on that side of the island to try to find cell signal. Felt very driving away from our hotel with all of our belongings and seeing the Orange and the flames in. >> I like 3 in the morning that felt really. Talk a little >> As for the newlyweds, they plan to take another big trip soon but haven't decided yet if they'll return to now >> Definitely a bumm
er that the trip was cut short. But then the day, you know, some folks lost their lives over there. I think we're just glad to be back here. >> Meanwhile, Hawaiian authorities are urging travelers if you do not have to come and visit the Hawaiian Islands, please postpone your trip. Scripps News, Oakland, California. >> All right, Lindsey, thank you for that. Was the hardest hit areas. La Hina, the popular tourist area in West Maui has a rich history. It was a former capital. Devastating images s
how the decades old buildings that lined the streets now flattened and charred. Many people are worried about all the damage that the fires leave behind. >> It's not the kind of place that. And just be rebuilt lower the future we fight. I mean, there's so historic significance. A lot of these buildings were right next to the ocean. So if in today's environment you won't be able to build some of those back and it's way too early to determine the outcome but as a very charming, meaningful place or
people in Hawaii, both residents and visitors. >> People who grow up in la Hina, our emotional as they watch their hometown burned. Isabella Martin was Scrippsnews Las Vegas talks to one woman desperate to hear that her loved ones are safe. >> 4 can you ask a la Hina? Hawaii is home. I've been here since 2020. >> The summer I moved here with my other half. Because he wanted a new life. Chose >> As a mom of 4 children, including her 2 month-old baby, so many miles from home. She fears for the sa
fety of her family. >> Shocking >> Nervous. I mean, worried every every >> Emotion that you can feel because well, I'm all the way out here. I can do anything. She found out about the fire through Facebook but says she didn't think much about it. I didn't think it was as big because you have fires. There never got out of control like this. >> But she immediately called her mom in La Hina and got no response. She also learned through social media that cell service was down on the island. >> They
can't get a hold of anybody that's in the town because as of right now, gas is on the cars because there's no. So some of the gas station blew up. And then there's cars that's >> Now her number one priority is making sure she knows her family is safe and what's going on in her hometown. >> Anything I even thought to fly back to see what I can do. But we're not even allowed into the town. They closed the road. No one can get in. >> Could be could tells me as of right now she has heard her mom is
safe and staying with one of her cousins in La Hina. >> That was Isabel Martin reporting there for us from Las Vegas coverage of the Hawaii wildfires will continue throughout the day right here on Scripps News. And you can also find stories from our coverage online for free to check us out at Scripps News Dot Com. Also on ax formally known as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook tiktok and threats. Coming up next on Scripps News Live, a new report out reveals who's been bankrolling Justice Clarence Thom
as's, lavish lifestyle. Also, officials making 2 more arrests in the viral Alabama Doc. Live brawl. We'll have the details for you straight ahead. But reminder, we like to hear from you. Give us a call on our Scripps News viewer hotline. That number is toll-free nuts on your screen right now. It's 1, 8, 3, 3, for scripts. Free to share comments in your story. Idea us. So the FBI has sported a plot to attack President Biden while he's in Utah. The man who made the threat was killed. Well, authori
ties were serving him with a warrant. National correspondent Maura Sirianni says it wasn't the first time that the FBI spoke with a man. >> So the person who was allegedly making these there was talk of a presidential assassination. And the good news is this morning, the is waking up safely at a hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. But this was really scary stuff. The building, of course, surrounded by police and then barriers, as you can imagine, following that plot that was foiled by the FBI. So
early Wednesday morning agents went to the home of that 75 year-old suspect. He's been identified as Craig Robertson. They went to arrest him, but instead he was shot lived about 45 minutes south of the Salt Lake va health Center where President Biden is expected to speak today and highlight the first anniversary of the pact The FBI is not yet saying why Robertson was shot. However, several reports indicate he was armed at the Times lead to some type of altercation resulting in a shootout now le
ading up to the president's Utah visit. Prosecutors say Robertson made several threatening post on social media. See them here. That includes a posting made Monday sitting. You heard President Biden was coming to Utah and that he was planning to wear a camo suit begin to, quote, clean the dust off the M. 24 sniper rifle. Another post showed Robertson with guns and a caption getting ready for the 2024 election cycle. Robertson has been on the radar of the FBI since March for about 5 months now af
