filing, citing this social media post from trump that reads, if you go after me, i'm coming after you. >> trump's campaign defended the post as the definition of political speech. and said it had nothing to do with the case. now smith wants the judge to ban trump's defense team from sharing sensitive evidence with the former president. he argues trump may publicly disclose that information, as he's done in the past. and yesterday, the former president also entered a not guilty plea to three new charges. those are in the classified documents case. the filings mark the second time in 24 hours that the former president entered a not guilty plea. >> the former president's extensive legal troubles don't appear to be slowing his campaign. last night in alabama, he called the cases election interference. >> every one of these many fake charges filed against me by the corrupt biden d.o.j., could have been filed two and a half years ago, they didn't want to do it two and a half years ago, they wanted to wait, and they did wait, they waited right until the middle of an election, and they waited until i became the dominant force in the poll. they want to interfere in my campaign, they want to interfere in the elections, they commonly use tactic in third world countries. >> we have more now from columbia, south carolina and now the former president's legal trouble, it is not hurting him on the campaign trail, still in the national polls, and in the state polls, he is the far-away front-runner for the nomination. >> that is right. good morning, amara and victor. i'm outside the venue where donald trump is slated to speak tonight ahead of a crowd of republicans. and similarly, to the speech in alabama last night, he will be speaking to a very respected crowd. and i think you're going to hear donald trump similar to what he did last night, air a list of grievances and continue to frame the legal troubles that he is facing as election interference, and also that they're not just going after donald trump, but they're trying to go after the conservatives at large. let's listen to some of what he said last night. >> they want to silence me, because i will never let them silence you. in the end, they're not after me. they're after you. and i just happen to be standing in their way. and i will never leave. i will never let them do that. >> now, victor and amara, donald trump also during those remarks said that if he were elected president in 2024, he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the biden family and continue the work that congress is doing through their investigations, looking at the president as well as other members of his family. but i do think if you look at what you are saying, victor, which is that donald trump is still keeping on with the very aggressive campaign schedule and also that this has been so far, it hasn't affected him that much politically in his race, you will see him point to that tonight. i mean he is going to argue that they're going after him because he is up so high in the polls, they do recognize that he is still the republican front-runner, despite all of the legal troubles that he is facing, and that's part of why he is still talking about these charges so much. i know through my conversations with donald trump's advisers, that they do see the political advantages to talking about his past indictments and the one that was just filed on tuesday night. they argue that his base is rallying around him. but i do think it is also important to point out that that's what his republican primary voters are seeing, they're rallying around him, but in a general election, this very much could end up having a much bigger impact on his campaign. >> already, thank you very much. joining me michael moore, former u.s. attorney and partner of moore hall in atlanta. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> let's start with the friday night filing by the special counsel jack smith. the point of it is he is trying to prevent trump from sharing any evidence in public, on social media. do you think the judge will grant it? >> well, i think it's a pretty weak motion at this point. i mean basically, you just have a tweet out there that could have easily have been directed as well to the political opponents as well as to anybody else in this case, it seems to me that in fact maybe not the best grounds to move forward and a little bit credible, if you think about it, in this type of indictment and there type of case and the numbers of documents and information at stake, that they're suggesting the defendant not be allowed to actually have copies of some of that information to look at. as he prepares his defense for a case. so i'm not sure that the message that went out alone is enough to go to that type. >> there is concern that mr. trump has done this in other cases, talked about witnesses or perhaps intimidated them allegedly, how you could prevent them from happening? >> intimidation of a witness is a different matter. that's something that can be addressed, the court should address it and the prosecutor should address, it i'm just thinking that it probably got fired a little bit quick based on this one message alone and sort of say we think he may do it because maybe he did something in a case or maybe he will give some document that he gave in another case, even though he hasn't been convicted in the documents case, that that could cause a problem. so you know, you can only cry wolf so many times, and if judges get tired of it, and so this may not have been the strongest one to move on. >> this is a really crowded legal calendar for trump, i mean he's facing six