double-layered button downed shirt aficionado, the leaked audio is just a few days before the 2020 presidential election. rewind a little bit and remember with me, a couple of months earlier, steve bannon had been arrested on charges that he had been bilking unsuspecting donors out of their money by telling them theirct donations were goi toward building a wall on the southern border when in fact, the money was going to steve bannon s pockets. bans was arrested on this luxury yacht off the coast of connecticut,ry belonging to an exiled chinese billionaire kind after patrongi of bannon. bannon out on bail is at a meeting with a bunch of the chinese billionaire friends, fine crew of folks who work on a sprawling online network peddling far right disinformation and an activist meeting a few days before the presidential election, bannon is filling themes in on how electi night is going to go down. what trump s gonna do is just declare victory, right? he s gonna declare victory.
if you are capable of getting out now, get out now. evacuations are under way in parts of mississippi in anticipation of heavy flooding tomorrow. the mayor of jackson is going to be joining us live with more on how his city is preparing and why this could be the second round of flooding for some residents. on the eve of history, one day away from the launch of artemis i. how the forecast is shaping up and why this mission is so critical when it comes to getting americans back on the moon. it is sunday, august 28th. thank you so much for waking up with us. good to be with you, boris. good morning, amara. i hope you enjoyed the cupcake you had for breakfast. i enjoyed my prosciutto i have every morning. i m still working on mine, slowly. we hope you are enjoying your breakfast wherever you are. we re grateful that you made us part of the start of your week. up first, assessing the damage to national intelligence from classified documents that were found at donald
republican news organizations, or fox news and all the right-wing echo chambers. they don t want to face the republicans who are forcing these laws on people. they don t want to face the real implications of these laws and what they mean when ten year old girls get pregnant by rape. that is really what we are dealing with here. thank you, ayman. yeah. thank you, my friend. thank you. it has long been the official position of this program that if donald trump is to become a criminal defendant, the most likely place where he will be charged with a crime or crimes is atlanta, georgia, where district attorney fani willis is conducting a grand jury investigation in which the breaking news of the night is that every one of these 16 republicans who falsely claimed to be george s elected members of the electoral college are now targets of that grand jury investigation. that news was revealed in a court filing in which the criminal defense lawyers for 11 of the republicans have
that is really what we are dealing with here. thank you, ayman. yeah. thank you, my friend. thank you. it has long been the official position of this program that if donald trump is to become a criminal defendant, the most likely place where he will be charged with a crime or crimes is atlanta, georgia, where district attorney fani willis is conducting a grand jury investigation in which the breaking news of the night is that every one of these 16 republicans who falsely claimed to be george s elected members of the electoral college are now targets of that grand jury investigation. that news was revealed in a court filing in which the criminal defense lawyers for 11 of the republicans have asked the georgia judge to quash their subpoenas to testify to the grand jury. the motion says that for over two months, the district attorney s office told the criminal defense lawyers that the fake electors, quote, where witnesses, not subject for targets of the district attorneys, a
texts by tomorrow. just in time for what may be the summer finale of their public hearings. what we are learning about new witnesses, including somebody the committee we found out will meet with tomorrow. that s just coming in to us, all of it as across town in d.c. inside the building you re looking at live here, you ve got steve bannon in court, getting ready to learn which of his peers will decide whether he s guilty or not in his contempt of congress trial. also this hour, breaking new details out of indiana, with police revealing more about the shooter who went on a rampage inside a mall, and the man who stopped him. and our nbc news team dropping a new investigative piece out of texas. what one conservative group is blaming for a recent school shooting, not guns, per se, but what they call a woke teaching philosophy. we ll explain that later in the show. i m hallie jackson in washington. with me now are my correspondents. allie, let me start with you and this new report