79 at cardia cardia. Com or amazon im Arlette Saenz in rehoboth beach, delaware and this is cnn good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington again, this morning with special Counsel Jack Smith not backing down and bringing a retooled January 6 case against former President Donald Trump in a new indictment, federal prosecutor theres made some tweaks after the Supreme Courts controversial ruling giving for president s Donald Trump immunity from prosecution for official actions he took while in office. But all four of the Felony Charges remain accusing trump of attempting to defraud the government by obstructing the certification of the 20 in 20 election and trying to strip voters of their rights. Trump calling smiths action quote, An Act Of Desperation and ridiculous. And hes demanding that the case be immediately dismissed. The new indictment underscores the immense personal significance of a Trump Victory come this november, if he returns to the white hou
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
Powering smarter savings. Powering possibilities. Hi, everyone, its 4 00 in new york. Ten tuesdays, 70 days to a Flashing Red Crossroads in our shared North American future. Both president ial campaigns this afternoon on pace with whats going to be a dead sprint to election day. Vice president Kamala Harris and her running mate tim walz at this hour preparing for what will be their tickets First Campaign stop since they formally accepted their partys nomination. A Bus Tour Of Georgia starting tomorrow. Meanwhile with Donald Trumps running mate jd vance campaigning in michigan and indiana, that campaign is adding new voices. An interesting voice. Nbc news adviser confirming that both robert f. Kennedy jr. And gabby is moving with trump. Lets go to North Carolina voters in ten days. Four days after that, the first president ial debate between trump and harris, which now appears to be all systems go. At least right now, according to donald trump. Disgraced expresident a little more than a
With chief Master Sergeant roger h hoberman. And, special appearance and now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it is Stephen Colbert [cheers and applause] hello, hello. Hello. Hello. Hey, everybody. Sitdown. Welcome. Welcome, ladies in gentlemen. I am your host, Stephen Colbert. Thats the excitement. A big night because today was the Georgia Senate runoff between democratic senator and man listening to his daughter t explain the difference between love island and love is blind. Rafael warnock and and selfaware cinderblock, Herschel Walker. Voters were out at the polls all day, and at 11 35 eastern time, with zero percent of precincts reporting, because we taped the show at 5 30, the late show is ready to project that Herschel Walker does not belong in the senate. We can declare. U. S. Senate is no place for people whose brains dont work for football injuries for it its a place for people whose brains dont work because they are 1,000 years old. One thing we do
violence. no surprise there, really. many republican senators, susan collins, told the new york times this week that she wouldn t be surprised if a senator or house member were killed, strong words. meanwhile, mentions of civil war on twitter and other social media are spiking, and things may soon even get worse. so, it turns out elon musk may actually by twitter. we re here again. he s already pledged to let trump back on, and as of january 6th committee remind us, twitter is how trump actually talks to his base. trump s followers took to social media to declare that they were ready to answer trump s call. one user asked, is the sixth the day, is that why trump wants everyone there? another asserted, trump just told us all to come on armed. this is happening. the third took even further. it will be wild means we need volunteers for the firing squad. yeah, that was a reference to actual firing squad. maya wylie joins us now she s presidency of the leadership conference on c