Thats what we have all these prosecutions happening across the country. Jenna griswold, always great to see you. Thanks for being with, us thanks for the things you do to keep our elections actually safe. She is the Secretary Of State, for colorado. Coming up in our next hour, were gonna call to order a Special Edition of the Velshi Banned Book Club. Ominous discuss with two call scholars, one of americas most important most divisive documents, the constitution of the United States of america. Were gonna dig deeper into the section of that same constitution that legal experts say disqualifies donald trump from holding the office of the president ever again. Another hour of velshi begins right now. Right now. Good morning, its saturday, august 19th. Im ali velshi. In the span of just 12 months, the twice impeached President Donald Trump has been charged with a total of 91 felony count. Stemming from criminal cases against. Tim he remains firmly at the top of the field of the republican
On to director, and nancy ward, from california. Governors office of emergency services. Thank you, courtney. I am nancy ward, director of the california Governors Office of emergency services. We are here today because california is threatened by what could be one of the most devastating storms weve had Hit California in more than a decade. Make no mistake, this very, dangerous and significant storm. Heavy rainfall, strong winds associated with this storm began today already and will be felt well beyond the center of the storm entering california. I have been in near Constant Contact with governor newsom. He has pretty much told us to lean as far forward in coordinating and reassuring. We can respond as quickly as we possibly can. The State Senator beyond means being pushed 24 7 to coordinate those resource requests from the local stakeholders and counties, communities, across the southern part of the state to ensure that no needs are unmet in those areas. The state has the best train
Us this evening. Law enforcement officials expect donald trump to turn himself in a Fulton County jail in atlanta, georgia late next week, where he will be booked and processed on criminal charges brought by the d. A. Down there, fani willis. This is all expected to happen sooner than next thursday, which is one day after the first republican president ial debate in milwaukee, wisconsin. And on that note, nbc news is also reporting that after quite a bit of back and forth, donald trump has officially decided not to attend that first debate which is being hosted by fox news. Instead, trump is seeking a sitdown interview with the former fox news host, Tucker Carlson, as a means of counter programming the republican debate. This is not something that fox and the rnc can be happy about at all. And it is shaping up to be yet another chapter in the long running saga between donald trump and fox news. The network that helped make donald trump president in the first place. Let me step back a b
Trumps, if you go after me, im coming after you, post, which trumps team said was directed toward political groups. The question now is what, if anything, will judge chutkan do about Donald Trumps continued attacks on both the cases and those involved. Will she speed up a trial date, put a gag order on the case or find the former president in contempt of court. Again, where exactly is the line . We could hear from judge chutkan soon. The deadline for Donald Trumps lawyers to respond to a proposed start date for the Election Interference Trial is today. At the same time, and the same worry, the Fulton County grand jurors who voted to indict donald trump are exposed, purported names, photos and addresses have start the circulating on far right forums. One person wrote, these jurors have signed their Death Warrant by falsely indicting donald trump. Joining me now, nbc news correspondent, Garrett Haake whos in atlanta for us, and nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian
Destruction left by the wildfires in maui, what it is like on the ground for the people there needing most right now as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. Good evening, im Alicia Menendez in for stephanie ruhle. Weve reached the end of another week of high profile and historic legal troubles for former president , donald trump. He now faces 91 charges across four indictments. The latest in georgia, where he has yet to turn himself in. Law enforcement there is planning for trump to surrender no earlier than thursday of next week. Thats according to three sources familiar with the plan, they stress, nothings official just yet. Trump and the 18 codefendants in fani williss case have exactly one week to voluntary surrender in Fulton County. Earlier today, Georgia Republican governor, brian kemp, spoke a lot about what he thought the georgia case might go to trial. In my opinion, this trial, despite what theyre thinking for anybody else, it is not going to happen before the e