you have to wake up and smell the coffee. what they re demanding, the response from the studios, and what it means for the entertainment you were looking forward to this year. plus, it s been so hot on the pavement out west, you could literally sere food. millions under threat from extreme heat today. we re in phoenix where it could be the hottest week ever. and has a serial killer been caught after a string of murders more than a decade ago on a long island beach. what our investigators team is learning about the suspect now in custody. it s 10:00 a.m. eastern, i m lindsey reiser in for ana cabrera. hollywood movie sets and television studios are going dark. failed contract negotiations with the major studios. let s bring in nbc news correspondent dana griffin from outside headquarters where picket lines have already formed this morning, and nbc news entertainment contributor chris witherspoon. comcast is a member of the alliance of motion picture and television produc
in the classified documents case, basically saying he was being besieged by prosecutors, they needed the trial date pushed, they needed it after the election, do they have a point? first, chris, i don t think they want it at all, but if they have to have a trial date, they want it as far in the future as possible. government cases don t get better with age. it s not a fine wine. i think jack smith s request for a december trial date was ambitious. it s not an overly complex case but there are some cumbersome aspects to the mar-a-lago case, including the fact there there s classified documents at issue and the judge is going to have to see a way through to get those either redacted or sanitized so they can be made public at trial. that said, chris, i don t blame the trump folks for trying to push the trial date but that s not fair to the government. there s this thing called a speedy trial act. it has constitutional and statutory origins.
telling, and result in a miscarriage of justice. but in rejecting the delay, prosecutors cited the speedy trial act of 1974 that trial should be set at the earliest practical time. how important is it to stick to the time line here? well, first let me just give you some context. the speedy trial act is a statute as you acknowledge. it s also found in the u.s. constitution, and both sides, not just the defendant, not just the government, have the right to a speedy trial. the government knows that its case doesn t get better with age. it s not like a fine wine that ages well. government cases, events, witnesses don t get better with age. and so they want to adhere to the speedy trial act and try the case as soon as practicable. that s really important to the government. and by the way, i ve read their pleadings. i think they re exactly right. there s no reason to push this particular trial past the election.