Long have you been i dont know watchers dreaming August 30 exclusively on max good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta washington. We begin this morning with a defiant Special Counsel in a furious former president , in a reworked January 6 indictment, federal prosecutors are making clear they are not backing down despite last month Supreme Court ruling giving for president s immunity from prosecution for official actions we will dig into the differences between this indictment and the original end moments, but the main points of the allegations remain that Donald Trump attempted to defraud the government by obstructing the certification of the 2020 election and tried to strip voters of their rights. All four of the Felony Charges remain and in true, trump fashion. He took to truth, social his social Video Network to rant calling the Indictment And Act of desperation and ridiculous and calling for the case to be immediately dismissed, joining me now, senior crime an
He clearly intended to use whatever means were at his disposal, whatever levers he could find to overturn a free and fair election. And it was a project, lets be clear here, that almost the entire Republican Party signed on to before some of them got a little freaked out and tried to distance themselves. The times Reports Trump was enabled by influential republicans motivated by ambition, fear or misplaced belief that he would not go too far. Hm. Mitch mcconnell was okay with the plan because he feared alienating a president whose tee his control of the chamber. He also heeded misplaced assurances from white house aides like jared kushner, mr. Trump would eventually cede to reality. Remember that texas lawsuit challenge the Election Results that 18 republican State Attorneys General signed on to . Right . That was ghostwritten, drafted by lawyers close to the white house. The lie that the election was stolen propelled forward by new and more radical lawyers and financiers including the
I dont think i can stress enough, like, how much help the island needs. And former president Donald Trumps lawyers propose delaying his federal election interference trial for almost two years after the 2024 election. We begin this morning with Breaking News. Hurricane hilary has rapidly intensified from a Tropical Storm into a category 4 hurricane as it barrels toward the southwestern u. S. , bringing winds up to 145 miles an hour. Right now, the hurricane is located 400 miles south of cabo san lucas. The Mexican Government says a weakened hilary could hit sunday night in baja, california, and has issued a hurricane warning. It is expected to hit mexico. 24 Million People across parts of california and nevada, utah and arizona are under flood watches. Hilary could mark the first Tropical Storm to hit Southern California in 84 years. I want to bring in nbc news meteorologist bill karins. Bill, good morning. How severe is this hurricane . Were going to talk about flooding in areas that
Tonight. Thanks. That is our show for this evening. Now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening lawrence. Good evening. We have a democratic nominee from the president ial campaign. Joe biden has officially made it so we will be covering some of that. But also a lot of trump coverage to get to. It is a big night. The General Election is on. Have a good show lawrence. Thanks alex. Thank you. Well, it was not a good day for the Trump Fanatics on the republicancontrolled House Judiciary Committee and it was not a great day for their star witness. Republican former u. S. Attorney robert herr conducted the investigation of joe bidens possession of classified material after joe biden left the presidency. That investigation found that he did not commit any crimes at all. And we learned today in the hearing that robert h are rs report about joe biden was not accurate. In his description of joe biden. As an elderly man with unusual memory problems. And you will remembe
Already said on tuesday, for example, im going to say whatever i want. Defended trump gets ground rules from the judge. He starts at a level of miss trusts. She treated trump like a truant child. The dramatic day in Federal Court and the new protective order to stop indicted ex president from intimidating witnesses and trying his case in the media. There are hundreds of recordings with witnesses that we talked to outside the grand jury. I felt like you could hear a pin drop in the courtroom. Then the conservative case that donald trump could be disqualified from office. Why Merrick Garlands announcement of a Special Counsels infuriating biden attackers. And hes right. There is no Ongoing Investigation of hunter biden. And senator obrien shots on the expanding rescue and recovery going on in hawaii. This is going to take years to recover. When all in starts, right now. Grieving from you in new york, uncut chris hayes. Donald trumps defense team has their first hearing but the judge whos