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Its monday. Big week ahead. Good morning, everyone. Were so glad youre here. Welcome back. Thanks for having me. How was your week . It was good. It was good. What did i miss . Lots of news. Nothing. Yeah. Therell be lots of news this well. Lets start with five things to know. This morning, twiceindicted former President Trump is bracing for potentially more charges, but its not hurting his polling. Look at this. A New York Times siena poll shows him with a dominating lead. 54 of likely Republican Voters picking trump. And a maralago Maintenance Work set to appear in court. Carlos de la vera is reported to tell another Maintenance Work that trump wanted the Security Footage deleted. Were learning that trumps Leadership Pac spent 40 million on legal fees since start of the year. An american nurse and her child kidnapped in haiti. They were abducted from the campus of a christian humanitarian organization. Now the state Department Says theyre in touch with the haitian authorities. And that Summertime Sickness may be more than just a cold. Health officials are seeing signs of a new covid surge. Cnn this morning starts right now. Well start this morning with that Property Manager, who allegedly said, quote, the boss wanted the Video Surveillance servers deleted at maralago. He will be in a miami courtroom. Carlos deoliveira is the third person indicted including walt nada. Prosecutors say that de oliverra asked a different employee, what are we going to do about the boss request to delete the footage. This comes as we wait for more charges against the president. The Special Counsels office gets ready to meet with a key witness in the fake electorate scheme. And then theres georgia, where new Security Barriers are up now outside of the Fulton County courthouse, as the District Attorney there confirms that by september 1st, she will decide whether to charge anyone for the efforts by trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election there. The work is accomplished. Weve been worng for two and a half years. Were ready to go. So exactly what doeth mean . What will happen . Will all of this impact the former president s poll numbers. This New York Times Siena College poll shows 54 of likely Republican Voters say hes their pick. Weve got this story covered from every angle, from miami tlto atlanta to here in new york. Lets start with randi kaye, outside of that miami courthouse where we are expecting to see the maralago Property Manager in a few hours for his arraignment. What can we expect today . Good morning to both of you. Its another courtroom and another codefendant as this federal case against the former president continues to grow. We are expecting the Property Manager, Carlos De Oliverra to appear in court to face the charges against him, conspiracy to obstruct justice, making false statements, and two counts of destroying an object, all of this as the former president denies doing anything wrong. Reporter donald trump slamming the special prosecutors team. These are crooked people. Reporter as he learns of new legal threats he and his employees may face. Newly named codefendant maralago Property Manager, Carlos De Oliverra is set to be arraigned today in miami. He and walt nada attempted to release Security Footage after the Justice Department issued a subpoena for it. He told one of the i. T. Workers that the boss wanted the server deleted. Cnn has now learned that i. T. Worker has received a Target Letter from federal prosecutors. Taveras reportedly met with investigators after trumps first indictment in june. Its unclear if hes cooperating with the investigation, but sources say some of the new allegations against trump were based at least in part on Information Taveras provided. Trump facing additional charnge for mishandling classified documents maintained his innocence on social media, saying his legal team voluntarily handed over the tapes to the skppecial counsel. Day oliveira is also accused of moving documents from trumps room to a storage room. This is bad stuff. The superseding indictment giving trumps Opponent Answer Opportunity to go after the frontrunner. Its pretty brazen. These guys were acting like the corleones with no experience. Reporter other candidates treading more cautiously over the indictment, as trump remains popular with the gop base. None of us want to be talking about indictments. I dont even know if its the third, fourth, or fifth indictment right now, but its a distraction. Reporter most use the issue to steer the conversation to the future. One of the right ways to do that is to pardon the former president of the United States from what is clearly a politicized prosecution. Reporter even trumps top rival, Florida Governor ron des desantis wary of engaging. I want to less time litigating that and more time focusing on the future in terms of what we need to accomplish as country. At a gop party dinner in iowa, direct criticism of Trump Drew Rebuke from the office. Donald trump is running to stay out of prison. And if we elect [ Audience Booing ] i know listen, i know the truth. The truth is hard. Reporter closing out the dinner, trump steered clear of the new charges against him. If i werent running, i would have nobody coming after me. And Carlos De Oliveira is expected to appear in court here this morning with his lawyer, john irving, a washington, d. C. Based attorney. We have