Good morning, everyone. Its friday. Were glad youre with us. Its been quite a week for this country. Quite a week. Its framing what is going to be ab intense consequential months ahead. Lets get started with five things to know for this friday, august 4th. Sour, defiant, we have new reporting this morning about Donald Trumps State Of Mind after he was indicted for the third time in four months. The former president proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. Also new overnight, democratic lawmakers want to watch the trial. They want a judge to allow cameras in a federal courtroom. The July Jobs Report will come out. A key number for the fed. Also this morning a reenactment of the Parkland High School shooting. As part of a lawsuit against the officer who failed to enter the build whg a gunman killed 17 people. Two sailors under arrest and have been indicted for allegedly sending sensitive Military Information to chinese Intelligence Of
That the cameras will undermine the decorum. we have recent examples. the trial of derek chauvin, they allowed cameras in the courtroom. that was a fair, dignified proceeding. it gave the american public confidence that justice was done. we saw the trial of kyle rittenhouse people didn t like the result, but they were conducted fairly. same thing with the trial in the killing of ahmaud arkansas but ri. all three of those we got to watch it and gave the american people confidence in the proceedings and the outcomes. just the judge can decide? it s a little complicate d. there s a federal rule of criminal procedure that says no cameras in the courtroom. but that can be changed. the federal courts can do what they want in this respect. it starts with the judicial conference, which chief justice roberts is in charge of. but they can start the ball rolling by saying i would leak