violent mob against the u.s. capitol and his own vice president on january 6th. the justice department won the battle and politico reports special counsel jack smith obtained an extraordinary array from twitter about trump s account. while it remained unclear what sorts of information the messages contained and who exactly may have written them, it was a revelation that there were private messages associated with the twitter count of mr. trump, who has famously been cautious about using written forms of consideration with his aides and allies. he s reportedly sent over direct messages that were sent, received and stored in draft. politico reports this, quote, u.s. district judge barrel howard held twitter, now known as x, in contempt of court in february be fining that company $350,000 for missing a deadline. and he lit into twitter for taking extraordinary and apparently unprecedented steps to give trump an advantage. at one point the judge asking being quote, is it because
election interference case. and we know that multiple witnesses are likely inside. what we do not know yet is when we will know. indictments aren t usually sealed in georgia, so we would likely find out the moment it is filed. who exactly is going to be charged, if they are charged? is it one person or multiple? the initial grand jury investigating the case recommended charging 12 people. what will be charged? is it racketeering, conspiracy, false statements, solicitation, and how would those charges apply? looking ahead to if and when a trial date is set, what will that trial look like? emphasis on look. unlike federal trials, court cases can be televised. we could get answers to all of these questions and more very soon. so let s get into both the reporting and the legal analysis. starting us off with the reporting is nbc news correspondent blayne alexander. nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and the atlanta journal-constitution senior editor o
by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. good morning. it s sunday march 10th and you are watching velshi on msnpc i am charles coleman jr. filling in for velshi. we are ten days into march and it s a hot momentous month. major developments set the sustaining for the rest of the election season as campaigns made a pivot to the general election. yesterday, we got a preview of what s to come as joel biden and donald trump prepare to face-off in their rematch in november. last night, both candidates held campaign events 06 miles from each other in georgia. it s important swing state biden and trump have won. biden won last, by a narrow margin of 12,000 votes in 2020. his to stop in atlanta is part to reach out in voters in critical swing states that now that the ballot is effect ofly set. aside from georgia, the president made the appearance in pennsylvania on friday. vice president harris traveling to las vegas and phoenix where she spoke about the administration
the streets are cleared in atlanta for a possible indictment against donald trump there as a key deadline today in the federal january 6th case could give us a crucial indication of where that case is headed. a foiled assassination attempt on ukraine s president and the russian woman now in custody who allegedly was at the center of the plot. and 2024 presidential candidate and florida governor ron desantis now admitting donald trump lost the 2020 election. i m omar jimenez with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. happening now, the streets around the courthouse in atlanta are closing, the police presence is building. a new indictment against donald trump in fulton county could come any minute. this for trying to overturn the 2020 election results there. so while we re watching that, a key deadline is approaching this afternoon in the federal january 6th case against trump. we could learn how the judge will approach the trump team s relentless ef
right now, new terrifying images from hawaii. entire neighbors on fire, people fleeing to safety in a state reckoning with a terrible tragedy. we re going to speak with a maui counsel member and the lieutenant governor as president biden promises help from the federal government for this disaster. also ahead, new details about the deadly encounter in utah. fbi agents shooting and killing a man they were trying to arrest after his alarming and threatening post about president joe biden and other public figures. a sign of hope for five americans wrongfully detained in iran. a deal could bring them home soon. we re following these major developing stories and more coming in right here to cnn news central. right now it is all hands on deck as firefighters are battling flames that are still sweeping across maui and as rescue workers intensify their search for survivors. right now at least 36 people are confirmed dead in hawaii on maui and there are major concerns that that