Also hearing testimony on that case before a Second Grand Jury in d. C. And this hour in ohio, voters are voting on a state constitutional amendment that could make it harder to pass ballot issues including the right to an abortion. A big test in a critical election state. And its too darn hot for millions of americans continuing to feel the impact of blazing summer heat causing severe summer storms, storm damage. Flight cancellations across the midwest and again on the east coast. And good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where u. S. District judge Tanya Chutkan has ordered a hearing no later than this friday on what is usually a standard order in the d. C. Circuit against the exposure of Grand Jury Testimony once they receive it from prosecutors. In a filing monday afternoon, attorneys for mr. Trump objecting to what as i say is usually a standard usually agreed upon agreement in the circuit. Writing the government requests the court assume the role of censor and impos
fundraising. but this is going to be one of those seminole campaign swings that goes for a criminal battleground state out west. and ahead, he s got a relatively mixed record when it comes to land preservation. it s reminiscent to a degree what barack obama had where there was some drilling but conservation, too. what i found interesting about this trip, showing what the media is going to be doing tomorrow, he s scheduled to do an interview with the weather channel which is called platform for the president. it s quite an interesting tradition of presidents including obama using alternative media, in obama s case bear grylls doing an interview in a glacier. this is to really get a message out around climate change and progressive heat. and arizona hit particularly
time here because it s taken a couple of days although she s not postponed the hearing date which was august 28th. what s your take on this, paul, as a constitutional lawyer, law professor and former prosecutor? yeah, a criminal prosecutor has the right to the see the evidence against them. it s very common in these cases for a judge to restrict how the defendant can use the evidence. we re going to see a lot more of these dustups. what s really revealing is the dispatch with which judge cannon files the motion on friday. on saturday, judge chutkan orders trump s team to respond. they have to respond by monday. they said, judge, can i have more time? when she said monday, i meant monday. and now she is going to have a
hard. this is for the president geographically and from an outreach perspective. and, just, sam, one thought is that the ukraine war interfered with some of his ways to combat fossil fuels. because they had to ramp up with the gas and people are worried about the gas prices again on the rise with the heat wave. exactly. and just a whole lot of cross-currents. exactly. i will say, as you noticed very well, they are particularly obsessed inside the white house with the price of gas, they were in light of the 2022 elections. obviously, the war in ukraine worsened the situation. i know this is top of mind for the president and his team. at the same time, they do have to balance what is a huge constituency in the party. environmentalists and people who are deeply concerned about climate change. including a lot of young voter which is is a key bloc they need. gas prices always, first thing
order. all of that in washington, there are new developments in the mar-a-lago classified documents criminal trial. florida district judge aileen cannon, according to a legal filing first obtained by the daily beast, judge cannon now taking action on the d.c. judge s order outlined in a superseding order. throughout all of this, mr. trump remains defiant and aggressive on social media as he headed to new hampshire for a campaign event. nbc s vaughn hillyard is in windham, new hampshire, vaughn, what is mr. trump saying about all of this? reporter: for donald trump, andrea, there s so much legal time to be had before this legal counsel actually have to go into a courtroom and actually defend him in front of a jury. so for donald trump he has the benefit he has the department of justice, the special counsel s office, technically a communications department.