Back in a florida Courtroom Today For Another Showdown with special counsel jack smith. But the judge denying mr. Trumps bid to throw out the charges over the documents the fbi seized from maralago. And in new york, word that mr. Trumps Hush Money Trial could be delayed, but by how long . Also tonight, the massive tornadoes in the midwest. Millions under severe threats from texas to ohio. Plus, the major winter storm slamming the west. Up to four feet of snow in colorado. After five months of war in gaza, some of the sharpest criticism yet from a top u. S. Official. Senator Chuck Schumer urging israel to hold new elections and oust benjamin netanyahu. Americans stranded as chaos grips haiti, and could the u. S. House migrants fleeing the violence at guantanamo bay. Allout search for a missing 22yearold College Student. The last known videos of him. Was he overserved alcohol before disappearing . His family speaking out to us. The biggest rocket ever built, successfully launched by spac
Smiths case . Plus, americans in iran, out of prison and now under house arrest. The rare move marking a bright spot in u. S. Iran relations. The new details were learning about the tentative deal to free them and what iran is getting in return. And senator joe manchin says hes seriously thinking about leaving his party as he weighs his own political future. Why manchin might be stepping away from the democrats and what it could mean for the Balance Of Power on capitol hill. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, august 11th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin with breaking and tragic news out of hawaii where wildfires continue to ravage the Island Of Maui. At least 55 people are now confirmed dead, and that number is only expected to rise. Four major fires are currently burning across the island. Theyre being fueled by dry conditions and strong winds caused by a passing hurricane. The fires have destroyed Historic Buildings and
The news that Donald Trumps one Criminal Case, one Criminal Case that was likely to go to trial before the november election may be delayed. Manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg Hush Money Case was set to go to trial on march 25th, less than two weeks today but now that date is in question. Trumps legal strategy, in all of his cases, has been to push them off as long as possible, preferably until the month of nephew where a. But today is not coming for a trump, or at least not directly. Today, d. A. Braggs office consented to a 30 day delay in the start of the trial but not because d. A. Bragg needs another month. The issue at hand is a new trove of records that were turned over by the feds, the u. S. Attorneys office for the Southern District of a gap. Tens of thousands of records. Specifically, 31,000 pages of records at the u. S. Attorneys office just handed over to Braggs Office yesterday. Now, the d. A. Specifically pens this newest delay on trump, saying that trumps legal tea
We are grateful. Hi katie. Hi, thank you so much, and welcome to the beat. Tonight, there could be a delay in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial in new york. More on that in a moment but we start with breaking news. Judge cannon denying without prejudice trumps motion to dismiss counts one through 32 and is classified documents case. Her ruling coming in moments ago. She said trumps arguments are better suited to be argued later on in connection with other motions. In other words, she punted the decision. It comes after trump and jack smith faced off in a federal courtroom in florida today, trumps attorneys arguing to dismiss the entire superseding indictment against him, claiming the president ial records act gives them the authority to take and claim those classified documents as his own personal property. In the motion, trumps lawyers wrote, President Trump exercise virtually unreviewable authority to designate the records as personal. In court, trump lawyer todd blanche arguing, quote,
Its saturday august 12th, youre watching velshi. Im Charles Coleman Junior Filling in for my friend ali velshi. We begin this hour with the latest developments in the fastmoving case of the United States versus donald j trump. There are major developments in the Government Election interference case against the former president. Federal judge Tanya Chutkan granted the Special Counsel Team Request for protective order just yesterday. The protective order seek salute what trump can and cannot disclose about the case, and the trove of evidence that prosecutors are set to turn over to the defense during discovery. Now the government requested a protective order that covered all of the discovery materials. But the judges ruling did not go that far. It does stop trump from publicly sharing quote, material that the government doesnt, designates has sensitive. And quote. This would include things like personal information of possible witnesses, recordings, and transcripts of testimony. The def