ter posting about going New York to, quote, fulfill his dream of killing Alvin Bragg. Authorities say that post was made on Trump's platform. Truth Social. He also allegedly made threats the commission, Alvin Bragg and some other officials to we're talking New York Attorney General Letitia James and Attorney General Merrick Garland. Of course, overseeing criminal and and or civil investigations involving the former President Robinson also allegedly made threats against FBI agents in this comes a
s Trump and some of his allies continue to villain eyes, the FBI and the doj for that matter. The FBI's director Christopher Wray has warned of escalating threats just like these July survey by the Chicago Projection, Sick of security threats finding, but a growing number of shockingly, believe the use of force is justified to coerce government officials. Meantime, the shooting is under review by the FBI Mar Sirianni Scripps News. >> Officials in Montgomery, Alabama continuing their investigatio
n into the dockside brawl that went viral and gained national attention as of yesterday evening. The 2 remaining suspects surrendered to police. 3 white men are now being charged with third-degree assault. There are also reports of one witness using racial slur during the altercation. The fight happened last weekend and it started when the owners of a private boat ignored warnings from a ferry co-captain asking them to move their boat. Coming up next on Scripps News live, more Americans dealing
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now in the green. The Dow Jones is up 62 points. The S and P is up to the NASDAQ is up about 10 points. We're going to keep an eye on it for you. So the U.S. Inflation rate rose for the first time in a year last month. But analysts are saying that we need to look deeper. Overall. Consumer prices up 3.2% in July. But experts are saying if you don't include food and energy, everything else rose at its smallest monthly rate in 2 years. Nevertheless, the latest inflation report has stressed to the
millions of Americans already worried about next grocery bill reporter Lydia Vazquez has the details. >> Americans are charging their credit cards more than ever before. >> We put everything that we can on a credit card. But for the first time, a new report shows credit card debt has reached more than 1 trillion dollars. The highest ever. >> I am not comfortable saying this is no big deal. It's a really big deal. >> Associate professor of economics Victor Claar says consumer confidence rising in
terest rates and inflation is to blame for boom in credit card debt. >> It's been hard. I mean, I have stop using one credit card, one bang, the called the K Pay for so I had to start using my all altogether. Just use cash. >> Walter Barnes says he's had to cut up his credit card so he doesn't spend it every time he puts money back on it. >> Avoid incurring the charges in the first place. There's no way to get in trouble paying your credit card bill. If you don't have a credit card bill in the f
irst place. >> Claar suggests only using credit cards for emergencies unless you have the money and you know how to budget. >> I use mine a lot for for just for monthly bills and for traveling in things. And it's just convenience. It's easier just to use a credit card. And then when the bill comes in, just pay it off. But not everyone is doing that late payments have also rescind the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported in the 2nd quarter. 7.2% of credit card accounts were 30 days overdue.
The highest level in 11 years. It takes more dollars to buy the same stuff. >> If you carry a balance, the interest rate is higher than it's been before. And when you carry any balance and all then it costs you more to buy that good or service than it did otherwise. >> Klar says Gen Z's are the ones racking up credit card debt faster than anyone else. >> If you're in that position and you're struggling, the simplest thing to do is call your credit card company and see if you can work out a payme
nt plan. >> That was Scripps News reporter Lydia Vazquez there in Tampa, Florida, for us. I'm Veronica De La Cruz for the audience leaving us right now. Your local programming is up next. And don't forget, you can always check us out on Scripps News dot com. Now, if you are staying with us, we have much more news headed your way right here on Scripps News live. It's been one year since President Biden signed the Pact Act and some veterans are saying they are grateful to finally be receiving the
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s assassinated at a campaign rally. Fernando Villavicencio about to fight drug cartels and corruption. Ecuador's president suggested organized crime might be behind his killing. If it's nca reported receiving multiple death threats in the past. Authorities are hoping lower winds will help them gain control over wildfires. A fire is causing so much devastation in Hawaii right now. So far there are 36 confirmed deaths, but officials are fearing that that number will rise. The popular Maui tourist
destination of La Hina largely destroyed. >> A woman who lived there shares her harrowing escape. >> It happened. People stuck in traffic trying to get out and playing on on both sides of lake. Something out of of horror movie. >> Airport, Maui packed after authorities haven't asking tourists to leave the island. American United, Southwest and Hawaiian Airlines all waiving fees for passengers who want to rebook their flights to Hawaii. President Biden is at a Salt Lake City veteran center today
