Good evening. Im kaitlan collins, the source this coming to you live tonight from South Florida where i just spoke exclusively with one of the central witnesses and one of the biggest cases, criminal cases i should note in american history, the Trump Classified documents case. Until now, he has been known to the world as trump employee five as a mara lago valais in special counsel, jack smiths Superseding Indictment. Hes referenced six times in it. He has never spoken out publicly until now. It always got brought up about biden and other people that did the same thing. And then there was one time he said were all dirty, we all move boxes that is just one of the explosive things that brian butler told me about what one of trumps codefendants told him. He worked for donald trump for two decades since he was just 19 years old. Now at age 41 with his identity revealed, comes that incredible story. Youre about. Thats a here butlers take on how he says he unwittingly participated in the movi
Skiff at maralago so the former president can review secret Prosecution Evidence at his home without having to go to a government facility. Our legal experts will weigh in. And the very latest on the utah man fatally shot by fbi agents while trying to serve a Search Warrant on him after he allegedly threatened the president , the Vice President , and manhattan da alvin bragg on line. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. We start in hawaii today where conditions are finally improving at least for the crews battling three powerful wildfires raging still on maui. At least 36 people are dead. Officials say that number could soon rise as sunrise begins to reveal the extent of the devastation. Survivors described the situation as apocalyptic. Everyone i know is now homeless. In 36 hours, our town has been burned to ashes, nothing left. Lahaina appears to have been burned incredibly bad. There are a lot of very terrible stories coming out of there. And i am bracing for the mo
his top military adviser says a hold on military promotions by one republican senator is having a negative impact not just on those officers but their families. air force chief of staff general charles q. brown is up for the chair chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. alabama republican senator tommy tuberville is blocking more than 250 military promotions over opposition to the pentagon s abortion policy. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin leads us off tonight with that from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. the pentagon said this months long standoff with the senator from alabama is now threatening readiness and benefiting russia and china. general c.q. brown is the president s pick to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs but his confirmation and that of 265 senior officers are being held up by one senator tommy tuberville of alabama. for the first time in 150 years, the marine corps is without a come dantd because of
colorado supreme court shakes up the 2024 presidential race. donald trump is ineligible for that state s republican primary ballot. we ll have expert legal analysis on the ruling and what could come next. meanwhile, the former president is doubling down on his disturbing rhetoric about immigrants, using more language that mirrors adolph hitler s speeches to nazi germany. plus, congress leaves washington all without passing a foreign aid bill, leaving critical funding for ukraine until next year. we ll break down the chances they can get a deal done once they return. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, december 20th. i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. in a historic decision the colorado supreme court has ruled donald trump is disqualified from hold office again after determining he engaged in insurrection in january 6, 2021. the 4-3 ruling reverses a lower court decision and effectively keeps the former president off the state s ballot unti
citizens right now, and it s time to go if you re there, and administration is urging us citizens to leave russia after reporter for the wall street journal is detained accused of espionage case stands and what this says about the current state of us russia relations. details about the cdc team that got sick while investigating the cause of the train derailment in east palestine, ohio that was carrying hazardous. chemicals. we begin with people in the southeast, waking up to the threat of severe and dangerous weather, tornado watches and warnings are in effect right now for parts of mississippi all the way to georgia. it comes as we re getting a better look at the destruction left behind after those massive storms or through seven states over 50 tornado sightings have been reported. at least five are now dead. the powerful storms blew through when arkansas, killing at least two people and trapping dozens inside their home, leading town officials to send out a call for neighbo