Landmark immunity ruling, but will the courts allow the updated charges to stand . Plus a busy day on the trail. Vice president harris and governor walz head to georgia for a Campaign Bus Tour ahead of their first joint interview. The stakes for that sitdown. And later israel launches the largest raids of the occupied west bank in at least 20 years. At least nine People Killed with the operation still ongoing. We are live in the region. It is 10 00 eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im jose diazbalart in for ana cabrera. We begin this morning with special counsel jack smith attempting to revive the federal Election Interference case against former President Trump, with a new Superseding Indictment. This new indictment includes the same charges as the original, but some of the details of the accusations have been tweaked after the Supreme Courts recent ruling granting president s broad immunity for official acts. Joining us now nbcs vaughn hillyard, also with us msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa
Now, ahead. Vice president harris heads to the sun belt ready to fire up voters in Battleground Georgia as a state gop official says the race is tighter because of her. And israel sends tanks and troops into the west bank adding even more anger and instability in the region. Good to be with you. Im katy tur in for andrea mitchell. Jack smith has filed a new Superseding Indictment against donald trump for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election. While he doesnt add new charges, jack smith recasts his case as a prosecution of a Candidate Running for office, trying to work around the Supreme Court decision that gives president s broad immunity for, quote, official acts while in office. Gone are the conversations donald trump had with the doj. Gone is the primary reference to him as the 45th president. Instead, hes mainly described as a candidate and changed is coconspirators like Rudy Giuliani are described, they are, quote, private attorneys. Will that be enough . We have analysis
The sun coming up 6 00 a. M. Its wednesday, august 28th. And we have a lot to get to this morning. Including special counsel jack smith trying to salvage the federal Election Interference case against donald trump. Filing a formal indictment against the former president. Were going to bring you excellent analysis in just a moment. Meanwhile, donald trump now says that he will debate Vice President Kamala Harris in two weeks, but the Harris Campaign still needs to be resolved. And well have more details about that the operation that rescued an israeli man who was held hostage by hamas for more than 300 days. That comes as israel launches a broad operation in the west bank with raids and air strikes in that territory. Im Jonathan Lemire along with u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news katty kay in this morning for joe, mika and willie. Well be joined by Symone Sanderstownsend, and mike barnicle, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, you just saw her on way too early, ali vitali. Lo
Through some of the more rural and red parts of the state, but places were turning out dormant democratic voters could be game changing. More than ambitious, its a sign of optimism. The Harris Walz Campaign is playing offense right now, while trump and vance find themselves on defense. Forced to answer for and try to clarify one negative story after another, be it an alleged physical confrontation or altercation with an Arlington National cemetery worker, a repost of memes calling for the jailing of trumps political opponents or yet another unearthed tape of j. D. Vance attacking women without children. This time, its teachers. Days after telling nbc news that democrats, quote, willfully misinterpreted his childless cat ladies remark, the audio of vance going after the head of the nations Largest Teachers Union who says she became a mother through marriage. So many leaders of the left, and i hate to be so personal about this, but theyre people without kids trying to brainwash the minds