A big moment unfolding this hour. Donald trumps legal team in front of the judge presiding over the 2020 election case for the first time. Whats shes going to say about how much evidence will be talked about in public. And will she give any indication on when this trial is going to kick off. Maui being described as an apocalyptic devastation from the wildfire. Some residents say they had no warning that it was time to get out. I sat up on top of the roof, and i battled the fire for about three hours. I couldnt do it anymore. And then i said, i have to move. And then i ran to the ocean. I gave in. So you literally saved yourself by jumping into the ocean . Yes. When you turned around and looked back, whatd you see . Devastation, everything gone. Moments ago, former president Donald Trumps lawyers arrived to Federal Court in washington. Its a big day for them and for the Special Counsel as this is the first hearing in the 2020 Election Subversion Case against trump, and the first time th
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moments ago, former president donald trump s lawyers arrived to federal court in washington. it s a big day for them and for the special counsel as this is the first hearing in the 2020 election subversion case against trump, and the first time that we will hear from the u.s. district judge tanya chutkan, she is the judge presiding over the whole thing. overnight, prosecutors filed a motion asking for the trial here to begin january 2nd. they argue a speedy trial is in the public s best interest. donald trump, not surprisingly, lashing out about that on social media with his attorneys also pushing for any trial to be held after the 2024 election. cnn s katelyn polantz is outside the court for us in washington. she joins us now. so this is all getting underway as we speak, katelyn. what could happen today?
michigan work with our insurers to make sure that that is the case. women in michigan still have access to him if kristen but i think in this moment, um there s just cause for a lot of people to be very nervous about whether or not that will continue to be the case. the justice department has filed a motion asking, you know, the court of appeals. to basically stay this to have this just this time to fight this via this and let it play out in the courts. what are your concerns if they don t grant that stay if this ruling does stand well, i think that there are still other avenues for us to make sure that medical abortion is still available. um through, you know, um, i think there are other there are other drugs that women currently have access to another parts of the world. that women here in the united states have access to it was a it was a two part medical abortion and that was available and i think now you know that will. still there will still be options. but this is safe. this is
from that group s own decision about whether or not there should be action taken in response to the fraudulent electors thing. he was one of the fraudulent electors. he does not want to recuse, he wants to participate in the decision-making about what should happen to himself. it s a little bit hard to tell, i think that s the best we understand. when we did ask the elections commission, we filed a motion asking that he recuse himself. and there was a briefing schedule, where everybody who had a view on this was supposed to share that view with the elections, commission mr. spend dull did not submit any arguments for briefing, but then in late october, there was a meeting where he seemed to be complaining about the idea of having to recuse himself. and that does seem to suggest he s resisting. this but we are really not sure. i think as your laughter point, so it s fundamental to american justice, that one does not get to be the judge in one zone case. and so mr. spindle was one of t