Terms mr. Pied biden the president of the u. S. Would agree to be interviewed. And a devastating death toll rising on maui as rescue and recovery teams find more bodies and thousands of residents are homeless along with stranded tourists on an island that looks like a war zone. Good day, everyone, a busy day in washington. Im andrea. Where u. S. District judge Tanya Chutkan made quick decisions this morning on the size and the scope of that protective order in the criminal case surrounding Donald Trumps alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. In a ruling from the bench, judge chutkan after prosecutors argued that the order was necessary to prevent pretrial publicity and the defense countered that the pregs counsels parameters were extraordinary decided that the protective order would only apply to sensitive materials and not to all of the evidence turned over to them from the Special Counsel. Judge chutkan also added a clause to the order that would limit the universe of people
right. andrea, this was a hearing that typically we wouldn t even report on, we might just attend and send a note in later but given the public interest in this case involving the former president and given the issues and how much of a megaphone donald trump has it the hearing took extra importance today and it s basically all about what evidence that is going to be shared from federal prosecutors during the scope of their investigation with the defense, what evidence can be shared or can perhaps be made public out of that leading up to the trial date. in a protective order is not uncommon in criminal cases but here there was a pretty wide gulf between the two sides. federal prosecutors say everything is protected, nothing can be disclosed and the defense ways saying we should be able to disclose some things, we will have to interview people and talk to people about what they said and so perhaps you can make it more about certain sensitive documents that might pertain to certain witn