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
Thats to be expected. The alternative, however, is simply untenable. At home, another four years of Donald Trumps chaotic leadership, this time focused on advancing the dangerous goals of project 2025 will hurt real, everyday people and waken our sacred institutions. Richard, which are the reasons who have not stood up yet, who served in the Trump Administration, who could actually make a difference in terms of persuading those very few, unpersuadable voters who are left . And do you expect any more of them to stand up between now and november . I mean, theres the former Vice President who has, shall we say, a certain physical and political incentive to stand up, given how he was do you think hes going to do it . No. Look, i think if people were going to stand up, theyve had now, shall we say, several years to do it. Several people simply have not. Disagree with me or not, but how much of a difference will it make . Its certainly not going to shake trumps base. Im not sure many of thes
The toughest business people. People that you know about. Could i ask you a question . How do you do it . I say do what . How do you get up in the morning and put your pants on . I will explain it to you some day. We have been talking about politics so long, im oded. You know what i means . Im oded on politics. Im oded on trump. I turn on the television, trump, trump, trump, all different stories. Thats true. Debunking the lies about black and brown voters following trumps unhinged rally in the bronx. His case will come to an end while the other cases get slow walked by the Supreme Court. And crockett has an Epic Takedown of marge greene. Be sure to stick around for our second hour and my full interview with wnba star Brittney Griner on how she surviveed in a russian gulag. And Bonus Content that has never aired before. You do not want to miss it. We begin with Donald Trumps preoccupation with crowd size which continued in an unhinged bronx rally where he boasted huge crowds of 25,000
We know that closing arguments in Donald Trumps you are new york Hush Money Trial begin tuesday. They are expected to take y us the day, and then it is just a matter of how long it takes the jury to reach a verdict. That is, if they are able to reach a verdict at all. We will get back to that. First, lets not forget that this Hush Money Trial is just ne one of Donald Trumps many indictments. It was bad news for him this s week in one of the other cases. Intros classified documents case, one in which he is accused by federal prosecutors of illegally hoarding classified documents in mara lago and trying to hide them from the federal government, newly unsealed documents this week revealed new evidence with Obstruction Of Justice for the former president. Quote, once trump realized that Security Cameras at maralago could capture his employees moving classified Government Information that officials were attempting ntto retrieve, as th government issued a subpoena for the camera footage. Tru
Tapper in 2009, South Carolina governor mark sanford was a republican rock star. In 2009, South Carolina governor mark sanford was a republican rockstar his reputation as a Budget Slashing Deficit Hawk family man had the gop betting on him to beat obama in 2012 until he became a missing person the search for sanford through his office into chaos and turned up a secret love affair and a bizarre set of leinz that coined the phrase to hide the Appalachian Trail. But it also revealed something deeper. How even the most tightly controlled political persona can mask the messy, imperfect reality of the human being and counterintuiti vely, when the world was crashing down around him, bearing at all might have been the sound have you, as political move of mark sanford is career its monday, night. Do you know where your governor is . Thats what the citizens have South Carolina are wondering where in the world is our governor of mr. Tonight in South Carolina. The states governor, mark sanford dis