Around the world. Im max foster. Bianca is off today. But just ahead this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. Lock him up, lock him up you are entitled to question whether it was honest or not. It is not okay to create fake electors and attack the capitol to get your way. The whole thing was a fraud on the United States. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is friday, august 4, 9 00 a. M. In london, 4 00 a. M. In bedminster, new jersey where donald trump is not letting his latest indictment stand in the way of his bid to win reelection. The former u. S. President is back at his golf resort of a at the pleading not guilty in the alleged plot to reverse his 2020 election loss. He plans to attend a fundraiser in alabama tonight and another event this South Carolina saturday. His next hearing is set for august 28 when the judge is expected to set a trial date. Justice department prosecutors want to move things along quickly, but trumps legal team is looking to delay the trial until after the 2024 election. Sources tell cnn that trump left the courthouse on thursday in a sour and dejected mood, upset that the judge addressed him as mr. Trump instead of mr. President. He spoke briefly with reporters at the airport. This is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person that is leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary and leading biden by a lot. So if you cant beat him, you persecute or prosecute him. We cant let this happen in america. A number of House Democrats are demanding that trumps trials be televised despite court. Against cameras in federal they say if the public is to fully the outcome, it will blly important for it to witness as directly as possible how the trials are conducted. And the credibility of the witnesses. More now from katelyn polantz. Reporter donald trump has pleaded not guilty for the third time in a criminal case. This time facing charges in washington, d. C. So he came to the federal courthouse behind me on thursday afternoon for this initial appearance before a magistrate judge. And donald trump was in court personally with three of his lawyers as well as the Special Counsel himself jack smith and other prosecutors from his office. So in court today, trump was there sitting and he was addressed directly by the judge, he was asked several questions about understanding his rights, understanding what was happening. He was even asked what he was pleading to the charges that he faces. There are four of them. Largely conspiracies related to the 2020 election disenfranchising peoples votes, obstructing the congressional proceeding, defrauding the United States government. And he said in these words, not guilty. That is how he said it. And so trump before the judge he also had to speak directly to her tos assert that he understood that it was his right to remain silent. Assert that hed that it was his right to remain silent. And if he spoke it could be used against him in court. He acknowledged that he understood that and also that it would be a crime while he is out on bail to intimidate witnesses or potential jurors in this case. And so that was something that the judge made sure that he understood. So this is one of the procedures, quite procedural, but quite a moment for this courthouse, a courthouse right across the street from the u. S. Capitol building where the riot on january 6 took place and also a courthouse where many of the judges here have handled special investigations around donald trump previously, have handled the criminal cases and sentenced his former Campaign Staffers to jail. And also this is a court that has heard hundreds of capitol riot cases with many of those people being sentenced to jail time. And the punishments sometimes being quite harsh for what happened on that day. So trump himself in court was really a moment that many people wanted to observe including seven judges on the bench here, the chief judge himself was in the courtroom even though he want presiding. The next hearing will be on august 28, that will be before the judge that will oversee this case to trial, and the issue teed up before her is when will the trial date be. Big question there. Specifically because the Justice Department wants to go to trial as fast as they can and Donald Trumps he tteam in court today already saying they want to see how large the evidence bulk is in this case because they want to make sure that they have a fair trial and want to be able to take their time going through it. Katelyn polantz, cnn, washington. One of trumps closest republican allies is coming to his defense. Kevin mccarthy lashed out on thursday on what he called a different standard of justice for trump. He claims Hillary Clinton and al gore contested elections but they werent prosecuted. Were any of them put in jail, were any of them held with no response to be able to get out . The answer is no. So, yeah, you can raise that someone raised the question. And in america, you are entitled to raise a question. You are entitled to question whether it was honest or not. That is the uniqueness of the First Amendment. That is the uniqueness of america. But you shouldnt be prosecuted for your thoughts. And the difference here is when Hillary Clinton said it, Nothing Happened to her. When they said it in georgias election, Nothing Happened. But when the dnc said it, Nothing Happened to them either. So stop using government to go after people who politically disagree with