President and gop president ial candidate mike pence join me ahead, and picking a fight. Trumps legal woes rattle the republican field again. Stand up to that man. While Kamala Harris takes her fight to florida. This is unnecessary. Our Political Panel will break it all down. Plus, disagree better. Two bipartisan governors launch a new campaign to save your Family Dinners and maybe even democracy itself. Its okay to disagree. Its not just okay, its crucial. Governors jared polis and spencer cox join us live. Hello. Im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is wondering if a third shoe is about to drop. This weekend former President Donald Trump finds himself once again at the center of the legal and political universe as he awaits a potential third indictment. This time over his efforts to overturn the 2020 president ial election. Hes effectively frozen the republican primary race while candidates wait to see what exactly special counsel jack smith may have uncovered babo
good morning, everyone. phil is making jokes before 6:00 a.m. it s friday. we re glad you re with us. five things to know for this friday, september 8th. we want to start with weather breaking overnight. hurricane lee intensify ing int a category 5 storm with sustained winds of 160 miles per hour. that was double what it was 24 hours ago. the big question, is it going to hit the east coast or make a turn and stay in the atlantic. and eight sightings, but an escaped murderer is still on the run. and new overnight, we re hearing from the american trapped 3,000 feet deep in a cave. he says he was very close to the edge suffering from internal bleeding and rescuers saved his life. this morning for if the first time we re expected to see the full report from the special grand jury in georgia. they are investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll see if it has any new information that was not included in the indictments against former president trump and his 18
underground and israel believes hostages could be there as well. i ll speak to the republican and democratic leaders of the house foreign affairs committee, chairman mccall and ranking member back from israel. all as president biden prepares for a critical summit with china s president xi jinping today. can they reset relations after a year of escalating tensions? and republican presidential candidate chris christie joins me, the first of the candidates to go to israel and learn more about the challenges, as well as the challenges we discussed. i will be on the debate stage in alabama, i will be on the debate stage. you and i know why donald trump is not on the debate stage. it s because i am. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. doctors say that israeli tanks are now at the er doors of gaza s largest hospital complex, as troops move room to room, building to building, in what israel is calling an ongoing targeted operation against hamas. inside the
moment for our country, and we can t be a party of grievance that donald trump wants to lead us into or the past that has to be the future and problem solving and that s what i want to bring because that s what america needs right now. you it was a little tough for you to hit the 40,000 donor requirement and to make it on the first debate stage. what has your fund-raising been like since the debate last week. have you seen an increase outstanding. and actually, we did go over the 40,000 mark. it was after two weeks of getting about 20,000 new donors. and even on the debate night itself, we had almost 4,000 new donors that were added because of my debate appearance. and so momentum builds momentum. and very optimistic about being on the next debate stage, which will be in simi valley, california, at the reagan library. obviously an important occasion
governor, you now have roughly 53 hours, i think i have that right, to meet the donor requirement. are we going to see you on that debate stage on wednesday? jim, absolutely, you re going to see me on that debate stage. you have to have 40,000 unique donors. we re up to 38,000 so we re almost there, and thousands have come in the last couple of days to asa2024.com and given us a dollar. people here at the iowa state fair have helped out so we ll be there excited about telling the truth about donald trump, but also talking about the future of our country. i do want to get to that. if you re not able to qualify for the debate, what do you do at that point? do you reassess whether the campaign should continue? does that, you know, impair your campaign in any way? well, again, i m going to be there. obviously if someone doesn t make the debate stage they ve got to evaluate where they are