S is it is saturday. I hope you are just waking up and starting your morning off calmly and slowly. The death toll in hawaii rises to at least 80 people after a devastating wildfire. And as a grim reality sets in for survivors, some are question ing the states response before and how much was done to warn residents to get out. Plus Hunter Bidens legal troubles heat up. The Justice Department elevates the u. S. Attorney investigating his case to Special Counsel after plea talks fall apart. Republican president ial candidates descend on iowa. Today all eyes will be on the ah state fair as donald trump and ron desantis go head to head. Well have the latest as the candidates make their pitch to voters ahead of the crucial and critical Iowa Caucuses and the first president ial debate. And get ready for an Out Of This World show in the sky as a Meteor Shower is about to rain down. Well tell you when to look up. Good morning, everyone. Good to see you. Good to be here. Were going to begin wit
defense attorney and covering the breaking details, marianne rafferty. we begin with matt finn on precisely what we are learning about this indictment. good evening. former president trump is calling this a dark day for america and is responded to the reported indictments on truth social. i m an innocent man. i m an innocent person practicum after donald trump, organizing the justice department, organizing the fbi. we can t let this continue to go on because it is ripping our country to shreds. we have such big problems. this should not be one of them. reporter: it is not clear exactly what the former president will be charged with but sources told fox news he faces at least seven federal counts of obstruction of justice, conspiracy and illegal retention of classified documents. it is all in relation to trump allegedly storing classified documents at his photo at mar-a-lago home. you may recall last august, the fbi made the unprecedented move of raiding that property. t
chinatown and dc, and even more boxes at the universitys f pennsylvania, and documents strewn all over his garage floo rkr where he parks his corvette and which is secured by only a garageor door that. is paper thin and open. most of the timeump also. trump also said he has been summoned to appear at the federal courthouse iurthousn miami, florida, next tuesday. another quot ie i never thought it was possible that such a thing could happen to a former unite president of the ud states. i am an innocent mann innoce, hd this is indeed a dark da sy forf the united states of america. matthew whitaker is the former acting attorney generaorney gelr former president trump. he joins me now with reaction. first first of all, just your in reaction to what the formet jur president just said. this is a dark day for this nation. yeahs, harris, good to be with you. it s a really sad day for our countrd da y. i mean, if you believe ine the rule of law and if you believe in equal justice
trying toti take corporations t task on this. but it is not a strong enough piece of the broader message about what is happening to the american people here. totally agree. i was a skeptic in terms of what was true. over time, it is clear. i m going to run so that i can come to your set where you ll be first guest. see you in a few. don t get stuck in the elevator. see you soon. thank you for joining us. we ll be joined live by chris hayes and wisconsin senate candidate mandela barns. election day is a week away. he s in an extremely tight race against ron johnson. the outcome of that race could determine control of the u.s. senate. on its own makes the stakes high in wisconsin. even more than that, even more than that, is a lot is on the line here. if wisconsin s democratic governor tony evers loses his s reelection bid, the legislature will have the b power to do whatever they want. and that may include rewriting wisconsin s election laws to give republican official