To a point. In my opinion, this trial despite what dates anybodys asking for or anything else, it is not going to happen before the election. Plus, the aloha spirit on maui, Lahaina Strong Spray painted on the side of an overpass, but that phrase is being tested every single day. The Recovery Process there painfully slow. Now a key official has resigned as authorities admit theyve searched just 40 of the burn zone. Weve got the latest straight ahead. And deadlier wildfires, record breaking heat and stronger hurricanes all tied to Climate Change, a new study now finds the massive role the richest americans have when it comes to climate emissions, but they arent the ones paying the price. Ill speak with the lead author of that study. But we begin with the move that brings to mind the old adage go big or go home. Former president Donald Trumps lawyers are now officially asking for a major delay in his federal Election Interference Trial in washington, d. C. , asking the judge to push it t
Again, that wasnt the perceived goal here. That was the perception among his supporters that think its gone too far. Lets get more from Griff Jenkins. Thats right, neil. Fox news confirmed that former President Trump is indeed in the courtroom right now. He entered at about 3 52 p. M. So just under ten minutes ago. Hes wearing a blue suit, a red to you. Flanked by his two attorneys. Fox has confirmed that we expect him to plead not guilty to the four felony charges hes facing in this indictment. Three are conspiracy charges, one is obstruction. Before he entered that courtroom, a little less than an hour ago, his motorcade entered the garage here at the federal courthouse. He was processed and fingerprinted. Theres no mug shot taken because the court says theres plenty of pictures of him to provide. Hes not arrested. But he is obviously being processed. Now we wait for this Court Proceeding to get underway at the time of our note from our producer, jay gibson inside, the Magistrate Jud
Florida. Now a Magistrate Judge would have to him to enter his plea at its root what the arraignment is it something fundamental to the rule of law and our constitutional system. You are given a right to hear the nature of the charges against you. The other thing that happens if they decide the conditions of your release. Trump is not expected to be put in jail ahead of this trial, but there will be discussion of the terms under which he is released on his own recognizance. That happens in his federal indictment in florida and we expect that will happen again today. That part of the process is somewhat unpredictable. You never know exactly what the judge will want to talk about. We will know about it as soon as we are allowed to. As we said, cameras are not allowed. We will have no live feed as it happens. Nbc is lucky enough that our reporter is one of the few reporters who have been given a seat in the actual courtroom. We will talk with garrett once it is over. We will also get disp
The judge emphasized to mr. trump the conditions ofas his release ahead of the trial include not committing a crime. the judge was very explicit about that. the judge then immediately told him tampering with a juror is a crime. as andrew was saying, having been a prosecutor for decades and even a defense counsel, those were not words that he is used to hearing at a booking like this. the magistrate judge then set the next court t appearance aft discussion and negotiation, for august 28th at 10:00 a.m. that is not before the same judge, but before judge tanya chutkan. the judge who will handle this case through trial. according to the magistrate judge today, she communicated with judge chutkan about this process and this schedule. she says the judge intends to set a trial date at that first hearing, at that august 28th
Case. i did happen to notice that he looked over a few times at jack smith, the special counsel. he was probably maybe 20 feet away from jack smith, looked over at jack smith a few times. he kept looking forward. did not appear to make any direct eye contact with the former president. jack smith was also looking at members of his team and talking with them and conferring with them. so right now, we have the former president, this is his third indictment in about four months. he pleaded not guilty to all four counts.he looked serious as the charges were read to him and as the prison sentences were read to him if he were found guilty, up to 20 years in prison in some cases. he looked very serious at that point. the next hearing is august 28th at 10:00 a.m. here in washington d.c. the magistrate judge said that she would waive the appearance for the president if he was not able to make it. it s not clear if he s going to