Power. Unlikely allies, Liz Cheney hitting the road with vp Kamala Harris, taking her pitch to the birthplace of the Republican Party. Also ahead, Helenes Aftermath, the president heading back to the southeast to view more damage as the Storms Death Toll climbs again. And israels deepest strikes into lebanon yet. This as israel prepares to respond to the Missile Barrage from iran. Good morning, it is 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific. Thanks for joining us. Im Ana Cabrera reporting from new york. And with just about a month until Election Day, americans are seeing a trove of previously unreleased evidence in a Special Counsels Election Interference Case against Donald Trump. Through 165 pages, Jack Smith details several layers of trumps alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 Election Results. The crux of the Prosecutions Argument is this. Quote, when the defendant lost the 2020 president ial election, he resorted to crimes to try to stay in office. At its core, the Defendants Scheme
Developments in Donald Trumps ongoing legal battles. In a newly unsealed brief in response to the supreme Courts President ial Immunity Ruling, special Counsel Jack Smith gives us the clearest view yet of his 2020 Election Interference Case against the former president. Smith asserts trump acted as a private candidate and not as president , when he tried to overturn the Election Results and resorted to crimes to stay in office. It also provides new evidence about Trumps Phone Usage and the conversations he had on the 6th Of January, as the riots were unfolding at the capitol. Quote, beginning at about 150. 30 p. M. , the defendant settled in the Dining Room off of the oval office. He spent the afternoon there reviewing twitter on his phone, while the Dining Room television played Fox News contemporaneous coverage of events at the capitol. Citing testimony, the filing says that when trump was informed his Vice President had to be rushed to a secure location after trump attacked pence in
In Swing States. As a conservative, as someone who believes in and cares about the constitution, i have thought deeply about this. Because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only am i not voting for Donald Trump, but i will be voting for Kamala Harris. [ applause ] that was former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming One month ago, endorsing democratic nominee Kamala Harris for president. Today, cheney will appear with harris for the first time at a Campaign Event in battleground wisconsin. That comes following the release of a new report on Donald Trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Well dig into why special Counsel Jack Smith says most of trumps actions On And around January 6th are not protected by the Supreme Courts immunity decision. Trump, meanwhile, made more comments about Migrants Yesterday, explaining hiS Plan to deport those in the u. S. With legal status. To deport legal migrants. Plus, a day after the Vice President ial debate, both Running Mate
State of michigan saying, quote, make them riot. The Question Today beyond the Damming Narrative is whos listening. Joining us now, nbc News Correspondent Garrett haake whos in university center, michigan, for us, and nbc News Justice Reporter ryan reilly. I know the former president will be where you are, garrett, in a moment. Im going to start with ryan. As i said, ryan, the story here is not new. We know what Donald Trump tried to do around the 2020 election. We saw it happen in realtime. We had the January 6th hearings. There have been filings up until this point, a lot of them. But this new 165 Court Filing from Jack Smith gives us some more detail, more color, more insight into Donald Trumps State Of Mind in particular. What stood out to you, was there anything that was particularly damming . Personally, i think the volume of evidence of spreading lies stood out to me. That was going to be the challenge of this case. In 2020, i jokingly referred to this as the question of bad Fai
Now an extraordinary political moment, the kind that just a few years ago was in the category of hell has frozen over and pigs are flying. Vice president harris will be joined on the Campaign Trail by None Other than Liz Cheney in battleground wisconsin. Their joint Campaign Appearance is fraught with symbolism. Nbc news reports, quote, harris plans to play into that symbolism by recognizing the founding principles of the Republican Party. Thats according to a senior campaign official. Harris will be at the Birth Place of the gop together with Liz Cheney. The democratic president ial nominee and a former Republican Congresswoman, former leader of the republican caucus and the heir to a family whose name is synonymous with what it meant to be a conservative republican speaks to the coalition Vice President harris has assembled. Its unprecedented in modern american politics. Its an incredibly large tent she has assembled that includes former Vice President Dick Cheney and bernie sanders.