you. That is wrong and that should stop now. Trump was released after his arraignment without any real conditions but the judge reminded him not to commit any crimes and not to interfere with any witnesses. Take a listen to a former federal prosecutor. This judge the magistrate judges admonition to him not to influence jurors is very interesting. He is a different man than the one arraigned in maralagos case because now there are additional Obstruction Counts against him. It makes perfect sense to admonish him about that because that threat has grown larger. But it also creates a potential conundrum here because almost everything that he says when he is insulting a prosecutor, insulting witnesses, all of that can easily in a normal case be construed as trying to affect the jurors. If he gets called on that, that will set up quite a train wreck just over that issue. I mean, in the normal case, he could be held in contempt for that. His Release Conditions could be revoked and of course that will immediately tee up the First Amendment arguments. American voters have a lot to say about the legal troubles. A poll before the arraignment asked republicans if they would still vote for trump if he were convicted of a felony by a juror. 35 said yes. 45 said no. Here is some reaction. I think that justice would be in a fair verdict and i think that requires jail time. We all saw what went down january 6. Completely unnecessary Obstruction Of Justice and it shouldnt stand. I think that he should be held accountable. There is plenty on this day. Im hoping that they get him and we dont ever have to see his face in this town again. I think true justice would be restoring him back into the white house and giving power back to the people. Cnn has received dramatic Video ShowingUkrainian Drone strike on a russian warship this morning. The footage shows a sea drone approaching the vessel which appears to be the naval port in southwestern russia. The ship was hit and left with serious damage. And russia claims that it had success during a separate attack on crimea. And ukraine is tamping down expectations of its counteroffensive which has slowed down to a crawl really because of complex russian defensive line. A top ukrainian official says that russians have laid an insane number of land mines which ukrainians are clearing on foot. Russians are trying to push back along parts of the frontline, but according to president zelenskyys, they aa zelenskyys, they are not getting anywhere. Translator frontline the battles are tough. Occupiers are trying with all their might to stop our guys. Assaults are very fierce. But no matter what the enemy does, it is the Ukrainian Forces that dominate. Nada has more on the sea drone attack. Quite incredible to hear. Absolutely. And just overnight we heard from the Russian Defense minister saying they had repelled the sea drone attack. Now of course were seeing this video which has emerged, initially we saw social media showing a Russian Naval ship tilting to one side, clearly facing some issues and being towed toward the base. Now cnn has been provided with further Video Showing unmanned sea drone approaching what appears to be into very same vessel which appeared in that video, it appears to have been filmed at night and it cuts out just as the sea drone approaches the vessel. We have at this stage heard from one ukrainian source who has told cnn that the attack was in fact carried out as part of a joint operation of the Security Services of the Ukrainian Armed forces as well as the ukrainian navy. And according to that source, the sea drone approached the russian vessel with kill grams of tnt and caused substantial damage. That is not independently verified just yet. Grams of tnt substantial damage. That is not independently verified just yet. Weve seen video of said to be an inspection carried out as Frontline Command Post in their special Operation Zone as they have described it. He is said to have been given an update on the ground from frontline troops as well as the operations of the Ukrainian Armed forces along those very precarious frontlines. But he also delivered his own message to the russian troops. He thanked them for his ongoing work but he also under scored the importance in his words of Inflicting Preemptive Fire against Ukrainian Armed forces particularly in positions that are still being held along the frontlines by ukraine. Nada, thank you. The u. S. Credit downgrade by fitch has been a drag on Financial Markets but wall street is hoping for a winning end in the week. Futures are up as you can see. Analysts predicting a modest 200,000 jobs last month, an encouraging sign that the inflation is coming down. Latest Employment Numbers are set to be released in a few hours and they are pegging it to remain at 3. 