Transcripts For CNN CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta 20241004 :

Transcripts For CNN CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta 20241004

Morning today, President Biden is heading to Florida And Georgia to see Helenes Devastation firsthand that visit comes as the Homeland Security Secretary gives this dire warning we are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. We do not have the funds. Fema does not have the funds to make it through the season your that right. Were also getting this exclusive new video of asheville, North Carolina Power lines and equipment still scattered everywhere, houses crushed by trees as Power Poles dangerously lay across lines Coming Up. Ill speak with people in charge of a Food Bank and an Animal Shelter are still helping their communities even as they recover. Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington new evidence from special counsel, Jack Smiths office, the unsealed brief weighing in and add more than 165 pages provides perhaps the clip heroes picture. Yet of smiths 2020 Election Case against former President Donald Trump and comes less than five weeks before election day. Trump has already sounding off on the new for more on that in a moment, but lets go straight to cnns Zach Cohen Zach a lot to unpack 165 pages. What does it tell us . Yeah, jim Jack Smith really laying out why he believes Donald Trump should still face criminal charges, even after the u. S. Supreme court granted him limited immunity for those actions deemed under his official duties as president , right. But Jack Smith is arguing here that trumps attempts to overturn the 2020 election, that those all quality he cared those out under a personal and a private capacity that he was acting as a candidate, not as president then Jack Smith lays out some additional evidence here and some evidence we hadnt seen before in sort of making this case, this post Supreme Court ruling, case, and some of that evidence deals with Donald Trumps communications and interactions with then Vice President Mike Pence. We obviously know Mike Pence is a key part of these charges against Donald Trump and Jack Smith. Again, alleges that at trump tried to pressure Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election and goes into what Donald Trump allegedly was trying to do on January 6. He sent that now infamous tweet, right . It looks like Mike Pence not have the courage to overturn the results Jack Smith writes, quote, it was at that point alone watching news in real time and with knowledge that rioters had breached the capitol building, that the defense and it issued the 2 24 p. M. Tweet attacking pence for refusing the defendants in treaties to join the Conspiracy And Help overturn the results of the election. It goes on to cite a witness who told prosecutors that when trump was informed that Mike Pence was being evacuated from the capitol, his response was, quote, so what so that sort of gives you a sense of the tone of this, of the allegations in this new filing. It also goes through some additional evidence and witnesses told prosecutors during the course of this investigation as well. It refers to an interview or a conversation between steve Bannons Something wed identified as Steve Bannon and Donald Trump one day before the January 6 riot shortly before dawn, trump tweeted he be there and be wild. Tweet as well. And then also gets into how Donald Trump was communicating directly with republican legislators at these various states that the Trump Team was targeting as they tried to overturn the Election Results. In one witness interview, it talks about an interaction with Governor Ducey of arizona. Governor ducey asked Donald Trump directly we to provide proof of the widespread Voter Fraud that he was alleging. And he says, quote, but the defendant never did. So thats another key part of the allegations. Jack smith is making that trump knew he lost the election and tried to overturn the results. And where does it go from here it sounds as though the Trump Team, the trump legal team will have a chance to respond to some of this, but theyre going to have to do it quickly. Yes. There are you waiting for asking for more time to respond and they need additional pages to adequately respond to Jack Smiths filing here. But ultimately, were seeing don trump or respond publicly. Hes expressing outrage at the justice department, even though judge chutkans the one who decided that this could be unsealed. Dow. All right, fascinating development. Zach cohen, thank you very much. Lets discuss now with democratic correct. Congressman Joaquin Castro of texas. He was an Impeachment Manager in the house investigating trumps actions surrounding January 6. Congressman good to see you as always, i guess, your reaction to trump saying so what in this filing, when an aide told him that then Vice President pence was being rushed out of the capitol as the rioters were storming the building. Does this give you any doubt that he would try this again i mean, i think it just underscores how dangerous Donald Trump was on January 6. And before that, and how dangerous he would be if hes elected president. Again the stakes are very high in this case because if Donald Trump gets away with what he did inciting a mob to a mob, the capital to go after legislators, to tear the place up, to try to overthrow the election