my body clenched up. my stomach was in knots. and i just began praying. i just began praying for the return of them. a frndiend of the four americans kidnapped in mexico describing the moment she knew something was terribly wrong. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. let s begin with one trump investigation that could be close to a dramatic end. the new york times reporting that the manhattan d.a. s office has offered to let the former president testify next week before a grand jury. the times saying it is a signal that criminal charges are likely. this all has to do with that $130,000 in hush money paid to stormy daniels just before the 2016 presidential election. the adult film star claimed she had an affair with trump a decade earlier which he denies. investigators are looking into whether that payment for her silence broke campaign finance laws. trump has denied knowing about that payment. want to bring in david a
jackson, mississippi exposing years of negligence and misplaced priorities by the states republican governor. mississippi state senator salim norwood weighs in. and we will go live to the kennedy space station in florida where nasa is once again getting ready to launch its artemis 1 mission around the moon. all of that and more is coming up. and a happy labor day weekend to, you and katie fang. over the last 24 hours, we have learned several new pieces of information about donald trump and the classified documents found at mar-a-lago. one of them trump might as well have been featured on an episode of hoarders. according to newly released documents from the doj, the fbi found more than 10,000 government documents and photographs. those are just the ones with our classification markings. that s just the beginning. we will get into that in just a moment. i just how bad things look for trump right now? listen to what is former attorney general bill barr and one time ally is sa
Wild shootout. Guns pulled on this busy street. How road rage set off this dramatic keen in texas and how it ended. The security scare for Prince George the suspect inspyinging a target against the royal family. How tom bradys good looks are being used to stop drivers from speeding. A good morning to you all. We begin with winddriven wildfires in Southern California where officials have expanded evacuation orders to include the Ventura County town of ojai. Overall 150,000 are now under mandatory evacuation. So that fire in Ventura County has already burned more than 140 square miles and fire crews say theyre nowhere near containing it. In the meantime, l. A. s fire chief warns that todays brush burning number used to rate the threat of a brush fire is the highest hes seen in three decades. Wow, at least five fires are burning. More expected to erupt today because wins could reach Hurricane Force and Kenneth Moton has the latest from the front lines. Reporter new from overnight the cali
It ended. The security scare for Prince George, the suspect terror plot targeting the royal family. And stopping traffic. How football superstar tom bradys good looks are being used to stop drivers from speeding. A good morning to you all. We begin with those winddriven wildfires in Southern California where officials have expanded evacuation orders to include the Ventura County town of ojai. Overall 150,000 people are now under mandatory evacuation. So that fire in Ventura County has already burned more than 140 square miles and fire crews say theyre nowhere near containing it. In the meantime, l. A. s fire chief warns that todays brush burning index, which is the number used to rate the threat of a brush fire, is the highest hes seen in three decades. Wow, at least five fires are burning right now, but more are expected to erupt today beca winds could reach hurricane force. Abcs Kenneth Moton has the latest from the front lines. Reporter new from overnight the california wildfire thr
The discussion is three hours. Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Thank you for your patience. Im nick burns, director of Aspen Strategy Group and welcome to this session on American Global leadership in the 21st century. First, i want to thank dla piper for giving us the space is horny. We very much appreciate that. I want to thank all of you for being here, members of our Strategy Group, in particular senator dan of alaskan who im honored to interest you in a minute. Let me tell you about our program this morning. We at the Aspen Strategy Group are 35 years old. We have this radical notion that even in washington there can be an organization that is resolutely nonpartisan. We have been resolutely nonpartisan for 35 years. Our founders are bill perry, joan i, a lot. We meet annually in aspen, colorado to discuss and debate big ideas about america foreignpolicy and our Global Leadership in each year we hear a book based on our proceedings for publication in this years book is availa