Tonight on 360, first a canceled Press Conference, now, apparently a debate noshow, behind the former president s sudden attack. That, and news on when he will surrendering georgia. Also tonight, a cnn trump advisor who took the fifth, when he was asked what he was doing january 6th. Tonight we know what he was doing and with whom. Later, when Hurricane Hillary could have in store for southern california, bracing for its first storm of this magnitude since 1939. Good evening, thanks f joining us. The form president is expected to himself in at the atlanta county judge. Fray is t 19 defendants. Trump, his former chief of staff, lawyers, a Top Justice Department official, and others all been booked, finger printed and, with the exception of the president , and former president , photograph. In the last two days, the former president has backed out of opportunities to be seen by millions of television viewers. Yesterday cancel that Press Conference and announced monday to repeat lies abou
For next weeks debate, his super pac has advised him to take a hammer to Vivek Ramaswamy but defend trump if trump is attacked by chris christie. Here was some reaction after Fulton County d. A. Fani willis indicted trump and 18 codefendants for state rico violations. South carolina senator tim scott said this. We see the legal system being weaponized against political opponents. That is unamerican and unacceptable. Vivek ramaswamy said that should he become president , he would pardon trump. The reality is this, these are politicized persecutions through prosecution. Trumps former Vice President mike pence, who has criticized trump for putting himself above the constitution, says he prefers that trumps fate be decided, quote, by voters, not criminal courts. Ron desantis said i think its an example of the criminalization of politics. I dont think this is good for the country. Even chris christie, who has been consistently critical of trumps underlying conduct told cnn, he thought that
State of massachusetts rejected their application over religious beliefs and now they are suing the commonwealth over it. Im john roberts, welcome to wednesday. Gillian nice to be here on a beautiful blue sky day. John what a picture. Gillian im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Kitty and mike burke say they were turned down because of adherence to catholic teachings, a letter says they would not be affirming to a child who identified as lgbtqia plus. Comes as they struggle to accommodate 1500 children in the foster care system. Chief religion correspondent lauren green has been looking into all of this and joins us from new york. The issue is, can a secular government prevent someone from participating fully in a community because of their religious beliefs. Now, the Supreme Court has actually ruled in favor of religion in a similar case about two years ago. But the burkes say this has been devastating for them, saying massachusetts would rather children sleep in the hallways of hos
Georgia where a grand jury meets today to investigate whether trump tried to overturn the election in that state. Meanwhile, in pennsylvania, the search for answers after a home explodes near pittsburgh killing five people including a teenager. And a 3yearold Migrant Child dies while riding a bus from texas to chicago. Its the first death texas has announced since it started Busing Thousands of migrants to cities across the country. This morning Fulton County, georgia, District Attorney willis is expected to begin presenting her case to a grand jury outlining Donald Trumps alleged efforts to overturn bidens 2020 victory in that state. Tomorrow the grand jury will hear from former Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan and journalist george chidi, both who have been asked to testify. The former president has spent this morning and the weekend slamming the d. A. And her case saying he didnt tamper with the election. Joining us now nbc news correspondent Blayne Alexander who is right outside the
People on Catalina Island off the coast near l. A. Are evacuating to long beach as officials urge visitors and residents to leave. In San Bernardino county, the Sheriffs Department has issued an Evacuation Warning for parts of that area. Lets go straight to derek. What can you tell us about hilary . Picking up speed in slowing down . Picking up speed. That is important because if youre just tuning in, maybe perhaps intermittently from the west coast or Southern California, you may have thought, hey, maybe this is a sunday night into Monday Morning time frame. Right now is your last few moments to do your final preparations to secure your property, that time of thing. This is more of a sunday during the daytime frame. Thats when we anticipate the greatest impacts. It will last through Monday Morning but the greatest impact is throughout the day on sunday. 110 Miles Per Hour winds. There is a lot that can be infederal from this satellite image. This is helping weaken the storm and the tr