Filing a revised indictment against the former president. Well have expert legal analysis on this new development in just a moment. Meanwhile, donald trump says he will debate Vice President Kamala Harris in two weeks, but the Harris Campaign now says one major issue still needs to be resolved. And we have more details unt the operation that rescued an israeli man who was held hostage by hamas for more than 300 days. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 28th. Im ali vitali, in for jhonattan lemere. Former President Donald Trump is blasting an indictment against him as a shocking and direct assault on democracy, in his words. Trump fired off that response on social media late yesterday just hours after he was indicted once again over his efforts to overturn his 2020 president ial election. That, of course, being the election he lost. The effort culminated in the january 6th, 2021 attack on it u. S. Capitol. Yesterday Special Counsel jack smith filed a supe
Landmark immunity ruling, but will the courts allow the updated charges to stand . Plus a busy day on the trail. Vice president harris and governor walz head to georgia for a Campaign Bus Tour ahead of their first joint interview. The stakes for that sitdown. And later israel launches the largest raids of the occupied west bank in at least 20 years. At least nine People Killed with the operation still ongoing. We are live in the region. It is 10 00 eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im jose diazbalart in for ana cabrera. We begin this morning with special counsel jack smith attempting to revive the federal Election Interference case against former President Trump, with a new Superseding Indictment. This new indictment includes the same charges as the original, but some of the details of the accusations have been tweaked after the Supreme Courts recent ruling granting president s broad immunity for official acts. Joining us now nbcs vaughn hillyard, also with us msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa
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
And the concerns that he could still play spoiler. And breaking news, the fbi holds a briefing on the gunman who shot donald trump, revealing images of the weapons discovered and new details about what he was searching for online. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. Lets start in battleground georgia, the big kickoff for Kamala Harriss statewide swing, just a couple of hours away now. Nbcs mike memoli is in savannah. What are we expecting, mike . Reporter well, chris, the Vice President now on her way here to georgia, and the goal for the harris walz ticket is to take the energy, the Excitement We Saw in the arena in chicago and bring it to the battlegrounds into southeast georgia, part of a Battleground State where we havent seen much president ial activity. The stat of the day, chris, is this, there has not been a general election president ial Campaign Event for a democratic candidate in this part of the state since the mid90s. That just tells you th
Trolling trump, the Harris Campaign tonight, taking on the former president as he threatens to drop out of the upcoming debate we have some new reporting this hour on whats happening inside the trump campaign. Plus carville and begala together again, out, why they both insist trump is still going to dump fans. But tonight, they actually have an idea for who the replacement for vance to be and Breaking News this hour, two major developments on the trump legal front tonight is doj is trying to revive the Trump Classified docs case lets go by friends and good evening. Im erin burnett and outfront tonight, trump threatening to drop out of the upcoming debate. The former president casting doubt about whether he will in fact debate Vice President harris. That is scheduled to take place on september 10, the participate in the abc debate. When you watch this weekend and its the worst of all networks. When i looked at the hostility give that i said, why am i doing it . Lets do it with another n