Violence. Were erasing generations of traumatized americans. That concerns me as a faith leader. Good morning. Top of the hour. So glad youre with us here on cnn this morning. Another historic day, a really important day for our democracy in court today. Not just about an arraignment its much bigger than that. Down in washington. Just hours from now, former President Donald Trump set to appear in a courtroom in washington, d. C. On charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election and hold on to power. Night. Ty barriers went upover secret service has done walkthrough of the d. C. Courthouse. Trump is expected to plead not guilty to four counts including conspiracy to defraud the United States. His fingerprints will be taken digitally. A preview of trumps lawyers will argue, among those his claims of Election Fraud are protected by the first amendments free speech. He truly believed that the debunked fraud claims. Our Kaitlin Collins spoke with bill barr with these m potential legal avenu
Earned more than a billion dollars. Thank you for hanging out. Im omar jimenez. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us. Good morning, phil. Good morning. There was a big game this morning. So i thought it was going to be awesome to wake up at 3 00 a. M. And have an amazing game on. And then it turned out to be the most stressful two hours of my life. And i dont like it anymore. Arent you supposed to be reading for the show. Im totally prepped with womens soccer. Well see how that goes. A lot happened overnight. From politics to gio politics to the womens world cup, of course. Lets get started with five things to know for this tuesday, august 1st. Today could be charging decision day for former President Donald Trump and the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. That grand jury will meet just hours from now. And new this morning, Donald Trumps Political Action committee is almost out of cash. It began last year with m
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. We are still debating about tipping. The whole commercial break. I am victor blackwell. Thank you for sharing part of your morning was us. All right. Right now all the fans are watching womens soccer. The u. S. Team, they are at the world cup. Its a make or break match. And she is back. Gymnast simone biles dominates after taking a break from the sport. The highlights ahead. Former President Donald Trump unleashes in his sharpest attack yet against his own former vice president. All this as his legal fight heats up and he faces a possible fourth indictment. President biden gears up for for a busy week as he gets ready to hit the Campaign Trail. We will talk his latest strategy as the white house struggles to sell his message of bidenomics. Right now, 90 minutes was not enough. The u. S. And sweden are in extra time. It is win or go home at the womens world cup. The u. S. Looked like a Different Team this morning with a number of grea
A momentous day at the nations capital. Also for the entire country, the start of something that i think will carry on potentially to, through an election. Everything matters right now. Hours from now, former President Trump will appear in a d. C. Courtroom to be arraigned for the third time in the last four months. Law enforcement officers put up barriers. They did that overnight, preparing for the former president s arrival. We are live right outside the courthouse. And one of trumps alleged coconspirators, isa soares, alleges implementing a pan for thenVice President pence to block the certification of one of these attorneys joins us ahead. Three dancers who worked for lizzo filed a lawsuit, accusing her of creating a hostile were Work Environment. Lizzo issues a new statement about their claims. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Here is where we begin. In hours, former President Trump will depart his bedminster good job in new jerseon his plane, arraignment in four mo
And yes, joey the big guy himself, john solomon has that very exclusive report coming up in a minute. First let me tell you this, it is a sal reality we are now at the end of a typical day for donald trump and that is joe bidens Weaponized Doj indicted joe bidens Chief Political Rival once again. Now this is pretty much Business As Usual for bidens hyper partisan doj. But its not going to be our top story tonight. We have real scandals to cover, real new news that nobody else will ever cover and with legitimate hard evidence of actual crimes surrounding your sitting president joe biden. And what a liar he has been both as a candidate and as a president and the amount of money this family made with absolutely no experience from the crack addict, prostitute loving son hunter. But first, im just being honest. Okay. A quick message by the way about the washington swamp where trump now does face new charges today and he was arraigned today. Its true, our Nations Capital is basically a woke