also been able to confirm that that law firm was paid nearly 200,000 in 2022 by trumps super pac, save america. Back to you. Thank you for the reporting. New overnight, cnn has learned that another employee from maralago received a Target Letter from the superseding indictment includes Detailed Corresndts between Carlos De Oliveira and someoeferred to throughout the indictment as Employee Number four. He told employee four that the boss wanted the rv deleted. Employee number four said that he did not know how to do at and he did not believe that he would have the right to do so. De oliveira insisted to employee four that the pboss wanted the server deleted and what was he going to do about it. Now we know who Employee Number four is. They are lucille taveras, and we know he received a Target Letter from federal prosecutors after trump was first indicted in june. Kara scannel is here with more. It to be clear with our viewers, its not a new Target Letter he got on friday or something, its been there. The question is, what does it mean . Does it mean hell be charged or a fact witness, that hes going to flip . What do we know . We dont exactly know the answer to that question just yet. He received this Target Letter after trump was indicted the first time. And we also know after he got that Target Letter, he changed attorneys. So it is possible that that makes a difference here of why he was not indicted alongsideday oliveira, but its something we just dont know. But obviously he is at the center of these allegations here and they chose not to indict him at this time. But someone who was engaged in what the prosecutors say was this allegedly obstructive conduct, who there is no evidence that any Surveillance Tapes were deleted. So whatever he did with that information, nothing was ultimately deleted, but someone who is an important person here, someone who can potentially be a witness if this goes to trial. As an outsider thats watching this from afar, you are our legal expert and you know all the things, so if this is a dumb question, i apologize. Im trying to piece together the timeline. The first indictment comes, then the Target Letter to lucille taveras, the superseding indictment has new information in it, taveras has not been charged. Taveras has changed lawyers to lawyer that is not being paid by trumps super pac, by my understanding. Im just trying to connect dots here. I know youre saying that we dont have specific information of cooperation, but doesnt this seem to look like he may be cooperating . Yeah, that is what you expect to play out for someone who is cooperating, because he doesnt get charged in the superseding indictment, where there is an opportunity, i mean, they were char charging de oliveira, using the name Employee Number four. Theyre not going to identify someone who theyre not going to charge with a crime and they dont call this person a coconspirator or an unindicted coconspirator, theyre choosing to name him as an employee, so that would signal that hes unlikely to be charged. But with all of this, we dont know until it happens. And david schoen, last week on friday, who is trumps second lawyer in the Impeachment Hearing said so much rest on the credibility of Employee Number four in this. And so now we know the name. We didnt know that. So this is where Defense Counsel will really focus in, too, in making their counterargument, however this goes. What about bernard kerik, hes going to speak with the Special Counsel in a few days. He was part of turning over a lot of those documents we talked about last week, from conversations that he had had. Was a big ally of trump. Why does this matter . Bernard kerik was working for rudy giuliani, who at the time was trumps attorney and kind of the quarterback for all of these efforts to dig into allegations of fraud in the election. So he was essentially giulianis investigator. And the reason why he will go in is because they want to know what exactly he was following up on and looking into. And you know, his attorney was on cnn yesterday, and you know, he was saying that would be, you know, idiotic for the Special Counsel to bring charges before speaking with bernie kerik, but that is because their argument is that he was, you know, running down all of these legitimate concerns or questions, and so, obviously, this wasnt a corrupt intent. But, you know, the counternarrative to this is that none of these Election Fraud claims were legitimate. The courts were throwing them out. There were affidavits by people that just were never substantiated. But you know, hes one of these witnesses that he was involved in theis effort, hes someone that smiths team would want to talk to, to want to understand exactly what conversations he had. Obviously, he turned over those documents. They already spoke with rudy giuliani. But, you know, as this investigation, if anything, weve seen it, it is so expansive. And theyre almost leaving no stone unturned, talking to nearly everybody. That interview, his lawyer said, is in the next week, but smiths team can operate on their own schedule. They dont have to wait to talk to him. Hes not the centerpiece of this investigation in order for them to decide when and if theyre going to prbring charges. Theres a lot we dont know, but you know most of the things. Kara scannel, thank you. Now over to georgia, where fanny willis saying shes expecting to announce charges documents by december 