That they have gone through, frankly, are continuing to go through. This crisis is far from over. Theres so much frustration, theres so much suffering, you know . The real mourning has not even been able to begin to start because of people really looking to how do i just get me and my family to tomorrow. Joey yeah. And even still firefighters are working to pull ily contain some fires burning on the island. Officials calling it the worst Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. To a fox news alert, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointing a Special Counsel to the hunter biden criminal probe. Rachel but republicans and if even some democrats arent happy with who he selected. Will Alexandria Hoff joins us live washington. Reporter good morning. It is an interesting turn of events or at least title, right . Now Special Counsel david weiss and the Attorney General, they both previously maintained weiss did not need Special Counsel powers in pursuing charges against hunter biden. Of course,
You were past your prime. Hell, i know something about that. President biden was cracking jokes with defending World Series Champions at the white house yesterday. That looked fun. We do have a lot to get to this morning. A very confused judge in fort pierce. Oh, my gosh. She was shocked, shocked that you could have two grand juries going on at the same time. Its not a good sign, actually. Whered she go to law school . Oh, boy, a lot of questions. Not a good sign. Well go through the flurry of legal filings last yesterday in the 2020 election case that has the judge summoning both sides to a washington, d. C. , courtroom. Different judge. This is a different judge, a different case. Plus, action around the Fulton County courthouse in atlanta. Different case. Sparking speculation that another indictment, another one, could be coming very soon for the former president. Also ahead, well explain how the fight for Abortion Rights in ohio could hang on what happens in todays special election
No, he was making fun of himself there. You have to wonder if the former president is feeling the heat. I expected him to sing myway and with the scarves wipe the sweat off his face and its hard for me to as Special Counsel jack smith turns up the temperature in federal court, amid the back and forth over the protective order in that case. Theres new reporting this morning do you think hes well . No. Im just saying, him sweating that much. Do you think hes in a million different ways, i dont think hes well . Do you think hes unwell . Marco rubio didnt sweat that much. Ron desantis doesnt sweat that much. That was a lot of sweat. Yes. New reporting on a secret memo that laid out the plot to overturn the 2020 election. Were going to go through that Major Development in just a moment. Meanwhile, were getting a better idea of the timing for the next possible indictment for the former president by 2028 . No. The case down in georgia. Can she delay this any longer . I think its coming. 2028,
Special counsel jack smith paints a picture of a commanderinchief willing to throw out the votes of millions of americans, including large numbers of black voters who turned out to elect joe biden. Trump fueled Conspiracy Theories, putting poll workers, and Public Servants at risk. On january 6th, he embraced violence, and swamped a mob, that went on to attack one of the most sacred monuments to our democracy. Even now, trump continues to behave as if hes above the law. We have Breaking News this evening, his legal team has until monday to respond to a Government Motion for a protective order related to a threatening social media post. From the former president. We are going to get into the legal specifics of the case, and the political implications throughout the hour. But, make no mistake, while it is donald trump who will be going on trial, it is the fate of our nation that will be decided by the outcome. We begin with delicate, stacey pulaski, from the virgin islands. A former Hous
Alleged assassination plot against president zelenskyy. We begin this hour with a looming deadline for former president donald trump. His legal team has six hours to respond to Special Counsel jack smiths request to limit what trump can say about the ongoing 2020 election interference case. The request for a special order came after the doj said trumps social media posts could, quote, have a harmful, Chilling Effect on witnesses or adversely affect the Fair Administration of justice. The doj cited a post in which the former president wrote, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Campaign called the postpolitical speech and said it was meant for the former president s political adversaries, but just this morning, trump put out another set of posts attacking the Special Counsel calling on the judge presiding over the case to recuse yourself and accusing mike pence, former vp of disloyalty. Joining us now nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian and tali farh