Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us. It is a tuesday, full of news. Victor blackwell by my side. Good morning. Good to be back. Good to have you. Here all week. Five things to know for this tuesday, august 8th. New this morning, the east coast cleaning up after deadly storms, trees are down, roads are blocked. Hundreds of thousands of people without power. Already more than 300 flights cancelled. Happening today, the police chief in montgomery, alabama, is expected to reveal more information about that brawl that broke out on the citys river front. It started after a black dock worker was attacked by a group of white people. So far no arrests. But four warrants have been issued. Right now, Los Angeles City workers are on a 24hour strike. 11,000 workers including Sanitation Workers, engineers, life guards, all headed for the picket lines. They say its a fight for fair contracts. This hour, polls open in ohio as Voters Decide whether to make it harder to amend their state const
Investigation. He cites Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe to support his theory about the fake electors. Lawrence tribe is going to join us tonight this is one of the lucky bookings that preexisting this story. He is going to respond to somebody who is listed now as a coconspirator in the case of the january six who was in his memo apparently trying to lean on professor tribe. We will see if that works, when he joins us. That is what they call in the business a chefs kiss, great book, and cant wait to see it. Can we. Have a good show. The Breaking News this evening is friday at ten pm. That is when the judge in the newest prosecution of donald trump will convene the first hearing in that case yesterday. Judge Tanya Chutkan asked the lawyers and the case to agree on two possible dates and times that they would all be available for hearing this week. Jack smiths team of prosecutors made it very easy on the judge, saying that they would all be available at anytime. Wednesday, thursday,
Good evening. Im mehdi hasan. The insanity defense. That is what the Trump Legal Team seems to be offering this week in the wake of Special Counsel jack smiths stunning and damning 45page indictment, excuse, me of the former president , charging him with conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy to violate rights. All charges fueled by his lies per the indictment. The trump team saying, though, he wasnt lying, he truly believed he won the election. Which, if he truly believed that, would of course be insane. But its not true, as smiths and item notes, trump was informed by members of his own campaign and legal teams that he had indeed, lost there was no massive fraud involved. Trump himself is quoted in the indictment telling mike pence after his own Vice President told him that he, mike, pence had no Constitutional Authority to reject the vote on January The 6th, quote, youre too honest. Best of all, one of t
On felony charge, this time for alleged crimes against democracy itself. Good evening in new york. Im Anderson Cooper and jake tapper in washington. And anderson, unlike the first two arraignments in new york and florida, this one was held within view of the crime scene. The u. S. Capitol at a federal courthouse where dozens of members of the violent mob that he incited, he incited hundreds really have already been convicted and sent to prison. The actual proceedings which were led by a Magistrate Judge took 27 minutes. The four counts connected though his attempt to overturn the election that he lost. His next Court Date Set for the 28th in front of the trial judge, tanya chutkan, who is expected to set a trial date. Now a short time later after the sentencing on the tarmac at Reagan National airport, holding an umbrella handed to him by his bodyman and documents case codefendant walt nauta, the he made the following remarks about the nations capitol. This is a very sad day for americ
Special counsel jack smith announcing the third indictment of donald j. Trump after months of investigating the former president and his allies and their efforts to overturn the 2020 president ial election. This hour well have indepth coverage of the accusations against trump and the new information were learning about his attempt to stay in power from that sweeping federal investigation. And well also look at how this latest legal issue could impact the president ial campaign as he has used previous indictments to boost fundraising. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, august 2nd, a historic day. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting it with us. And well begin this morning with history once again. Former President Donald Trump who took an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the United States constitution has been indicted for allegedly trying to subvert that very same document. In washington, d. C. Yesterday a federal grand jury of trumps own peers convene