6 . But if the Employment Figure is significantly higher, it could be viewed as too inflationary and more possibly lead to more rate hikes by the federal reserve. Gasoline prices have climbed to their highest level in nine months up an average 28 cents a gallon. Dont expect relief from opec because an official saudi source says saudi arabia will keep in place its voluntary cuts in Oil Production that were enacted in june. That is 1 Million Barrels a day of saudi crude being kept off market. On top of that, russia reportedly will trim its oil exports by 300,000 barrels a day beginning next month. Also affecting fuel prices is the extremely hot weather Around The World which has had a negative impact on refinery operations. Were expecting an update on the gilgo beach murders. The investigation there in the coming hours. Local, state and federal Authorities Say that they will brief the public in a few hours. Meanwhile officials are asking the court to obtain a dna swab from rex heuermann. On thursday an attorney for heuermanns wife said that she has not been asked to give a dna sample or interview. The Attorney Says that she has spoken to her husband in jail but has not processed her beliefs on guilt or innocence. Police in florida have arrested an elderly man for allegedly killing and dismembering his wife. Her remains were found in suitcaseses in delray beach nearly two weeks ago. William lowe now faces a charge of firstdegree murder. Investigators say they found Blood Splatter in his apartment. And search of his storage unit turned up a chain saw they believe was used in the crime. The victims cause of death is listed as a gunshot to the head. Weekend just around the corner and it will be another scorcher in parts of the u. S. Chad myers tells us what is in store. Heat is on another day here yeah for the southern part of the country all the way to the southwest as well. Excessive Heat Warnings meaning temperatures are 10 to 15 degrees above summertime, above where we should be. Dallas 106, same story tomorrow. And add in the humidity, it will feel worse than that. The heat stays in the south and southwest for the next few days. Very pleasant across the northern part of the country. Temperatures are either at or below normal in some spots. But not here. Not for dallas. For little rock. All the way down even toward new orleans and memphis, they will see very warm temperatures here. You are right in that area where the humidity is thick and even your heat index tomorrow will be 111 degrees in dallas. So, yes, big time temperatures here. No more rainfall here for a while. The monsoon has shut off a bit for the southwest. That allows temperatures to warm up in the afternoon. You dont get the cloud cover, you dont get the showers, you dont get the cooler air to come in in the afternoon and evening. So phoenix, you will be 114 to 115 for the next couple days. Vegas hot again back up above 100 for the next days in a row. Phoenix, 115, 114, 113. Temperatures are hot there. Under that ridge. And here is the ridge. You can find it, this is where the rainfall will be the heaviest for later on today. Right along the top of the heat dome here, the rainfall comes down here, and in the same places that we had rainfall yesterday and really almost the day before yesterday. Some of these areas especially south of nashville, south of atlanta, could pick up 2 to 4 inches of rain, and maybe enough to cause some flash flooding. Rishi sunaks mansion was the scene of a climate protest thursday. Five graeenpeace activists were arrested. They have been released on bail. Greenpeace says it was a protest against sunaks plan to max out oil and Gas Resources in the north sea. No one was home at the time the protest. Greenpeace says we need our leader to be a climate leader t a climate arsonist he seems quite happy to hold a blow torch to the planet if he can score political points and they say we make no apology to take the right approach to ensure our resources here at home. Much more to come on cnn. Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is expected in court in the coming hours to hear a verdict on Extremism Charges against him. And plus an investigation into the drowning deaths of two migrants in the rio grande. Texas authorities insist that their buoy ois not to blame. And pope francis gets a rock star welcome for world youth day. Just a few hours away from a verdict in the trial of Alexei Navalny, accused of creating an extremist community. On social Media Thursday he said he expect as long sentence. This is what where they ask for 20 years and they will give 18 or something around that. He is already serving an 11 1 2 year sentence. The verdict could add decades to his time in prison. Two u. S. Navy sailors have been arrested on Espionage Charges. Federal Authorities Say they shared National Defense information with chinese Intelligence Officers who paid thousands of dollars in return. But Chinese Embassy in washington say they are unaware of the details in this case. No surprise there, anna coren. No, no surprise at all. This is very serious. U. S. Officials are condemning chinas espionage campaign. Let me tell you a bit about these sailors. One of them, 22yearold, arrested wednesday. And as he arrived for work at Naval Base San diego one of the largest Navy Installations in the pacific. He is charged conspiring to send information to china in can exchange for just a few thousand dollars. The other sailor is a 26yearold. And he was charged with conspiracy and bribe taking having been paid 15,000 in exchange for photographs and videos of sensitive u. S. Military information. Not a lot of money to really throw your career away. Lets have a listen now to matt olson from the Justice Department. Charges demonstrate the prcs determination to obtain information that is critical to our National Defense by any means. So it could be used to their advantage. The alleged conduct also represents a violation of solemn obligation of members of our military to defend our country, to safe guard our secrets and protect their fellow service members. This is seen as a serious act of betrayal. Prosecutors say that one of the sailors who received u