In 2004, the democratic governor of new jersey, Jim Mcgreevey, stepped into a press room just like this and became an Overnight Sensation when he admitted to a gay affair and resigned in the same speech. A governor coming out of the closet was genuinely shocking, a careerkiller at that time. Looking back, though, i cant help but feel that we were also quick to embrace the headline that we may have forgotten to dig a little deeper, because the reason why Jim Mcgreevey resigned is a lot more complicated than we remember. Ah, new jersey americas communal jacuzzi, or cesspool, depending on who you ask. [glass shatters] a land with its own unique culture and customs and a Political Landscape than can be rather. Shall we say, in your face. Youre done. Its 4 30. Youve maximized your tan. Get off the beach. New jersey is a roughandtumble place, man, you know . Its not for the faint of heart. The politics, the money, the press, the media, the scrutiny, are all larger. I teach new jersey politic
The latest on the ground as teams work to identify the more than 110 people dead. Delayed justice. Former president trumps legal team asks a judge to push back the start of his federal trial for election interference charges. When hes requesting to be in the courtroom. And cracking down. Los Angeles Police say they have a new tactic for combating a growing number of brazen highend robberies. Good morning, im Wendy Gillette in for annemarie green. In hawaii, a top maui emergency official has resigned after he faced tough questions about his response to last weeks deadly wildfires. The official death toll remains at 111 people but is expected to increase dramatically over the weekend. Hundreds are still missing as survivors try to put their lives back together. Danya bacchus has the latest from maui. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you, wendy. As the painstaking search for victims continues, an official with fema tells cbs news that most of the victims have been found in their hom
And all promises of that irrefutable evidence in a report on Election Fraud in georgia. Were on the trail with Chris Christie, the republican president ial candidate says hes leading a Truth Movement to be an alternative to trump. Plus, Hunter Bidens tax charges dismissed, at least for now. The latest in the saga over the president s son and the plea deal that fell apart. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We start in lahaina, where there are still more questions than answers, and a new investigator has been brought in to find them. Nbcs dana griffin just arrived there. Dana, this investigator comes as the islands top Emergency Official resigned. What more can you tell us . Reporter yeah, so a day before Herman Andaya resigned, which was on tuesday, he faced some tough questions from reporters. Listen to what he told them. Do you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. Had we sounded the siren that night, were afraid that people would have gone into
Imagine how terrifying donald trump, how terrified he has to be for him to follow the advice of his lawyers. Thats how terrified donald trump is tonight. For the first time. The breaking not surprising news of the night is that donald trump was forced to announce that he will not be having a special press event on monday to, as he put it, refute the 13 criminal charges against him delivered by a Georgia Grand Jury on monday. In a written statement tonight, donald trump said rather than releasing the report on the rigged and stolen georgia 2020 president ial election on monday my lawyers would prefer putting this, i believe, irrefutable and overwhelming evidence of Election Fraud and irregularities informal legal filings as we fight to dismiss this disgraceful indictment, therefore, the News Conference is no longer necessary, exclamation point. That statement is, of course a lie. There is no report. Donald trump has no. Report on trumps lawyers will not be putting irrefutable and overwh
Entered the tunnel . Prince harry was going to make sure that history was not repeated, basically saying back off, youre hounding her like you hounded my mother. She was betrayed by so many people. We only know half the story. It was getting late in the city of lights, that last saturday in august, 1997. But sidewalks cafes in paris were still bustling. The mulan rouge was aglow. Riverboats along the seine were teaming with for us, and the paparazzi was out in full force because a special visitor was in town, in fact, the most famous Women In The World, Princess Diana. For years, cameras had tailed her like sharks follow blood. And now, on this late, august night, the hunt was still on. As diana and her new lover, Dodi Al Fayed sped away from the paparazzi, who were in hot pursuit. Suddenly, the driver made an unexpected turn, into that tunnel, the pont de lama tunnel. Tunnel. Breaking news coverage. [inaudible] pursued by paparazzi. Indeed, Princess Diana has died tonight. It has been