our calendars. yes ought to use a pencil, not a pen. it s monday, august 14th, it s a little less than two months from right now, and that is the day that judge aileen cannon has set for the trial of donald j. trump in the case having to do with classified documents, the legally and dangerously illegally and dangerously kept by him at a mar-a-lago. relatively speaking, that s soon, perhaps surprising given judge cannon s history of rulings considering to be favor to believe the disgraced ex-president who apointed her. but things get murky. the date august 14th is subject to delay, maybe delay after delay. in addition to what one would normally expect, illegal tactics, on one side to drag things out, there is another complicating factor, and that is complexities having to do with the classified material itself and something called the classified information procedures act. as we said, we re using pencils at this point, not pens. our experts will explain all of it in greater
on the bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending so the nation averts a default next week. president biden and speaker mccarthy are defending the agreement as some of their parties are also railing against it. we ll bring you the results of that vote as soon as it happens. but first, to a cnn exclusive tonight. reporting the federal prosecutors have donald trump on tape in his own words acknowledging that he took a sensitive national security document with him when he left the white house. that is what multiple sources tell cnn. and i ll speak with one of the former president s attorneys in just a moment. but we are told that trump s comments in the 2021 recording suggest that he knew that he kept classified material and wanted to share it, but understood his limitations post presidency. in other words, he knew that this was likely false when he said it. by the way, they become automatically declassified when i took them. and the same goes for this. i
to the effect of, you know, if i can show you this if you undermine these arguments. but making clear that he doesn t believe he can show it to them. and i think that is a key part of the story. it s very much is. the other part is that this really gives us one of the first indications of what else might be here. it is not just letters from kim jong-un, what do we know based on your reporting about the military significance of the documents that we are talking about. right, that has kind of been the dispute over was a classified, was not classified. this is a plan that we are told was essentially about potentially striking a run. obviously the u.s. is a lot of plans for the pentagon, backup pans, in case of emergency. and that is what we are told this was. that he was referencing. trying to say, essentially, but it was something that general milley had prepared for him. obviously milley is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. we are told actually that this was not a
what happened to it! access peddling, corruption, and shocking sexual assault allegations in a new lawsuit filed against rudy giuliani. this is going to be eventually a big case. tonight, andrew weissmann on the claims that rudy giuliani sexually abused his employee, and michael schmidt on the allegations that he conspired with donald trump to sell presidential pardons. then, representative george santos, b, and here by is, expelled from the house of representatives. congressman roger brings a resolution to expel george santos from congress, and congressman joe garcia joins us live. plus, senator elizabeth warren on the republican debt limit extortion. fresh off of her grilling of bank ceos. you are planning to return how much? the answers none. that s it? i m not planning to do so, no. elon musk, after a fire storm over the antisemitic tweets. he said he wants to erode the fabric of civilization, and hates humanity. when you do something like that
allegations in a new lawsuit filed against rudy giuliani. this is going to be eventually a big case. tonight, andrew weissmann on the claims that rudy giuliani sexually abused his employee, and michael schmidt on the allegations that he conspired with donald trump to sell presidential pardons. then, representative george santos, b, and here by is, expelled from the house of representatives. congressman roger brings a resolution to expel george santos from congress, and congressman joe garcia joins us live. plus, senator elizabeth warren on the republican debt limit extortion. fresh off of her grilling of bank ceos. you are planning to return how much? the answers none. that s it? i m not planning to do so, no. elon musk, after a fire storm over the antisemitic tweets. he said he wants to erode the fabric of civilization, and hates humanity. when you do something like that i think that s true. that s my opinion. but why shared? all in starts rig