i think what we have is a lot of conspiracy realists, and so if i m one of them reporter: some prefer him to the republican front-runner. do you think he can beat trump? yes. we re tired of losing. trump lost. it doesn t make sense. how will you beat trump when you have a trump base and he is running. the way i m going to do is is speaking in an uninhibited way. i think i m the only candidate speaking my mind truly without running it through preordained filters. that is proving to be a competitive advantage. it draws backlash at times, but i think that s what people are hungry for. in your book you re saying much difficult. reporter: it is true. he praised parts of trump s records while offering sharp criticism of how trump handled his 2020 election defeat. we might as well embraces it reporter: he takes trump s style even further on the issue, pledging to fire 75% of federal workers, eliminate all of affirmative action in america, and use u.s. drones
a distance. several months and one blockbuster investigative report later, supreme court justices thomas and alito officially come clean on the goodies they get from wealthy friends. and the latest on a manhunt under way right now for this escaped inmate doing life in this country for one murder and wanted overseas for another. john berman here in for anderson. and tonight we know who s name will not be called next wednesday in atlanta s fulton county courthouse. the former president today waived arraignment, pleading not guilty to 13 counts, including a rico charge connected to his effort to overturn his defeat in that state. his attorneys also filed a motion to sever the case from kenneth chesebro and others being tried, at least for now in october under georgia s speedy trial provision. also today fani willis got a reprieve from the state s republican governor brian kemp who squelched a special legislative session aimed at removing her. governor kemp said he has not seen a
arraignment. trump lawyers jena ellis and sidney powell have already done so. so have ray smith. the man whose name is at the top of the indictment. we re talking about donald trump. with the formal arraignment set for wednesday of next week, we will be monitoring for any additional pleas who have not yet filed one. this comes as we re learning more about what appears to be a crucial mistake, or mistakes during testimony by another trump co-defendant, mark meadows, trump s final white house chief of staff. he took the stand monday in a hearing regarding his request to have the case against him moved out of fulton county and into federal court. yesterday evening, meadows and district attorney fani willis filed responses to a request from federal judge steve jones on the issue of removal. in her brief, d.a. fani willis nails mark meadows for falsely claiming he didn t have any role in the fake elector s scheme. after insisting that he did not play any role in the coordination o
so, now, tropical storm idalia headed towards the carolinas. this storm is not done yet. tonight, from florida, the news continues. the source with kaitlan collins starts right now. tonight, straight from the source, hurricane idalia still dangerous though as it s moving north after battering florida. that record storm surges that continue to pose a threat, their homes underwater, and the rescue is still underway. plus, new questions being raised tonight after senate minority leader mitch mcconnell freezes up for a second time one month after a similar health scare. dr. sanjay gupta will join us. and a searing front page unlike any other, students in north carolina, summing up an american crisis really better than any photo ever could. the student behind the it will join me. i am kaitlan collins and this is the source . tonight, hundreds of thousands of people are still without power in both florida and georgia, where idalia is barreling through now as a tropical sto
florida. this is the location and a part of the state that took enormous damage from hurricane idalia, now tropical storm idalia, which still does pose a serious threat elsewhere. you can see the damage it did here at this truck stop. the storm passed directly overhead here, and it took that awning behind me and simply just tipped it over. and there was brick and metal that was holding it in place that s now just shredded. this exploded brick and twisted metal, with the awning leaning completely on its side. you can take a look. this is actually what it looked like right where i m standing earlier today, as the worst of the wind hit. you can see the awning. there it is. and that s it tipping over. here in perry, it was a wind and a rainstorm. along the gulf coast, though, it was all about the storm surge, a surge not seen in a lifetime. this is alexis and yes, where she was in the hometown she had recently returned to, swimming down the street was how she ended up getting a