out and give everyone a scene setter. right now the judge is on the bench going back and forth with both sides as you mentioned, jack smith the special counsel wants this to begin in january 2024 in just a few months. trump s team said it is outrageous and they don t have enough time to prepare for that. they are proposing april of 2026. not even a little bit over 2 1/2 years away. the judge said that s not going the happen. she said 2026 is out of the question. she is leaning toward an earlier trial and one of the main reasons as she announced a few minutes ago she said the former president is constantly posting about this case whether it be witnesses or information or other pertinent facts of this case and says it may taint the jury pool the longer it is out there before it heads to trial. donald trump s attorneys are making the argument that listen, they have 12.8 million pages of discovery to go through. the evidence presented to them by the special counsel s office. the majority o
trial here in washington to start in january. the former president s legal team is arguing for a date in 2026. sounds like the judge is not happy with either one of those dates so we ll be watching for a compromise date for the trial here in washington. same today there is also a huge hearing going on in georgia where former white house chief of staff mark meadows is seeking to have his case moved from state court to federal court arguing that what he was doing at the time was as a federal employee as white house chief of staff. we are all over it. david spunt inside the federal courthouse in washington, d.c. he will be bringing us updates throughout the day here on fox. tropical storm idalia is getting stronger. that s a live look at the radar there. forecast wave heights on the east coast looking at a storm