For the next debate. State of the union live tomorrow morning at nih you re in the cnn newsroom. I m jessica dean in new york and this how are we are still following breaking news out of gaza, israeli forces saying they quote, located a number of bodies during combat in the gaza strip cnn international diplomatic editor, nic robertson is joining us live from jerusalem. Nic, we re still learning more details and expect more details. What do you know right now yeah, that statement by the idf is unusual. They would not normally talk about finding bodies and being in the process of a combat operation. They wouldn t comment on those details. Normal normally, i think the expectation here is for the people of israel when they hear this and for the families of the hostages, and we should be very clear here, the idf is only talking about discovering bodies, but obviously for the families of the hostages, when the idf says something like that, they re going to listen to this still stands to be p
We today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law. We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone their evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizen sdpgs we look at the fact, we look at the law and we bring charges. For the fourth time in as many months donald trump, the former president of the United States, is facing a criminal indictment. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, august 15th. Lets dive right into the latest indictment for the former president. The charges are from Fulton County, georgia, where trump and 18 others were named in a sweeping 41count indictment targeting alleged attempts to overturn the states 2020 Election Results, Fulton County District Attorney fani willis announced the charges just before midnight. The states role in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia like every state has laws that allow those who believe that results
one expert says nothing gets the jury s attention like the defendant on tape. and he will join me next. also this hour, defiant words, steps from red square, president vladimir putin s new message to military and law enforcement in the wake of the rebellion. does the west now have an opening to negotiate? and from sweltering heat to grape-sized ice shooting from the sky, tens of millions across the country are being hit with extreme weather as flights across the country are hit with massive delays and cancellations. but we begin with a key piece of evidence in the classified documents case surrounding former president trump. now available for everyone to hear. this new recording obtained first by cnn takes us inside a 2021 conversation in bedminster between trump, his staff and people working on a memoir for mark meadows. the sound putting trump s voice to the text in the federal indictment with him clear as day declaring this is secret information. take a listen. this
Smerconish is up next is it, 1968 . The sequel Michael Smerconish in philadelphia this week in a deja vu of the vietnam era, Police Officers in riot gear across the country were called in to disperse antiwar protesters from College Campuses when they cleared out columbia universitys hamilton hall, it was on the 56th Anniversary of police arrests, ending a Student Takeover about the Vietnam Conflict in the exact same building and this august even more deja vu, the Democratic National convention will take place in chicago the same city which hosted the 1968 dnc, which was famously disrupted by both chaotic radical antiwar protests and the violent response of the police a bit of history, 1968 included lbj deciding not to seek reelection because of vietnam. Four days later, the assassination of Martin Luther king junior race riots, then the assassination of democratic frontrunner robert f. Kennedy, the republican challenger, Richard Nixon, who had lost to jfk in 1960, was promising to end
In an investigation that implicates either me or my campaign because youre my Attorney General. Its my Justice Department and whats more, you can be a hero to conservatives if youll investigate my vanquished rival. When we meet with parliamentarians from emerging democracies we always urge them when you win an election, you dote seek to jail the losing side. Here our own president of the United States is trying to do exactly that. How big a deal is it fundamentally . Well, its a big deal in this respect. Its further evidence of a corrupt intent on the president s part. Further evidence that he may have violated the law by obstructing justice in the firing of comey. But in other efforts, as well. One of the other disturbing signs we saw just today is the president s announcement that hes going to pardon someone who had violated Campaign Finance laws by surreptitiously exceeding limits. It looks a lot like a message to Michael Cohen who may also be
implicated in exceeding Campaign Limits