trials right now, three that are criminal and three that are civil. so you have in march, this hush money case that he is facing at the state level, and then in may, it was when the federal documents case is set to begin, and the special counsel, the prosecution wants this trial, this election subversion trial, to begin as quickly as possible, but i'm sure the judge, is the judge taking into account his legal calendar, and where could she potentially place this trial to begin? >> the judge will have to do that as a matter of course because you can't have a defendant bouncing from courtroom to courtroom to try a case, they have a right to prepare a case and get their things in order and have their lawyers get things in order as they move from one to the next. the problem with the special counsel, this case they brought, all of this information they basically had on january 7th, after the january 6th incident, weave a he already seen congress, one of the most inefficient bodies of the nation and they were able to have a committee and have a presentation on it, and almost a mini trial and to now come forward, we're right here on the cusp of the primary season and i know we want to bring our case two and a half years later and bring it forward, and the judge, squeeze it in somewhere because we want a speedy trial. i think jack smith has done a good job, he has been quick since he has been appointed, the problem is, the case is not jack smith versus donald trump, the case is the united states of america and this information has been available to the justice department all along. so i just have a hard time imagining the courts forcing a defendant to come forward like that, just because of the government saying we would like to have a quick trial. i don't think the documents case goes in may. i think that is another temporary date that has been set. we haven't even gotten into the litany of motions that are going to be filed and the appeals that will go up. this is something that we really are just beginning to see. but the judge has it on the calendar. but that is subject to change. >> there is a chance that the federal documents case and this election subversion case could go into or past the election? >> i think it's highly likely. i would be surprised to see the cases tried that quickly because i do think you will have a lot of intermediate appeals issues and those things. you will have questions coming up about a change in venue and you will have questions coming up about security clearances to look at documents, all of those things, are going to be an issue, going forward. >> so let's talk about how difficult or easy this case will be for the prosecution. so there are four felony charges that the former president is facing, which includes conspiracy to defraud the united states, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an attempt to -- on truct an official proceeding, and conspiracy of rights. you have issues with the fourth charge. >> i do think that the fourth charge is going to be difficult. but they basically charge the civil rights crime, in this indictment, and in this count, this statute was used, really what i call the kkk statute, and it was made to prevent people from intimidating folks who have had constitutional rights. so it really was meant to punish people who burned crosses in front of churches, and who burned crosses in front of integrated apartment complexes. that's the case with an identifiable set of victims. here in this count, because the government has incorporated the entire indictment in into this count, it basically says if you were a biden voter, trump did not want your vote counted and if that's the case he was trying to infringe on your civil rights. how in the world are you going to pick a jury, when you are telling folks you are a victim, and if you were a biden voter, you are a victim because they were trying to deprive of you a civil rights count. >> and how could they use that to their advantage? could they get it thrown out? >> they will think seriously about a change of venue. and they will do a lot of search and data analysis and the washington, d.c. and the number of people who work for the federal government and the number of people who work for federal agencies where biden is their boss and they will say, judge, the man who is running against their boss, might very well cost them a job transfer or something else, is here to, you know, this case, we can't get a fair trial here, and that's an important part of the count, because there is a swing one way of democrat versus republicans, but they will do other statistical things and then raise the issue of judge, are you going to allow them to ask who they voted for, because they're saying in this indictment, that trump tried to have those votes not counted. and so just like you would be able to ask, just think about it this way, if you have somebody charged with a bank robbery, you can't put jurors in the box who were depositors at that bank, because you're basically saying this person was here to rob the bank, and he was going to actually steal your money. now you get to decide if he is guilty of trying to rob the bank. so i think these are the kind of nuances that we're going to see for the next year. and that's why i think the idea that we get into a case in six months or seven months is just a fantasy. because all of these things are going to have to be litigated out, and motions and appeals and interlocutory appeals as we go forward and i think there will be some things that have merit as the trump team makes an argument, there will be an argument about the first amendment, the threat, the alleged threat, is that political speech and protected by the constitution or was it actually a threat against the prosecution. as i read it, i can't see anybody's name in it so i don't know who it is true so that is the kind of thing the judge will have to ferret through. >> in a few words, this is going to be in your opinion a very difficult case. >> i think it is a difficult case to prove state of mind and to get past some of the constitutional questions that come out. >> really interesting stuff that i learned here. thank you very much for coming in michael moore. thank you. a social media influencer has been charged with invicitina riot after thousands came to union square for a give-away. kai cross cenan announced a give-away and on friday, it got out of hand quickly 3. 