marking the one-year anniversary of the pact Act. The lack standard benefits for veterans exposed to toxic chemicals burn pits agent Orange or in other ways assistance is also available for their beneficiaries. Well, maybe vets welcome the funds getting them has been another matter. One man shared his frustrations as Chris News Tucson's Andrew Christiansen. >> Taking up to 16 pills a day is a regular routine for Navy veteran Samba George. You. Helps his heart the right seizures and other health
issues. Days are better than others. Some days. I can't function. It's a tough pill to swallow for knowing his health issues you to his time serving abroad for 5 years, he was exposed to toxic burn pits and things like depleted uranium and lead. >> So many of my symptoms were ignored because they said you're too young to have this. >> Back in 2018, doctors told him didn't find evidence. His health released to the burn pits and exposures because of that he didn't qualify for the burn pit registry
. >> You have to start acknowledging and not minimizing. The issues that people are having. >> After seeing his primary care doctor, he had to go through a process to re prove his health conditions, which he says was traumatizing. >> You have a whole generation that's going to be dealing with this stuff. >> About a year ago, he also had to submit an intent to file for the benefits, not knowing. >> What's on the other and with the care. It's a The pact Act eligible. >> On the phone, Georgia says
the va took hours to get to him. >> That that process, it just feels like a loop. >> After getting disconnected, he went to the va percent had a few veterans tell me that they're waiting hours on the phone. What are some of the things that you guys are doing to help them through that process? >> And she thinks we brought in over 500 people just since January alone. Source staffing up significantly. Chris Norton, the director of the Phoenix va tells me the average phone wait time is 15 to 25 minu
tes. He says people outside of Phoenix can schedule an appointment online in the last week of July. The va says they got over. 23,000 calls nationwide. And as the sun sets on the deadline, George who says the va is finally recognizing people like him. >> You are just something that can be thrown away after service. >> A report pro Publica contains new details about Justice Clarence Thomas's. Life off the bench. It says that 2 billionaires and to millionaires of treated Thomas to 38 nation vacati
ons. 26 private plane flights, a dozen vip passes to professional and college sporting events and more and not many of these events were never mentioned in financial disclosures. >> There are rules in place. >> But a lot of them are being followed by the justices voluntarily. They say that they choose to. >> Follow regulations around accepting gifts at all. The lower courts have to follow. And these this is what a lot of the experts we talked to think is the biggest problem is is the appearance
of impropriety. The optics of all this, how the Rhodes Trust. >> There is no evidence any of the troops broke the law. In fact, some of Justice Thomas's friends have been complaining of a smear job. Others say they're clearly needs to be revised code of conduct for the high court. Former President Trump didn't appear in a Florida courtroom today. His lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf over new charges in the classified documents case. Trump's 2 co-defendants were in court for the arr
aignment. The one was unable to enter a plea national political correspondent average Burnett brings us the latest. >> 2 of former President Trump's co-defendants were and a Florida courtroom today. Let's start out with wall. Not of. He entered the courtroom just before 10 and he has entered a not guilty plea once again. Remember, this is the case that has to do with that classified documents investigation, but they're having to enter a plea once again because there are new charges in this case.
>> The former President, Donald Trump, he was not in the courtroom. He waived his right to appear. He also entered a plea of not guilty once again. But the new Cole defendant in this case is name is Carlos Sale of Era. He was here. He was inside the courtroom as well. And he apparently had issues with obtaining the proper representation, the proper attorney so that he could enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. This could potentially be significant because this delay once again could slow down
the process to a speedy trial. We want to give you a quick recap of where the date stand with Carlos de la Vera. After that new indictment came out, his initial court appearance was on July 31st. His arraignment should have been today and this is where he would enter a plea of guilty or not guilty, but because he does not have the proper representation. The arraignment has been pushed off once again until next week. Tuesday. We're also learning new information from a court filing in which the fo
rmer president and his legal team they're pushing for the ability for him to be able to review those classified documents either or near his home. So this could be either at mar-a-lago Bedminster. And the former president is saying that this is something that would be more convenient for him. We want to show you a portion. The argument that they're trying to make to the court. They said this request is based on the immense practical and logistical hurdles and costs that make it virtually impossi
