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classified documents case against the former president trump, a new cooperation deal between jack smith and the i.t. worker known as trump employee number four. what might this mean for the prosecution s case. plus, a manhunt commands in pennsylvania for a convicted brutal killer. two entire school districts in the commonwealth have canceled classes as incredible new video is released showing just how that inmate escaped. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. donald trump on trial moments ago, a critical hearing wrapped in the fulton county, georgia, election subversion case against donald trump and defendants. cameras were allowed in the courtroom. a first in any case against the former president. one of the biggest topics discussed, whether the 19 defendants in the case will be tried together or separately and when those trials might be held. the judge ruled from the bench that pro-trump lawyer kenneth chesebro and sidney powell will go to trial together on octo ....
meanwhile, in pennsylvania, police are now expanding their manhunt for a convicted killer who has been on the run since escaping from prison a week ago. on capitol hill, senate republicans are hoping for answers today about minority leader mitch mcconnell s health after he apparently froze twice in two months. and excessive heat is expected to break records across the country today while we have got our eyes on tropical storm lee expected to become a major hurricane in just a couple of days. and we begin this morning with the very latest on the legal drama surrounding former president donald trump. the judge overseeing the case will hold a hearing today on motions by co-defendants kenneth chesebro and sidney powell to separate their positions, their portions of the case, from other defendants. it comes after all 19 defendants in the case pleaded not guilty and waived their arraignments originally scheduled for today. and today s hearing also comes as there are new ....
four-month trial time line. also raising what might happen if any or all of the motions to remove are granted or appeal to the 11th circuit. for the first televised hearing regarding the attempts to overturn the 2020 election, it was fascinating, if a little complicated. we re going to begin with georgia. please don t go anywhere, there is also news out of the special counsel s classified documents case. more on what one of donald trump s lawyers said on tape, warning the former president, what the government would do if he did not comply. let s start, though, in georgia. joining us now is nbc news correspondent garrett haake, and outside the fulton county courthouse for us, nbc legal contributor, katie phang. i was surprised how quickly he denied the motion to sever from kenneth chesebro. reporter: we were pleasantly surprised to see how quickly judge mcafee ruled. ruling from the bench not that often but especially in a case like this. he s under a quick time line. ....
slowed the prosecution and asked trump friendly questions about potential problems with prosecuting a president. if you listened to that argument or read about it, you may have noticed it almost sounded like that kind of trial was a futile project. while up the east coast and actual trial of an actual former president was going forward and the republic did not crumble. it is a contrast that hangs over all of this in america and what we are going to get into tonight in this first week of the new york trial. it seems to undercut the suppose it concern of the trump appointed justices that hypothetically, someday, somehow, in the future trials of presidents are a very bad thing, when they are actually already happening. the first week of this trial shows not only that it is possible, but also gave us the first evidence backed, in court, binding version of the d.a.s story and we put together a brisk ride through what we are learning. the prosecution in donald trump s hush ....
and on the ground in tehran tonight is mourners flocked to the presidents funeral and a top official reveals what happened on that president s helicopter that someone had survived for hours. it s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. the breaking news trump claims deadly force authorized the quotes. the former president and his allies absurdly accusing president biden of trying to assassinate trump. but moments ago, trump s team sent out this newsletter, just got came into my email. they call it the palm beach playbook, but it comes from donald j. trump.com. the very first line under top news, falsely claims that deadly force was authorized against trump bring an fbi rate at mar-a-lago that you know, the intent of that being possible assassination, the newsletter coming just an hour after trump gave this radio interview newly released court filings showed that the fbi was authorized to use deadly force if needed during the rate of your pr ....