This comes hours after the House Manager requested his testimony. Jamie raskin, quote you have attempted to put critical facts at issue, notwithstanding the clear and overwhelming evidence of your constitutional offense. If you decline this invitation, we reserve any and all rights, including your refusal to testify has a strong adverse inference of action and inaction on january 6th. This comes as the clash between liars and those seeking to hold them accountable opens another phase. Fox news, phelps specifically three anchors, have been slapped with another lawsuit. And in a matter of minutes, a debate is getting under way, to determine whether the gop has any appetite to separate itself from the Conspiracy Theorist in its ranks, or the other corner, whether it wants to descend into the darkest corners of american political life and forever stain the gop with qanon Conspiracy Theories. Thats the choice. Marjorie Taylor Greene has targeted harassment for young School Shooting survivor
A huge announcement from Attorney General Merrick Garland, Special Counsel is now investigating hunter biden, the president s son, after a potential plea deal collapsed. Plus, 59 people are now confirmed dead in the hawaii wildfires. It comes as residents start to return to lahaina to see the rubble where they used to live. One of them is my guest tonight. Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, major developments on multiple legal fronts for both donald trump and joe biden. Trumps attorneys coming face to face with judge Tanya Chutkan for the first time today as the Attorney General spoke publicly, something he rarely does. Merrick garland announcing he is authorizing a Special Counsel to investigate bidens son hunter. And all of this comes as witnesses subpoenaed in the fulton county, georgia, investigation, can be told any minute they need to testify monday in front of a grand jury. Thats when the grand jury meets again and could indict if trump is indicte
For the media, as donald trump won more than a dozen states, crushing nikki haley who eked out only a win in vermont. The former president was briefly in a celeb rah rah story mood but soon moved on to what he sees as the dangers facing america. They call it Super Tuesday for a reason. [cheers and applause] this is a big one. Were going to close our borders. Were going to have to deport a lot of people, a lot of bad people, because our country cant live like this, our cities are choking to death. [applause] howard but then came a sharp pivot by the press saying, yes, trump had an amazingly successful night, but look at all these warning signs he faces in november. And theres even a more fundamental divide among the pundits and prognosticators. The right is more focused on turns message and what he stands for while the left keeps assailing him as a wouldbe dictator. What most of these people have never if understood is that this really isnt about a trump, and he himself often a says hes
Election. Though the dispute is technically over the handling of evidence, its become a proxy war of the expresident s mob boss tactics. Its a little complicated, but incredibly important. Here is where things stand right now. Federal judge chutkan was ordered a hearing over the Justice Departments request for a protective order. The rules governing the process between prosecutors and the defense team. The Washington Post notes such orders can be technical but are routinely approved by judges to protect witnesses and government investigative methods and priorities by limiting evidence by the defense to people authorized by the court. In its argument for a protective order, the Justice Department made a nod to the fact that the defendant has prosecutors explained they wanted to immediately turn over evidence to speed Defense Trial Preparations but were concerned in part over trumps history of posting on social Media Associated with cases against him. Trumps defense team complained the g
Codefendants appearing in court as the former president makes a new and unusual request in the classified documents case. Plus, inflation ticks up after a yearlong streak of declines. What it could mean for your wallet as the fed plots its next move. And Playing Tourist at the edge of space. A mother daughter duo and a former olympian blasting off with Virgin Galactic, is this the future of commercial space travel . Our nbc News Reporters are covering it all. We begin with those raging fires in maui. President biden issuing a major disaster declaration for the area. Nbcs Dana Griffin Reports from an Evacuation Center. Reporter we are at the largest Evacuation Center in maui where 300 to 400 people here slept overnight. Many escaping the flames in lahaina. Several people have told me that their homes are destroyed. Many, however, are kind of coming here with a very positive attitude, expressing gratitude for still being alive. We know several people have been killed. At least 36, and th