Love, its what makes subaru subaru. Tonight on 306, 360, so much for lazy summer days. The first big moment of the election case, the judge warns donald trump to watch what he says and says to her he is just another defendant. And a Special Counsel appointed to investigate hunter biden and others. Who are those others . Plus, we are live in maui where the Death Toll Rose sharply. Some especially powerful new video is coming in which we will bring to you along with exclusive reporting on how hawaiian officials may have underestimated the risk of a tragedy like this and missed key opportunity to prevent it. Good evening everyone. John burrman here for anderson. And how the judge will be handling the most important trial this country has ever seen and the most singular Criminal Defendant ever. Someone who is running to reclaim the highest offense in the land. On top of that, he is donald trump. The venue outside a hearing on how he may have handled evidence that prosecutors will be turnin
Another defendant. Also a Special Counsel named in the hunter biden case with orders to investigate the president s son and others. The question now, who are the others . We are live in maui, where the death toll just rose sharply. Some especially powerful new video is coming in, which we will bring to you, along with exclusive reporting on how hawaiian officials may have missed Key Opportunities to prevent a tragedy like this. Good evening, everyone. John berman here in for anderson. We begin with what we learned today about how judge Tanya Chutkan intends to handle what could be the most important trial this country has ever seen. Someone who is held and right now running to reclaim the highest office in the land. And on top of that, hes donald trump. The venue, as you know, was a hearing on how he and his legal teammate handled evidence, some of it sensitive, that prosecutors will be turning over to them, specifically what they are allowed to make public. And on that, judge chutkan
Gives him the ability to go to other venues. usually special counsel is someone chosen from outside doj, a former dojer because you want the point to be an appearance of impartiality. so, like john durham, who barr installed as a special counsel, weiss is also a current doj employee. so, that s not the normal pick. it s pretty puzzling what s going on. the main reason we were told, at least, why he did it was because david weiss, for the first time, we think, asked for it. evan, you know, president biden is obviously running for re-election right now. how hard is this going to be for him not to address this on the campaign trail? yeah, john, you know, sort of his nature, his habit over the decades has been when he s facing a personal or a political challenge or a setback, he talks about it, talks about it out loud. it s his response to a lot of things. he talks to the public.
Part of hunter biden s team about this potentially ballooning this as goes on. perspective now from evan os knows, author of joe biden: the life, the run, and what matters now. also with us, ashley alison, and defense attorney shan wu. shan, how big is this news, the appointment of the special counsel and maybe even bigger the fact that plea deal negotiations have collapsed? well, you know, substantively, john, it shouldn t change things really. sara has been pointing out, they ve been investigating this case for a half decade. it s hard to imagine there s some surprise that just come up. it is a bit puzzling what garland has done here. he could have appointed special counsel from day one if he wanted to do that. it s just not clear what has changed here. and interestingly, the better designation would have been to make him a special attorney under the doj ranks, which also
What do you think is driving this? well, the challenge with republicans is they continue to move the field goal. so, they say they want something, then they get it, and then it s not good enough. the reason why i think they re doing that, though, is because their 2024 political strategy is to sow doubt in the american public about the value of our institutions. and they were able to do that, in my belief, without credibility. but they were doing that before there was an equal special counsel on both sides. so, now that the department of justice has said, fine, if there is a question that maybe weiss has not even though there has been no indication from the attorney that he, that weiss, has had any issue being able to run the investigation the way he wanted to be, making him a special counsel gives people that comfort. that kind of takes the wind out of the republican sails and that strategy. so, they continue to and say it s insufficient, it s not