11 00 a. M. Eastern. We begin way Major Development and former president Donald Trumps legal battles. Special counsel jack smith filing a superseing indictment over its efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This comes nearly two months after the original case was derailed over a Landmark Supreme Court decision president s have broad immunity for official acts. The updated indictment, contains the original four charges trump pleaded not guilty to but some charges revised. Special counsel saying, the Superseding Indictment reflects the governments efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Courts holdings and remand instructions. Joining us now katie phang, msnbc legal contributor and paul butler former Federal Proecutor and msnbc legal analyst and msnbcs garrett haake. Walk us try the new versus the old one . Yes. Jose, start with the stuff that hasnt changed. Its the same four charges that were in the original indictment from last year. Its the same defendant. Donald trump. Theres n
Margins matter. That idea is at the core of Kamala Harris strategy, saving precious time and money fighting for rural voters. Then the goal, to bring it inline with the Supreme Courts recent Immunity Decision and keep the heart of his case alive. Will it be enough . Israel in the opening phases of a military attack, not in gaza but in the palestinianoccupied portions of the west bank. We begin with Kamala Harris and walz rewriting the campaign to rural georgia, and its a place democrats seldom go. Todays Campaign Bus Tour Through Southern Georgia is a big deal, monumental, in areas anxious for attention. Theres a plan that the campaign believes can even hurt trumps margin in those rural areas, and its a bold move. Georgia ended up being the closest state in the country that year when clinton won. In the words of one of harris top aides, quote, these are the types of places you might not be able to go from losing 90 10 to winning them, but you can stave off a bigger defeat. Its really i
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
Through some of the more rural and red parts of the state, but places were turning out dormant democratic voters could be game changing. More than ambitious, its a sign of optimism. The Harris Walz Campaign is playing offense right now, while trump and vance find themselves on defense. Forced to answer for and try to clarify one negative story after another, be it an alleged physical confrontation or altercation with an Arlington National cemetery worker, a repost of memes calling for the jailing of trumps political opponents or yet another unearthed tape of j. D. Vance attacking women without children. This time, its teachers. Days after telling nbc news that democrats, quote, willfully misinterpreted his childless cat ladies remark, the audio of vance going after the head of the nations Largest Teachers Union who says she became a mother through marriage. So many leaders of the left, and i hate to be so personal about this, but theyre people without kids trying to brainwash the minds
Hi, everybody. Its 4 00 in washington. Im jen psaki in today for nicolle wallace. You can ask someone to find 11,000 votes in georgia, we know someone who did, or you can go out and earn them. Thats how it should be done. Stump for them, shake hands, kiss a lot of babies for them. Show up places where people might be priced to see you because their community is very much in favor of your opponent. Youre wondering why youre there. Even in the course of an election both candidates insist is the most important of our lifetimes, theres nothing quite like a good oldfashioned barnstorming. With that plane door opening in savannah moments ago, right there, Vice President harris, back on the trail in a freshly painted bus. Maybe well get to see inside the bus. Well see over the next two hours. We should expect to see more of them well bring that to you as it comes as well. Their mission over the next day and a half in georgia is to boldly go where so few democrats, at least ones running for pr