Threatening federal prosecutors. Today, the judge in that case could decide exactly how much he can talk about it. It comes as federal prosecutors are now pushing for a trial right after new years day. Cue up u2. Well have much more on trumps legal issues ahead. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is i mean, come on, man, its august. Its august. This is moving. This year is moving too fast. Its midaugust. You know, you get old like me, and it just flies, right . Its august 11th. With us, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, Jonathan Lemire. Host of politics nations, wearing tan today, the reverend al sharpton. Looks good. Come on, man. President obama wore tan, and look what happened. It was a big news story. With me, its just another day. Can you believe that . That was a big news story. The president of the United States wearing tan in the white house. We have a the same people that were upset by that are now, like, hey, its really cool. We su
The defense, in one way or another in this federal case, and the other today, saying not so fast. Today, the special counsel, asked for a january 2nd trial date in the election subversion case, which had said partake as little as four weeks. The former president , who is expected to challenge that, took the first step tonight in his social network. Quoting now, but leaving out some of the personal tax on smith and president biden. Quote, only an Out Of Touch Lunatic would ask for such a date. One day, into the new year, and maximum election interference with iowa. Now whatever you make of that, in particular the, the proposed date is yet another entry on what is already a very crowded calendar. Take a look. Surrounding that date are the trump organizations Civil Fraud Trial this october, the e. Jean carroll defamation trial january 15th. That is the same day of the iowa caucuses. Super tuesday, march 5th, is just ten days before march 15th, manhattan hush money trial. In the maralago d
Trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Sources tell cnn that georgia prosecutors now have Text Messages and emails directly connecting trumps legal team to a Voting System breach in Coffee County, georgia in january 2021. This comes as the district investigating trump in georgia appears to be close to an indictment. Fulton County District attorney fani willis is expected to seek charges against more than a dozen people. If she brings charges against the former president , it would be the fourth indictment of trump since being voted out of office. We have coverage of these new developments. Isabel rosales is outside the Fulton County court where Security Preparations under way. And we have Cnns Zachary Cohen with these new developments. Zach, lets begin with you. Tell us more about what youre learning and this new evidence. Reporter fred, these are texts, our sources are telling us, are in the hands of the prosecutors in georgia. The Text Messages really lay out a plan that links
Decimated by a wildfire that traveled at extraordinary speed. Well hear one resident story ahead. Donald trump could be facing a fourth criminal indictment. This time, the case is unfolding right here in georgia. What were learning about key evidence that prosecutors have gathered. And what has been taken from a cargo vessel in the black sea. What ukraine is now calling an act of piracy. We begin with the deadly fires that swept through the Hawaiian Island of maui and details about the astonishing speed of the flames that have now killed at least 93 people. Hawaiis governor says the wildfire that ripped through lahaina last week, moved as fast as one mile a minute. He di etailed the estimates but tried to stay positive. Over 2,700 structures were destroyed in lahaina. An estimated value of 5. 6 billion has gone away. People are suffering and we continue to work to find them. Theres a lot of information that people want. To that end, i thauthorized a comprehensive review. We will build
Powerful film. Just wanted to tell everybody yes. If you want to see the film, go to truefreedomfilm. Com and sign up for the screener and it will have the screener there, as well as cvs health, aetna, they gave a facilitators guide, so if you want it in your mentoring program. Truefreedomfilm. Com. Thats where you can download the film and watch it. Thank you so much, fredricka. We really appreciate this. Perfect. Making it available, thats the key. To you so much to both of you gentlemen. Great to see you. Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. In washington, d. C. , im fredricka whitfield. First on cnn, were following a Major New Development in what could soon be Donald Trumps fourth indictment. Just a short time ago i spoke with former Georgia Republican Lieutenant Governor, jeff duncan, who told me that he will testify in the next 48 hours before a grand jury in atlanta. District attorney fani willis has subpoenaed duncan to testify about efforts by former Presid