After the next president ial election, as the former president and his codefendants in the georgia case have just one week more to surrender for booking at a Fulton County jail. Chris christie sharpening his attacks on ron desantis today in the florida governors own backyard. The American People want from a president more than anything else is authenticity. This campaign of his has gone from up here to down here because people are really beginning to wonder what the hell he stands for. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. President biden is hosting a diplomatic show of force this hour at camp david. A summit with japans Prime Minister and south koreas president , to discuss shared security challenges, chinas growing economic and geopolitical power and kim jonguns expansion of his Nuclear Weapons program. A new concern for these leaders, a north Korean Missile tested in july and as first reported by nbc, clearly identical or nearly identical in appearance and trajectory
Thats what we have all these prosecutions happening across the country. Jenna griswold, always great to see you. Thanks for being with, us thanks for the things you do to keep our elections actually safe. She is the Secretary Of State, for colorado. Coming up in our next hour, were gonna call to order a Special Edition of the Velshi Banned Book Club. Ominous discuss with two call scholars, one of americas most important most divisive documents, the constitution of the United States of america. Were gonna dig deeper into the section of that same constitution that legal experts say disqualifies donald trump from holding the office of the president ever again. Another hour of velshi begins right now. Right now. Good morning, its saturday, august 19th. Im ali velshi. In the span of just 12 months, the twice impeached President Donald Trump has been charged with a total of 91 felony count. Stemming from criminal cases against. Tim he remains firmly at the top of the field of the republican
Weve reached the end of another week of high profile and historic legal troubles for former president , donald trump. He now faces 91 charges across four indictments. The latest in georgia, where he has yet to turn himself in. Law enforcement there is planning for trump to surrender no earlier than thursday of next week. Thats according to three sources familiar with the plan, they stress, nothings official just yet. Trump and the 18 codefendants in fani williss case have exactly one week to voluntary surrender in Fulton County. Earlier today, Georgia Republican governor, brian kemp, spoke a lot about what he thought the georgia case might go to trial. In my opinion, this trial, despite what theyre thinking for anybody else, it is not going to happen before the election. That comment poses trumps team is trying to push back the federal election in two nearly three years from. Now today, we also learned that Kenneth Chesebro, the trump ally who allegedly thought up the Fake Electors sch
Like death valley, and palm springs where there is not a lot of topsoil to absorb that water. Flooding is going to be a major thing. Three inches is all you need for your car to float away. So people have these suvs and they think just dont it is not worth it. Stay home. Cancel your appointments. Watch it on tv and wait until it passes. We will see you next week. You too, my friend. There is news tonight regarding donald trump surrendering in Fulton County on charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Nbc news is reporting that donald trump is expected to surrender on thursday, or friday of next week. That is right up against the deadline of noon friday, august 25th, which was set by the District Attorney fani willis. This is according to three senior Law Enforcement officials who stress and nothing is official yet. Plans are still being finalized. When he does turn himself in he will have his fingerprints taken, and for the First Time Since donald trump s
Trumps, if you go after me, im coming after you, post, which trumps team said was directed toward political groups. The question now is what, if anything, will judge chutkan do about Donald Trumps continued attacks on both the cases and those involved. Will she speed up a trial date, put a gag order on the case or find the former president in contempt of court. Again, where exactly is the line . We could hear from judge chutkan soon. The deadline for Donald Trumps lawyers to respond to a proposed start date for the Election Interference Trial is today. At the same time, and the same worry, the Fulton County grand jurors who voted to indict donald trump are exposed, purported names, photos and addresses have start the circulating on far right forums. One person wrote, these jurors have signed their Death Warrant by falsely indicting donald trump. Joining me now, nbc news correspondent, Garrett Haake whos in atlanta for us, and nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian