the defense, in one way or another in this federal case, and the other today, saying not so fast. today, the special counsel, asked for a january 2nd trial date in the election subversion case, which had said partake as little as four weeks. the former president, who is expected to challenge that, took the first step tonight in his social network. quoting now, but leaving out some of the personal tax on smith and president biden. quote, only an out of touch lunatic would ask for such a date. one day, into the new year, and maximum election interference with iowa. now whatever you make of that, in particular the, the proposed date is yet another entry on what is already a very crowded calendar. take a look. surrounding that date are the trump organization s civil fraud trial this october, the e. jean carroll defamation trial january 15th. that is the same day of the iowa caucuses. super tuesday, march 5th, is just ten days before march 15th, manhattan hush money trial. in the
declaration for hawaii. the lead starts now. unprecedented disaster. new images showing the power of flames ripping through communities in hawaii. the death toll rises to 36 as crews anticipate that number growing even higher and president biden $6 billion deal with iran, will the regime free five americans in exchange for frozen funds? the first steps in the works, plus the deepest dive yet into the lavish life i ll supreme court justice, clarence justice, private planes, luxury trips all bankrolled by billionaires detailed by propublica and never disclosed. welcome to the lead. i am jake tapper. we start with the other did it of the utter devastation in hawaii. a lack of power and cell service complicates search and rescue efforts. at least 36 people have been killed in what the state lieutenant governor calls unprecedented wildfires. most of the wildfires on maui island are still not contained. it could take days or even weeks for power and cell phones service restored.
request to limit what the former president can say about the case against him. now accusing federal prosecutors of trying to restrict trump s first amendment rights. do they have a case on this at all? trump s former white house lawyer ty cobb will be with me. plus, a deadly strike. russia ramping up attacks on civilian targets. we are learning tonight of a russian plot to assassinate the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. and an alarming scene as a massive brawl breaks out between a black man and a group of white voters in montgomery, alabama. and tonight police are vowing to make arrests. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, team trump s response. the former president s legal team just now responding to a request from the special counsel that came after trump posted if you go after me, i m coming after you. all caps. trump s team arguing that his ability to share information in the january 6th case is covered by the first am
today on inside politics, law and disorder. donald trump faces a 5:00 p.m. deadline to fight a justice department request. the former president claims it s an attempt to shut him up. prosecutors say it s to stop the defense from bullying witnesses into silence. plus, seeing is believing. joe biden heads west to literally point to progress. it s part of his plan to make americans feel and see how bidenomics is changing their lives for the better. and a woke up call? new polling suggests a red meat term is now overcooked, even among republicans with plenty of appetite for owning the left. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, a looming legal deadline, the trump legal team has until the close of business today to respond to a justice department demand for a protective order. the order would restrict what mr. trump can say about what evidence prosecutors turn over. let s start with cnn s katelyn polantz. what are you hearing? da
maui coming into stark relief. so much property destroyed, including important historical and cultural sites. today, the disaster is far from over. we will have a live report from hawaii, just ahead. and we re learning more about a deadly encounter where fbi agents shot and killed a man they were trying to arrest after alarming and threatening posts. and in florida, we are live outside the courthouse where former president trump s body man walt nauta pleaded guilty. we re covering they stories coming into cnn news central. still we have dead bodies in the water, floating, and on the seawall. they ve been sitting there since last night. we ve been pulling people out since last night, trying to save people s lives. i feel like we re not getting the help we need. it s a nationwide issues issue at this point. we need help, a lot of help. we have to get people down here. just moments ago president joe biden responding to the pleas for help, speaking with hawaii s gover