Begin the very day before Super Tuesday. You are watching Fox And Friends First on thursday morning, im carley shimkus. Todd im todd piro. Worry about the election calendar and the Court Calendar issue as well. We begin breaking down the State Of Play in just a few moments. First breaking out of hawaii, 111 confirmed dead in u mo. More than a thousand people still unaccounted for and the president s he will take a day out of his upcoming vacation to visit the island. Carley robert ray is on the ground in ground in maui. Good morning. Take a look at some of the pictures from the town, the Historic Town that has been devastated. Unbelievable. 111 people have lost their lives and that number could go up, according to officials here. We are entering almost a week until the Deadly Wildfires hit. Here is what the white house is telling the public about joe bidens visit on monday. Today we announce the president and first lady will be traveling to hawaii on monday to meet with first responder
Today for, the. First time ever a former white house official will head to Prison For Contempt Of Congress conviction, the huge impact this could have Going Forward. Donald trump openly questions loyalty of american jews, echoes of an antisemitic trope that goes back generations. The royal mystery continues pushing the royal rumors and too old overdrive with reported sighting of the princess of wales. Im kate bolduan, My John Berman and sara sidner. This is cnn news central we are standing by for historic moment tuned for the first time ever, a former white house official will go to Prison For Contempt Of Congress. When former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro arrives to prison in miami me this morning. It will be a spectacle that carries the weight of not only the precedent it sets, but also the legal and political stakes of Donald Trumps Current White House run. That now 74 yearold is going behind bars for refusing to turn over documents or testify before january 6. Investigato
Do i tend to try the 19 defendants, yes. The calendar is getting quite crowded. You see some of the lawyers on whose advice she this is disgraceful and abuse of power by angry democrats who decided the rule of law its much bigger than watergate. It goes to the foundation of democracy. This is very different and much more serious and much more troubling. If you are just waking up this morning, were glad youre with us. Youre waking up to significant, historic news. Its true. Donald trump has been indicted again, this on Felony Charges for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the State Of Georgia and has 18 codefendants have also been charged. Including some of the prominent names, mark meadows, rudy giuliani. Theyre all facing rico, Racketeering Charges. Fulton County District attorney fani willis ordered trump and his alleged coconspirators to surrender voluntarily by next friday and turn themselves in. Rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the def
Warrant for donald trump. An Appeals Court opinion states, quote, the District Court found probable cause to search the twitter account for evidence of criminal offenses. Turns out that twitter and jack smith Squared Off On Whether Trump should be told about the Search Warrant, with the Federal Court ultimately ruling to keep the warrant a secret from trump. It says that, quote, the District Court found there was reasonable grounds to believe that disclosing the warrant to former President Trump would seriously jeopardize the Ongoing Investigation by giving him an opportunity to destroy evidence, change patterns of behavior or notify confederates. Its hard to remember now given that the expresident was banned for twitter for years and has not posted since his return, but his twitter account was one of the most powerful weapons in the aftermath of the 2020 election. He used it to spread baseless Conspiracy Theories to his millions of followers and urged his supporters to go to washingto
Special counsel jack smith was ever a serious lawyer, he lost that distinction tonight. He now has the sole dysfunction of being a political hack. The attack on this nations capitol on january 6th, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of democracy, the department of justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case is brought consistent with that commitment. Laura well by listening to this guy you would think that trump himself was smashing through the glass at the capitol that day. That was one of the most demogog would assume that trump was alleged to have carried out the capitol riot. This is the criminalization of disinformation in order to get a conviction he will have to use material in of in my view is clearly protected by the First Amendment. Laura now this case should never survive a motion to dismiss, a motion of summary judgment, obama judge ever do the right thing, i want to remind you s