that and the potential for the former president to influence the races. good morning, everyone. happy saturday and welcome to your new day. it is a good day. saturday, august 20th. good to be with you, boris. always a pleasure. good to be with you, amara. we begin with the concerns about a nuclear power plant on the front lines of russia s war against ukraine. fighting around the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has intensified, so much so that now there are concerns about a possible nuclear disaster. cnn first reported new satellite images contradict russia s claims about the facility. they say there is systemic shelling there, but the images just don t show that. vladimir putin accuses the
as always, thank you so much for watching the katie phang show. i am back tomorrow morning at 7 am eastern live. all she starts right now. good morning, it is saturday, august 20th. i am ali velshi. we are 80 days away from one of the most consequential midterm elections in recent memory. even though donald trump will not be on any ballot this year, his mark is everywhere. his big lie has been a core value of today s republican party. some of the insurrectionists who he s summoned to the capitol on january 6th are among this year s candidates for office. after fbi agents retrieved
assassination attempt. another hour of velshi begins right now. ght now. good morning, saturday august 20th. not am in the 6 am in the west, i m ali bell. she hardly a day passes without a development in the investigation that is somewhat connected to donald. trump that is because there are no fewer than four current and ongoing criminal investigations. related to the president himself, relative to have ever set of inquiries across multiple states. it all culminated in an fbi search of his private awaits us in palm beach florida. let s go to, new york where trump spent the vast majority of his life and career before he became president. he is facing a pair of inquiries into his company s business practices. when is a civil case which is headed by the new york, state attorney general letitia james. he was looking into whether the trump organization lied about the value of its assets, either to receive loans from the bank or to avoid paying its fair
at mar-a-lago. and cutting it close. the freeze on student loan payments is set to end this month and borrows aren t the only ones in the dark about what s going to happen next. it s the weekend, saturday, august 20th. we re so grateful to be a part of yours. thanks for joining us. sounds like you were well rested last night or something. almost never. almost never. well you do a good job of faking it. good to be with you, boris. a lot of news to get to this morning. first, the white house defending its response to the spread of monkeypox across the u.s. and implementing its new aggressive plan to control the outbreak. yeah. more than 14,000 monkeypox cases in the united states. more than a third of all cases in the world. and listen to this, in the last
governing, everybody. saturday august 20th. i m juliet huddy in for alisyn camerota. sarah palin sending a signal to american voters. empower the people of america. [roar] scary bear. does that mean counter in. karl rove the architect here to share his thoughts. liberals have a new mission. crushing rick perry s job creating record. what can they do? how can they do this? is there any such thing as a bad job in this awful economy? and how loyal are your friends? will they turn on you for a few bucks in the community that s paying kids totality on classmates who play hooky.