Sandra what could happen . John im John Roberts in washington. Wow, sandra. It just doesnt stop. Nevery day its new to us. John im Sandra Smith in new york. We have a big hour for you. This case stems from a yearlong investigation. The president s son is charged with three felonies and six misdemeanors concerning 1. 4 million in owed taxes that have since been paid. No statement yet from the first family, and Kamala Harris declined to speak to this moments ago, that we did just hear from Karine Jeanpierre. She is declining to comment specifically as well, although she said there will still not be a pardon by the president , john. John yes, the answer that question is still a no, and as we pointed out, right up until it is a yes. And President Biden ignored questions from the press as he boarded Marine One earlier. Listen to this. Mr. President, will you commute your Sons Sentence . Are you glad your son has pled in his case . John yes, the dulcet sounds of the auxiliary Power Unit on a
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
people from grave dangers on social media, with angry victims relatives in the room. i ll speak with a senator that co-s co-sponsored, richard blumenthal. donald trump meets with the teamsters, hoping to drive a wedge between president joe biden and his traditionally loyal allies in organized labor, this as nikki haley is unleashing her sharpest attacks on him yet. and a dire new warning from the fbi director, that chinese hackers are preparing to, quote, wreak havoc on the united states. stand by for details on potential targets and the serious harm that could come too americans. welcome to our viewers around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex mar equity. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, some of the biggest nay in the tech industry confronted about the perils of social media, and many young people who are suffering, even dying. cnn s tom foreman has more on the often combative senate hearing, which included a stunning apology. you
has to have somebody to go to do complain. there is no commission to go to that can punish you. there is not one law on the book because you oppose everything we do and you can t be sued. that has to stop, folks. how do you expect the people in the audience to believe that we re going to help their families if we don t have some system or combination of systems to hold these people accountable because for all the up side, the dark side is too great to live with. we do not need to live this way as americans. thank you, senator graham. senator klobuchar is next. she s been quite a leader on the subject for quite a long time. the shield act and with senator cornyn on the revenge porn legislation. senator klobuchar. thank you very much, chairman durbin, and thank you ranking member graham for those words. i couldn t agree more. for too long we have been seeing the social media companies turn a blind eye when kids have joined these platforms in record numbers. they have used a
tech execs were accused of having blood on their hands. a parent that he apologized to is here tonight. plus, the fate of ukraine s top general up in the air this evening. could a major military shake-up be under way? we have brand-new cnn reporting on what it means for the state of the war. also tonight, a stark warning from the fbi director on major threats that are facing the united states. christopher wray says hackers in china are preparing to wreak havoc, and we aren t paying enough attention. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. it s incredibly rare these days to see any kind or shred of unity on capitol hill, but even more astonishing, what we saw today were the words that were directed at the chief executives of the five big tech companies today. meta, tiktok, snap, discord, and x, formerly known as twitter. angry members of the senate judiciary committee confronting them about their companies ties to the deaths of children, kids who were in some way