Thing, nonsense all right? all right. Kara swisher. Thank you so much. Great to see you. Thanks for joining us. The news continues here on cnn i welcome to viewers joining us from the united states, canada, and all around the world. I m christina macfarlane, max foster, just ahead. Donald trump hit with a revamped indictment the department of justice tries to work around a controversial immunity ruling by the supreme court ahead. And israeli operation in the west bank leaves multiple palestinians dead. What the idf says they were targeting following a highly contested election venezuelan opposition supporters escape persecution at home to build a new life abroad from london this is cnn newsroom with max foster and christina macfarlane and we begin with that new indictment against donald trump for his involvement in the january 6 insurrection. He is not off the hook for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election. The justice department special counsel, jack smith betting the new
To chicago, hitting severe turbulence. And the fbi, the big reveal tonight involving the suspect who tried to kill former president trump. First tonight, the severe storms heading to the northeast. Storms already downing trees and power lines. A falling tree in the storm, a cyclist had no time to avoid it. Firefighters battling the winds and the flames. The storms fumed by the scorching temperatures from st. Louis to new york city down to washington, d. C. Lee goldberg standing by with the forecast for these storms. And what we re just learning tonight about that united flight to chicago hitting extreme turbulence. Tonight, there is also news in the fbi s investigation into the attempted assassination of donald trump. New images tonight of the shooter s weapon. And investigators revealing the suspect had looked up both trump and president biden. And authorities now say when the suspect saw trump was appearing not far from his home, that s when they say he allegedly zeroed in on that bu
Filing a revised indictment against the former president. Well have expert legal analysis on this new development in just a moment. Meanwhile, donald trump says he will debate Vice President Kamala Harris in two weeks, but the Harris Campaign now says one major issue still needs to be resolved. And we have more details unt the operation that rescued an israeli man who was held hostage by hamas for more than 300 days. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 28th. Im ali vitali, in for jhonattan lemere. Former President Donald Trump is blasting an indictment against him as a shocking and direct assault on democracy, in his words. Trump fired off that response on social media late yesterday just hours after he was indicted once again over his efforts to overturn his 2020 president ial election. That, of course, being the election he lost. The effort culminated in the january 6th, 2021 attack on it u. S. Capitol. Yesterday Special Counsel jack smith filed a supe
The sun coming up 6 00 a. M. Its wednesday, august 28th. And we have a lot to get to this morning. Including special counsel jack smith trying to salvage the federal Election Interference case against donald trump. Filing a formal indictment against the former president. Were going to bring you excellent analysis in just a moment. Meanwhile, donald trump now says that he will debate Vice President Kamala Harris in two weeks, but the Harris Campaign still needs to be resolved. And well have more details about that the operation that rescued an israeli man who was held hostage by hamas for more than 300 days. That comes as israel launches a broad operation in the west bank with raids and air strikes in that territory. Im Jonathan Lemire along with u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news katty kay in this morning for joe, mika and willie. Well be joined by Symone Sanderstownsend, and mike barnicle, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, you just saw her on way too early, ali vitali. Lo
Lucy williamson sent this report from the soroka medical centre in southern israel. Surrounded again by sunlight, by the sound of hebrew. Farhan alkadi, a 52 year old bedouin israeli, snatching a second chance at life. Crouched on the floor of a military helicopter, after 326 days in captivity, a smile. The start of his journey back home. At israel s soroka hospital, his last few moments in hiding. A wall of israeli soldiers shielding him from the world he left ten months ago. From a tunnel in gaza to an israeli ambulance in a couple of hours. His family racing the last few metres to greet him. Thin and pale but staff said in a good and stable condition. Translation: it is difficult to explain how it feels. It is better than having a newborn. We thank god and we thank everyone and hope to see him healthy. We re very happy, very happy. Israel s prime minister called to welcome him home, keen to be part of his release. We cannot go into many details of this special operation but i can sh