A new deadline in the federal prosecution of former President Trump expires in hours, and this as intrigue in georgia grows. A new subpoena is on the table as the grand jury weighs whether or not theyll charge trump. A cnn exclusive. A new report shows that ukraine is not makieing extensive progrs against russia. A sobering new report in this morning. And now, warrants issued after a brawl in alabama. A group of white boaters accused of jumping a black boater. With john berman and omar jimenez, this is cnn news cent central. We are following a lot of new developments following donald trump. The grand jury that handed up the indictment against him are back at it meeting in washington, d. C. , in the federal courthouse, and this as Special Counsel jack smith and the Trump Legal Team have a 3 00 p. M. Deadline following the election of the subversion case, and this is as the trumps team wants looser rules about what evidence he can share publicly before the trial. And trump says that the
Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us. It is a tuesday, full of news. Victor blackwell by my side. Good morning. Good to be back. Good to have you. Here all week. Five things to know for this tuesday, august 8th. New this morning, the east coast cleaning up after deadly storms, trees are down, roads are blocked. Hundreds of thousands of people without power. Already more than 300 flights cancelled. Happening today, the police chief in montgomery, alabama, is expected to reveal more information about that brawl that broke out on the citys river front. It started after a black dock worker was attacked by a group of white people. So far no arrests. But four warrants have been issued. Right now, Los Angeles City workers are on a 24hour strike. 11,000 workers including Sanitation Workers, engineers, life guards, all headed for the picket lines. They say its a fight for fair contracts. This hour, polls open in ohio as Voters Decide whether to make it harder to amend their state const
And flash floods. More than 80 million at risk. Major disruptions to air travel. More than 6,000 Flights Canceled or delayed. Ground stops in atlanta, baltimore, philadelphia, washington and new york. In d. C. Federal offices closing early. Danger on the roads. A charter bus crashing in pennsylvania. At least three killed. Were tracking the storms. Also tonight, the deadly midair tragedy. Two firefighting Helicopters Colliding in california. What were learning. Donald trump firing back after federal prosecutors ask for a protective order to limit what he can share about the 2020 election probe. Why his attorneys say the judge should reject it. Our nbc news exclusive on the Campaign Trail with ron desantis. After years of avoiding questions about it, desantis now taking direct aim at Donald Trumps false claims about the 2020 election. What he told us. The alleged plot to assassinate ukraines president zelenskyy foiled. The woman in custody tonight. Our nbc news investigation. The potent
Now. I am writing myself a note. Its worth just put the 20 bucks in. Buy lottery ticket. Its tonight, right . Yeah. To do. I will do that. Maybe ill see you back here tomorrow morning. Would you come back if you won . Yes. Oh, okay. You not . No. A billion and a half dollars . Yes, i would. I like what i do. I like it too. But not when im a billionaire. I hear you, my friend, victor. Lets get to the powerful storms ripping across the east coast. Theyve been deadly. We know this morning at least two people have died, Hundreds Of Thousands of people, though, waking up to Power Outages this morning. Oh my god. That is a tree snapped in half in north carolina. While indiana residents are digging out after a tornado touched down there. Maryland state police say 47 people were rescued after being trapped in their vehicles for hours. Look at this. This is the people who were trapped between these power lines. Today already nearly 900 flights have been delayed. More than 300 cancelled. Here is
Beach was closed earlier after at least one possible shark sighting. Talking with officials to use the hightech drones to see if they can see shark activity. As the woman continues to recover, telling everyone to be vigilant. Sandra is she still in Critical Condition . Shes in the hospital in stable condition now, she was in critical last night, but still, when we saw pictures from the beachgoers were injuries were bad. Sandra a lot of blood loss, i know that. And we are at brandnew hour here, top of the hour and a fox news alert, two Top Republican candidates holding duelling events in the Battle Ground state of New Hampshire. Donald trump campaigning the First Time Since his indictment. John and we are about two weeks out from the first republican president ial debate right here on fox. Sandra and America Reports kicks off hour two. Sandra smith in new york. John im john roberts in washington. Any moment now President Biden will take the podium all the way across the country in arizo