And the tourists still trying to evacuate. Also ahead, lawyers for donald trump just arriving for a high stakes hearing in the Election Interference Case. How much will trump be allowed to discuss publicly and could that trial begin as soon as january . It is 10 00 eastern, thanks for being with us on this friday, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and we begin with the staggering death toll from the wildfires in hawaii. Authorities on maui revealing overnight at least 55 people have died in those fires, and by one account, up to a thousand remain missing. Communications on the island remain difficult making it hard to confirm who is safe and mauis mayor says intense Search And Rescue efforts are still underway. Search in the interior of the buildings. Were waiting for fema to help with that search, as they are equipped to handle the Hazmat Conditions of the buildings that have been burned. Shelters on the island are full of residents who have now lost everything, along with touri
according to barnes, that the defendant s proposal, that would be trump is specifically tailored to permit them to try this in the media. the defense asking for the court s blessing to use criminal discovery for political purposes. that s what we re hearing from the lead prosecutor for jack smith s team. i m so glad you have this reporting that you can bring us because we can t see inside the courtroom. i mean, the federal cases don t allow cameras in court, so we re forced to have to do this game of notes and reporting out on air. brandon, let s pivot and talk about the trial schedule. as we mentioned, the special counsel s office wants the trial to start january 2nd. they believe it could last four to six weeks. does this sound realistic to you? yeah, that seems like it s the right length of a trial. now, they said that s for the prosecution s case. i would expect that would be for the overall case. i thought what was the most interesting part about the january 2nd pick they have
and the tourists still trying to evacuate. also ahead, lawyers for donald trump just arriving for a high stakes hearing in the election interference case. how much will trump be allowed to discuss publicly and could that trial begin as soon as january? it is 10:00 eastern, thanks for being with us on this friday, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with the staggering death toll from the wildfires in hawaii. authorities on maui revealing overnight at least 55 people have died in those fires, and by one account, up to a thousand remain missing. communications on the island remain difficult making it hard to confirm who is safe and maui s mayor says intense search and rescue efforts are still underway. search in the interior of the buildings. we re waiting for fema to help with that search, as they are equipped to handle the hazmat
sprint right before the iowa caucus. joining us now is nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter along with veteran prosecutor and trial attorney paul henderson. tom, what are we watching at this hearing? right, so our colleague daniel barnes is sending us some note from this hearing and apparently the judge just said mr. trump like every american has a first amendment right to free speech, but that right is not absolute. she says, and we re paraphra paraphrasing, imposed at arraignment, the former president had to sign some of those conditions about a week ago when he was before the court, and she says without a protective order on disclosure of discovery materials could lead to witnesses being harassed or otherwise interfere with a fair trial. so that s what she s discussing at this point. the hearing began at approximately 10:01 this morning, and apparently they are hoping to or the judge is hoping to make a decision on this perhaps as soon as today.
fraud allegations there on january 29th. new hampshire s primary right around then, then it s on to super tuesday on march 5th. so you can see how backed up everything is. paul, what does all that mean for scheduling this trial at any point? yeah, i think what you re going to see is a wave of these charges and indictments overtaking the campaign trail that he s on, and this is before we start having an in-depth conversation about what s happening in georgia, and that fourth indictment that we re expecting. and the reason that that one, i think, is going to be the one to watch in all of this because it is the disrupter, they are making no accommodations in coordination with the federal charges, and that means he s going to be treated differently in the court. they expect him to have a mug shot and go through regular criminal processes. they re not giving him federal accommodations as he s experiencing in other cases. these will be all new charges. the other interesting thing is that