Im Bianca Nobilo live from london. Max foster has the day off but hell be back monday. Just ahead former President Trump reacting to his georgia indictment for the first time on camera and calling for his party to come to his defense. President biden prepares to host the leaders of japan and south korea on friday at camp david. China and north korea high on the agenda. Emergency alert. To you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. That is what he said before suddenly resigning a day later. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and Bianca Nobilo. It is friday, august 18, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington, d. C. Where Donald Trumps legal team is proposing a new date for the trial in his federal election sub version case. The date . April 2026. Which is years away. Of course special counsel jack smith is pushing for the trial to start in the january of 1202. This comes on the heels of Trump Calling off the News Conference where he was going to provid
Thets big barr laying out a flaw in the main defense that Donald Trumps lawyers using in the federal election case. Well have much more from the former Attorney General on trumps many, many legal issues in just a moment. Meanwhile a key conspirator in the riot at the capitol could receive the longest sentence yet for the january 6th attack. And a very significant summit at camp david for President Biden. Well explain the stakes at todays meeting. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, august 18th. We made it to friday, folks. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the trial date proposed by Donald Trumps legal team that is way, way, way in the future. In a court filing late yesterday the attorneys representing the former president in the federal election interference case against him thats the one out of washington requested that that trial begin in april of 2026. That is 2 1 2 years later than the january 2024 star
welcome back. president joe biden will host the first camp david summit of his presidency today bringing together the leaders of south korea and japan to announce new steps forward in defense cooperation. the meeting reportedly will not end with a nato-style defensive pact, but all three nations are expected to publicly affirm for the first time that their security is linked. it s a historic measure. the summit comes as the threat of china and north korea are top of mind in that region. and while japan and south korea have to say the least historically struggled to maintain a relationship, the changing geopolitical landscape appears to have brought them together closer than ever before. joining us now white house principal deputy press secretary
country fire. two helicopters are ready to go if they flare up. but so many concerns, so much trauma. bill weir, cnn, maui. if you would like information on who you to help those impacted by the hawaii wildfires, go to cnn.com/impact or you can text hawaii to 707070 to donate. leaders of south korea and japan are expected to arrive at camp david in the coming hours for their first ever tri-lateral summit with u.s. president biden. both allies are among america s most strategic partnerships in the indo-pacific but japan and south korea have a complicated and bitter history themselves. this will be the first camp david summit of the biden presidency and follows his sideline meeting with them last may in hiroshima. the japanese prime minister and south korean president had this to say as they prepared to depart for the u.s. take a listen. translator: the republic of