to cnn this morning. it is sunday, august 27th. i m amara walker. i m rahel solomon in for victor blackwell. we are following several developing stories this morning. at least three marines are dead and several others hurt after their helicopter crashed during a training exercise overseas. we have new details just ahead in a live report. the shooting was racially motivated. three black victims gunned down at a store in historic black neighborhood in jacksonville. more about the white gunman and his hate-filled manifesto. and we are monitoring two storms in the atlantic that will impact the u.s. this week. meteorologist allison chinchar with the forecast. a pivotal week for former white house chief of staff mark meadows. he fights to get his case moved to federal court. we begin with breaking news. three u.s. marines were killed and 20 others injured after their aircraft crashed during military exercises in northern australia. yeah, officials in australia say tha
a reminder of the service undertaken by personnel and are looking at the cause of the crash. this comes after this has been a bad stretch. there was a marine pilot killed off the coast of san diego just a couple days ago. so you ve got an f-18 and osprey in australia. there s a lot of training that goes on around the world. you ve got to have pilots, maintenance and funding. we don t know what happened here, but there will a lot of eyes on the marine corps and pay lots and we pray for those families as they re notified. despite claiming he wants to be independent or neutral and denying involvement into the investigations into donald trump there s reporting out that the office of joe biden counsel involved in joe biden s office coordinated or met with the special counsel, prosecutor jack smith, before the indictment of donald trump. they met before and after the naming of the special counsel. i think we can take a visual of the time line. jay brat, who is in the whit
to know whether everyone on the stage agrees that i cut my oath to the constitution that day. these prosecutors in these localities in the states are refusing to their job and arrest violent criminals. unlock american energy. drill, frak and embrace nuclear. then came the media dilemma. who had won the debater had a strong night? there is no consensus. the investigators are all over the map. ramaswamy absolutely dominated this debate. you brought up tim scott. i had actually forgotten about him for a second. he was not good last night. ramaswamy seemed like your annoying freshman. i think nikki haley will get a second look based on some of the things she said tonight. exceeding expectations. absolutely. i thought everyone else was a nonfactor. chris christie was flat, tim scott a senator. howard: everyone has got an opinion. you undoubtably have one as well this underscores that the debate did not move the needle that much. i am howard kurtz and this is m
as the longest, largest investigation into donald trump s attempt to stay present comes to a close, we put it all together. i ve got three men walking down the street, one carrying an ar-15. the explosive testimony. i ever heard the president say something to the effect of i don t think that they have weapons. let my people in. new insight from witnesses. i said, you want my states 3.2 million voters to be thrown out the window? was he asking you to commit a crime? i don t know what he believed. and what might lie ahead. the former president and his allies were present a clear and present danger to american democracy, not because of what they did on january 6, but because of what they pledged to do in 2024. a cnn special report, american coup: the january 6th investigation. i m a very textural artist. i love texter. the republican speaker of the house in arizona, russell bowers, is an artist by trade. bowers was thrown into a real- life drama. the
window? was he asking you to commit a crime? it gets to an attempt issue. i don t know what he believed. reporter: and what he might lie ahead. the form s president and allies represent a clear and present danger to american democracy. not because of what they did on january 6th. you better run, cops! because of what they pledged to do in 2024. reporter: a cnn special report, american coup, the january 6th investigation. i am a very textural artist a lot of texture. reporter: in arizona, the republican speaker of the house, rusty bowers, is an artist, by trade. but last february, ours was thrown into a real life drama. the bill number was 2596. 2596, more than 100 in arizona to tighten access to the ballot box. it would have scrapped early voting. all voting would be on election day only. 90% of my district votes early. reporter: and it would have mandated paper ballots. but most egregious to rusty bowers was this. with no guidance criteria, the