Across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. Well see you at the end of tomorrow. Tomorrow thank you all for joining us at this hour. We have breaking news tonight, as i just mentioned. If your calendar was marked for this coming monday, when President Trump was set to hold a Press Conference that he promised would exonerate him from the allegations laid out in that Fulton County indictment, if that was a date that was reserved on your eye calla, well im sorry to inform you, that it has been called off. Trump says tonight that his legal team is instead putting all of the overwhelming evidence informal legal filings. He adds, therefore, the News Conference is no longer necessary. That news comes right after trumps legal team and another case finally gave its answer as to when they believe the former president should go to trial. Trumps team is arguing tonight that the federal 2020 election case brought by special counsel jack smith should go to trial in April Of 2026. Th
Chance to get around, i dont know if you guys have, but theres a major data in the amount of paper theyre dealing with. Oh, its coming up. We got a full screen to that. I hadnt intuition that would be there. Thats a tease. Look at that. Come on, when you see stocks of paper compared to National Monuments you know were going to full screen that. You at home are going to get you to that in this a few seconds. Thank you my friend. You bet. Thank you all for joining us this hour. We have breaking news tonight, as i just mentioned, if your calendar was marked for this coming monday when President Trump was set to hold his conference if he would promise would exonerate him from the allegations laid out in that Fulton County indictments, if that was a date that was reserved on your eye kyle, im sorry to inform you that it has been called off. Trump says tonight that his legal team is instead putting all of the overwhelming evidence in formal legal filings. He adds, therefore, the News Confere
Residents are trying to pin down what sparked this wildfire. joining me is brianna sacks, disaster and extreme weather reporter for the washington post. she was recently on the ground reporting in hawaii. thanks for being here. i found your reporting to be so illuminating in terms of what s going on here. this video, it s riveting and very disconcerting. can you tell me a bit more about the expectation, that these fires were caused by these powerlines? is that the working thesis at this point? yes. that became apparent early on. residents say power lines have caused quite a few fires on the island over the years and they don t deploy a public powered safety shut off program and there were reports from videos and residents themselves of powerlines swinging and sparking in the wind. so it s definitely the overall
Don t deploy a powered safety shut off program and there were reports from videos and residents themselves of powerlines swinging and sparking in the wind. so it s definitely the overall sentiment that the power equipment caused the multiple fires on the island. from your reporting, it sounds like in the run up to these explosive wildfires that just hit maui, there were numerous calls made to the electrical company from residents who were trying to complain about or at least register lines that were in precarious positions and posed public safety risks. is that right? yes, there has been years of them demanding for the power company to put the infrastructure underground, to fix the lines, to clear the trees. it has been an ongoing plea from them because they know that they are susceptible to