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
Occurred, but though that weiss can move forward and do it, that s more of a politics, inside the justice department, what happened here, but as far as the criminal future for the son of the president of the united states, it s definitely worse than it was an hour ago and it s definitely worse than it was when a judge put a pause on his proceedings. he s in a situation now where venue is likely going to be out as a potential grounds to fight this, but on the other hand is there anything more than a misdemeanor tax charge and is what he ends up facing what he was going to face anyway? there s another calculus here that this could be sbha beneficial for him because it sure seemed clear to me and other reporters in the courtroom that the judge was really drilling down on to the last year of the tax misdemeanor that was 2018, what hunter biden knew and did, was he sober at the time, he says he was. was there any sort of an intent when he did not accurately file his tax returns that year or
Opportunities of the new age. we have to discredit those who believe that the age of democracy is over, as some of our fellow nations believe. we have to expose as false, the narrative that the creeds of dictators can match the speed and scale of the 21st challenges. you know and i know, they re wrong. but it doesn t mean we don t have to work harder than ever to prove that democracy can still deliver for our people. let s bring in nbc news foreign correspondent, matt bradley. he s on the ground with president biden in europe and he joins us live in cornwall. matt, set the scene for us. yeah, mika, we re talking about joe biden, who s going to be going, starting a week of really interesting, sbha tense meetings. now, the anchor of this trip, the main event will be next week in geneva, and that s when the president meets with vladimir putin. that is going to be a pivotal exchange. but really, that meeting is going to be hanging over all the