trial. and we get more evidence of defense foot-dragging in the mar-a-lago documents case. also tonight, we re on the scene of the enormous destruction in maui where some of the wildfires are thankfully being contained, but the proportions of this tragedy, including now dozens of lives lost, it just keeps growing. later, florida governor ron desantis adds a new adversary to disney, school liberians and the woke. this time school prosecutors. he is firing them, only he never hired them. the voters did. we ll speak to the latest official to get the ax. good evening. john berman here for anderson. trying to for swift justice in what could become the most significant criminal trial ever in this country. if not unprecedented in its speed, then pretty nearly so. the defense in one way or another in this federal case and the other today say not so fast. today the special counsel s team asked for a january 2nd trial date in the election subversion case which it said could take
an ohio special election becomes a crucial new litmus test on abortion rights here in america. they voted down the effort to make it harder to amend the state constitution. it s the most political issue for women on the left. this is a wakeup call to republicans. the problems politically in a post world have not gone away. district attorney fonny willis will present her case to the grand jury next week. the prosecutor has been lining up witnesses in the investigation of donald trump and his allies who are are trying to overturn election results in georgia. it s trending in that direction. i m sitting in a courtroom on [ bleep ] because his attorney general charged me. ron desantis continue his staff shakeup. the problem is when things go badly with a campaign, you usually get blamed for it. montgomery, alabama, police department identify suspects in the chaotic brawl on a boat dock. three many white men have been charged with third degree assault. you see
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