We begin this hour with all signs pointing to a fourth indictment of donald trump in georgia. Two witnesses say they will appear tuesday before the Fulton County grand jury. Journalist george shady and former georgia Lieutenant Governor George Duncan Claude Duncan put, quote, i look forward answering the questions around the 2021 election. Republicans should never let honesty be mistaken for weakness. The Fulton County georgia courthouse already on high alert, plastic and metal barricades blocking the building for traffic. Bomb sniffing dogs inspecting media vehicles. Trump meanwhile is proclaiming his innocence on the campaign trail. Here is what he was asked about on a popular plea deal and georgia. Any chance you take a plea deal in georgia . We did nothing wrong. We do not have to take a plea deal. Yes sir, yes sir. We dont take plea deals, that is a wiseguy questions. We dont take plead eels because i did nothing wrong. Trumps running commentary on his criminal cases are to rebuke
Duncan writing i look forward to answering their questions around the 2020 election. Republican should never let honesty be mistaken for weakness. The Fulton County georgia courthouse already on high alert. The barricades blocking the building from traffic. The bomb sniffing dogs inspecting vehicles. Trump, meanwhile, is proclaiming his innocence on the campaign trail. Heres what he told nbcs Vaughn Hillyard when he was asked about a possible plea deal in georgia. Any chance you take a political . Yes, sir. Mr. Weiss. We dont take plea deals. Trumps commentary on the criminal cases are under review for the d. C. Judge. Friday, they restricted how the judge can handle evidence in the election interference trial. A, Reminder Trump will face consequences for threatening his perceived enemies if he does. So quote, the more party makes inflammatory statements about this case which could change the jury pool or intimidate potential witnesses, the greater the urgency will be that we proceed t
what is true politically is not always what is true factually and vice versa. jill and, david as, always thank you so much. julián, you are sticking with me. let s first to breaking news and hawaii. as of this hour, 80 people have died from the wildfires there. local officials in the island of maui fear that number will grow with hundreds still missing. nbc news correspondent dana griffin is on the ground tracking the latest. dana, what are you hearing there? alicia, it is about 1:00 in the afternoon here in maui. i have got to tell you, people are frustrated. they are desperate for services, clothing, food, water, we are outside of a shelter here in maui. the red cross has set up. there are several palates of items that are in the distance where people are coming. several people are living in
charging raymond, the judge, says i don t think that works. so, let me reconsider. because, back he says no, i want to special counsel to reopen everything that i submit the last five years, when i got wrong when i put it in front of a. judge, so republicans don t like him on credibility because they think it was a sweetheart deal. democrats are probably scratching their head, saying wait, minute why do you need more time if you already had five years. open question. politically, none of this is good for joe biden. factually, none of it touches joe biden. it s not something the president needs to worry about. republicans are going to do what they re going to do. you just underscored the moment we find ourselves in. what is true politically is not always what is true factually and vice versa. jill and, david as, always thank you so much. julián, you are sticking with me. let s first to breaking news and hawaii. as of this hour, 80 people have died from the wildfires there. local offi