Cases, he could face a fourth before the month is out. Were following Economic News this morning, with the latest jobs report telling us about the economy, three days after the u. S. Had its Credit Rating downgraded. At the southern border, the humanitarian crisis intensifies after a body was found inside the floating barrier in the rio grande meant to keep migrants from crossing into the u. S. Plus, two american sailors facing serious charges this morning, accused of spying on the u. S. For china in exchange for thousands of dollars. And taylor swifts monster sold out concert tour has more dates and what is predicted to be the most successful tour of all time. This morning, former President Trump back at his new jersey home in bedminster after spending an historic day in a washington, d. C. Courtroom. Trump pleaded not guilty to four felony counts related to efforts to thwart the transfer of power after the 2020 election. In brief remarks to the press, the former president called his
indictment because of his role in it, and he s mentioned over and over again. he s apparently trying to seize the moment. he s selling too honest campaign merch. he saw a surge in donations with 7400 individual contributions on wednesday. is the indictment helping pence, do you think? no. i mean, the intriguing thing is in iowa and early primary states that have a large evangelical following, mike pence is trying to appeal to the better angels that we should be honest, too honest in some cases, flipping the former president s words against him into something favorable. but in a broader republican party, this spotlight on mike pence and his continued resistance to donald trump s leadership during the insurrection hurts him. republicans have been told there was nothing wrong with january 6th and donald trump did nothing wrong. mike pence is showing republican voters he actually remains out
for the undecided folks, but for trump s base, they are digging in their heels, supporting the former president and we spoke with one woman earlier today about whether this will change anything in this 2024 primary. take a listen. from what you re telling me, doesn t seem like the trump indictments are going to make an impact. i don t think they will. i really don t think they will. the indictments are ridiculous. they just look for anything. and, you know, january 6th didn t go exactly as planned. you can t tell us that he had anything to do with any of the violence that went on because he didn t. reporter: the investigation and the trial will play out the way it will in washington, but as for voter opinions, you heard it right there. overall there is a general sense of fatigue among voters here in
january 6th didn t go as planned. that s everything from trying to get state legislatures to send alternate certificatety indications to congress to trying to get vice president pence, as he has now detailed in his memoir, to be the soul decider and say these votes don t count. there s a way to link all of that to this. and what s the effect on the leader of the proud boys upcoming trial? i think the fact that rhodes was found guilty of seditious conspiracy certainly makes the department of justice more comfortable going into the trial. now rhodes did not step toot on the capitol beyond the capitol grounds. it s a more complex situation because he was already in jail on january 6th. so it s going to be a harder case for the department of justice to show he conspired to use force on that day. but the rhodes conviction shows you don t have to have gone into the capitol and littered in the