week, setting up a fourth possible indictment for trump. also ahead, we will explain the new development in the department of justice s investigation of hunter biden and the special counsel now appointed to that case. and plus, we will bring you an update on the catastrophic maui wildfire which is now the deadliest in modern u.s. history. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this monday, august 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. and we will begin with the latest on the devastating wildfires burning across the island of maui. firefighters there in hawaii continue to battle flames this morning as officials have now confirmed that at least 96 people have died. the wildfire now ranks as the deadliest in modern united states history, surpassing 2018 s campfire in california which killed 85. hawaii governor josh green said the fires will likely be the largest natural disaster in his state s history, with damages estimated a
Last night attorney neal katyal who you know from msnbc posted this, it would not surprise me if judge chutkan called a hearing with trump s presence given his new remarks. joining us now msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. we have a lot of topics to get through with him. thank you for being here. let s start with that new protective order. what is happening here? trump is seemingly so blatantly pushing back against it. what you ve seen, do you think he has already violated it? the dwruj suggested she would give him some leeway, but do we think that neil might be right and we are going to see a hearing this week? we spent the last week ranking from one to four the not only pending cases against donald trump but if you include georgia the potential criminal case against trump but now i m add ago fifth to the mix and it s pretty high on the list in terms of threats to donald trump s liberty and that is a
I m jonathan lemire. reaction a pouring in after attorney general merrick garland announced on friday that a special counsel has been appointed to investigate hunter biden. the justice department says the u.s. attorney david weiss will be responsible for the ongoing probe into president biden s son, as well as any other matters that may arise from that investigation. now, of course, weiss was already overseeing the hunter biden case and is based in delaware. he asked to be appointed special counsel last tuesday and the attorney general agreed, saying it was in the public interest to do so. the move was announced shortly before prosecutors from weiss team revealed in a court filing that plea talks over tax and gun charges against the president s son had broken down and the case would likely have to go to trial in california or washington, d.c. meanwhile, several republicans are publicly expressing that
and interesting point because republican primary voter aren t looking at that general electability formula. because that would benefit ron desantis. again, they like ron desantis, but they don t feel that he is the right fit for this moment right now. they feel that the investigations with trump affirms their views that trump is the real fighter for them. thatis essentially what they are subscribing to. and they are overlooking at the drama and the investigations will make donald trump to unseat 2024 in that that much more challenging. and of course next week all eyes on the first debate. donald trump has not committed
To grab the most attention. the former president was there for under two hours arriving with about a dozen u.s. house members from florida in a not so subtle dig at the sunshine date governor ron desantis who of course was also there. trump talked to the crowd re350e9ing his blatant lie about the 2020 election being stolen. you know we didn t in 2016 we won. i hate to say this, but we did much better in 2020. the election was rigged. so we re back. we re way up in the polls in iowa and all over the country. up by over 50 points. a lot, but we don t want to take any chances. we ll be back. and meanwhile desantis received a mixed reception. he was heckled by trump supporters throughout the day including his appearance with iowa s governor. you know what, you know what, we re in iowa. and in iowa, we re iowa nice.