Donald trumps trial on charges he tried to steal the 2020 election. In a court filing today, Special Counsel jack smith asked for a start date of january 2nd, 2024. He said this would vindicate the publics interest in a speedy trial, that will ultimately be decided by the judge presiding in that case, judge tanya chutkan. But even assuming she chooses a somewhat later start, there may be some delays along the way, donald trump is probably going to face trial in this case before the president ial election next november. Though he does have one critical possible hail mary remaining. He and his lawyers could try to somehow find a way to kick the case up to the Supreme Court, where the conservative majority would rescue him. That was one of the last desperate plans for Donald Trumps coup back in 2021, to get the Supreme Court to rule in his favor. We know theres at least one very conservative justice who one of trumps Coup Plotters thought would be particularly inclined to help out. I spea
Threatening federal prosecutors. Today, the judge in that case could decide exactly how much he can talk about it. It comes as federal prosecutors are now pushing for a trial right after new years day. Cue up u2. Well have much more on trumps legal issues ahead. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is i mean, come on, man, its august. Its august. This is moving. This year is moving too fast. Its midaugust. You know, you get old like me, and it just flies, right . Its august 11th. With us, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, Jonathan Lemire. Host of politics nations, wearing tan today, the reverend al sharpton. Looks good. Come on, man. President obama wore tan, and look what happened. It was a big news story. With me, its just another day. Can you believe that . That was a big news story. The president of the United States wearing tan in the white house. We have a the same people that were upset by that are now, like, hey, its really cool. We su
The jail is open 24 7. An open invitation from the Fulton County sheriff to donald trump and his codefendants as we learn the former president is in talks right now over when he will turn himself in. Details on when we could see him surrender. A Climbing Death Toll and a growing recognition of just how much maui has lost. Authorities in hawaii trying now to identify some of the wildfire victims. And the white house announces that President Biden will travel there next week to tour the aftermath for himself. Plus biden selling bidenomics. Polls still show, though, the voters arent buying it. What is the disconnect even in a Strong Economy . We are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. The countdown has begun, and the jailers are waiting. Donald trump and his 18 codefendants have nine days left to turn themselves in at the Fulton County jail near downtown atlanta. Were keeping a close eye on that live feed right there. That
Well see what happens. Kelly and i will speak with some voters that tell us what they would like to see and hear from the candidates on the stage and the message that they have ahead of the debate for former President Donald Trump as well. First, President Biden is about to make some remarks on the u. S. Economy. Theyve been pushing bidenomics very hard over the past couple days. Clearly this is central to the president s reelection push. Yesterdays speech though after it kind of got fact checked by many, it ran into some serious headwinds. Its a Head Scratcher as to why he brings up some of these things that are so easily unwound on the truth meter. There were about seven or eight of them in this speech that got picked apart one by one. Were not going to go through them all. The question is why he keeps raising the same things over that get debunked. Heres one random one. The president said i saw this Bridge Collapse in pittsburgh when i was on the scene last year. Watch this. I watch
Claims, i shared intelligence about the pending attack so everyone was aware and knew it was happening, the Intelligence Community didnt know the gate but accessed it would be abby gate. That is not all. Another officer giving more insight to how much the u. S. Knew about the impending attack and the inaction. Quote, Intelligence Officers knew that isis k was staging in a hotel two to three kilometers west of the International Airport and general donohue asked the taliban to conduct an assault on the hotel but they never did. These are some of the most present revelations that have come to light how seem league poorly the Biden Administration seemingly poorly the budget handled americas withdraw from afghanistan, republicans reacting to the new report. U. S. Intelligence had isis k, in their sights knowing they were plotting to take out abby gate on the very same day that it was taken down when the Suicide Bomber went off. They asked the taliban to go in, the taliban denied, u. S. Inte