Investigators warn that determining a cause of this deadly explosion could take months, if not years. for reference, last year there was another house explosion and officials say they re still looking into the cause of that one. so a long road ahead, ana. incredible. so sad, a 12-year-old boy. emilie ikeda, thank you so much. now to kansas where a local police department is becoming engulfed in a nationwide controversy over first amendment rights. the department raided the offices of a local newspaper and the home of its publisher and owner. they seized computers, phone, server, even the personal cell phones of the staff. according to the paper s co-owner, the situation was so stressful for the other co-owner, his 98-year-old mother, she collapsed and died the day after the raid. joining us is nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk. stephanie, do we know what prompted this raid? the accusation, ana, is that someone at the paper is guilty of identity theft when it comes
Stunning and disturbing allegations in kansas today where a newspaper publisher says a police raid on their offices contributed to the death of his 98-year-old mother. nbc s stephanie gosk has the story. reporter: this morning, national attention on a small kansas town after police raided the offices of a local newspaper seizing reporters computers and phones. the raid captured here on surveillance video obtained by nbc news has made headlines nationwide, stirring a debate over freedom of the press. this gestapo like tactics, this is what they do in the third world. eric meyer, the paper s co-owner and publisher says his 98-year-old mother joan, the paper s other co-owner, collapsed and died one day after the raid. she became so upset about this, that she wouldn t eat that day. she wouldn t sleep that night. reporter: at issue, myers says is a tip one of his
To the owner of a small business. by the way, this is a really small town, about 2,000 people. the police had a search warrant. the question is, did they have the probable cause to execute the search that they did? the paper s owner says they did not. in fact, he s questioning whether the search should have taken place at all. this morning national attention on a small kansas town after police raided the offices of a local newspaper, seizing reporters computers and phones. the raid captured here on surveillance video obtained by nbc news has made headlines nationwide, stirring a debate over freedom of the press. running guess stap toe-like tactic, stalinist-like tactic. eric meyer says his 98-year-old mother, the co-owner, collapsed and died a day after the raid. she became so upset about
Um, it s called commitment. could you turn down the volume? here, you can try. get way more into what your into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. there s outrage after police raided a small newspaper in kansas with the publisher saying his elderly mother and co-publisher died after experiencing trauma after the incident. stephanie gosk has more. this morning, national attention on a small kansas town after police raided the office is of a local newspaper, seizing computers and phones. the raid captured here on surveillance video obtained by nbc news has made headlines nationwide stirring debate over
Scale of the humanitarian response. and a police raid on a small kansas newspaper ignites a debate over freedom of speech. hello. i m carl nasman. thanks forjoining us. at least 93 people are now known to have been killed by wildfires on hawaii s island of maui, making this the worst us disaster of its kind in more than a century. the military are now involved in the grim task of searching through the rubble for victims in the town of lahaina, which has been all but destroyed. wildfires in the area are still burning. firefighters working to bring the blazes under control. these pictures are from the us national guard, which is providing assistance. hawaiians are donating supplies to be sent to the worst affected areas. maui locals are expressing gratitude, but also say much more help is needed.