A special Labor Day edition. Enjoy the 5 00 p. M. Hour, ari. I was going to say, nicolle, it doesnt feel right being here 5 00 to 6 00. Doesnt feel right. But at least i got to see you. Yeah, have a great show. Its a great time. I was happy to come in early. Youre now here early. Its great to get to see more of you. Absolutely. And have a great rest of the Labor Day with you and yours. Welcome to the beat, everyone. Im ari melber. It is Labor Day but theres a lot going on in the world, on the campaign. The news doesnt stop. I can tell you Vice President harris is on the campaign trail. You see here the preparation with President Biden. Theyll be campaigning on this Labor Day holiday. We can also show you them arriving. This was moments ago. So were going to bring this event to you here in this 5 00 p. M. Eastern hour. As i mentioned, theres kamala i should say with the president. But i mentioned with my colleague Nicolle Wallace were here in the 5 00 p. M. Hour. Were going to bring you
Now could a posture helped deliver one of the most crucial battlegrounds in this election . Lead starts right now Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are On The Road again traveling through what will surely be one of the most important states in november, the state of georgia. And out of their courting voters, Harris And Walz are also preparing for their first joint interview. What you will see tomorrow only here on cnn plus, with harris at the top of the ticket, democrats seem more confident that they can actually win control the house of representatives, republicans lets say not so fast, ill be joined live by the man in charge, dashing those democratic dreams. And were learning a Brand New details about the failed attempt to assassinate former president Donald Trump. The shooter searched for major political events to target from the month before settling. Im at Trump Route welcome the lead on Phil Mattingly in for Jake Tapper its Road Trip time for the Vice President Kamala Har
County georgia. A grand jury bused in as prosecutors lay out their evidence that donald trump tried to steal the states electoral votes. Witness testimony moved up from tomorrow to today, the trump attacks on a key witness, and Text Messages that directly link the former president s legal team to a Voting System breach. And hawaii wildfire aftermath with the death toll close to 100, were hearing about government failures, failed fire hydrants, Warning Sirens that didnt go off, plus a claim that live power lines were not cut off. The raid on a small kansas newspaper, the editor targeted in the raid joins me this hour. Welcome to the lead. Im jack tapper. We start with our Law And Justice lead. Right now a grand jury is deciding whether to indict donald trump. It was expected to take at least two days for Fulton County District Attorney fani willis to produce her evidence. A number of key witnesses who had been told to show up tomorrow and testify have now been called in to testify. Thos
Overturn the results of the election here in georgia. And to support this, shes offered up a nearly 100page indictment that detail 61 acts that were part of this conspiracy across these 19 defendants. There were also 30 Unindicted Coconspirators and these allegations span 7 states and the district of columbia. While this is the fourth criminal indictment trump faces this year, this is by far the most sweeping. Rico cases are challenging. They tend to get drawn out. When you have 19 defendants and their attorneys, its easy to see how things could get drawn out for months or even years, but the District Attorney said she wants to try everyone together, and shes hoping to ask for a trial in the next six months. So former President Trump and the 18 others who have been indicted have 10 days to voluntarily surrender. How might this booking look different from the other arraignments trump has gone through . Reporter its going to look different than what we have seen at the federal level. We
We know theyre still in there. Its after 5 00 right now. Paula, walk us through what happens if the grand jury decides to indict donald trump and or any of his allies. Reporter we expect the indictment also be for over a dozen people. The former president s lawyers say they do expect he will be among those indicted. We would expect the District Attorney would seek an indictment from the grand jury and it would go to the Clerks Office where we will most likely get our copy. Then it will be made public and well be able to read about the charges. One of the things thats unclear, jake, is when the former president would appear for his initial appearance and a potential arraignment. In the federal cases that happened quickly. Down in georgia, sources telling cnn that the former president s team expects it may take a little longer to have his first appearance down in georgia if hes indicted. Paula reid, thanks so much. As those witnesses continue to testify before the grand jury in atlanta,