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
In the next 30 minutes a low turnout as polls close in venezuelas general election which the opposition has dismissed as a fraud and crunch time for brett sick talks the e. U. And the u. K. Push for a trade deal to prevent chaos at the borders next year. Welcome to the program millions of people across the u. S. State of california harbor pairing for harsh new lockdown rules to come into place in the next few hours the stay at home borders places restrictions on the opening of restaurants salads and stalls while also limiting gatherings the measures come in as the state reported its highest ever number of infections more than 30000 in a single day the recent surge in infections and prompting fears some hospitals could run out of i. C. U. Beds while covert 19 is now killing more than 2000 people a day in the u. S. Health officials are hoping the approval of a new vaccine will happen quickly the food and Drug Administration is set to meet on thursday to review it how did you castro how s
Team visiting the 2 great regions the shops at knotts dont think to check points. In tunisia Officials Say theyre imposing Strict Health measures at polling stations as around 100000000. 00 people vote in local and Regional Elections and tunisia is experiencing the worst covered 19 al break in Southeast Asia recording more than 580000 cases and 18000 virus related deaths some Health Experts are worried a large voter turnout will make matters worse the election has already been delayed once because of the growing infection rate jessica washington as at one of the polling stations in south tank where she says hygiene and social distancing are being enforced. You can imagine that even in normal circumstances these elections are logistical challenge let alone in the midst of covert 19 but here we do see that there are some thank you particle in place trying to keep voting straight who have sanitizer and. Are compulsory in this area but every so concerns from doctors that a large turnout co
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Being reported now well over 600. 00 new cases per day south korea has a 5 tier system in place and these latest restrictions that will come into force will put it at 2. 00 it will mean things like further restrictions on restaurants are gatherings indoors also on transport but as well as Opposition Leader why dont her son sundays parliamentary vote as a fraud the 1st official results are just being announced for the poll which was boycotted by the opposition its likely president Nicolas Maduro will consolidate his hold on power observers say voter turnout was historically low. Negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union are said to be on a knife edge as they struggle to secure a postbox it trade deal they remain divided over 3 key issues after 8 months of talks they have until the end of the year to reach an agreement record numbers of migrants and refugees arriving on the shores of Spains Canary islands not many making the dangerous journey by sea after losing thei