January 6th investigations. A congressional Probe Closing in on his inner circle and a federal probe looking into the fake elector scheme. Trump admitting in a Bombshell Statement that he wanted mike pence to over turn the election saying pence did have the right to change the outcome unfortunately, he didnt exercise that power. He could have and this is the important word over turned the election. To be clear, pence did not have that right and pence, himself, made that clear when he was certifying the results. He could not have over turned the election and he did not. This is first time trump is confirming his intention that he wanted pence to over turn the election. Something we know Rudy Giuliani and his legal team were efforting behind the scenes. We have been reporting on that fake scheme. Another one of trumps Legal Team Members admitting right here on the beat that he was part of this plot. Trumps legal team and 14 of those so called alternate electors have been subpoenaed and w
It to. Us hello, im alicia menendez. As we come on the air tonight we are closely monitoring the second deadliest wildfire in u. S. History in hawaii on the island of maui. 80 people are now confirmed dead. Sadly, the kit mayor tonight wanting the death toll could go up as more damages are assessed. From the air, the toll of these fires, well, look at it, it is hard to take in. Homes reduced to rubble. This as half a dozen fires are still burning in maui and on the big island. Officials say fire in the Historic Town of a hyena is now 85 contained the governor saying he believes these fires could be the largest Natural Disaster in the states history. , tonight residents either working to evacuate maui, if they can returning home or in cases they are finding nothing. There are also air quality concerns to talk. About we will over the next two hours with live updates from maui we will also speak to a 911 First Responder who is there on the ground working to help fellow americans displace.
facing real accountability for his alleged efforts to interfere with the 2020 presidential election. monday is a day fulton county d.a. fani willis told her staff to stay home and begin a three-week period of remote work. heightens security is already visible. orange barricades outside the fulton county courthouse. because of this, speculation has been less during this time period, willis will announce criminal charges against trump and his allies for their attempts to overturn georgia s 2020 election results. but here in washington, the grand river the january 6th federal investigation is set to be tuesday. sources tell nbc news that trump s lawyers were informed to expect a forthcoming indictments. the former president has denied this revelation on social media, and of course has argued that he, quote did nothing wrong. and, again last night at a rally in pennsylvania. but trump s lies have not stopped special counsel jack smith. late this week hits trump with a superseding
what this means for the republican frontliners presidential campaign. bleak benchmark. 400 mass shootings in the united states so far in 2023. setting that stage for a record breaking year. anti gun violence activist fred guttenberg, who lost his daughter, jamie, in the parkland shooting, joins us to talk about what it will take to get significant federal firearm legislation finally on the books. and later, a.i. in the political arena. how artificial intelligence and deep fakes are changing the political landscape, and shots can be done about it. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you all, i m katie phang. we start today on indictment watch. as a special counsel jack smith goes full steam ahead in his january six investigation into the twice impeached, for now twice indicted, one term ex president. while 816 indictment could come as early as tuesday, jack smith s other case is only magnifying trumpster criminal downfall. smith blistering
i think it is a very dangerous thing to talk about. okay. because we have a tremendous ly passionate group of voters. much more passion than they had in 2020, more than 2016. i think it would be very dangerous. yeah, there s been no deterrence put in place. well, that s not entirely accurate. there have been some deterrents put in place. look, what you just said, donald trump s last words about it is dangerous to go down this route. yeah, it could happen again because you have a group of individuals, like you have an audience for him and for what happened on january 6th. so, yeah, i believe it can happen again. that s capitol police officer harry dunn who defended the capitol during the january 6th insurrection reacting to donald trump s veiled threat about another january 6th style attack. the former president spent yesterday rage posting on social media amid new reporting on how his legal troubles are draining resources from his 2024 presidential campaign. we re g