Renegged on the deal. John hunter has swapped out his lead attorney with abby lowell. David, appears the two sides are growing further and further apart on this. Very far apart, john and gillian. Its amazing, not even three weeks ago on july 26th in wilmington, david weiss was sitting feet away from hunter biden and his attorneys, things were cordial, at least at the beginning getting ready to enter the plea deal, now things have fallen apart and growing further apart. The filing that just came in, david weiss says first the government did not reneg on the previously signed Plea Agreement as he asserts. Hunter bidens attorneys says the gun charge, he was accused of lying on a federal form is valid, it was signed by both parties. The defendant, his attorneys say they have a binding and bilateral diversion agreement. Weisss team says its not valid, even though it was signed as bidens attorneys suggest. And to reiterate the withdrawn agreement is not in effect. And chris clark was the chi
Politics the former president s pardon play. Donald trumps lawyers make a hail mary request for an april 2026 start to the 2020 Election Trial and try to make sure the case never sees the inside of a courtroom. Plus a game of risk. New reporting outlines how republicans plan to conquer a trumpless debate. How another republican warns his party appears poised to fulfill the textbook definition of insanity. President biden invokes the whole enemy of my enemy is a Friend Theory of Foreign Policy today pushing two neighbors to put aside a generation of bad blood and send a message to the country a couple blocks away, china. Im Phil Mattingly in for dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Were going to start with this up first. Two questions. Do you know what youre doing on monday . Do you know what youre doing in april, 2026 . The answer is no for me on both of them. Donald trump, though, has plans for both. More specifically mr. Trump knows where he wont be on monday
Im Bianca Nobilo live from london. Max foster has the day off but hell be back monday. Just ahead former President Trump reacting to his georgia indictment for the first time on camera and calling for his party to come to his defense. President biden prepares to host the leaders of japan and south korea on friday at camp david. China and north korea high on the agenda. Emergency alert. To you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. That is what he said before suddenly resigning a day later. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and Bianca Nobilo. It is friday, august 18, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington, d. C. Where Donald Trumps legal team is proposing a new date for the trial in his federal election sub version case. The date . April 2026. Which is years away. Of course special counsel jack smith is pushing for the trial to start in the january of 1202. This comes on the heels of Trump Calling off the News Conference where he was going to provid
Im amara walker. Im rahel solomon. Great to be with you, amara. Thanks for coming back. Its been fun. Thank you for spending part of your morning was us. Heres what were watching for you this morning. This is the largest Natural Disaster we have ever experienced. Its going to also be a Natural Disaster thats going to take an incredible amount of time to recover from. The death toll from the maui wildfires jumps to 93, making it the deadliest wildfire in the past century. We are live in maui as federal help pours in. Also hearing from residents frustrated with the governments response. The Fulton County District Attorney investigating donald trump and his attempts to interfere in georgias election expected to present her case to a grand jury this week. What we are learning about some of the key witnesses ordered totive. A viral Triple Threat adds the new Covid Variant emerges. Concerns heading into cold and flu season and what we should be doing to prepare. What caused a United Airlines
Im rahel solomon. And i am amara walker. Thank you for spending a part of your morning us with. Hopefully, you are able to wake up slowly and get that coffee brewing, or that tea. Heres what we are watching for you. This is the largest Natural Disaster we ever experienced. Its going to also be the Natural Disaster thats going to take an incredible amount of time to recover from. The death toll from the maui wildfires just to 93, making it the deadliest wildfire in the past century. We are live in maui as federal help pours in. We are also hearing from respiratory frustrated with the governments response. Fulton county, georgia, District Attorney investigating former President Donald Trump and his attempts to interfere in georgias linebackers, expect today present her case to a grand jury this week. Republican president ial candidates swarmed the Iowa State Fair to convince voters they are the best choice for president. How they are trying to stand out in a crowded field that is dominat