Long have you been i dont know watchers dreaming August 30 exclusively on max good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta washington. We begin this morning with a defiant Special Counsel in a furious former president , in a reworked January 6 indictment, federal prosecutors are making clear they are not backing down despite last month Supreme Court ruling giving for president s immunity from prosecution for official actions we will dig into the differences between this indictment and the original end moments, but the main points of the allegations remain that Donald Trump attempted to defraud the government by obstructing the certification of the 2020 election and tried to strip voters of their rights. All four of the Felony Charges remain and in true, trump fashion. He took to truth, social his social Video Network to rant calling the Indictment And Act of desperation and ridiculous and calling for the case to be immediately dismissed, joining me now, senior crime an
behind us, end quote. not really. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer. he s in the situation room, actually he s replaced by alex marquardt today. i ll see you soon. happening now, donald trump brushes off questions about a report you heard first right here on cnn, that is, federal prosecutors now in possession of audiotapes undercutting trump s defense over retaining classified documents. we re also getting reaction from one of the former president s previous attorneys. in the senate the debt ceiling deal could come to a final vote as soon as tonight. even as members of both parties raise serious concerns. majority leader chuck schumer telling senators, they have to stay in session until the bill passes. and russia says that regions near the border with ukraine have suffered dozens of attacks in just the last day. the kremlin condemning international silence over the recent strikes on russian territory. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and
was a hoax, two impeachments were a hoax, the mueller investigation was a hoax and much more. same sleazy people involved. and in the days after, trump kept bringing up that washington post report again and again and again. on august 26th, affidavit heavily redacted. nothing mentioned on nuclear. a few days later, again, quote, what happened to nuclear, a word that was leaked early on by fbi doj to the fake news media? something about that whole nuclear thing really irked donald trump. it really got right under his skin. but besides trump s littleout burst for days after that reporting we heard nothing about the washington post s reporting on those nuclear secrets, no other news outlets confirm the post s along-terming reporting. but then a week ago, a week ago tonight, the justice department revealed in a court filing in an unsealed subpoena from may for those documents that the doj was looking for documents at mar-a-lago, ones that including classification called formally
asylum seekers in new york today and what officials say are the largest single day of migrants in the city so far. a small amount of rain. it is more than enough to force dozens of people to be evacuated from a national park in new mexico. health officials trying a new tactic to protect the most vulnerable from monkeypox by distributing the vaccine at pride parades. we begin with what s been the largest single day arrival of migrants in new york city to date. a mix of individuals now starting a new life in new york. after a 1700 mile trip from texas. these people to some degree are political pawns in a fight over u.s. immigration. texas governor abbott who sent thousands of migrants to cities like new york and washington, d.c. say it is president biden s border policies that forced the hand. democrats like new york mayor called the program inhumane with migrants said to be arriving hungry, thirsty and sick. abbott is just acting out of desperation was political said. this i
the justice department is considering its next steps after a federal judge today granted former president trump s request for that independent special master. judge aileen cannon who trump nominated to the bench said a third party is needed to review the items that the fbi seized from mar-a-lago. the doj is looking into whether the former president improperly kept classified and top secret documents at his florida estate. joins me now is cnn s sara murray and cara skinnal. walk us through the ruling? she s cited a number of reasons for why she feels the special master is necessary. she said there are swirling allegations of bias and media leaks and pointed to trump s individual interest in and need for this seized property and pointed to two instances where the investigative team was exposed to material that was later deemed potentially privileged so essentially saying we need more than just the filter team in place to ensure that the former president s rights are being pro