1st. Cnns sara murray fresh off of her onehour documentary on this very topic that aired Last Night Live In Atlanta outside Fulton County courthouse. Murray, whats your sense of things . Youve covered this so closely. Whats your sense of things in terms of timeline, when this actually may happen . Reporter well, good morning, p phil. I still think that we are in the weeksaway window rather than the daysaway window. But its very clear that preparations ramping up. You can see behind me that barricades are already starting to go up around the Fulton County courthouse. Today is the day when much willis team is going to begin to work remotely. Another Security Precaution that theyre taking. And our local affiliate, wxia caught up with willis at a backtoschool event over the weekend, where she was very clear that the brunt of her work on this case is already done, and that people may not be super thrilled with the upcoming Charging Announcements that she has to make. Take a listen. Some people may not be happy with the decisions that im making. And sometimes when people are unhappy, they act in a way that could create harm. The work is accomplished. Weve been working for two and a half years. Were ready to go. Reporter obviously, theyre concerned with people that may be unhappy with whatever these charges decisions thats precipitating this enhanced security, and i anticipate seeing a whole lot more of this in the coming weeks, guys. Maybe its just me, but i was surprised to hear the candor there. She didnt lay out whats going to happen, but what she said, especially in the latter part of the sound you played is a bit surprising. Were in that window now between now and september 1st, when she said a Charge Decision will be made. Any sense of what week . How soon, how close to september or more like august . Yeah, i mean, one thing about that interview is shes not saying whether anyone actually is going to face charges. Obviously, we expect shes going to seek indictments, but well see. I still think that we are probably a week or two away from her making whatever these announcements are. Theres a hearing in this case on august 10th, that has to do with some of the trump legal teams arguments to disqualify fanny willis from the case and throw out a lot of the evidence that shes collected. Frankly, i would be surprised if she decided to press ahead with an indictment before that hearing. Of course, shes the District Attorney, its up to her discretion. But im betting we still have a teeny bit of wiggle room and well see a lot more security between now and when that announcement actually comes, guys. Sara murray live for us outside the Fulton County courthouse. Thank you. The death toll in pakistan has risen to 54 this morning after a Suicide Bomber attacked a Political Convention there. And a new threat from russia overnight. A top official saying moscow may be forced to use Nuclear Weapons if ukraines counteroffensive is successful. The latest from the battlefield, coming up next. And ultraconforming innersprings, for a beautiful mattress, and indescribable comfort. For a limited time, save 400 on select Stearns Foster mattresses. [narrator] we just shipped our millionth monthly Coffee Subscription Box so were sending custom thank you gifts to our team. Our custom ink rep is just as excited as we are and knows what great quality products to get. 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The results are so devastating. At least 54 people killed. 12 of those victims are under the age of 12. Now, tragically, pakistan has this very long and deadly history of political violence, of suicide bomb attacks. And there are a number of different groups that have been involved in some of these. Just january of this year, the Pakistani Taliban was comimplicd in a Suicide Bombing that hit a mosque in a Police Compound in pashower, with dozens of people impacted. And isis has been implicated in one of the deadliest bomb attacks back in 2015 targeting another Political Party. What this is doing, in a country thats no stranger to violence, pakistan is believed to be heading towards national elections. This fall and the tensions are just going to ramp up, its believed. So when a deadly attack like this raises the specter of additional violence on the horizon. Poppy . Ivan watson, it absolutely does. Thank you for that reporting for us. Also this morning, the political crisis is growing in the west african nation of niger. Regional leaders have issued sanctions following the coup. The president of nearby chad also met with coup leaders and with ousted president mohammad bazoum. Hoping to find some kind of peaceful solution. You can see it there. Meanwhile, thousands turned out in support of the coup. They shouted support for russian president vladimir putin, while tense scenes played out in front of the french embassy. Cnns larry madowo joins us live. The most Interesting Development at least for me over the course of the weekend was the 15nation bloc of western african states really condemning and actually threatening the potential use of force. Whats actually happening right now on the ground . Thats right, phil. The Economic Community of West Military States says this junta has one week to restore president bazoum or they will use force. Thats citing words from the regional bloc there. Theyve isolated the country. Its a nofly zone. Theyve issued travel bans and all of that. But you see the