Terms mr. Pied biden the president of the u. S. Would agree to be interviewed. And a devastating death toll rising on maui as rescue and recovery teams find more bodies and thousands of residents are homeless along with stranded tourists on an island that looks like a war zone. Good day, everyone, a busy day in washington. Im andrea. Where u. S. District judge Tanya Chutkan made quick decisions this morning on the size and the scope of that protective order in the criminal case surrounding Donald Trumps alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. In a ruling from the bench, judge chutkan after prosecutors argued that the order was necessary to prevent pretrial publicity and the defense countered that the pregs counsels parameters were extraordinary decided that the protective order would only apply to sensitive materials and not to all of the evidence turned over to them from the Special Counsel. Judge chutkan also added a clause to the order that would limit the universe of people
Hunter biden face . This while in new york it is day two of Donald Trumps Civil Fraud Trial. Both the former president and new York Attorney general Letitia James in that courtroom again. And House Republicans and House Democrats meeting Behind Closed Doors on capitol hill right now as matt gaetz tries something that hasnt happened in more than 100 years, force the removal of a House Speaker. Does Gaetz Have Support and will democrats step in to help save Kevin Mccarthys job . It is 10 00 eastern. Lots to get to. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin on capitol hill where both parties are Behind Closed Doors as we speak with Kevin Mccarthys job hanging in the balance. Just moments ago, mccarthy telling republicans they will likely vote today on congressman gaetzs motion to remove him as speaker. Mccarthy defiant when pressed about his razor thin margin of support. I can give as good as i get. I know the place of where im at. I didnt get speaker on an easy round. It hadnt hap
Special counsel if i heard the attorney general correctly while he was asking for special counsel they were also pushing forward on this potential plea deal. sounds like there was a lot that was going on and probably needs to do we need to do a little more reporting on that. but the whole key part of this, andrea, is that once this plea deal came into jeopardy, that there was some sort of a question about it, weiss office had a serious problem with this prosecution because they didn t have venue for the tax charges. they did not have venue for really anything in delaware. if you look at the statement of facts that both sides agreed to as far as the conduct that everybody agrees happened here by the defense and by the prosecutors, there s nothing that really ties it to delaware. now, of course, if they want to conduct a plea it s a contract between two parties, they could bring that to delaware, but once it became clear that this plea agreement might break down as the prosecutors
Causing some legal trouble for him now. and we recall that flynn had asked for immunity when it came to the congressional investigati investigation. if he is cooperating with the russia probe, is that surprising? ? it wou it is surprising that he s being talked of potential plea deal. his lawyers are trying to get the best deal possible for him. you know there is so many scenarios here that it is hard to pin point exactly what s happening. clearly something has changed that has caused his attorney to say i can no longer share information and you know we kind of laid out the different scenarios. one of them could behest cooperating and that would be surprising and obviously helpful to investigators because he could gif them information that they otherwise don t have. in my respects and not just in