Good day from msnbc in washington. Welcome. I am Allie Vitali in for alex. We begin, as you can hear the Election Music with decision 2024. 31 days until Election Day. Theres a lot going on this afternoon across the Campaign Trail, across the map. Vice president harris will speak in North Carolina, governor Tim Walz will be in ohio, former President Trump and senator Jd Vance returned to pennsylvania. This comes as Mailin Voting and Absentee Voting is underway in two dozen states. Vice president harris is coming up a week that included endorsements from Bruce Springsteen to former Congresswoman Lissa Cheney and Basketball Legend Magic johnson. We have one reaction from one michigan senator to the Vice President s message focused on jobs. It is close. We have Donald Trump and Jd Vance coming in every day and just plain saying lies. The reality is, michigan was not better off under Donald Trump. We did lose jobs, we had plants close, forget covid, this was before covid. We got 44 new pla
We begin this morning in hawaii where authorities have increased the death toll caused by the wildfires there, at least 55 people now confirmed dead from the raging inferno that swept through the town of lahaina. The community there is just devastated from the loss. We are going to try our very best to identify those that have perished so that the families can have their closure and can have that understanding. When the mayor said it is all gone, it is all gone. It is all gone. It is gone. The governor estimated thursday that about 80 of the overall lahaina area was destroyed. County officials in maui say the fire there is mostly contained. The federal government also swinging into action with President Biden issuing a Disaster Declaration for maui and parts of the big island. And sfeefema oig administrator traveling there today. And i want to bring in a woman who is safe but also separated from her family. Her parents home has burnedsis firefighter there. First of all, how are you doi
The lead starts right now. Donald defiant. Back on the campaign trail this afternoon, pushing back on prosecutors who want to restrict what he can say publicly about the federal indictment. Plus, that hideous river boat drbrawl, after a man was rushed by a group of wight men. And americans in Credit Card Debt, surpassing 1 trillion as more americans pull from their own Retirement Savings for help. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. Were going to start with our Law And Justice lead. The Federal Grand Jury here in washington, d. C. , the same one that indicted donald trump last week, is back Behind Closed Doors today. For the First Time Since handing down those unprecedented charges for Donald Trumps unprecedented actions. It is a clear sign that the investigation into the efforts to over turn the 2020 election is not over. And it raises questions about six coconspirators listed in the indictment and whether they could soon also face federal charges for their actions. We also just got
Just ago to New Hampshire or iowa because im in a courtroom. She is expected to present her case to the grand jury starting next week. Ohio, we did it im so happy that my brothers and sisters across the entire state of ohio said yes, you still matter. Leader of the coast guard at the time helped cover years. Time and time again, the academy and the institutions dont protect their people. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is wednesday, august 9, 9 00 a. M. In london, 4 00 a. M. In atlanta where a possible fourth indictment could come next week for donald trump over his attempts to overturn the 2020 Election Results in georgia. Fani willis could seek several indictments in. Reporter judge chutkan has scheduled a hearing for friday at 10 00 a. M. To hear arguments from exactly how evidence will be handled in this case. The Special Counsel has been lobbying for a broad Protective Order to limit the ability the former president has to share Sensiti
pay them but to stop lying about them. texas governor signing a bill that makes entering texas illegally a state crime w. why do we have to carry our passports around. governor abbott said we also welcome a supreme court decision that would overturn the precedent set in the arizona case. massive volcano erupting on iceland s peninsula. the haze of fire. it seems that the lava flows are changing direction away from the town. good morning, everyone. i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. donald trump and his top rivals for the gop presidential nomination all hitting the campaign trail there today. nikki haley, ron desantis about to kick off a busy day of campaign events across the state and trump is set to speak there at a rally tonight. the big push in iowa comes less than four weeks before the caucuses. tonight, we ll see if trump keeps amping up that dark, anti-immigrant rhetoric we heard during his campaign rallies over the last several days, la