Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us. It is a tuesday, full of news. Victor blackwell by my side. Good morning. Good to be back. Good to have you. Here all week. Five things to know for this tuesday, august 8th. New this morning, the east coast cleaning up after deadly storms, trees are down, roads are blocked. Hundreds of thousands of people without power. Already more than 300 flights cancelled. Happening today, the police chief in montgomery, alabama, is expected to reveal more information about that brawl that broke out on the citys river front. It started after a black dock worker was attacked by a group of white people. So far no arrests. But four warrants have been issued. Right now, Los Angeles City workers are on a 24hour strike. 11,000 workers including Sanitation Workers, engineers, life guards, all headed for the picket lines. They say its a fight for fair contracts. This hour, polls open in ohio as Voters Decide whether to make it harder to amend their state const
Now. I am writing myself a note. Its worth just put the 20 bucks in. Buy lottery ticket. Its tonight, right . Yeah. To do. I will do that. Maybe ill see you back here tomorrow morning. Would you come back if you won . Yes. Oh, okay. You not . No. A billion and a half dollars . Yes, i would. I like what i do. I like it too. But not when im a billionaire. I hear you, my friend, victor. Lets get to the powerful storms ripping across the east coast. Theyve been deadly. We know this morning at least two people have died, Hundreds Of Thousands of people, though, waking up to Power Outages this morning. Oh my god. That is a tree snapped in half in north carolina. While indiana residents are digging out after a tornado touched down there. Maryland state police say 47 people were rescued after being trapped in their vehicles for hours. Look at this. This is the people who were trapped between these power lines. Today already nearly 900 flights have been delayed. More than 300 cancelled. Here is
Partner eric visited the Obama White House far more than previously thought. The new review bumps the number up from 27 to 36 visits. All of this could mean republican lawmakers want to hear, of course from him asap. Devon archer interview quite the trove of information of joe bidens ties to Hunters Business Dealings and now fox obtained a 2011 a letter showing how close then vp biden was to archer and one line reading this, i hope i get to see you again soon with hunter. Hunter dont make the biden family has some explaining to do. This is about paying for the biden family. Do you believe we are looking at a Bribery Scandal with Joe Biden Wwho is now president . I dont know any other family that puts together the government 20 Show Incumbents the Vice President of america. My family has no Show Incumbents. There is enough proof the biden family needs to come forward and show there wasnt a pay to play. America deserves more. Julie we start with Julian Turner who joins us live from the w
And around the world. Max foster has the week off. Just ahead on cnn newsroom trumps lawyers arguing that they shouldnt be restricted from talking publicly about some evidence in the election interference probe. The American People have a right to know what the evidence is in this case. Severe thunderstorms with strong winds and heavy rains causing damage across the country. The rain was literally sideways, one of the worst ive seen. Ukraines Intelligence Service says it foiled a russian plot to assassination zelenskyy. No secret that he is al likey a russian target. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with hmax foster and bianca nobilo. It is tuesday, august 8, 9 00 a. M. In london, 4 00 a. M. In washington where the judge in Donald Trumps Election Sub Version Case seems committed to moving forward with a speedy trial. She wants to hold a hearing this week about the handling of evidence and potential restrictions on what trump can say about the case in public. Prosecutors and trump
Rights could be limited if theres a nondisclosure order in the case. Of course this is also coming as we are learning more about a foiled plot in ukraine when it comes to ukrainian president zelenskyy. What we are hearing about this informant. He was apparently passing along key intelligence about the ukrainian leader. Also tonight, we have one of the greatest athletes of all time here to join us. Katie ledecky has swung her way into the world record books, defeating Michael Phelps, taking out one of his titles he previously held. Well talk to her live in just a moment. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. As we noted, tonight we are waiting to potentially hear any moment from the judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case. As we wait, the Special Counsels team has just responded to trump and his attorneys from a filing they sent in just about three hours ago, where they complain that his Free Speech Rights could be limited if theres a nondisclosure order over evidence