Military Junta a while ago especially say that france is planning military strikes to free the president they deposed. Theyre claiming that france has been meeting with former officials of the government they deposed to get military and political power to remove them from office and reinstate president bazoum. But you see this huge antifrench angry in the country. On sunday, thousands of people outside the french embassy, trashing it, breaking windows, setting a window on fire, because many niger support this coup to be clear. They support the Military Taking over. They believe the last president was an ally of france and a puppet of the west. And theyre angry at france that they see as keeping them in this impoverished state, despite it being a very rich country. Listen to one protester. Translator we also came out to tell this Little Macron from france that niger belongs to us. Its up to us to do what we want with niger. What we want. We deal with who we want and how we want. We are forming support for the army. Its a rich nation, rich in gold and uranium and lots of other minerals, but one of the worlds poorest countries. And a short while ago, overnight, the president of Neighboring Chad has been meeting with the coup leaders and the deposed president , the first time weve seen him. And its interesting that hes mediating in this drawl, trying to avoid this, that insists this has to stop, there has to be a return to Constitutional Order in niger, because this is destabilizing not just niger, but across the region, which suffers from a huge amount of Terrorist Attacks from groups affiliated with isis and al qaeda. Take a look at this vuf beijing. At least two people have died, more than 31,000 evacuated as a typhoon has lashed chinas northeastern region. Its the strongest storm to hit that area in 17 years. Since Making Landfall on friday, it has affected more than 880,000 people, it has caused nearly 60 million in Property Damage according to Chinese State media. Well, former President Trumps Political Action Committee Spending 40 million on his legal fees. What his donors know how and how his republican president ial rivals are responding, next. We also spend more than 20 million attacking me. please dont go please dont go please dont go please dont go dont gooo dont go away preorder now and get a free storage upgrade. please dont go for too long, Big Oil Companies have bought off politicians so they can get away with ripping us off. Thats changing now. Joe biden passed a plan to jumpstart Clean Energy Production in america. Its creating good jobs that cant be outsourced and will lower energy costs. 1800. Thats how much a new report says the Inflation Reduction Act could save just the average [narrator] learn how the Inflation Reduction Act will save you money. 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The Political Action committee, which raises most of its funds through smalldollar donations through trumps supporters is expected to report to the fec this morning as the former president s legal battles continues to mount. Cnns Kristen Holmes is live in washington this morning. Kristen, thats a big number, a huge number. Its easy to kind of get numb to that reality, but also the small donor element of it. Theyre the primary driver of save america pacs funds for the most part, at least as far as i understand. Do they feel like inside the campaign this is going to have any impact on those supporters . Well, when you talk to members of the campaign, phil, they believe that their donors know exactly what is going on in terms of trumps legal issues and the people who are donating to the former president are going to continue doing so, pause they support him. And there is no evidence that that is going to change. Obviously, it is very clear. Its all over the news, that trump is facing these multiple investigations. The small donor dollars are aware. But i want to point out something that we reported months ago, which is the Donating Structure that shifted a few months ago, very quietly at the beginning of Trumps Campaign back in november, that Donating Structure was that most of the money actually 99 of the donations that were given to the campaign went to the campaign. And 1 went to save america pac. Then, quietly, that shifted to 10 of donations going to save america pac with 90 going towards the campaign. And when you talk about just how p big that number is, that 40. 2 million, that is just for the first half of the year. And to be clear, this is not just covering trumps legal fees. This is covering all of the associates, former employees, aides, who Go Rapwrapped up in these investigations. And we have learned that because of this, trumps team is creating a Legal Defense fund. S is it is not entirely clear who is going to fall under this fund, but its to offset some of these enormous legal fees. And we are told that this will not affect donald trump, this will not cover his legal fees, but this is for those associates, as youll remember, in the maralago documents case, both of his codefendants are people who are represented by lawyers who have been made an enormous amount of money from that save america pac. But we do know about the Legal Defense fund. Its going to be called the patriot Legal Defense fund and run by trumps longterm political adviser, michael glassner. Again, waiting to see what those details actually look like, but their clearly money when it comes