restrictions and the officials warn we could be headed for another spike. it s inexplicable you want as to pull back now. i ll talk to tate reeves and gretchen whitmer next. plus, i ll speak to new york governor andrew cuomo. i never touched anyone inappropriately. he faces mounting criticism, does the governor the support of his people or his party? hello. i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is beginning to feel a little hopeful. the pace of vaccinations in america hit 2 million per day last week. health experts warn now is not the time to relax restrictions or public health measures. for the millions of americans devastated economically, it seems more help on the way. saturday, the senate passed 1.9 trillion dollar relief bill which appears to be headed for president biden s desk after heading to the house on tuesday. the passage is a sweeping expansion of aid targeting low and middle-income americans including new $1,400 checks and boost
some breaking news to come from south africa were at least 45 people have died in a bus crash. the department for transport says the vehicle travelling from botswana to a province plunged off a high bridge into a ravine after collating with a crash barrier. it then burst into flames when it hit the ground. local media is reporting that an eight year old girl was the only survivor. the precise cause of the crash is currently being investigated. just to reiterate what we have to said, there has been a serious bus crash in south africa. the transportation authority have been informing us that we believe 45 people at least have been killed in this crash. this vehicle plunged off a high bridge into a ravine after collating with a crash barrier. we will bring you more on that when we get it here. a special bbc report. it s been described as the uk s most widespread miscarriage ofjustice the post office scandal, where hundreds of sub postmasters and postmistresses were prosecuted fo
that the judge piped up and said i m not going to be a rubber stamp for this unprecedented plea deal. that fell apart as you remember. here s the question for this afternoon did things just to get a little better or little worse for hunter biden and potentially by extension, for his father who was running for president. there s a lot going on behind the scenes here on this friday afternoon, what it says, this means that a trial is in order but where? would it be in d.c., california, does it move it off his plate? there s a jurisdictional question there about where this all goes, also the timeline, the clock is ticking on these charges. some of these are displayed to run out while all of this plays out under the statute of limitations, here s attorney general merrick garland announcing all of this a short time ago, watch. upon considering his request as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, i have concluded that it is in the public interest to ap
and the tourists still trying to evacuate. also ahead, lawyers for donald trump just arriving for a high stakes hearing in the election interference case. how much will trump be allowed to discuss publicly and could that trial begin as soon as january? it is 10:00 eastern, thanks for being with us on this friday, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with the staggering death toll from the wildfires in hawaii. authorities on maui revealing overnight at least 55 people have died in those fires, and by one account, up to a thousand remain missing. communications on the island remain difficult making it hard to confirm who is safe and maui s mayor says intense search and rescue efforts are still underway. search in the interior of the buildings. we re waiting for fema to help with that search, as they are equipped to handle the hazmat conditions of the buildings that have been burned. shelters on the island are full of residents who have now lost every
we ve got a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, breaking news, a date has been set for donald trump s classified documents trial. a judge announcing it will get underway in may, deep into the republican primary race, and months earlier than team trump wanted. so how will the former president respond? plus a top republican senator releasing a report with a wild and unverified claim against president biden. the move drawing a sharp public rebuke from the fbi. we have new details about the american soldier detained in north korea. why travis king spent 48 days in prison before he made that move to bolt across the dmz. and football fever, the soccer kind. from lionel messi in miami to the u.s. women s team at the world s cup, fans are in a frenzy and both debut today. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that trial date, and it s brought implications for the 2024 race. n