Earned more than a billion dollars. Thank you for hanging out. Im omar jimenez. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us. Good morning, phil. Good morning. There was a big game this morning. So i thought it was going to be awesome to wake up at 3 00 a. M. And have an amazing game on. And then it turned out to be the most stressful two hours of my life. And i dont like it anymore. Arent you supposed to be reading for the show. Im totally prepped with womens soccer. Well see how that goes. A lot happened overnight. From politics to gio politics to the womens world cup, of course. Lets get started with five things to know for this tuesday, august 1st. Today could be charging decision day for former President Donald Trump and the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. That grand jury will meet just hours from now. And new this morning, Donald Trumps Political Action committee is almost out of cash. It began last year with m
cultive personality. there are people, republican primary voters who will stick with donald trump despite anything that happens. we have seen it. there s been indictment after indictment and there are at least two more we can expect to come. i don t think he s going to lose his entire base when these next two indictments come out. ron, your column this morning hits on exactly this. the headline why trump s indictments haven t shattered the deadlock between parties i ll read what was so striking from it. these forces face the immovable and geographic divisions tha produced one of the longest periods in american history whicher party has been able to establish a decisive advantage over the other. the parties now represent coalitions with such diversive visions of america s future, it s u what could allow one side to break between the close competitiobetween them and that includes the prospect of republicans choosing a presidential nominee who could be shuttling between the campaign t