and i thank you. good to be back with you on this second hour of msnbc reports with jose diaz-balart. it is 1:00 eastern, 10:00 a.m. pacific. i m in today for chris jansing. what happens today in a d.c. courthouse could be one of the most important days yet for the former president. donald trump s lawyer facing off against jack smith s special counsel team about the durability of trump s presidential immunity argument. it is now in the hands of three judges, but could this case as trump s lawyer put it open pandora s box? a president has to have immunity. and the other thing is i did nothing wrong. and the two top figures in this case, special counsel jack smith and judge tanya chutkan have now both been victims of swatting. what does that mean for the safety of public officials as we head into a busy 2024? plus, the pentagon s investigation into secretary of to hide his hospitalization from even the white house as more lawmakers on capitol hill call for his resignation.
And joining us now, booktv, its university of arizona susan crane, author of Nothing Happened a history how and why you write a book about nothing. The taxpayers of arizona must be wondering, well, i have been working on nothing for several years, so the funny part is, i tell yes, im a historian. Yes, i on modern europe, but im really a historian of historical consciousness. And what that means is im a history in of how do People Choose to remember the past. And one of the ways that People Choose to remember the past, they dont actually think theyre doing. And thats they say Nothing Happened that wasnt that interesting or oh, Nothing Happened that was boring and it doesnt get recorded or shouldnt be recorded because it wasnt important. And that struck me and i thought why is it that people use the word nothing to talk about something that theyre then saying isnt important. But they gave it a name. They called it nothing. So that intrigued me. And thats where nothing started happening.
France still does not provide, although it has more power, but the problem is that the arguments of the United States and anthony blinken, in particular, they do not have such weight due to the fact that the United States itself cannot now approve further aid for ukraine, and by the way, the nikolangs say that in europe they do not understand the argument about the possibility of providing aid on credit at all, because they say that from the very beginning, america itself benefited from aid to ukraine, because the majority. Which is approved by congress, returns to the american arms manufacturers, so nikalanga says that as a result of this visit, a lot of antonys own colleagues blinken wants to hear something from him either Congress Approves aid to ukraine after all, or the white house finds another way. Lets listen. America cannot be expected to have much influence on the debate if the us no longer supplies ukraine with weapons, equipment and ammunition. So the main thing is the most
Newton. Ahead on cnn newsroom, the head first lady tested positive for covid19, all speak to a doctor about the new variant. Russia looks to north korea for arms, kim jongun may meet with Vladimir Putin to seal a weapon steel. And, another race to avoid a Government Shutdown. Lawmakers have just days to reach a deal about the federal budget. Live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. And we do begin here in the United States where First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for covid19. Now, the white house says she is currently experiencing only mild symptoms and will remain at bidens home in delaware. However, President Joe Biden has tested negative for the virus, both were in delaware for the Labor Day Weekend and an official tells cnn that there are no changes to the president s schedule at this time. The president is scheduled to depart for the g20 summit in india later this week. Meantime, this covid cases increase right across the United States, lab test indicate
But is public trust broken. 7 but is public trust broken . And from farm to fork . Gb and from farm to fork . Gb news gets an insiders take on the balmoral show. Thats Northern Irelands biggest agricultural event and a Royal Anniversary as today marks six years since prince harry and Meghan Markles wedding day in windsor. It comes as her suits co star says meghan is set for the white house after a murky start. For some of us this morning that should break up to give plenty of warm sunshine. Ill have all the details coming up. Have all the details coming up. Lovely to be with you this morning. Im anne diamond and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on. Breakfast on. Gb news. I find it absolutely extraordinary that anyone is talking about the possibility of meghan being president of the united states, but then when you think about it, anythings possible nowadays , isnt it . Possible nowadays, isnt it . I would say never say never, because her, her suits co star says because of her a