The sun coming up 6 00 a. M. Its wednesday, august 28th. And we have a lot to get to this morning. Including special counsel jack smith trying to salvage the federal Election Interference case against donald trump. Filing a formal indictment against the former president. Were going to bring you excellent analysis in just a moment. Meanwhile, donald trump now says that he will debate Vice President Kamala Harris in two weeks, but the Harris Campaign still needs to be resolved. And well have more details about that the operation that rescued an israeli man who was held hostage by hamas for more than 300 days. That comes as israel launches a broad operation in the west bank with raids and air strikes in that territory. Im Jonathan Lemire along with u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news katty kay in this morning for joe, mika and willie. Well be joined by Symone Sanderstownsend, and mike barnicle, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, you just saw her on way too early, ali vitali. Lo
Well see you again on monday provided i still have a job. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And who needs commercials . Come on. The audience is very grateful for that move. Rachel, i listened to your interview with Attorney General Keith Ellison who managed the prosecution of Derek Chauvin, so fascinating to hear his perspective on it. He of course, among many other things, really great moves, hired the dream team of special prosecutors. He brought two attorneys out of private practice to prosecute this case, the lead prosecutors. Theyll join us in this hour. They wouldnt have been there, they wouldnt have been in that courtroom without Keith Ellison calling the plays and putting them in that courtroom. And to have had not only the conviction but to have had this landmark sentence today, i mean, that number is going to mean Something Different to everybody who is looking at it, but to have the judge conclude that on a
Well, hello, everyone. Im bhan behalf of georgetown law, i want to welcome you to our conversation on constitutional priorities. My name is nean neal katyal. Im joined by general paul clement. Thank you for joining me. Paul this should be fun. Neal i think we should dig into how this transition might be different than past transitions. And maybe well talk a little bit about the specific cases that could be impacted by the change in the administration. Maybe we should talk a little about that too. Right before getting into all that, paul, would you just mind introducing yourself to the audience . Paul sure, i would be happy to neal. My name is paul clement. Ill just talk about two things that are relevant for todays presentation. First, is just the georgetown connection. Im a georgetown undergrad and somebody who has been teaching at the law school in various capacities since the clinton impeachment, since 1998. Thats when i featured a separation of powers class at the law school some o
Donald trump faces another setback in his bid to overturn the Election Results legislators from michigan. So joe bidens win in the state will stand on the u. N. Warns of a humanitarian crisis in northern ethiopia. As the government pushes forward its offensive into gray and on fire as well. Have all the days support, including counting down to kick off. Its now exactly 2 years to go until katters world cup and organizers say preparations have been largely on the fact and by the crown of iris. And welcome to the news multiple rocket attacks in several parts of the Afghan Capital have killed at least 8 people. One rocket landed near a School Forcing students to run from the building. The interior history says dozens of people have been injured. The taliban has denied responsibility for the account of fury, joins us now. A correspondent in kabul, weve been following the monitoring this for the last few hours. So lets just start with the circumstances around this rocket attack. What do we
Legislators from michigan say joe bidens, win in the states will stand fighting for racial equality in brazil after Security Guards beat a black man to death multiple rocket attacks in several parts of the Afghan Capital of killed at least 8 people. One rockets landed near a school, forcing students to run from the building. The interior Ministry Says dozens of, people have been injured. It comes as u. S. , secretary of state my pump aoe has arrived in qatar where essential to meet negotiators from the Afghan Government and the taliban separately. Stephanie decker standing by in doha for more on prepares visit to qatar 1st. Lets go to feel consul fully in kabul. For the latest on that attack on afghanistans capital flow, just talk us through what was happening in the last few hours. Well, rob, let me just tell you that there have been reports since this morning when this attack was happening, that the rockets were fired from 2 small trucks and the ministry of interior along with, as th