as it came out of my mouth i was wondering are we going to a problem next time trying to book imagine there were 50-50 odds you d just been chosen as one of the people to decide whether or not to criminally indict donald trump. that may very well be the case for the grand juries who are just seated in fulton county, georgia. today over 100 georgians showed up at the superior court of fulton county in atlanta. and for the sake of their privacy we re not going to show you any of them, but you can see fulton county district attorney fani willis was in the room. there she is right there. the judge sent about half of the potential jurors home, but the other half he directed to one side of the room or the other. they were split into grand jury a and grand jury b. each one was made up of 23 jurors plus alternates. now, other than the $25 a day these grand juries will get for their time, they may also get the chance to make history. for more than two years now fani willis h
donald trump in a defamation lawsuit. we ll explain why the doj is backing off its previous position. plus two months worth of rain in two days. vermont is just starting the recovery process from that disaster. we ll get an update from one of the state s top lawmakers. all right, good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 12th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. we begin with the major developments out of the nato summit in lithuania. the alliance says it will invite ukraine to join but only when allies agree and conditions are met. the group did not give a time line or details on what those conditions might be. vague wording is in line with what president joe biden said last week, calling a pathway to membership for ukraine, quote, premature while it is at war with russia. as the new york times points out, it appears the president and like minded allies have prevailed over poland in baltic nations that wanted a formal invitation for ukraine t
jillian: donald trump offering strong protections if it denuclearize is. griff jenkins live with those development ahead of the high-stakes summit. in an oval office meeting, donald trump offered reassurance but set a stern warning to north korea that despite threats to pull out of the summit it is in rob: kim jong un s interests to follow the dealer meet the same fate as qaddafi. libya, we decimated that country. this would be with kim jong un, something where he would be in his country, running his country. his country would be very rich, his evil are tremendously industrious. that model will take place if we don t make a deal most likely. reporter: the secretary-general offering support of the push for denuclearization on the peninsula. we support the initiative,
his country running his country, his country would be very rich, his people are tremendously industrious. that model would take place if we don t make a deal most likely. reporter: the secretary-general offering his support on denuclearization on the korean peninsula. we support the initiative, the work for having a summit. we think it is important that we still have pressure on north korea and north korea has seized this opportunity. rob: the pres. said we will see what happens with planning continues for the june meeting in singapore and the pentagon says a joint military operation between the us and south korea continues despite north korean objections and naysayers like sen. jeff flake weighing in. i have been skeptical anything would be produced by a summit. to be hard-pressed to have north