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
And the concerns that he could still play spoiler. And breaking news, the fbi holds a briefing on the gunman who shot donald trump, revealing images of the weapons discovered and new details about what he was searching for online. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. Lets start in battleground georgia, the big kickoff for Kamala Harriss statewide swing, just a couple of hours away now. Nbcs mike memoli is in savannah. What are we expecting, mike . Reporter well, chris, the Vice President now on her way here to georgia, and the goal for the harris walz ticket is to take the energy, the Excitement We Saw in the arena in chicago and bring it to the battlegrounds into southeast georgia, part of a Battleground State where we havent seen much president ial activity. The stat of the day, chris, is this, there has not been a general election president ial Campaign Event for a democratic candidate in this part of the state since the mid90s. That just tells you th
Department, following that shooting. The the attorney said while keita oneil made a troubled past he was quote usual you add death sentence for theft. Oneils family said they are gratified to see that a criminal case will go to court as well. Hopefully this will lead the way in the future to hold the Police Officers accountable. Hopefully there will be some standards changed and policies. San francisco Police Officers association also released a Statement Today reading quote today we are informed of the charges against former Police Officer christopher samayoa. The criminal Justice System will allow for the facts surrounding this case to be disposed. Former officer samayoa is currently out of custody and is expected to surrender sometime this week. At this time, District Attorney boudin said there are no plans to charge any of the other officers who on scene at the time of that deadly shooting. Christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. New details tonight about a bribery scheme involving a co
And we are in very good shape, but there is still some to count. They are working incredibly hard. They are going to keep counting into the evening. You know, stay tuned. So lets see. We have been reaching out. We have been very closely in touch with all 67 counties, making sure they are reporting on as regular a basis as possible. Now all of you, everybody around the country, around the state, are eagerly waiting, and i can tell you the counties are really taking their time making sure that every single voter in the commonwealth who has cast their ballot is having those ballots accurately and securely counted. So, as you know, we are going to keep counting. Military and overseas ballots are coming in. Those will continue to be accepted through next tuesday. There are obviously provisional ballots that will have to be counted as well after the initial round of ballots. And you know i think whatever the outcomes are, i can tell you that i am so proud to work with the 67 counties and Ele
[ crowd chanting ] contested elections. Undelivered ballots, legal challenges for days. What role the courts will play in this historic election. Good evening, whoever wins the presidency will do so on a razors edge we think well know before the newscast ends in a few hours but the winner has no mandate. We are not one United States, not right now. The evidence is irrefutable. We are two tribes who see this nation, its troubles, its trials, its triumphs vastly differently. We have our own priorities, goals and aspirations. We disagree about what america is and should be and many of us appear primed for a fight. Theres no solution that magically presents itself upon transfer or continuation of power. At some point maybe we better understand each other and Work Together towards common goals, were not there yet. Thats clear and if the elections process has taught us anything its that the road to unity does not run through it and may, in fact, lead us further from it. That said i can repor