to these legal fees. Its interesting to see some of trumps 2024 rivals using this as a new form of attack on like desantis, for example, when hes not going after trump for so many other things, he will with this. Absolutely. We already saw that at a campaign stop. We can take a listen to the full sound of what he said when it came to being asked about this enormous amount of money. Well, he also spent more than 20 million attacking me. He was attacking me with these phony commercials when i was just doing my job as governor. I wasnt even a candidate, instead of focusing on biden, he was attacking me for 20, 25 million. So i dont think that was a good use of the money. And i think we need to be focused on using our energy and resources on defeating biden and the democrats. But of course, he is still walking this fine line, not really attacking trump. Hes saying, he shouldnt be spending this money attacking him. But not really going into the legal matters at hand that continue to plague trump, as he runs for his third president ial bid. All right. Kristen holmes, thank you very much. Lets talk about all of this. National political reporter for the associated press, Michelle Price is with us, and political Video Reporter for the washington post, joyce koh is with us. Just beyond the money, can we talk about the polling and the New York Times poll that is so, so striking in terms of republicanleaning voters, this national poll, 54 for trump. Desantis is so far behind at 22 . And next in this poll, ram ramaswamy. I think its an early indication as to where things are shaking up in republican politics, at least early on. You know, we saw trump yesterday during his event in erie, pennsylvania, talking about this polling and how he is so far ahead of ron desantis. And we know desantis later on will have annomic policy press conference, sort of trying to reset his campaign after a pretty brutal week last week, you know, cutting a third, more than a third of his campaign staff. Hes been under fire from members of his own party, regarding his comments on slavery and how the new curriculum is structured in florida. So this is, you know, what we are seeing right now, early on is to how things are shaking up in the republican race. One of the things fascinating to me, we saw over the weekend, there have been a very small core group of republicans who are running for the nomination, willing to criticize the former president , has been indicted twice, maybe indicted a third or fourth time, one of them was will hurd, in iowa this weekend at a cattle call, of sort, in the political world. Take a listen to what happened. Donald trump is not running for president to make America Great again. Donald trump is running to stay out of prison. And if we elect [ Audience Booing ] you heard the boos and he made clear afterwards, he kind of expected that to some degree. Hes framed himself as a truth teller and knows the dynamic here. But you listen to that and see how candidates are trying to figure out, how joyce is saying, how to actually message here and look into the New York Times poll that poppy was citing there, and theres an amazing graph in the store written my Shane Goldmacher who said, mr. Trump held decisive advantages and in every ideological wing of the party, as Republican Voters waved away concerns about his escalating legal jeopardy. He led by those who went to college and those who didnt. Thats literally everyone. So, i just how does this end other than donald trump as the republican nominee . I mean, its early, but at this point, it seems like theres just a stasis that has settled over this race. Why, though . He is running almost as an incumbent. He is not in office, but he is a former president. We have never had this happen before. You talk to votes in this early states, iowa, New Hampshire, they think that he has Unfinished Business to do in the white house. They want to get him back in there. They think hes ready to go on day one, because hes been in office before. You talking about ron desantis, vivek ramaswamy, these are new to the National Stage to some degree. They havent been in office, so President Trump is just incredibly popular with the base and it just seems like, well, what will hurd is trying to do. Each of these 13 candidates, i think, are trying to find some little way to get in there and take on trump. Will hurds attempt is to kind of run at him, as Chris Christie is doing, rather than run alongside him, but he knew what he was doing in that room, the reaction he was going to get, and he was trying to get on a debate stage and get some National Donors to help him out. Two republicans in congress, obviously, but also, governor chris sununu of New Hampshire, both showed up with a warning to their party about potentially impeaching trump, which we heard more and more calls for last week. Those really escalated with the mccarthy comments. I thought that was interesting. It puts the majority at risk and makes some of those members, quote, walk the plank. These are similar to comments that weve heard from her on issues like abortion, where there is a radical approach within their own party as opposed to something thats more moderate on the spectrum. This is not, you know, sort of a new perspective from her in terms of how she, you know, is kind of signaling a warning to her own party about taking the most extreme approach to biden if they are to pursue some sort of Impeachment