Prosecutor will begin presenting her case to grand jury setting up a fourth possible indictment. And speaking of iowa, ron sdaens did not have a great time there. He was heckled several times by Trump Supporters and trolled by the former president s campaign. Also ahead, a Special Counsel is appointed in the doj investigation of hunter biden. Well explain the new development. And plus an update on the Catastrophic Maui Wildfire which is now the deadliest in more than history. Joe, the scenes are just staggering. Yeah, what a tragedy. Unspeakable tragedy. And it seems to have been a Perfect Storm. Winds blowing and whipping around, a lot of people saying they should have turned off the electricity. But the response from officials, that is how they were keeping the water pumps going. Really just again a Perfect Storm, a disaster of unspeakable proportions for the people there. And well be covering that obviously across the four hours. And also a lot going on in politics this past weekend
Wavering on him ahead of next years elections. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, august 1st. We are in august already. I am jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this new month with a possible new indictment against former President Donald Trump for his alleged efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election. The grand jury Hearing Testimony in special counsel jack smiths investigation is expected to be back in session in washington today. Now its been two weeks since trump announced on social media that he received a Target Letter, which is an indication that charges could be brought in the very near future. That letter suggested that the former president could face charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, Depriving Voters of their rights, and witness tampering. Trump seems prepared to be preparing for another federal indictment against him, posting yesterday on truth social that he assumes one will be
stand. trump s time is limited and the judge wanted him to stick to the script he and haba agreed to and for the most part they did. let s go through the three questions haba asked him whil he was on the stand. first they asked trump do you standby your testimony in the deposition, the deposition he gave in this case. he replied 100% yes. then she asked did you deny the allegation because ms. carroll made an accusation. trump responded that s exactly right, yes, i did. she said something that i considered a false accusation, totally false. but then judge kaplan cut in. he wanted them to stick to the plan. he cut trump off saying everything he said after, yes, i did, is stricken. because remember they re not litigating here what is true and what is false in terms of what happened in that department store. that was litigated last summer. here haba s final question was did you ever instruct anyone to hurt ms. carroll in your statements. trump, said, no, i just wanted to defend m
to brief reporters. john kirby will be at her side as well after the death of two navy seals. we will be watching for this closely. those seals going missing in the waters during a mission to seize iranian weapons headed to yemen. all this as the tehran-backed terror group shows no signs of letting up. keenly interested what happens in the briefing room a few moments from now. sandra smith in new york. john: john roberts in washington. that weekend went by quickly, didn t it? president biden mourning the loss of two navy seals releasing a statement writing in part they represented the very best of our country. sandra: and it all comes as the biden administration is reportedly preparing for a sustained military campaign targeting the houthis as they continue to attack commercial shipping in the red sea. john: and breaking a short time ago, the pentagon revealing 11 iranian proxy attacks on u.s. bases in just the past five days, upping the total number of attacks to a w
of the hundredth day of the captivity of the hostages, and i ll tell you what, 1968 democratic convention in chicago, there was a lot of protests. this is protests against the biden administration, so i think that the democrats, secret service, everyone needs to be on alert for what could happen next. bill: we ll watch that. we ll wait to see whether or not there s another chapter to that in washington either today or coming up this week. that s one hour down, dana. dana: it is taye caucus crunch time iowa caucus crunch time. of it s freezing cold, but the candidates are are out in full force making their final pitch to voters. welcome to a brand new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: hello to you. short night. [laughter] right on. i m bill hemmer. the weather could have a major impact on turnout, so we think. we don t know. the wind chill getting as low as -45, that s cold enough to really cause a lot of health problems, right? iowans are