Two developments in the last hour should be processed with that fact in mind. First, his sudden decision to cancel a Press Conference. Trump had promised a, quote, conclusive report and he would once and for all be proven right New York Times says its a document of more than 100 pages compiled, at least in part by liz harrington, a Trump Communications aide often described as among the True Believers in his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him through widespread fraud. At least on this one issue, trump appears to have listened to the advice of his lawyers. Abc news reported yesterday, trumps Legal Advisers have told him holding such a Press Conference with dubious claims would only complicate his legal problems. Which wrings us to the second development. An audacious request filed in Court Last Night to push back trumps trial in the federal case regarding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election to april of the year 2026. Yeah. Thats more than five years after the d
Is it alabama or is it florida . A new report is raising questions. Our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with Steve Patterson who has the latest on the ground in hawaii. Steve, whats the latest from there. I know theres still just so many people who cant get home or who dont have a home to go to. Reporter or who are missing Family Members, chris. The death toll has increased overnight. It is now 55. Everything we have heard from the mayor to the governor to Emergency Officials on this island and looking at the devastation and looking at the damage, that toll will almost certainly increase over the next few hours and days. The governor has just told some families that they may be able to go back to their homes soon, but youre right, in a lot of cases, they will find nothing there. Lahaina has been almost entirely reduced to rubble. Thousands of structures raised. Were expecting millions, if not over A Billion Dollars in damage. Federal help is on t
January 6th certification process. The electors plot is one of the schemes that spans from trumps early efforts in the states to Wider National efforts to create confusion about the results, and it went all the way up to mike pence, all the way up to an attempted, ultimately thwarted pretext that was going to be presented by pence to help stage a coup on jan 6th. In essence it involved Fraudulent Electors or getting states to appoint Trump Electors in the states that biden won or was winning and try to send those to congress. Unlike some of the other plots that weve covered, this ones already at the center of three different cases, including indictments by dojs jack smith, plus the probes in michigan and now georgia, where d. A. Fani willis just charged several Trump Lawyers and aides for these types of plots as part of the larger rico conspiracy. That is why tonights scoop, this video, may be of interest in the two big cases led by these tough prosecutors who mean business. The defend
Special counsels investigation. The big question is how much will a judge allow him to say about his case . And those dangerous wildfires raging across hawaii right now. The coast guard says its already rescued multiple people who jumped into the ocean as an escape from those wild flames. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments, but i want to start right there, talking about maui, dealing with those terrifying wildfires. Maura barrett is following this story. What more can you tell us . Reporter well, chris, its really a dire situation. Just about 8 00 a. M. Right now in hawaii, so were finally starting to get some updates from officials, but unfortunately because were seeing thousands of people without power, down power lines on the roads, downed trees, theres a lot of issues with communication, in terms of firm details about how many injured there might be, and rescue efforts and Fire Fighting efforts is limited, due in big part to a massive category 4 Hur
Took the lives of 13 American Service members. Army Staff Sergeant Lance Corporal corporal Lance Corporal [announcing names of Fallen Service members] success. President biden the extraordinary success of this mission is due to the incredible skill and selfless courage of the United States military. Today, the families of those Service Members have called it a failure. They are expressing their anger, their loss, and they are demanding the accountability that they say they have never received. The answers to the questions that they still have, and want answers to from the Biden Administration. When our leaders, including the secretary of defense and our Commander In Chief, call this evacuation a success, as if there should be celebration its a knife in the heart. Speak of the Commander In Chief chose to use him as a pawn so he could meet his September 11th Deadline and get the objects he wanted. General austin joint chiefs of staff. The withdrawal of our troops. That is nothing short o