It to. Us hello, im alicia menendez. As we come on the air tonight we are closely monitoring the second deadliest wildfire in u. S. History in hawaii on the island of maui. 80 people are now confirmed dead. Sadly, the kit mayor tonight wanting the death toll could go up as more damages are assessed. From the air, the toll of these fires, well, look at it, it is hard to take in. Homes reduced to rubble. This as half a dozen fires are still burning in maui and on the big island. Officials say fire in the Historic Town of a hyena is now 85 contained the governor saying he believes these fires could be the largest Natural Disaster in the states history. , tonight residents either working to evacuate maui, if they can returning home or in cases they are finding nothing. There are also air quality concerns to talk. About we will over the next two hours with live updates from maui we will also speak to a 911 First Responder who is there on the ground working to help fellow americans displace.
i m going to attempt, and i probably regret this, i m going to attempt to make sense of the current debt ceiling situation. instead of having someone come on who doesn t know what s going on, i thought i don t know what s going on, i can just guess and so, we re gonna do a little bit of that. and i will advance a theory that joe biden is doing everything right. there is a theory that i landed on it today that joe biden is doing everything right. i reserve the right to take my mind tomorrow. [laughter] listen, lawrence, i will put my money on you being able to not only explain this but make sense of it, and have a plausible theory for all of it so i m eager to see what you have to say this evening. it s one of the things that i know will sound good while i m saying it. i don t want anyone to think about much after i say it. okay? [laughter] [laughter] let s see what the news is tomorrow. you ve got to get the 10:59. right, yeah! it is given some until 10:59, and
thank you alex! have a great show. thank you. well this is the breaking news that i m holding in my hands. this is a letter from donald trump s attorneys to attorney general merrick garland. the letter to the attorney general says, we represent donald j trump, 45th president of the united states in the investigation currently being conducted by the special counsel s office. they go on to propaganda rise about hunter biden which acquires makes no sense. and then they say what the letter is about in the final sentence of there s a very short letter. we request a meeting at your earliest convenience to discuss the ongoing injustice that is being perpetrated by your special counsel and his prosecutors. thank you for your attention to this matter. so there it is tonight, the trump lawyers asking merrick garland, attorney general of the united states for a meeting about special counsel jack smith s criminal investigations of donald trump which of course includes the documents
9-1-1 first responder who is there on the ground working to help fellow americans displace. on to other big stories. donald trump s words catching up to him in court. at a hearing on, friday the judge in the election interference case issued a protective order restricting the former presidents access to evidence. trump s lawyers will have to inspect any notes he takes on sensitive trial materials and trump can t use a cell phone and he review s testimony without his legal team. special counsel is asking for trump s trial to start january 2nd 2020 for the judge warned that date could be moved up if trump tries to intimidate witnesses she told trump s attorneys quote mr. trump like every american has the first amendment right to free speech. the right is not absolute. trump today is at the iowa state fair along. with other republican rivals. here s how he responded to a question about the judges
arriving at that trial date. judge merchan stressed donald trump s lawyers that he is not allowed to reveal donald trump is not allowed to reveal some of the prosecutions evidence that will be turned over to defense attorneys. the judge stressed that that would not pertain to quote, the vast majority of the evidence. and that donald trump is free to publicly comment on everything except the prosecutions evidence that is covered by the judges protective order. the judge went out of his way to make clear that any violation of that protective order by donald trump could lead to a finding of contempt of court. the judge said, a violation of a court mandate could result in sanctions. there are a wide range of sanctions. that could include up to a finding of contempt, which is punishable. you can explain that to your client. the trump attorney said, understood, your honor. the prosecution s plea witness