and not allow it to be certified. If he gets away with it, that it makes it more likely that a future president , including perhaps Donald Trump well do it again. So its a danger to our democracy. And i hope that Jack Smith and success, his Case And Trump is responding to the unsealing of these documents, calling a quote, election interference. Lets listen to what he had to say. They rigged the election. I didnt rigged the election. They rigged the election. They should have never allowed the information to be to come before the public. But they did that because they want to hurt you with the election. Now, its pure election interference. Congressman, i mean, your reaction to trump saying they rigged the election. I mean, he was in power, his admission was in power when the election happened in states like georgia and arizona had republican governors at that time. What is he talking about . Well, he often accuses people of doing exactly what he himself was doing so when he reaches out to the governor of georgia or the governor of arizona, and ask them to change the Election Results with no Proof Or Evidence that there was anything wrong with how the election was conducted. And then accuses the other side of rigging the election hes obviously weve seen this man lie again and again but his lies are getting more dangerous. Hes getting less coherent and more chaotic and more desperate as we get closer to the november election. And congressman, i do want to ask you about Hurricane Helene and the secretary of Homeland Security are giving this warning about fema funding. We played it earlier. Lets listen to one more time. We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. We do not have the funds to fema does not have the funds to make it through the season the congress i mean, i know youre state of texas has been hit by some devastating hurricanes over the last several years. What what does the administration need to do . What does congress need to do to make Sure Fema has the money it needs. I mean, thats a pretty stark warning from mayorkas well, first, we should do everything that we need to do to take Care Of those folks that were affected. Those are just dealt to see the footage of that is just devastating floods. Peoples lives, ruined their property ruined. So we should do whatever we need to do to take Care Of them. If that means first, making sure that every type of fund within fema or within dhs that can be transferred temporarily there to serve the immediate needs. We should do it. Secondly, if congress has to come back for a week or for a few days to make sure that we can appropriate money. So that theyre taken Care Of. Then thats what we ought to do. I do want to talk to you about the middle east, Israels Ambassador to the un, telling cnn that iran should expect a very strong, painful response for those missiles being fired at israel. I know you sit on the intelligence and Foreign Affairs Committees is this regional war that people have been worried about . Is that it here . Whats your sense of it right now situation a situation on the brink of larger regional conflict this was a big concern for many of us after october 7, i think everybody understood that israel, of course, would respond to the very tragic attack by hamas. But we also understood that there was a chance that if israel also affected civilians, folks who were innocent of having anything to do with what hamas did, that there might be a Reaction Section from iran or others and bear in mind, theyve already funded Terrorist Attacks against israel over the years. And so this whole thing has been spiraling out of control. Unfortunately and there have been opportunities for ceasefires. President biden has pushed very hard. I know secretary im sorry, Cia Director burns has pushed very hard Secretary State blinken as well. There has been resistance at times from both Hamas Leadership and also from Benjamin Netanyahu and israel whos very personal freedom is being able to stay a free man could be at stake if hes no longer prime minister. So its a very tense situation. Im hoping that that israel will show restraint right now. I think everybody is glad that israels defensive systems and the assistance from the united states, were able to prevent a Mass Casualty because of those strikes by iran and israel. I think everybody is grateful that civilian harm was minimized. But i want to make sure that the root cause, of what has stirred all of this up, the situation in gaza, that there is a ceasefire and that the hostages, the israeli hostages, are returned to their families, which those families have been asking for for a long time. And that there is a larger ceasefire and a lasting peace all right. Congressman Joaquin Castro, we covered a lot of ground this morning. Really appreciate the time. Thanks so much. Good to be with you. All right. Coming up, rushing to get aid to communities left to cut off by Hurricane Helene. How one Food Bank in asheville is getting basic necessities to people there. A despite dealing with their own losses, thats Coming Up i got news for you are pretty odd yeah. What are the kinds we could run on the news before then would never happen if i got news for you saturday at nine on cnn yeneneh, and stream next day on max i could see why youre expanding its nuts online to humans like new toys. 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