proposed start date. meanwhile, a concerning security situation unfolding in georgia after the recent grand jury indictment there of trump and 18 other co-defendants. the fulton county sheriff s office told nbc news it is taking new safety measures after personal information of the grand jurors was circulated online. joining us now, nbc news correspondent blayne alexander in atlanta for us this morning, and nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian and la doris kordell, retired judge of the superior court of california, a former independent police auditor and author of her honor: my life on the bench, what works, what s broken and how to change it. ken, first, now that both sides made their proposals, what happens next? judge tanya chutkan set a status conference and will rule at that time and set a trial date. that date may not hold for various reasons, but we ll get an idea of where she sees the
group is called a family friendly music festival, jose. blayne alexander in atlanta, thank you. now to another scare in the skies, a southwest airlines flight from havana to fort lauderdale, florida, was forced to turn back to havana for an emergency landing on sunday after the airline says the plane hit birds just after takeoff and suffered engine trouble. video taken on board the plane shows the cabin filling up with smoke as passengers begin to panic. one witness described the scene on board the plane. i feel like my lungs are burnt from the fumes. it was very terrified because a lot of kids and a lot of women, chaos, completely chaos. talking about dropping really quick and the fumes getting filled up and nobody could breathe, and everybody s screaming. nbc s tom costello joins us this morning. this is just one of a series of incidents that have taken place in the past couple of days. yeah, it was a rough it s
recognize because she doesn t care about the intricacies of the case. but there definitely are some names you expect. reporter: there are some names you would expect. some names you would recognize. but then some names you may not. so certainly an interesting tidbit there. when we talked, i asked her whether she was concerned about the potential of threats, knowing that this was a very polarizing case, very polarizing process and she said, no, she wasn t. she wasn t concerned about threats from either being involved or for speaking out about it, essentially saying that, you know, you know what to expect at this point, and it wasn t something that was going to stop her from sharing. i also want to point out she really did, you know in her words feel this as a sense of duty. it was something she was clearly excited to be a part of. she found it exciting that normal citizens played a role in this process, that s also something she expressed during our interview as well, jose. blayne a
throughout the year that they were impanelled. andrea will stay with us. joining us is blayne alexander in atlanta, garrett haake who is near former president trump s mar-a-lago estate in west palm beach, and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. blayne, i want to get to you right away. you have those excerpts from that report. it s limited, but there are two significant takeaways. reporter: peter, very limited of course. we re talking about just a handful of pages but two significant things that stand out that give us a glimpse into these conversations and really what the special grand jurors have been hearing over these past few months. the first one and the one that is the headline is they quite simply believe they were lied to. they say at some point over the seven months that they were hearing witness testimony, they believe that one or possibly multiple people came forward and lied to them under oath. i want to read you that excerpt very quickly. they basically say that a majority
a judge ruled today that three sections of the special grand jury report which had remained sealed will remain public this week. joining me now is correspondent blayne alexander in atlanta. so, what are we learning from the judge s order issued today and any reaction from the d.a.? reporter: yes, i ll answer the last question first. we did get a statement from the d.a. that i ll get to. but we do finally get a glimpse of this report that was months in the making from the special grand jury. what is important to note is that it is just that, a glimpse. the judge said that there are only three sections that will be made public at this time. that is the introduction and the conclusion. so kind of at book ends of the report. and one section from inside the report, he says it is essential 8 and he says that -section 8 and he will make that public in which the special grand jurors discuss their concerns that some of the witnesses may have lied under oath. and that will gar they are a lot