Trial. And we get more evidence of defense footdragging in the maralago documents case. Also tonight, were on the scene of the enormous destruction in maui where some of the wildfires are thankfully being contained, but the proportions of this tragedy, including now dozens of lives lost, it just keeps growing. Later, Florida Governor ron desantis adds a new adversary to disney, School Liberians and the woke. This time school prosecutors. He is firing them, only he never hired them. The voters did. Well speak to the latest official to get the ax. Good evening. John berman here for anderson. Trying to for swift justice in what could become the most significant criminal trial ever in this country. If not unprecedented in its speed, then pretty nearly so. The defense in one way or another in this federal case and the other today say not so fast. Today the Special Counsels team asked for a january 2nd trial date in the Election Subversion case which it said could take as little as four week
possibility that the state senate reinstates you? so my legal team is currently reviewing my legal options, and they ll make a determination and advise me on what our next steps are in that regard. but i have filed for reelection, and i plan to continue to run and rewin my seat by the will of the voters the way democracy works in this country. and be the duly elected state attorney once again. ms. worrell, we appreciate your time tonight. thank you so much for being with us. thank you so much. and for anyone who wants to support me, you can find out more at monique for state attorney.com. thank you for having me. and just ahead, the one pledge trump can t break because he now he s he won t sign it. we re talking with the loyalty pledge all the candidates are being asked to sign saying they would support any eventual nominee. former republican south carolina governor mark sanford joins us to discuss the latest drama over the former president and the upcoming presidential debate.
city today. the gop frontrunner and all of the republican candidates asked to sign a loyalty pledge vowing support for the eventual nominee while ruling out a third party run. this is a pledge trump has rejected in the past, but today, he will meet with reince priebus here in new york. all signs indicate trump will sign the document. trump will hold a news conference at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. this is not enforceable. he can sign the pledge and go back on it later. is this normal you have the party to sign an oath? the national party, yes, across the board. again, there is no way to enforce it. nontroversy.
morning that he could enter the race. and investigators following leads in the search for three men suspected of killing an an illinois police officer. welcome back to early start. i m john berman. i m christine romans. 32 minutes past the hour. let s start with politics. the republican party and the gop party viewing uncondition at support for the eventual nominee while ruling out an independent or third party run. that s a pledge trump has rejected in the past. he is meeting in new york today with rnc chairman reince priebus. sources tell cnn trump will sign this pledge now. he will hold a conference this afternoon. i don t know who s back is up against the wall. if trump runs a third party, it would torpedo the republican s hopes. he has a lot of leverage. this pledge is unenforceable. i say a nontroversy.
did you vote for trump? i did. reporter: in nashville recently, trump, a former democrat, explaining why he referred to running as a republican. that would be the best path for victory. and we ll make a decision soon and i think a lot of people will be very happy. reporter: on tuesday the party circulating a loyalty pledge to the gop contenders. an apparent attempt to neutralize trump s threats to run as an independent, which could jeopardize the gop s attempt to retake the white house. it s a pledge trump rebuffed during the first debate. you re not going to make the pledge? i m not going to make the pledge at this time. reporter: now the rnc wants it in writing asking trump to sign an agreement stating he will not seek to run as an independent or accept the nomination for president of any other party. if he fails to ring the republican nomination in 2016, trump s meeting comes on the heels of his controversial remarks in bright bart news.