Coverage right now. Good morning, 11 00 a. M. Eastern. 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. And we begin on the Breaking News on the legal drama surrounding former president Donald Trump. A judge is holding an election in trumps federal election hearing case. The first hearing in nearly a year. Trump is not at or attending Todays Hearing. His lawyers entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to a revised version of the indictment filed last week. Now Todays Hearing comes just over two months after the supreme Courts Landmark ruling that former president s have broad immunity for prosecution for official acts. Judge chutkan is expected to lay out a schedule for how the proceedings will take shape over the next couple of months. With us now, nbc News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent ken dilanian, Katie Fein, the Katie Fein show. And maya wiley, former assistant district attorney. Ken, what has been happening in that courtroom over to . Reporter well, jose, first, ill tell you abou
The first pretrial arguments in Donald Trumps federal Election Interference Hearing since the supreme courts controversial decision ruling out critical testimony of trumps contacts with the Justice Department and Vice President Pence. Pure evil. A Georgia Community reeling after a 14yearold Boy allegedly murdered two students and two teachers in a High School 45 miles from atlanta. The sheriff in the town shocked and in mourning. I dont know if i will ever get over the sounds, having to do the notifications to the family that their baby is not coming home. Love is going to prevail over what happened yesterday. I will do everything in my power to make sure that happens. Terrifying video showing students helped by Law Enforcement to escape. The fbi explaining why they had the teenage suspect questioned a year ago but did not follow up. Debate prep. Rules are set for tuesdays big showdown in philadelphia. Vice president harris picks up a major republican endorsement. Not only am i not vot
the vehicle speeding through the intersection. also, the major storm threat tonight. chicago, st. louis, kansas city. then this heads right toward the already hard-hit northeast yet again. new york and vermont, that state already under a new flood watch tonight. and the new warning from vermont s governor, that there could be seven days of rain coming to their state. already under water and under mud. janai norman in vermont, rob marciano timing this out from the midwest to the northeast. tonight, the extremes elsewhere. the heat emergency from california to texas to florida. 100 million americans under heat alerts. tonight, we have just learned phoenix now hitting 110 degrees for the 13th day in a row. and las vegas could soon hit its all-time highest temperature ever. matt rivers in phoenix. tonight, the murder of a well-known and well-respected surgeon in tennessee. police say he was shot and killed by a patient in his exam room. the fbi director chris wray grilled
a story we followed for years it comes to what appears to be a conclusion at least on these two stories. on these two. good morning. i think you re right, that this really was not that big of a surprise. there were a lot of people who predicted that this may happen specifically on the tax charges and the gun possession charge. and that charge essentially goes away being diverted, the gun charge. the two misdemeanors he will plead guilty to. this does not stop the investigation into what else is there and the alleged bribery scheme the house republicans are going after pretty intently. i do think that this is another step in the road but one that was predicted and obviously it goes to the president saying he has faith in his son, he never believed he did anything wrong but you heard in that statement from the white house they love him and he is essentially they want to move on. dana: they want to move on. can they move on will be the question. if the justice department has
part of an agreement that includes hunter biden pleading guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses and reach an agreement with prosecutors on the felony charge of illegally having possession of a firearm as a drug user. the rich and powerful and system of justice for everybody else. there are more questions than answers. this plea deal does have all the makings of an avoidance of any jail time. more importantly it was an evasion of the more serious allegations facing hunter biden and the biden family. so it is historic in the sense that the president s son is going to plead guilty to criminal acts. it is going to be very controversial for critics. i think for many, this is going to look like you ticketed the getaway driver after a bank robbery. harris: civil rights attorney and fox news contributor tore leo terrell is with me now. before we get to you, i want to begin with fox news correspondent david spunt who is now at the d.o.j. david. harris, this investigation into hunter