ble for President Trump to make regular trips to a public facility and what he's talking about when he mentions a public facility here. It's what's known as a skiff, a secure facility where officials are able to look at classified documents at sensitive documents. But prosecutors on the other hand, they want for there to be a designated area designate a skiff and not at the former president's home or even near the former president's home. This is what they said. They said there's no basis for th
e defendant's request that he be given the extraordinary authority to discuss classified information at his residence. And it is particularly striking that he seeks permission to do so. And the very location at which he's charged with willfully retaining the documents charged in this case. We spoke with a former federal prosecutor about this matter about how the judge could potentially rule. >> They want to spend less time, I guess traveling, but I would think the judge is going to sort of move
this on the side of protecting the documents in the process because we know one thing. They're clearly documents in there that are considered classified that has security implications. And if you're the judge, I don't think you want to take any kind of chances that some document ends up in a place that's accessible to anyone other people with security clearances. >> Ultimate decision and if former president will be able to view these classified documents and or near his home will be up to the ju
dge. Average rate Burnett, Scripps News, Washington. >> All right. Have a joy. Thank you so much for that. 9 Michigan Republicans who served as fake electors in 2020 pleaded not guilty to felony charges today, 7 others professed their innocence during previous court appearances, prosecutors say they played a role in President Trump's effort to overturn election results in 7 states. Each defendant faces 8 felony counts. The group includes a former member of the Republican National Committee, a ma
yor and a school board member. Republican presidential hopeful widens. The political division in his state, Florida Governor Ron Desantis suspending the state's only black female state attorney, Democrat Monique World Scrippsnews Sophia Hernandez has her response. >> Wednesday morning the news broke out. >> Accordingly, I am today announcing the suspension state attorney Monique Worrell from the 9th Judicial circuit. Effective immediately. >> Governor Ron Desantis laid by other state and local l
eaders making it clear we're out of office is a non-negotiable. >> Prosecutors do have a certain amount of discretion about which cases to bring in which not but what this state attorney has done is abuse that discretion and is effectively nullified certain laws in the state of Florida that reaches her duties that she owes to the people of Florida under our state Constitution and provides the basis for the suspension. >> In a 40 page executive order, the governor pointed out 6 major areas of con
cern including the office avoiding minimum mandatory sentences for gun crimes and drug trafficking offenses. It allowed in juvenile offenders to avoid serious charges incarceration altogether. >> Shortly after the announcement, offended herself. >> We are making sure that cases are brought that they are within the context of the law. >> So I'm not going to be into those political narrative because we know that the governor has been searching a reason. We're will has been under the spotlight vari
ous times throughout the last year. Most recently last week when 2 Orlando police officers were shot. The suspect was killed Saturday after swat team spent hours in a barricade around Orlando hotel. The 28 year-old man, a lengthy criminal history, arrested multiple times but was out on bail in June. The blame was placed on she addressed concerns Monday and again on Wednesday saying she believes her unconventional and different approach to justice is being used as a smokescreen for Desantis. Is p
residential campaign. >> All know that this is not about policy. We're anything that I've actually done. And his has been for life, especially for well over year right? And I am not aware of any actual articulable reason that has been given. >> The news spread to state representatives and those in the 9th circuit via e-mail and in the courtroom, some left outraged on Wednesday. Worrell said that she will be filing a lawsuit. Her legal team is currently briefing on an administrative order to see
what happens next. >> Now, the Senate president says that they will be holding off on investigations into Desantis is executive order until has explored all legal options. Now, the Senate has the final say in to whether or not stays in or out of office. Well, made it clear on Wednesday that she will be running for reelection for state attorneys office, Sophia Hernandez reporting. >> And still ahead on Scripps News live our investigation, how thousands of bridges in this country are in need of im
mediate repair, but aren't getting fixed. That's next. And a reminder that you can find our stories and much more online. You can always check us out at Scripps News Dot Com. Also on X, formally known as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook tiktok threats will be R Millions of Americans will drive over bridges today in need of major repair Scripps News investigation airing tonight at 08:00pm Eastern 5, 14,000 bridges stuck in disrepair coast to coast. And that's despite a push to fix bridges nationwide.
