intensify into a major hurricane. it s 10:00 a.m. eastern. i m lindsey reiser in new york in for ana cabrera. it s going to be a busy hour with not just one, but two court hearings getting under way in legal cases against former president trump. in atlanta we re watching the first major hearing in the elections interference case brought by d.a. fani willis. mark meadows, one of the co-defendants, is trying to get his case moved to federal court. willis has called on multiple witnesses to testify in this morning s hearing including georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger who we know was on the line for that infamous phone call in which former president donald trump wanted to find around 11,000 votes. in washington lawyers have arrived for the federal case into trump s election interference case. prosecutors want to get started in january. trump s team wants it to begin in april, april of 2026. joining us right now is nbc s justice correspondent ken dilanian, blayne a
Australia this morning after a deadly helicopter crash killed three u.s. marines. officials say 23 marines were on board the as spree aircraft for a routine training exercise when it crashed off an island off australia s northern rp coast. sarah james has the latest from australia. reporter: the crash happened just one month after four australian soldiers were lost in a helicopter crash during separate training exercises between the two nations. this morning recovery efforts under way on melville island off the coast of main land australia. three u.s. marines died in the tragic crash in an aircraft similar to this one, which occurred while transporting troops in a routine military exercise. its cause still under investigation. the emergency operations center will now focus on the recovery of the three deceased marines with dig any.