it s not rocket science. and adding you won t be too surprised. joining me now is nbc legal analyst, lisa ruben. not to guess at what she s talking about there, but it s not so veiled. it s not, katy. and she told the associated press this morning that she had been instructed as had the other grand jurors about what they could and could not say by the fulton county superior court judge. i wonder now and reading the new york times report, the judge believes they overstepped. she was careful with the associated press talking about sketches she made of various witnesses. who was funny, who was unhappy to be there. who might have invoked privilege, but telling the times the grand jury did invoke indictments and it wouldn t be rocket science who they were against. i wonder if she overstepped that line today. she also tells the times they started in the grand jury with that call that donald trump made to secretary of state brad raffensperger where he asked raffensperger to fi
speaking in poland a former eastern bloc country that s no stranger to russian aggression, biden started off by saying that the war has so far defied two big expectations. one, that kyiv would fall within days, and two, that the western alliance would splinter as the war dragged on. watch. one year ago the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. well, i can report kyiv stands strong. kyiv stands proud. it stands tall. and most important it stands free. when russia invaded it wasn t just ukraine being tested, the whole world faced a test for the ages. europe was being tested. america was being tested. nato was being tested. all democracies are being tested. the questions we faced were simple as they were profound. would we be strong if we looked the other, would we be weak? all of our allies would be united or divided? one year later we know the answer. we did respond, we would be strong, we would be united, and the world would not look the other way. president biden also
states, canada and around the world, i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. president biden is at home in delaware after a campaign swing to three western states. ahead, why he says this year s mid-term elections are the most important in decades. plus, chinese leader xi says they will take taiwan by force. a live report from beijing plus reaction from taipei. elon musk changes his mind when it comes to offering peace for ukraine. we ll look at the decision and huge implications in the war against russia. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with ken brunhuber. > . president biden has just wrapped up a rare four-day campaign tour across the west costa head of the critical mid-term elections. much is at stake as it tries to hold on in congress and win key local and state elections. biden s approval is low across polls fueling worries that it could weigh down the party at the ballot box. stumping alongside the most vulnerable candidates. the pre
extremismes that threatens the very foundation of our republic. there s no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. and that is a threat to this country. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. they do not believe in the rule of law. they do not recognize the will of the people. they refuse to accept the results of a free election. and promote authoritarian leadersor and flame the threatsf violence and a threat to our personal right, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law torque the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed the united states capitol on january 6th, rudely attacking law enforcement, not as insurrection nists but place a dagger at the throat of our democracy and they look at them as patriots and see the maga failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the election as preparation for the 2022 and fo2024 elections, and now, america must choose
he says are threatening the very foundations of our republic. plus, trump s lawyers and the justice department face off in federal court. we ll explain the big developments to come out of the special master hearing. and, a hot holiday weekend arrives with little to no running water for nearly 200,000 people in mississippi. the state has troops on the ground to help in the water crisis. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire. on this friday, september 2nd. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin in philadelphia, where president joe biden issued a dire warning about threats to american democracy last night, in a rare prime time address. standing outside historic independence hall, where the united states constitution was written and signed, the president spoke directly about the dangers posed by the trump-backed wing of the republican party. here s some of what he had to say. quality and democracy are under assault. we do ourselves