Thing, nonsense all right . All right. Kara swisher. Thank you so much. Great to see you. Thanks for joining us. The news continues here on cnn i welcome to viewers joining us from the united states, canada, and all around the world. Im Christina Macfarlane, Max Foster, just ahead. Donald trump hit with a revamped indictment the Department Of Justice tries to work around a controversial immunity ruling by the Supreme Court ahead. And israeli operation in the West Bank leaves multiple palestinians dead. What the idf says they were targeting following a highly contested election venezuelan opposition supporters escape persecution at home to build a new life abroad from london this is Cnn Newsroom with Max Foster and Christina Macfarlane and we begin with that new indictment against Donald Trump for his involvement in the January 6 insurrection. He is not off the hook for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election. The Justice Department special counsel, Jack Smith betting the new
Its about being seen and been heard live. From london. This is Cnn Newsroom with Max Foster and christina macfarlane. Hello, a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u. S. And around the world. Im Max Foster and im christina macfarlane. Its wednesday, august 28, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington, where the u. S. Justice department is keeping the Election Subversion Case five, against Donald Trump, special Counsel Jack Smith filed a Slimmer Indictment against the former president for his involvement in the January 6 insurrection that hes betting will hold up to the supreme courts divisive ruling on president ial immunity last month, which granted trump sweeping protections. Trump is by no means off the hook for allegedly attempting to so overturn the 2020 election. The shorter documents still charges him with the same four Felony Counts that he faced before, which include conspiracy to defraud the united states and obstruction. But removes key parts of the origi
And also Johnson Johnson, just releasing the results from its phase three trials. Saying in its announcement it is 66 Efficacy Rate overall. 85 against severe disease. Still notably lessective than the vaccines from pfizer and moderna. What does the biden team say about that . The White House Press secretary just said this morning that President Biden is encouraged by the data coming out from j j but also said that the politicians will leave it to the scientists who we should hear from any moment. While were standing by. Lets bring in Elizabeth Cohen following the latest developments. So on this announcement from Johnson Johnson, what are they saying . Basically the bottom line here, kate, is that this vaccine does work well against covid 19, this j j vaccine. Im going to jump in. Andy slavic, one of the members of the Covid Response team is beginning the briefing now. On both the successes and the hurdles we face. I hope on these calls, that the public will get a regular and consisten
Buts. Lawmakers are struggling to come to any sort of agreement. And President Biden wont rule out democrats acting alone to bring relief to millions of americans. This, as Johnson Johnson says its Covid Vaccine is 66 effect against moderate december but 85 effective against severe disease. Lets start with the latest on the Sprawling Investigation on the attack on the u. S. Capitol. Jessica sh insider is working the story for us. The manhunt for whoever planted those bombs is clearly intensifying. Reporter it is, wolf. The fbi does have new clues, but the suspect is still out there. Theres concern from Law Enforcement tonight that he or she might be plotting even more bombings out there. Now this comes as were getting a glimpse inside the Capitol Insurrection from a Police Officers perspective. But a warning here, this video is graphic and quite disturbing. A major mystery mounts tonight. Who planted the two pipe bombs blocks away from the capitol near the republican and Democratic Nat
And a sudden turn of events. A freshman republican with a documented history of publicly supporting dangerous and violent Conspiracy Theories refusing to back down when faced with her own words and also a Republican House conference that despite a dramatic meeting last night, that went late into last night, they have decided to do nothing to rebuke her and what she stands for. So today there will be a full house vote on a measure that will strip Marjorie Taylor greene of her committee assignments. A vote that will also force republicans to go on the record on where they stand when it comes to the Conspiracy Theories that led to the January 6th Insurrection on capitol and are being embraced by some of their own members, some of the new members. And as you could see in Marjorie Taylor greene. Well hear this house from the white house. Theyve taken a Firm Position they are not going to discuss Marjorie Taylor greene from the Briefing Room. But will the president s Press Secretary have a r