Violence. Were erasing generations of traumatized americans. That concerns me as a faith leader. Good morning. Top of the hour. So glad youre with us here on cnn this morning. Another historic day, a really important day for our democracy in court today. Not just about an arraignment its much bigger than that. Down in washington. Just hours from now, former President Donald Trump set to appear in a courtroom in washington, d. C. On charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election and hold on to power. Night. Ty barriers went upover secret service has done walkthrough of the d. C. Courthouse. Trump is expected to plead not guilty to four counts including conspiracy to defraud the United States. His fingerprints will be taken digitally. A preview of trumps lawyers will argue, among those his claims of Election Fraud are protected by the first amendments free speech. He truly believed that the debunked fraud claims. Our Kaitlin Collins spoke with bill barr with these m potential legal avenu
Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. A fresh start to your weekend. We thank you for starting with us. Im victor blackwell. Im amara walker. Thank you for sharing a part of your morning with us. The fight between Special Counsel and donald trump is heating up. Why theyre calling on the judge to take action after a social media post by the former president. This was crazy in new york city. Look at these pictures. There was some violence but a lot of chaos after a social Media Influencer posted about a give away and now that influencer is facing charges. And simone biles gets ready for a comeback after taking a break from the sport. We will have the latest on tonights competition. We begin with this latenight court filing from Special Counsel jack smith. He is now asking a federal judge to quickly set Disclosure Rules in the January 6th Case against former president donald trump. In the filing smith cited this social media post from trump earlier in the day that reads, if you go af
Earned more than a billion dollars. Thank you for hanging out. Im omar jimenez. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us. Good morning, phil. Good morning. There was a big game this morning. So i thought it was going to be awesome to wake up at 3 00 a. M. And have an amazing game on. And then it turned out to be the most stressful two hours of my life. And i dont like it anymore. Arent you supposed to be reading for the show. Im totally prepped with womens soccer. Well see how that goes. A lot happened overnight. From politics to gio politics to the womens world cup, of course. Lets get started with five things to know for this tuesday, august 1st. Today could be charging decision day for former President Donald Trump and the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. That grand jury will meet just hours from now. And new this morning, Donald Trumps Political Action committee is almost out of cash. It began last year with m
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. We are still debating about tipping. The whole commercial break. I am victor blackwell. Thank you for sharing part of your morning was us. All right. Right now all the fans are watching womens soccer. The u. S. Team, they are at the world cup. Its a make or break match. And she is back. Gymnast simone biles dominates after taking a break from the sport. The highlights ahead. Former President Donald Trump unleashes in his sharpest attack yet against his own former vice president. All this as his legal fight heats up and he faces a possible fourth indictment. President biden gears up for for a busy week as he gets ready to hit the Campaign Trail. We will talk his latest strategy as the white house struggles to sell his message of bidenomics. Right now, 90 minutes was not enough. The u. S. And sweden are in extra time. It is win or go home at the womens world cup. The u. S. Looked like a Different Team this morning with a number of grea
You good morning, everyone. We are so glad you are with us. 8 00 a. M. Out east. There is a lot happening around the world and in the political world, that is for sure. Former President Trump bracing for possibly more indictments, but we are learning that his Political Action committee is nearly tapped out of money. It had more than 100 million at the start of last year. Now it has less than 4 million. Most of that money went to legal bills. And the u. S. Punching their ticket to the Knockout Stage at the womens world cup. It wasnt pretty and it was pretty close. Carli lloyd called it uninspiring and disappointing. We will have highlights. And a Concertgoer Filing a report against cardi b saying they were struck by the microphone she threw from trt stage. What may have happened before cardi b was hit with a drink that was thrown at her. This hour of cnn this morning starts now. Good morning. Brandnew this morning, i hope you are all awake at 3 00 a. M. The u. S. Womens soccer team was