Tonight on newsnight good evening. Im Abby Phillip in New York tonight. The riddell confounding the Democratic Party. Just what exactly does Joe Biden Plan to do . Drop out or keep on running new reporting captures the mood and the mindset of a defiant president. Angry a donors who want to push him out the door, angry at senators and congressmen, angry Nancy Pelosi who according to the New York times, he views as an instigator, angry at former president obama, who he sees as a Puppet Master, that also from the New York times donors are tightening the screws im told the democratic donors are sending an unambiguous message that not a penny will flow to biden or even to the Candidates Downballot until things change at the top but look, calling these Tea Leaves are charitable to Tea Leaves. Its a riddle wrapped inside of an enigma projected on a Rubiks Cube is all this public pressure, even working, or is the president just digging in, at least for now . He is Dug In and his campaign is no
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the defense also played never before seen body cam video of george floyd s lifeless body being placed on a gurney and we ll play now parts of the paramedic s testimony for you right here. when mr. smith was bending down over the over mr. floyd, was that the point in time when he was checking for a pulse that you described? yes. and you may have been out of the frame for that, but were you what were you doing while that was going on? i was at the back of the ambulance yeah, i was standing near the back of the ambulance. and while your partner was checking for a pulse, and were the officers still on top of george floyd while that process was going on? yeah. oh, he in handcuffs, bro. he a real man, bro. i trained with him. the fact that you guys aren t checking his pulse and doing compressions if he needs them, you guys are on oh my god. okay. they just dragged him. come on now. you were seen bending down over mr. floyd and there was a gesture m
for arraignments september 5th. that will be all of them, their first formal appearance, opening the floodbeats for pretrial motion, and potentially fights over the discovery process, but we should take a moment. in the here and now, there s still so much to consider. for instance, beyond what each defendants will have to answer for, there s a much broader university of unknown. do they stick together? this is a rico case, after all. could one of the defendants shake up the status quo and turn on the others. we don t know the answer to that question, but very apparent cracks in the foundation, suggesting maybe they re not all all on a same page. georgia rep shawn still argues that the fake electors met at donald trump s direction to sign false papers claiming they were the legitimate electors. we ll keep an eye on the lesser-known players, but don t lose sight of the big fish, people like mark meadows, and former doj official jeffrey clark. they re two of at least five people
officers near times square. sandra: another sign of the situation out of control coast to coast as immigration is a major election issue for voters affected by this illegal migrant surge. we will hear directly from texas lieutenant governor dan patrick about his state s efforts to secure the border. he will join us coming up. china s multi-pronged assault on our national and economic security make it the defining threat of our generation. they don t just hit our security and economy. they target our freedoms. reaching inside our borders across america to silence, coerce, and threaten some of our citizens and residents. john: unsettling testimony from fbi director christopher wray about the national security threats china poses to the united states. and breaking, indicting chinese nationals over various crimes linked to aiding iran. john roberts in washington and midweek, sandra. sandra: great to be with you. this is america reports . so the four chinese nationals hav