National investigative reporter Pat Richter for joins us now live with a preview. Patrick, I understand that you went to Pittsburgh for this investigation. More can you tell us? >> Pittsburgh has hundreds of bridges session known as the city of Bridges. It's also where you may recall the bridge collapsed last year, injuring 10 people. So we wanted to go to Pittsburgh to see how are the bridges. Now, we were surprised to see that many of them are in disrepair. And when we zoomed out and looked a
ll over the country, we found lots more bridge problems everywhere. >> Some 14,000 bridges identified in a Scripps news analysis have been rated in poor condition for at least a decade altogether. They carry more than 46 million passengers every day. That list. That number is not going go down. Ken Harry's is a structural engineering professor at the University of Pittsburgh. How did we get to a point as a country where so many bridges are so much need? >> Neglect. We've been neglecting our infr
astructure pretty much since we built it. >> The list of bridges needing repair or replacement, spanned the entire country. There's the nearly 100 year Old Magnolia Bridge in Seattle weekend by an earthquake in 2001 in Massachusetts. It will take 4 billion dollars to replace the ailing Sagamore and Bourne bridges connecting Cape Cod and outside Denver. A bridge going over 6 lanes of us. 85 in cracks all over the bottom of its concrete deck. >> Tonight we're going to take you to a bridge in Pitts
burgh that you just have to see to believe. Let me show you These are pieces of the California Avenue Bridge in Pittsburgh that fall from this bridge every single day. These are decades old, rusted out pieces. So talked to the mayor of Pittsburgh about what is going on here. Why can't you get the funding and the help that your city needs to fix all of these bridges? Again, when you look at the whole country, millions of motorists, millions of people are on these bridges, everyday product. It is
such a scary thought, Patrick, and we know the money to fix these bridges would, of course, come from. >> Taxpayer dollars. Is the government doing enough here when it comes to these these ailing bridges? >> Well, so that's the thing the Biden administration has said they have this blitz of bridge building going on. And that is true. There's been huge investment through the bipartisan infrastructure law to really start to tackle the backlog of failing bridges. What we have found is it's just not
enough and it not keeping pace with all of the bridges every day that start to slip into disrepair. Tens of thousands of bridges that are either fair or poor and that need major work product All right. Patrick Terpstra. >> Live for us there in Washington. We look forward to your report tonight. Don't forget, you can watch it as well. Tonight on Scripps News. >> That is 08:00pm Easter. Coming up next news live details on today's historic flight. Helping to pave the way for the future. >> Of spac
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Entertainment correspondent Casey Mendoza shows us how one company is shining a light on marginalized groups within the comic book industry. Comic book sales in North America made more than 2 billion dollars in 2021. >> That's up by 60% compared to 2020 sales and it shows the skyrocketing popularity of comic books, graphic novels and demand leaders, as the industry grows. So too, do independent publishers, one of which is using the visual medium to celebrate the stories, the black Brown and art
ists. >> The U.S. Comic book industry is full of stories about fantastical worlds with superheroes. Multiverse is and cartoonishly evil villains. One writer and publisher is opening the door for stories celebrating life and specifically the reel rich lives of women of color. >> I didn't see anything like that. Publishing companies sounds like nobody's going publish this. Don't want them to to make the change his story to be like white lost or anything that. >> In an industry where less than half
of all comic book writers are women. And if you are than 6% are black. According to research from the job recruiting platform Zippia Jim Mueller browser is on a mission to port, her favorite black and brown artists. The Eisner nominated greater of washed a diaries is also the founder of Black to say pressed in indie comic publisher for women of color and Queer artists. Its name just say it comes from the genre of Japanese manga or graphic novels written specifically for older teens and women. I
t's less action. And the superheroes and more about everyday life, romance and friendship. >> That's like a big goal of mine is for folks who have never read comments I come across just a comic and the like, what's good out and sell? That makes me happy because the read to get, you know, the better industry will be. >> The original washed a comic a slice of life story inspired by Rouzer zone rituals of black hair care was the first to title from Black to say press written by Rouser and illustrat
ed by artist Robin Smith. The short comic was funded via Kickstarter in 2018 garnering more than $16,000 from fans in 2022, the longer graphic novel Wash Day Diaries was published by Chronicle books garnering The La Times Book Prize for graphic novels. And I award nomination for best publication for teens and I want to show especially people of color, women of color. >> Comics just outside of superhero comics. But even now 5 of that, you can yourself in both comics last. Can create them yourself
, too. >> Through black just say press Rouzer hopes to continue centering the work of women of color and queer artist. She notes it's not easy mission, especially as a small independent publisher. But Rouzer says it's worth the hard work to give artists the freedom to tell their own stories. And for readers more opportunities to see their lived experiences represented in the comic book World. >> Comics, especially in the comics La Presse we don't do it for the we do for the love. >> Casey Mendoz
a, Scripps News, San Diego. Great story. All right. So if these pay attention, listen up because Taylor Swift has announced another remake of one of her popular albums. 1989, and she made the announcement during one of her final U.S. Concert in her record-breaking era's tour. The upcoming Taylor's version. It's going to be released on October 27th. So make sure that you mark your calendar. It's going to feature 16 reworked songs and 5 new songs from the I'm Veronica De La Cruz. Thank you so much
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