Former President Trump wrapping up a swing through some West Coast states appearing to leave the door open to another debate with vicepresident Kamala Harris when asked by Fox News. This as harris held a rally in pennsylvania Last Night as the campaign launches new Tv Ads focusing on the economy. Im jacqui heinrich. Griff jacqui, welcome. And we have a busy day indeed. Harris sitting since becoming nominee, and shes been criticized by the economic plan. Mark meredith has the latest. Griff, good morning to you, former President Trump said repeatedly hes not interested in another debate with Vicepresident Harris even if the public wants to see it happen because we saw more than 67 Million people tune in for that debate earlier in the week. Trump critics and even some of his staunchest supporters were surprised at trumps debate performance. One republican senator calling it a missed opportunity. Last night at his rally here in las vegas, trump accused abc by boosting her fact checking her
Attorne Attorney General Merrick Garland announcing he will give david weiss Special Counsel status to investigate the president s son. Hello and welcome everyone, im sandra smith. Gillian, great to have you back. Gillian this is America Reports. Garland says weiss told him he wanted to be given Special Counsel status to continue his probe into hunter biden. This after insisting for months that step was not necessary. Sandra the timing of this announcement is certainly being highlighted at this hour, and raising Big Questions about how the probe will intersect with a separate congressional investigation. And a Draft Plea Deal between hunters attorneys and weiss thats currently being reworked. Gillian Lindsey Graham as well as house ways and Means Committee chair jason smith are both here to react. Sandra mark meredith, live at the Justice Department at this hour for us. Why did the attorney yes decide to do this and decide to do this now, mark . Sandra, good afternoon to you. The u. S.
We would then hear from fani willis herself . The timing is still uncertain. Now we know that the set to testify is change. They could decide not to column. And i set up a scenario where we can hear as early as tuesday. We dont know, it is unclear where the other witnesses, three other names we have heard that have not been able to report that. It is unclear when it is testifying. One very important witnesses testifying today. It could come as early as tuesday. Just everyone is clear, the two days that normally this grander means will be on mondays in tuesdays, correct . Exactly. We could see it extended, who knows . There is a lot of moving parts here. There is so much potential with these defendants. So much possibility of a Special Session as well as what has happened in the past with other great juries. Thank you for bringing that down for us. We appreciate. It for reaction we want to bring in msnbc legal analyst and former manhattan assistant va, catherine christian. Catherine, th
Unquestionably fairminded he does cardio and weights. His aggressive approach to his personal health and exercise correlates to how he approaches his prosecution and his strategy. Jack smith deliver Donald Trumps head as he sits in prison cell for last day. Laura these people should consider therapy at this point. The real jack smith is another attack dog in the kennel of antitrump prosecutors trying to make a name for himself. The one person who counts most now is saying hey, hold your horses not so fast. Cannon overseeing the trumps classified documents case slapped down the dojs patently absurd request to file motions under seal. Cant have the people knowing anything about this. Right . Judge cannon is putting smiths team on the spot about its use of the a d. C. Grand jury to gather evidence after it already indicted trump in florida using a grand jury in miami. While the case was brought, remember, in the miami Federal District court, after all, so it makes a lot of sense. But a li
Laura not just unquestionably fair minded, he does cardio, and weights. His personal health and exercise correlates to how he approaches prosecution and strategy. Jack smith will Donald Trumps head as he sits in a prison cell. Laura the real jack smith is just another attack dog in the kennel of antitrump prosecutors trying to make a name for himself. One person who counts most now is saying, hold your horses, judge cannon slapped down the doj absurd request to file motions under seal. Cant have the people knowing anything, right . Judge cannon is putting smith team on the spot about use of a Dc Grand Jury to gather evidence after it indicted trump in florida using a grand jury in miami. The case was brought in the miami Federal District court, so it makes a lot of sense. Dc grand jury is what smith, mr. Unassailable prefers. The get trump media, who has tried to discredit conon, went bon customers. Judge cannon will make the prosecutors work. We have a judge who may be a loose cannon