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
In your state . We will open up our regular lines. If you support President Trump and Vice President pence, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you support democratic candidate joe biden and Kamala Harris, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are undecided or support another president ial ticket, your number is 202 7488002. You can oyster text us your and we at 202 7488003 are always reading on social media. Once again, we are looking to talk to our viewers in battleground states only this morning, as the last few hours of this election season come to a close. Cook political report actually has a list of states which it considers to be up for grabs for this Electoral College season. You can see those states on your screen, six states listed officially as tossup states theida, georgia, iowa, second Congressional District of maine, North Carolina, ohio, and texas. Those are the states that are officially listed as tossups from the Cook Political Report. We want to hear
A rising death toll, i knew record numbers, the coronavirus pandemic 10 is a tragic 3 year we begin in the u. S. Where top Election Officials have released a statement describing the 2020 president ial vote as the most secure in u. S. History. Donald trump has refused to concede and claims without any evidence that rampant voter fraud stole victory from him. But authorities on election and Cyber Security say right now across the country Election Officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process. Prior to finalizing the results. Theres no evidence that any Voting System deleted or lost votes changed . Votes always in any way compromised. Joins us live from, washington. D. C. Alan, the former president obamas been speaking, but before we get to him, just talk concerning what this announcement is. And is it a game changer . Well, this is a watch dog. This attacks the department of Homeland Security, obviously before the election. There was great concern that there wo
Voting early at much higher rates than republicans and so we can expect to see that the early vote will look a lot more democratic than republican and that the in person vote on election day will look a lot more republican than democratic which balance things out in ohio speed. Host what are the productions for voter turnout overall . Guest ohio traditionally has a higher rate of voter turnout then other states in the country because it is a swing state and because our elections are so competitive. In the past it is been upwards of 60 and i think we can see even higher percentageses of vor turnout rates this election season. Host walk us through the history of how ohio has voted in previous president ial elections . Guest sure. There is a saying that so goes ohio, so goes the nation and it is a saying that has the virtue of being true and no republican has ever won the white house without winning the presidency and since 1964 ohio has voted for the winning candidate in every single pre
Crossroads millions of voters will decide this weekend whether to scrap the nations constitution written under dictator Augusto Pinochet. Plus a big birthday for a football legend pele turns 18 today did resilience been named player of the century and the king of football after decades at the top well hear his take on the beautiful game. Im gather as well come to the program u. S. President s donald trump and his democratic challenger joe biden of faced off in a final t. V. Debate less than 2 weeks before election day the exchange was a lot more civil than the ill tempered 1st debate the coronavirus pandemic dominated the agenda along with Race Relations taxes and the economy. Republicans in longwood florida were thrilled with their candidates performance we love and adore him and tonight he was doing a fabulous job but back in 2016 i voted against hillary not necessarily for trump but now im 100 percent on board. But biden supporters seemed equally satisfied getting its hard to sum up