Investigation against the president , but, you know, she kind of plainly states that there are what the field looks like right now is that there are 18 republicans that are in House Districts that biden won, and how does an impeachment play out, potentially, with those moderate independent voter that republicans will need down the line . You know, mccarthy, he is sort of struggling continuously to gain some consensus over his own caucus and this is really, you know, how this produces sort of a Domino Effect on to the 2024 Campaign Trail and whether or not republicans maintain power in the house, you know, and how they perform on the president ial election is something that were going to be watching for. Its such a good point. Especially with the 18 front liners, the freshman, a large portion of them are from new york and flip seats in this state, in the midterm elections. But trump over the weekend in iowa saying basically, if youre not seeking retribution on my behalf, you should be primaried, more or less saying that. Which would seem to be a house speakers total nightmare, given the fact that they have such a slim majority. And yet, this is the Balancing Act that Kevin Mccarthy always has to play, trying to figure out, whats the end game here for republicans, writ large . And just republicans in congress are in just this kind of tough spot with trump, because he is the most popular person in their party. If you are running in a tough race, you want him to endorse and be on his good side. But at the same time, if youre running in a very close race, you dont want to be talking about trump. You want to be talking about the economy or other issues that are you cant piss him off. Exactly. Exactly. Theyre in a really tough spot going forward, where if they are put on the spot for an impeachment vote, either for biden or the Impeachment Expungement Discussions weve heard about trump, theres some blow back for those members. Michelle price, joiyce koh, thank you. Ukrainian drones hitting new russian targets overnight after this attack on a Russia Shopping Center over the weekend and a top russian official now threatening a nuclear response. Thats ahead. Im saving with liberty mutual, mom. They customize your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need. 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Its not the first time medvedev has made it and i think whats interesting here is perhaps not the headline of what hes saying, but the reason that he says that hes saying it, if we lose this territory. What does medvedev actually saying here . Remember, he, as you said, deputy head of National Security council, former prime minister, former president of the country. Not a nobody. Somebody who has been outspoken in the past. So what is he actually saying . Is he saying that russia is losing territory to ukraine . Ukraines counteroffensive. Is this an indication of deeper down what the russians are thinking inside the kremlin, that perhaps this isnt going so well, so lets up the verbal ante . Does it carry any weight . I think people would be floooli to disregard anything that a senior russian official says. Theres nothing to indicate that they are going to do it. Despite all the rhetoric, there is no indication that russia is moving in this direction. Nick, i usually save all of these questions for when were together on a foreign trip with the president , but im going to ask you now because ive been fascinated by this for the last several years, which is, what happened to Dmitry Medvedev . He was the guy that the obama team was trying to work, thought they could undercut putin with a relationship. For the entirety of this war, hes been saying things like that, being very hyperbolic and very verbose with his comments. What happened . I think you kind of get and i miss those conversations, too, phil, i really do. I think you kind of get into criminology here, right . Youre trying to read whats happening behind those high red brick walls in moscow. Number one, theres this reallization, perhaps, on putins part or those around him that hes not going to last forever and medvedev is much younger than putin. And lets not forget when the Obama Administration thought that there was a possibility here that medvedev could be a different kind of enjoy, this was in that this was in that switch out that medvedev did with putin. Putin had had his two terms as president. He couldnt be president again, constitutionally. Hes changed all of that now. He kind of switched out with the prime minister. Is the prime minister, medvedev, became president and putin became prime minister. And after another four years, they switched back out again. There was this feeling that there was a different medvedev. The medvedev we see now is one that realizes that theyre the stronger, harsher, nationaliist rabblerousing voices in russia that might emerge as a potential Putin Replacement Leader or might want to curry favor with putin and the kremlin. Nic robertson, he was inviting to call me wherever he wanted to. Thanks, nic, appreciate it. An american nurse and her child have been kidnapped in haiti. 