11 00 a. M. Eastern. We begin way Major Development and former president Donald Trumps legal battles. Special counsel jack smith filing a superseing indictment over its efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This comes nearly two months after the original case was derailed over a Landmark Supreme Court decision president s have broad immunity for official acts. The updated indictment, contains the original four charges trump pleaded not guilty to but some charges revised. Special counsel saying, the Superseding Indictment reflects the governments efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Courts holdings and remand instructions. Joining us now katie phang, msnbc legal contributor and paul butler former Federal Proecutor and msnbc legal analyst and msnbcs garrett haake. Walk us try the new versus the old one . Yes. Jose, start with the stuff that hasnt changed. Its the same four charges that were in the original indictment from last year. Its the same defendant. Donald trump. Theres n
Now, ahead. Vice president harris heads to the sun belt ready to fire up voters in Battleground Georgia as a state gop official says the race is tighter because of her. And israel sends tanks and troops into the west bank adding even more anger and instability in the region. Good to be with you. Im katy tur in for andrea mitchell. Jack smith has filed a new Superseding Indictment against donald trump for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election. While he doesnt add new charges, jack smith recasts his case as a prosecution of a Candidate Running for office, trying to work around the Supreme Court decision that gives president s broad immunity for, quote, official acts while in office. Gone are the conversations donald trump had with the doj. Gone is the primary reference to him as the 45th president. Instead, hes mainly described as a candidate and changed is coconspirators like Rudy Giuliani are described, they are, quote, private attorneys. Will that be enough . We have analysis
Interference. Special counsel jack smith Securing A Superseding indictment against the former president , a new grand jury hearing the evidence and determining crimes were committed. But the key difference tonight, some key claims removed. What it all has to do with that Blockbuster Supreme Court hearing on president ial immunity. Plus, after weeks, the harriswalz ticket agreeing to a sitdown interview. What we just learned. Also tonight, the extreme heat across the middle of the country. More than 70 million on alert. In chicago, the heat index hitting a sweltering 115 degrees. Plus, severe storms downing trees, unleashing hail and sending State Fair Goers Running for cover. In the northeast, the state reporting its first deadly case in ten years of a rare mosquitoborne virus. The deadly accident at atlantas airport. A plane tire reportedly exploding. Two workers killed, a third seriously injured. What were learning. The hostage rescued from gaza and back on israeli soil after 326 day
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Susan Harold Holzers is our second hour about your new book the president s versus press. While i invite people to find the first hour, for those who havent seen it, whats that the jist of your new book . Mr. Holzer the thesis is we may believe we are living through the most chaotic and unpleasant confrontational era ever between a president and the media. But in fact, its a long tradition in American Government and American Media history that president s and the press do not share the same interests and have been out war, and a sense, ever since george washington. Susan from the time you started this project, was it always it versus the press . Mr. Holzer im glad you asked. No. Originally it was the president s and the press. In my research about president kennedy, i found that he gave a very defensive speech in 1961 for the American Publishers Association in new york city. And during the speech he said, i wanted to call this speech the president versus the press because you are not a