Its about being seen and been heard live. From london. This is Cnn Newsroom with Max Foster and christina macfarlane. Hello, a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u. S. And around the world. Im Max Foster and im christina macfarlane. Its wednesday, august 28, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington, where the u. S. Justice department is keeping the Election Subversion Case five, against Donald Trump, special Counsel Jack Smith filed a Slimmer Indictment against the former president for his involvement in the January 6 insurrection that hes betting will hold up to the supreme courts divisive ruling on president ial immunity last month, which granted trump sweeping protections. Trump is by no means off the hook for allegedly attempting to so overturn the 2020 election. The shorter documents still charges him with the same four Felony Counts that he faced before, which include conspiracy to defraud the united states and obstruction. But removes key parts of the origi
We now of course have that to the republican and Democratic National convention n and right now they are telling a story that Vice President harris is doing significant the better than President Biden has been doing and that is comparatively good news for the democrats. They are, apparently better off now with harris as their candidate than they were before the switch. That said, in absolute terms, the National Polls and the swing state polls, broadly speaking dont really give either Party Something to celebrate and Vice President harris may be doing better than biden was against trump but it doesnt mean she is clearly winning and it is a tie between the two category candidates. It produces all sorts of interesting dynamics but when it is as close and a little difference can make a very interesting not only contrast but can make a big difference for the ultimate results and Trump Campaign is maneuvering to try to get them out of the one debate and he agreed to it with Kamala Harris and
They are apparently better off now with harris as their candidate than they were before the switch from biden to harris. That said in absolute terms the polls and Swing State Polls broadly speaking dont really give either party a reason to celebrate right now. Vice president harris maybe doing better than biden was against trump, but it doesnt mean she was clearly winning against trump. Its basically a tie between the two candidates right now. And that produces all sorts of interesting dynamics to watch for. When it is this close little differences between the candidates and their campaigns can make an interesting not only for an interesting contrast, but can make a big difference in terms of the ultimate results. For example, right now Trumps Campaign appears to by maneuvering to try to get him out of the one debate he agreed to with Kamala Harris. That debate is supposed to happen two weeks from now on September 10th but Trumps Campaign and trump himself is trying to get out of it. T
Coming up, im going to ask the White House Press secretary whether beyond the announcement they actually have the votes in the senate, not to mention the house. Tragedy in florida. The search right now after a deadly Building Collapse there. A boy one of two people pulled from the rubble alive. One confirmed dead so far. 99 more floridians unaccounted for. Plus, a Big Development on a lifeordeath story that weve been covering for weeks, months, years even on the lead. The white house announcing that afghan translators who helped u. S. Troops will be saved, but how many . Of the 9,000 who have completed the paperwork, how many are we talking about . Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start with Breaking News on our politics lead. President biden making the official announcement this afternoon, there is a bipartisan deal on infrastructure. We had a really good meeting. In answer to your direct question, we have a deal. None of us got all that we wanted. I clearly didnt get all that
Back. Her job dropping court testimony, Fox And Friends First starts right now. You are watching Fox And Friends First. Jillian it is busy. Lets begin here. First responders are working to save people from a collapsed Apartment Building near miami. Witnesses captured video just moments after it fell. The building, a huge building gone. It is gone. Miamidade fire and rescue has 80 units on the scene. People are reportedly still trapped in the rubble. It is unclear what caused the collapse and no word on injuries. We will continue to monitor the situation and review any new development. Another fox news alert, in daytona beach, florida an officer is shot in the head, police really spotted him footage of this shooting overnight, they say the officer was attempting to get the suspect out of the car when he turned and opened fire, that officers said to be in grave condition, 500 officers now searching for that suspect identified as. Account the other lockdown go 1,000 reward being offered f