Its about being seen and been heard live. From london. This is Cnn Newsroom with Max Foster and christina macfarlane. Hello, a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u. S. And around the world. Im Max Foster and im christina macfarlane. Its wednesday, august 28, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington, where the u. S. Justice department is keeping the Election Subversion Case five, against Donald Trump, special Counsel Jack Smith filed a Slimmer Indictment against the former president for his involvement in the January 6 insurrection that hes betting will hold up to the supreme courts divisive ruling on president ial immunity last month, which granted trump sweeping protections. Trump is by no means off the hook for allegedly attempting to so overturn the 2020 election. The shorter documents still charges him with the same four Felony Counts that he faced before, which include conspiracy to defraud the united states and obstruction. But removes key parts of the origi
Recovery crews continue to comb through the charred ruins and hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. There is growing anger on maui over both the lack of warning about the wildfires the worst to hit a state in america in over a century and the response by officials to the thousands left without homes and in some cases adequate food and water as sophie long reports from the island. This is what remains of lahaina. Cars abandoned as people ran and jumped into the sea to escape the flames. Homes and businesses reduced to charred remains. President biden promised immediate help and said every available asset should be used to provide it, but, days later, people here say its not yet reaching those most in need and people like felicia are desperately trying to get supplies into lahaina themselves. Im frustrated. People are. Were all together. Were one family, we need to take care of each other. No one s feeding everyone. Theyre traumatised. Theyre upset. No one s giving hugs. They need m
Lost the election, and the election wasnt stolen through fraud. Theyre going to have to prove that beyond reasonable doubt. Which is a high bar, of course. A high bar. That leads me to believe that we are seeing the tip of the iceberg on this. Do you think jackson of has more . Yes. I would believe he has a lot more. Okay, lets bring in Michael Cohen, Donald Trumps former fixer, and attory. He is now a principle of crisis x. He is the host of the mea culpa, and political beatdown podcast, and the author of the New York Times bestseller revenge how donald trump weaponized the u. S. Department of justice against his critics. Great to have you tonight. Good to be with. You heard the former Attorney General say that he believes that donald trump knew that he lost the election, and what do you think about that being a defense, that his attorneys are going to say . He believes there are Election Fraud dont nobody could show evidence of it. Donald will now reach to any defense he thinks will
if you are hitting the road or jumping on a plane today, you will have plenty of company. one of the busiest travel days of the year is in full swing right now. the nightmare keeps getting worse for families of hostages in gaza. word today a 73-year-old american citizen, father of four, grandfather of seven, died at the hands of hamas. what we know about him and his wife who is still a hostage. lots to get to. we start with the new and significant reporting out of michigan. the detroit news obtaining audio recordings from 2020 in whicthen president trump urges officials not to sign off on results that show boden won. he said, we ve to fight for our country. we can let these people take our country away from us. he also said,quote, everybody knows detroit is crooked as hell. on the call, rnc chair mcdaniel who told election workers, if you can go home tonight, do not sign the certification papers. we will get you attorneys, to which trump added, we will take care of that
thank you so much for letting us into your homes for another week of shows. we re grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. hi, nicole. thank you. welcome to the beat. i am ari melber. right now this is a busy friday for news after a week that began with the abrupt firing of tucker carlson and the sedition case against the proud boys for january 6th reaching a jury and then just last night we reported that mike pence went under oath for the first time about the coup to the doj. each of those are distinct developments. each stem from the ongoing if tardy accountability for the insurrection. fox news reeling from a record payout for insurrection and election lies which tucker carlson doubled down on which compounded his problems and the transfer of power we should note that this week the current president formally announced he is running for re-election in a video that discusses and shows what he says are the stakes. usually when the incumbent president an