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
likely averts time behind bars and gives hunter probation instead. he may have to pay a fine. some in the media defending the president s son while attacking republicans in the process. republicans have been trying to stir up conspiracy theories left and right. one after another have been disproven. i suspect we will have lots of howling from the g.o.p. house republicans are going to keep this up. they ve decided to go all in on this as a way to keep the republican base enthusiastic. these are criminal charges. republicans will call them a slap on the wrist. you re already hearing a lot of shouting. oh, sweetheart deal. oh this, oh that. this is not a sweetheart deal. it s a good deal and i think it s a good deal for hunter biden. dana: hunter s lawyer calling this matter resolved and taking responsibility for these mistakes but the d.o.j. an hour later said the investigation is still ongoing and the republicans are vowing to plow ahead on investigations into th
going to have to learn a little bit more about the way of local rules work in the southern district of florida. and we are going to try to do that tonight during this hour. i love that. thanks alicia. thank you. donald trump is complaining today, about president biden s 53 year old son, hunter biden, agreeing to plead guilty to the tax violation of paying his taxes late. not paying his taxes on time. hunter biden paid the taxes in full, he just didn t do it fast enough. and, hunter biden agreed, with the u.s. attorney in delaware, who was appointed by donald trump. that he did agree that he did not tell the truth when he applied for a gun permit. hunter biden signed a form saying he was not addicted to drugs, at a time when he has publicly confessed, including in his book, that he was addicted to drugs. the u.s. attorney, appointed by donald trump, has decided not to prosecute hunter biden for falsely filling out the gun license application. as long as hunter biden remain
i m alex marquardt in the situation room. out front next. 34 hours, that s how much oxygen is left for the five people missing on a submersible heading to the titanic. plus, hunter biden s plea deal. president biden s son agreeing to plead guilty to federal criminal charges, most likely avoiding jail time. republicans are calling it a sweetheart deal. is it? and turning russians from putin s war into a prison cell. the new campaign from behind bars for alexei navalny. his daughter dasha is my guest. good evening. i m erin burnett. the clock is ticking as rescuers race to save five people on board that submersible off the coast of newfoundland called the titan. it has about 34 hours of breathable air left, according to the coast guard. the vessel was headed 13,000 feet beneath the ocean s surface heading to the titanic. it s been missing since yesterday morning. rescue teams are gathering at the scene. the search area for the su submersible is now larger than the
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. we re tracking several pieces of news in this coming criminal trial of donald trump. his allies advise delay, this key tack we hear about in dealing with the indictment. we know jack smith, however, guaranteed a speedy trial. my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter, consistent with the public interest and the rights of the accused. there are some complexities with the case, but the federal judge is making news with a fast time line, ruling that trump s espionage trial will now be set to begin august 14th. that s just eight weeks from now, and trump s run for office is ongoing. it puts the trial on a collision course with the first republican presidential debate the following week. it will be held in a small florida courthouse, and this plan is putting even more pressure on trump to get in gear. he has seen several lawyers depart his defense team. he was recently adding new ones as of last week. now, to be ready for a trial