trial. and we get more evidence of defense foot-dragging in the mar-a-lago documents case. also tonight, we re on the scene of the enormous destruction in maui where some of the wildfires are thankfully being contained, but the proportions of this tragedy, including now dozens of lives lost, it just keeps growing. later, florida governor ron desantis adds a new adversary to disney, school liberians and the woke. this time school prosecutors. he is firing them, only he never hired them. the voters did. we ll speak to the latest official to get the ax. good evening. john berman here for anderson. trying to for swift justice in what could become the most significant criminal trial ever in this country. if not unprecedented in its speed, then pretty nearly so. the defense in one way or another in this federal case and the other today say not so fast. today the special counsel s team asked for a january 2nd trial date in the election subversion case which it said could take
trump s legal team will face the federal judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case. this as the special counsel requests an aggressive trial date. meantime, trump s 2024 republican rivals are flocking to iowa for the annual state fair. former vice president mike pence is being heckled by some people at the fair as a traitor. a covid variant grips the country as health experts brace for a surge in the flu and rsv as well. a viral triple threat threatens america. and thousands of hackers are headed to las vegas for a chance to win millions of dollars in prizes to crack chatgpt. the white house is telling them, do your worst. cnn this morning starts right now. breaking news this morning, that death toll from the catastrophic set of wildfires across maui has risen to 55 people. officials are warning it s expected to increase as search and rescue efforts continue. we are seeing loss of life here. as you know, the number has been rising, and we will continue to s
- while we were away. - clear the steeple. to spartan. martino: .the tightest race of the season got even tighter as comeback kids and team grit jostled for position at the steeple run. nice and calm. martino: and free spirits scramble to keep pace. it s downhill. jones: as we rejoin the action, free spirits are 54 seconds behind the leaders. keep going. i got her. you got this. grant s gonna catch you, okay? - big jump. - and plant and go. - jones and martinooh! - you re okay. jones: ryan woods just throws tiffany across the creek. martino: what a tough position for tiffany nguyen. jones: and it s a sea of red and black up ahead. comeback kids captain ian deyerle out in front followed closely by team grit s monica gilmore. martino: there s ninja lance pekus. and look at grits captain spencer mahoney. this course brings elite athletes to their knees. oh, my. look at kevin bull. he s exhausted. hell need to catch his breath before the dunk walls. jones: what a race. remembe
giants fans regroup. the party never blossomed. the giants lost 10-0. that means we ll do it again tomorrow night. jean elle johns us. essentially this was the dress rehearsal? reporter: it was, raj. fans know their part they play it well. right now what s left to do? clean up. get ready for one last game. a devastating loss, but giants fans handled it with class. [ horns honking ] reporter: hundred of die-hard fans stay in sieveic secivic ce until game six end in defeat. howard lowe wouldn t leave his armchair until its over. i m a giants fan. win, lose, draw, wanted to see how it will end up. we ll be back tomorrow and take it tomorrow. reporter: 13-year-old briza berrios they had to take buster posey out. reporter: thousand of depressed fans left around the seventh inning. the plaza was packed for the first few innings. some fans arrived at 5:00 a.m. for the perfect seat. it s worth it. exciting how the city gets together. amazing. let s go gia
with men while walking through new york city. the same scene playing out over 100 times in ten hours. the message behind the video that has people talking today, wednesday, october 29th, 2014. announcer: from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a. and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer along side hoda kotb, al roker and josh elliott. savannah is back monday. natalie is on assignment. people talking about that video we just showed. what was your thought when you saw it? my thought was first of all, it seemed threatening what she was going through. there are times i have to admit i walk down a street past construction guy they don t say one thing i have to think my outfit is off. but what happened here was strange. yes. definitely. we ve all asked does that ever work for any of these guys? does it turn out well? we re going to show you more of that later on. let s start on a wednesday mor