Everyone, and thanks so much for joining me this afternoon. Im jessica dean in for Fredricka Whitfield and americans now have a clearer view of what the 2024 Race For The White House will look like this weekend. President biden and former President Trump traded sharp jabs at dueling rallies in the battleground state of georgia, which holds its primaries on tuesday. Biden won georgia in 2020 by about 12,000 votes. And the state will once again be key to winning the white house in november, trump used his rally to mark biden, State Of The Union speech tonight to go, we all heard truckee joes angry, dark, hatefilled rant of his state of the Union Address wasnt it didnt it bring us together emerging border, bring the country together . Im going to bring it together. Its not an age thing. Its a competence thing he didnt White House Reporter Priscilla Alvarez is joining us now and priscilla, you were at bidens rally on saturday in georgia what is his message now as this General Election gets
Good morning, everyone. Its wednesday, august 2nd. A historic morning in u. S. Former President Trump is due in Court Tomorrow after a federal grand jury indicted him on four counts. This morning, city and federal Law Enforcement agencies are gearing up for that appearance. Also new this morning, a sense of trumps defense. His attorney tells cnn his clint is protected fully by the First Amendment. He was acting on the advice of counsel. We just heard from rudy ju giuliani. New details about the judge who will preside over this case. The judge has been randomly assigned. Hes overseen january 6ths defendants. The form e President Trumps 2024 rivals are weighing in on the charges. Their reactions ranging from condemning trump to condemning the Justice Department. Georgia, Fulton County sheriff said trump wont receive special treatment. Quote, it doesnt matter your status, well have mug shots ready for you, all of that this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Third indictment. Fourt
Footnote by the time this week is over. Part of that depends on Fulton County d. A. Fani willis. Shes been telling local reporters, quote, some people may not be happy with my decisions and says the local sheriffs putting up Security Barriers is a smart move. Well get the latest from georgia in a minutes. The New York Times calls it a month in hell for the City Of Phoenix. 31 Straight Days of temperatures over 110. Hospitals still overwhelmed. Billions lost in the economy nationwide. The poor suffering the most among the millions made miserable by the heat. Formering Governor John Kasich says his fellow republicans need to wake up to the threat of Climate Change. Why are so few heeding the call . We start in florida where the world got its first glimpse at maralago Property Manager carlos de oliveira, the name forever added to the list of alleged coconspirators alongside donald trump. De oliveira accused of trying to help trump delete Video Evidence and lying to investigators. The 56ye
Also this hour, ron desantis at war with some fellow republicans who are taking aim at the Florida Governor over his support of Teaching Guidelines that suggest enslaved people benefited from slavery. All that, plus a woman who faked a story about going missing is now being charged for false report by officials, you say they wish they could have gone further. In a global heat wave from soaring temperatures here at home, to heat fueled wildfires overseas, will bring you the latest on the dangerous situation around the world. Lebron james posts new video of his son, brawny, just days after he went into Cardiac Arrest. What bronnys Health Crisis can teach parents of other Young Athletes, especially young men of color, thats all coming up next. Were gonna begin with former President Trumps rally in pennsylvania, which is set to start in just a few hours, hell be hearing even more baggage this time, with those for us charges from the doj on the classified documents case. Lets go right to it
a good sniff around but haven t been able to crack it. they may never know who took illegal drugs into the west wing. pretty shocking outcome. one top democrat in congress is more than happy about it. what we had a briefing in which it was explained the white house was being fully cooperative with the investigation. it looks inconclusive and they were unable to determine you know, who deposited it there in the cubby on the way in or the way out or left it there. oh yeah i m satisfied it s a thorough investigation and i just kept imagining what it would be like here. if you re surprise node culprit was found you shouldn t be. the sympathetic media have been predicting this for days. kelly o donnell reports it s possible we might not get to learn who actually brought this small bag in so i m sure it s a relief whoever made the dumb move of bringing it in but because it s not in an area that wasn t necessarily covered by cameras well it s an area a decent number of peopl