ridiculing the effort by the special counsel to have a gag order in play put in place on the former president. they re calling it an unconstitutional overreach by the special counsel. and their say this is actually a ploy to help joe biden in the election. i ll read you some of what this filing said tonight. it says like manhattan district attorney alvin bragg jack smith is seeking to restrict president trump s camp campaign speed as the first presidential debate approaches at the end of the month, that s of course the debate that s going to be here on cnn then later this month, they go on to say the following. they say that the motion is a naked effort to impose totalitarian censorship of core political speech under threat of incarceration in a clear attempt to silent president s silence, president trump s arguments to the american people about the outrageous nature of this investment and prosecution. and look, what the former president s lawyers are really homing in on. and
now tonight author 60 breaking news. it s now in the judge s hands. lawyers for the former president just file their answer to special counsel jack smith s call for a gag order in the class by documents, case also tonight, what we re learning about how trump and biden teams are preparing for the cnn presidential debate. let s in two weeks from tonight. and later, new details so on the princess of wales is first public appearance since revealing her cancer diagnosis it s gonna be tomorrow. and what it could say about the state of her treatment. good evening. thanks for joining as we begin tonight with a breaking news on a gag order that jack smith says is designed to prevent the former president from making statements that quote, poses significant imminent and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents participating the investigation and prosecution of this case now, statements such as the former president s false claim that he narrowly escaped death during the search of mar
Words crazy and frightening to describe that call. And after that july 25th call, according to multiple sources, a freakout ensues. National Security Officials began talking about whether president had crossed a line. White house lawyers were notified and a transcript of the call was later put onto that highly classified server. Again, this is new reporting that fleshes out what we know about the call and the efforts that followed to secure what the key players either seemed to know or had reason to fear was a quid pro quo with ukraine. Reporting that adds context to those Text Messages among the american players and their ukrainian counterparts over what was eected of ukraine, namely investigating the bidens and a Conspiracy Theory about the 2016 campaign. And now tonight we know more about what went on at a crucial moment, which began playing out on the 1st of september, shortly after more than a month after that july 25th call. Bill taylor, the top diplomat, messaging gordon sondlan
He saw was illegal, did not dispute the problematic facts so far, adding to the picture of a president using the power of his office to extract personal political assistance from a foreign government. Well also bring you the latest on two Court Hearings which could decide when or even weather wl certain key witnesses will testify. Because this is now primarily a political battle, well speak to the president s former chief strategist who remains a very vocal supporter, steve bannon. We begin, though, with this remarkable historic moment. On this vote, the yeas are 232. The nays are 196. The resolution is adopted without objection. The motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. Joining us for that, three people who have seen a lot, david axelrod, host of the ax fillings and former Senior Adviser to president obama. Gloria borger, and david gear begin has also served as republican and democrat president , bill clinton, ronald reagan, gerald ford and Richard Nixon. David gergen, the sign
Between them, are about to make more. What happened today in one chamber of the bigger of the two has set the stage for so much yet to come. Tonight we will of course bring you reporting on the testimony today of a former senior white house official who, despite saying he did not believe what he saw was illegal, did not dispute the problematic effect so far acting to the picture of a president using the power of his office to extract personal political assistance from a foreign government. Well bring you the latest on two Court Hearings which could decide when or whether certain other key witnesses will testify. Because this is primarily a political battle, well speak to the president s former chief strategist steve bannon. We begin with this remarkable historic moment. On this vote, the yeas are 232. The nays are 196. The resolution is adopted without objection. The motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. Joining us for that, three people who have seen a lot, cnn seen why are pol