00 people turned into thousands of people in minutes. apparently they there really was no give-away. the crowds quickly turned, some of them, into a mob. cnn's polo sandoval joins us now from new york. polo, several people arrested there. what are you seeing and learning? >> reporter: victor, those thousands of people drawn here, with promises of free play station consoles, other electronics equipment, gift cards, and then that situation quickly spinning out of control. today, very much a business as usual, though there are signs of the cleanup. off in the distance, you can see a power washing crew here working to clear some of the space here of some paint splatter. and you can see to the left is a subway entrance that was actually and is still under construction. the temporary fencing was taken down by the mob and you may see paint splatter on the roof. we're seeing workers try to clear that out. aside from this, it is very much business as usual a big focus on this is not just on the injured, which is at least three officers and four civilians but also on the lessons that can be learned from here. i want you to hear one nypd official, as he had a very direct message to specifically the social media influencers. >> we have to reach out to some of our influencers, and ask them to be responsible with this, to help us with this. i'm not against young people coming here. if we knew about this, we could have had the barriers out here, we could have had police officers out there, we could have did this orderly. >> reporter: 65 people were arrested. about half of them are out, as we're told, as with the influencer, detained, faced with charges, including inciting a riot and unlawful assembly. >> those pictures are crazy. polo sandoval, thank you, in new york. the mega millions jackpot has soared to about 1.5 billion dollars. after nobody won friday's jackpot. it could be a new record for tuesday's drawing. multiple people across the country won at least a million for matching the first five white balls. >> check your tickets for those five numbers. here they are. friday's numbers. 11, 30, 45, 52, 56, and the mega ball, 20. still ahead, ukraine ramps up its attacks at sea. the country targeted an oil tanker soon after attacking a russian war ship. also, historic approval for the fda and a major advancement for new mothers. the agency signs off on the first post-partum depression pill. and she's back. gymnast simone biles makes her return for the first time since the tokyo games. we'll have the latest on tonight's competition. you bac k. refi at sofi.com.. you could save thousands and get to your goals faster. sofi. get your mononey right. a sty in every piece of land. written by those who work it. like the upshaws. the nelsons. and the caggianos. run with us and stt telling your story. that free food is a personal eating trigger. no, it isn't. 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vladimir putin's harshest credits has been dealt another legal defeat. the court has sentenced alexey navalny to almost 20 additional years in prison. >> navalny was already serving 11 1/2 years. and he is willing to put his freedom and his life on the line again. cnn international diplomatic editor nick robertson has more. >> reporter: entering a courtroom that looks as flimsy as the legal case against him, alexey navalny and his legal team line up to hear his almost predictable sentencing. 19 years. the judge's words utterly unintelligible in the pressroom next door convicting putin's harshest and most persistent critic, of creating extremist communities, charges navalny denies, he neither bowed or cowed and even shared a joke with his lawyer. after sentencing, using his telegram channel to held his special regime colony, the number doesn't matter. the verdict is not for me. it's for you. they want to frighten you. not for the first time is navalny being made an object lesson that 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>> the white house plans to put up signs with his name on major infrastructure projects, white house reporter jasmine wright joins us now with the details. jasmine, tell us more about this new strategy. >> reporter: well, this strategy is reflective of the fact that on paper the biden administration continues to see really trends of positive economic data come to them on their doorstep, but in reality, that positive data is not translating to the american voter, not translating to their pocket, so there is a major disconnect there, and now the administration has a lot of positive data to fall back on, including that friday's jobs report number, and 187,000 jobs added in the economy in july, and historically low unemployment rate, and the lowest inflation rate in the last two years and rising consumer sentiment. but still, we know that voters just don't see it. according to a cnn poll, taken in