Out front next, trumps legal team just hours away from facing the judge in the January 6th Case in court for the first time. This is the special counsel jack smith wants to start trumps trial january 2nd. And the death toll rising in maui as Search And Rescue operations are frantically underway. Im going to speak to a woman who narrowly escaped a wall of flames. Her incredible story. Plus, all the republican president ial candidates heading to iowa, our john king just returned from there. Were talking to voters, and he will be at the magic wall tonight. For us, lets go out front. And good evening, im erin burnett. Outfacetoface, trumps team set to meet judge Tanya Chutkan. Chutkan is the judge overseeing the January 6th Case, and their meeting comes as the clock is ticking. Trump now on notice to reply to jack smiths formal request for the trial January 6th Case to begin,anuary 2nd, 2024. That would put the doj case to hold trump to account for trying to overturn the elec ahead of all
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at this hour, fighting words with just days left to strike a deal. senate democrats are taking fierce new swings on capitol hill against the house republicans debt ceiling plan. plus, despite rival coasts and sports teams, the attorneys general of both california and new york are standing united in a new investigation into allegations of workplace discrimination and pay inequities at the nfl. how the league is responding next, and that explosive proud boys partial verdict. four members of the far right organization including their former leader were just found guilty by a jury of seditious conspiracy. this verdict is a major milestone for the doj and offers a significant blow to the far right group. we ll dig into where this case goes from here with a former federal prosecutor. our nbc news reporters and experts are following all of the latest developments for us. we re going to go ahead and start with ryan reilly in the ongoing deliberations of the proud boys trial. ryan, w
we have secured the convictions of leaders of both the proud boys and the oath keepers for seditious conspiracy. specifically conspiring to oppose by force the lawful transfer of presidential power. guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. four members of trump s maga army, the proud boys, including leader enrique tarrio, are convicted of seditious conspiracy in the january 6th attack. also tonight, yet another allegedly undisclosed big money gift to justice clarence thomas from the same big money republican ben affecter. what is going on and will there ever be any recourse for this supreme court corruption. plus, my conversation with soon to be 109-year-old viola fletcher, and her 102-year-old brother, hughes van ellis, two of the last remaining survivors of the 1921 tulsa massacre, who are in town to meet with the justice department. we begin tonight with the breaking news of a partial verdict in the trial of five members of the far right group, the proud boys. for their inv
being able to watch and observe outside the room against the backdrop of everything that is happening in this country and against the comedians roast the elites so to speak. exactly. well, you did fantastic. my whole family watched. thank you. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. happy mayday to those who celebrate and hopefully we all do. this i m sorry to say was columbus, ohio, this weekend. gentlemen very bravely wearing ski masks with sunglasses over the eye holes along with matching coordinated outfits that made them like assistant managers at a tire store. these gentlemen are part of a neo-nazi group. i don t say that as a general matter or something i m surmising from their look. they re not being subtle about it. they are in fact flying a gigantic swastika flag. again, this was saturday, this weekend 2023 in columbus, ohio. and i want to be able to say it is nothing particular to ohio. certainly we have seen these kind of displays in other states