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An American Sqwoman and her child have been kidnapped in haiti. Alix dorsainvil was working as a nurse at a humanitarian organization in haiti, her husband founded that organization and released a statement saying that alix and her child were abducted from the child near portauprince. This happened saturday morning. Paula newton just returned to ottawa from haiti. She joins us live. What do we know . Not a lot, and thats the problem with these kinds of kidnappings. This is a very delicate situation now. Theyre working with authorities on the ground. The hard part is to determine exactly who took her and her child. In many cases, this is for ransom. And right now, the charity itself, not saying much other th to release this statement. Ill read it for you now. Alix is a deeplyompassionate and loving person who considers haiti her home and the haitian people her friends and family. Alix has worked tirelessly as our school and Community Nurse to bring relief to those who are suffering as she loves and serves the people in haiti in the name of jesus. As i said, that was from the charity. And again, this is a woman who the charity says came to haiti to try and help what is right now a deteriorating situation. With so many of the young people turning to gangs, apparently more than 80 of the capital portauprince has a hold on those gangs, and this is the kind of problem that so many haitians deal with day after day after day. Abductions and kidnappings being so common. I want you to listen now to this nurse from New Hampshire in her own words. Sandro invited me to come to the school to do some nursing for some of the kids. He said that was a big need that they had. At first, i didnt think there was going to be much of a need there, but when i got there, there were so many cases. Haitians are such a resilient people. Theyre full of joy and life and love and im so blessed to be able to know so many amazing haitians. You know, again, she was there as a nurse, someone who could bring her skills and her talents to people who desperately need them. Even to operate as a charity right now, we spoke to aid organizations, it has become so dire with so many clinics and hospitals closing. They were operating a school out of there. And what is also disturbing is this seems from what we know to have been targeted. They were at what they call that are christian campus, which is just outside of the capital. And she and her child were taken directly from there. And these places are not without security. But again, someone happened to know exactly where skmefs that she was there with her child. Poppy . Paula newton, please keep us posted. Thank you. Well, cardi b. Has had enough. Its the latest incident of concertgoers throwing things at performers on the stage. Take a look. 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Plus, ask how to get one free line of unlimited mobile. Comcast business, powering possibilities. My Blood Pressure is borderline. Garlique healthy Blood Pressure formula helps maintain healthy Blood Pressure with a custom blend of ingredients. Im taking charge, with garlique. The Biden Administration has launched a new website for its incomedriven student Debt Repayment plan. The move comes after the Supreme Court struck down the Student Loan Forgiveness Program last month and a few months before borrowers are set to begin making payments gen. Cnns Arlette Saenz is live in rehoboth beach, delaware, where President Biden wakes up this morning. Walk us through what this actually means, especially in the wake of the Supreme Court case. Yeah, phil, well, the applications are now officially open, as the administration is trying to offer some relief to student loan borrowers. Now, this plan is not as sweeping as that student debt Forgiveness Program that President Biden had proposed and was struck down the Supreme Court. But it is an opportunity, the white house believes, to give some help to people on an issue that is very important to young voters. This will apply to current and future federal student loan borrowers, private loansre not part of thislan. And what it will do is it will base payments based on your income and family size. Some borrowers wsee their Monthly Payments slashedown to that includes those making roughly less than 33,3,000 a yer or families making less than 67,500 a year. Additionally, once this plan is in full effect next year, some borrowers will see their payments cut in half. Another key component of this plan is the fact that interest will no longer accrue as long as you are making those Monthly Payments. Now, this is the latest effort from President Biden to try to offer some relief to student loan borrowers. This is now a beta website that is up and running. Its often a testing period for the administration so they can work out any issues for the administration before the full launch, which is expected to come in august and their eyes have been on that october 1st date, which is when Student Loan Payments are set to resume after that threeyear pandemicera pause. They want to make sure that borrowers understand what would be available to them as that deadline is approaching. Phil . Its a big date, indeed. Arlette saenz skocooped this fo us yesterday live in rehoboth beach. Thank you. And cnn this morning continues right now. Good morning, everyone. Lets get things started with five things to know for this monday, july 31st. In just hours, a maralago Maintenance Worker accused of telling another employee that, quote, the boss wanted Security Footage deleted is set to appear in court. Former President Trump denies directing staffers to delete anything. 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