july, released just this week, it found that 37% of respondents approve of president biden's 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you could have gone to commentary, endorsements, speaking deals, why do you think she's coming back? >> you know, i think for her, it's ending on her own terms, and when i spoke to her, i want to say about a year ago, that's kind of what she said, and she really just, it's not about the medals, it's not about winning again, but really, i think, because it was such a mental block, and the twisties, it is almost like you don't want to go out with that, and like your last reminder of the sport, and also, because she still loves the sport and clearly she is still able to be on top so it is almost like why not? >> the twisties, let's talk about that. because the number of rotations in some of these routines, to get lost in the air, when you're upside down, several times in a couple of seconds, how do you get over something like that? >> well, it's, first of all, every single gymnast, i would say 99% of all gymnasts have had it, will have it, go through it, and the most challenging part is you can't really obviously control when it happens, and so it was really just the worst timing, unfortunately, for her, because the best way to kind of get over the twisties is just to go be back in your own home gym and do all of these skills on very safe surfaces and landing, such as the foam pit and mats and extra spot and the games you're not able to do. that the landings are hard and it is very dangerous and especially the level of skill that she does, it is dangerous without the twisties, and then you throw that on top, it just becomes extremely, extremely dangerous, so to be completely honest, she did the absolute right thing, she was taking care of, you know, not only her mental health, but also physically. >> yes. you know, coming back, at this level, and the level at which she competes, you know, it is like, i don't even know if it it is a fair comparison, because this is in many ways a singular sport when jordan came back to play on the washington wizards, he was at the end of his career, it was a team sport but you expect the great to remain great. if she doesn't do great tonight, what does that mean? >> well, first of all, i don't think that that will happen, and i think by great, she has already proved that, just in the training, and the hardest part is you know, really gymnastics is physically demanding but it is really mentally challenging, as we saw from her at the last olympics. but also to have the expectations and the pressure that she has, i mean i felt it on a very like smaller level and scale coming back, after you win the ultimate, in the pinnacle of our sport which is the all-around gold at the olympics, so much more attention and expectation and pressure is on you, and so really, she's obviously capable of doing it, she's capable of being on top, and she just proved that in the training sessions yesterday, so really it is just about going out there and getting comfortable again, because it has been a few years since she has competed. regardless of the outcome here, tonight, this isn't going to make or break how paris will look for her next year. this is really about getting back out there on the competition floor, qualifying for nationals, which yes, she does have to do, even though she is simone biles, she has to get a certain score and moving on to the national championships in a few weeks. >> beyond simone and what's next for her career, what do you think the last two years of her break meant for sports, professional sports? specifically women's sports. and i pair that with naomi osaka in tennis saying she needed a break as well. >> well, as i said, it's not just physically demanding but it is mentally demanding and challenging, and you know, you're training seven hours a day, six days a week, and the older you get, the more challenging it is, especially in a sport like gymnastics, and so you know, i think she, she needed that break, she needed both to step away from the gym, mentally, physically, heal her body, heal her mind, she got married, and i think living a quote-unquote normal life, whatever that even means to be normal, i guess, but you know, i think just seeing her back out there, when you start gymnastics and when you're training that many hours a day, you have to love it and you have to be so passionate about it and so you can definitely see that, and not to mention, she is just such a huge role-mon model for athleted women and men and everybody across the country, and the world as well. >> thank you so much for spending time us with. and i agree, it is probably a very, very small chance that she won't be great tonight, especially after watching some of that practice footage. good it have you. and we'll both look forward to seeing simone compete. from star trek, to west world, go inside the evolution of blackepresentation in sci-fi and horror in the new episode of cnn original series, "see it loud," the history of black television, tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. back after this. so have we. that's why new dove body wash now has 24-houour renewiwing micro moisture for continuous care. new dove body wash. change is beautiful. subway's now slicing their r meats fresh. that's why subway's proffered by this champ. and this future champ. and if we proffer , we know you'll proffer it too. he's cocky for a nineteen year old. at typical insurance, you're just another senior. that's the third health insurance commercial with seniors at a farmers market. right? 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