Atlanta, and its sparking speculation that another indictment could be coming very soon for the former president. And also ahead well look at a special election today in the state of ohio that could change the rules for amending that states constitution and how it could impact Abortion Rights there. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, august 8th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. Well get right to the news, and it was another fast moving night on the legal front yesterday in the newest federal case against donald trump. Judge Tanya Chutkan has summoned both sides to appear for a hearing no later than this friday, after they were unable to reach an agreement on the terms of a protective order requested by special counsel jack smith. Just before 5 00 p. M. Yesterday trumps lawyers filed a response pushing back at smiths motion to bar trump from sharing sensitive evidence on social media. They argued this and ill quote, in a trial amount Firs
Months, the former president of the United States has been indicted, arrested, and a range. And lets face it, weve become oddly familiar with how this all goes. Theres the release of the indictment itself, helicopters following black suvs, and of course, the court sketches, all followed by a barrage of deranged posts on truth social. Theres a bit of a rinse and repeat feeling that starting to set in. But this one did feel different, because it is different. It felt bigger, because it is bigger. The indictment filed by Special Counsel jack smith this week detailed the ways in which an american president engaged in a criminal conspiracy from the oval office to subvert the will of the people. Of course, like any criminal defendant, trump is innocent until proven guilty. There will be a trial, and his legal team will mount a defense. But no matter how it ends, this is the one that historians will be talking about 100 years from now. Trump is now facing four criminal counts in this case, in
Of the country are finally getting a break. Plus donald trump enters yet another plea. And the Social Media Event in new york that got completely out of hand. Which influencer brought out the mob and the charges he faces. One in five is starting their weekend under a heat advisory. In phoenix theyre putting sunscreen on the road to keep the pavement cool. Its called cool pavement. It kept roads up to 12 degrees cooler. Tennessee river valley and parts of the northeast and plains and Jennifer Gray has more on whats in store. The oppressive heat will continue to be a big story this weekend and actually build as we get into the beginning part of next week. You can see already excessive Heat Warnings for a huge chunk of the south. Heat advisories, as well. Excessive Heat Warnings. A couple of days they got a break but back in it. 107 degrees in dallas for a High Temperature today. Phoenix, 115. Las vegas, 107. Oklahoma city at 102 so temperatures across the south are going to stay above av
Lawrence that music gets me fired up. Its Super Tuesday. And polls are open in maine, massachusetts, North Carolina, virginia. And vermont. 15 States Holding races today with 854 delegates up for grabs on the republican side. Brian i prefer Eye Of The Tiger although this is my second favorite. I dont know what rockie he was. In live team coverage, will cain is talking to voters in texas. We hope they talk back. Steve screen right we are joined right now by Jacqui Heinrich she is live at the white house. And jacqui, the people up on the second floor are going to be watching the Election Results tonight with baited breath. Jacqui thats right, good morning to you guys. Yeah, President Bidens campaign has been very interested in what is happening in the republican primary. Assurance all but one of the counties 1 million voted half of them other than trump. They are watching these returns longer nikki haley stays in the race the better for President Biden. They look at the 854 republican de
On the books and what implications would that have for trump were he convicted. Thank you so much. Got to leave it there today. Very busy day. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Good morning, it is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We begin with Breaking News from the u. S. Supreme court, which unanimously ruled that states cannot remove former President Trump from the ballot over his actions leading to the january 6th attack on the capitol under the 14th Amendment to the constitution. As the justices wrote in their opinion, quote, because the constitution makes Congress Rather than the states responsible for enforcing section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates we reverse. Colorado Secretary Of State Jena Griswold reacted on x saying she was disappointed by the decision ask that colorado should be able to bar oath breaking insurrectionists from our ballot, and donald trump reacted on his social media website calling it a big win for