- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. now to fulton county, georgia, and what meamark med ds a judge and jury will believe. it is still up in the air at this point whether meadows will get his wish to move his case to federal court, but we learned a the lot monday about how the former white house chief of staff plans to defend against a sweeping indictment in georgia. he spent three plus hours on the witness stand, and his attorney led him through a carefully orchestrated story of his last few months in office. the last take away that politics
understatements of the year. right. same exact point. those are all minute to say this was a tough job. it doesn t go to this legal question of whether one, he has enough of a defense federally to be in federal court, and two, the real heart of his defense is the supremacy clause, meaning i m a federal official. i can t be charged. in a lot of ways, this was a dry run for that. this was a hearing about his substantiative defense. that s why he gets up on the stand to take that chance to convince people, the judge that really factually, i m innocent. i m just doing my job. we don t have to remind people this is all happening against the backdrop of a campaign that donald trump is running again for president. one of his the competitors, chris christie, his superpac ran the first ad with the trump mug shot. let s watch.
trump, i can t believe anyone would like him, that s how republicans view biden they can t imagine anyone would vote for him. they think, sure, trump vs. biden, trump would win. this is part of one of the focus groups you did. quote, all the participants thought that president biden would lose to the eventual republican nominee, regardless of who it is. the fear if we nominate trump, biden wins was not present. why contenders haven t gained traction from eligibility arguments. there s been a real push from folks who are not donald trump say if you like policies, we ll do that. but i m going to beat joe biden. that s why ron desantis is talking about i m a winner. there was a point in time early on in the presidential primary where ron desantis and trump were closer to evenly matched. that has faded, as the mm ri of the midterms have gone away. now all of these contenders, you
this point in time. and he did mention something that is particularly interesting and particularly something to pay attention to. he says you have to go back to the 1880s or the 1800s since the area that s going to be hit here has seen a hurricane on a path like this one at this strength. we are expecting it to be by the time it hits landfall a category 3. that s packing a whole lot of winds, but mostly it s bringing up the water. i want to remind you something because of the day that it is. it s 29 august 29th. in 2005, it s sered into a lot of our memories because that s when hurricane katrina made landfall. thats was a category 3 storm. what was that about? it was about the water. that s what was so deadly. that was the problem. and everyone needs to be aware of that if they are in a mandatory evacuation zone. such an important point. i was actually thinking about
start to pick up here. why is the coast so vulnerable? it has to do with the storm surge. they just upped the numbers. 10 to 15 feet across the big bend. many areas still at play. tampa bay, 4 to 7 feet for you. wow, that s pretty scary stuff. thank you so much for that. appreciate it. now we re going to go back to the campaign trail. most republicans really like trump. that s the title of a new york times op-ed from strategist and pollster kristin ander season, who writes, voters see biden as beatable. they think most americans see him as they do. given that, most republicans aren t looking to be rescued from donald trump. the fact is they really do like him. at this point, they think he s their best shot. joining our conversation is the woman who wrote that and also a cnn political commentator kristen anderson. this is such a fascinating thing.