Former u. S. President donald trump is on the Campaign Trail in South Carolina as he faces several indictments, still railing against the Special Counsel investigating him. More than 1,000 wildfires burning in canada right now. Well hear how those blazes are affecting an indigenous community. Simone biles is back. Her return to competitive gymnastics. Republican frontrunner donald trump was in South Carolina on Saturday Night complaining once again about the numerous criminal indictments hes facing and calling on republicans in congress to do something. Addressing the friendly audience, trump grossly understated the seriousness of the charges against him, take a listen. The fake charges put forth by the biden sham, we call it a sham indictment. I really believe hes mentally ill. But these are outrageous, and it is an outrageous criminalization of political speech. Theyre trying to make it illegal to question the results of an election. Hes also lashing out at his former Vice President
In his third indictment. Then Police Identify another Murder Victim 27 years later in the Gilgo Beach Killings so why wasnt the Serial Killer charged in connection with her death. Plus back on the mat. Samone biles returns since the First Time Since the toke olympics. Could she be eyeing a comeback at next years games in paris . Welcome to the lead. Im Bianna Golodryga in for jake tapper. We start with the Law And Justice lead and the aftershocks of Donald Trumps third arraignment. Today the former president called on the Supreme Court to get involved in the case. It is not clear exactly what mr. Trump is asking the high court to do. But the former president claims that the charges against him are, quote, election interference. Trump pleading not guilty yesterday inside of a washington, d. C. Courtroom. And his next hearing is scheduled for august 28th. Lets get straight to cnn just justice correspondent Jessica Schneider with more on this. Lets start with the new trump request. Is thi
He was abducted thursday morning while serving in their Community Near the capital of haiti. I want to bring in cnn National Correspondent athena jones for the latest on this. What are officialsg about this alleged abduction . Reporter hi, frederica. We know u. S. Authorities are working with our haitian counterparts and agencies to try to resolve this crisis. We dont know or it is unclear who is responsible for this kidnapping and whether theyve made any demands, whether for ransom or anything else. We do have a statement from the christian humanitarian organizationriginally from New Hampshire that alex was working for. Ey say alex is a deeply comp compassionate person. She has worked tirelessly to bring relief to the suffering of people of haiti in the name of jesus. Their highest priority is to return safely alex and her child. They want to limit the information they provided. They say it happened thursday morning at the campus near the capitol of portauprince. The context of all of
Thanks britley ritz for that. Sorry, our lights are a little bright right there. Its almost like being outside, very bright. Im fredricka whitfield, good to see you. We begin this hour with the overseas kidnapping of an american nurse and her child. Alex was reportedly abducted thursday morning while serving in their Community Ministry in haiti. The two were taken from the organizations campus near portauprince. She is married to the director of the christian humanitarian aid group. Pa Paula Hancock is following the story for us. Reporter the charity did confirm the abduction and the details are quite disturbing. Remember, this was a nurse from New Hampshire, working for the charity. She was abducted along with her child and this was actually on what they call is the campus of this charity close to p portauprince. They said shes a deeply passionate person who considers haiti as her home and her passion. She works tirelessly to bring relief as she loves to serve the people of haiti in t
official here says russian spies are plotting to assassinate yevgeny prigozhin. this as a top russia investigative reporter uncovers new information about what led up to the coup attempt. plus, a life-or-death mission. i ll speak with ukrainian troops who trained in oklahoma. they are trained to take down putin s prized hypersonic missiles on the patriot system. and they ll tell you what happened when one of those missiles was aiming directly at their unit. and another major story we are following tonight. the supreme court ruling in favor of a web designer who says she didn t want to make wedding websites for same-sex couples. but there s a late-breaking twist tonight to that story. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, putin s alleged assassination plot. ukraine s military intelligence chief tonight saying russia s security service, the fsb, has been given the mission to assassinate yevgeny prigozhin. the wagner group leader, who