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control of the direction of our government or not. finally, there s former trump national security adviser michael flynn, who floated invoking martial law after the election. if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities and place them in those states and basically rerun an election. the big question is how far will the committee go to enforce these subpoenas if, like others, steve bannon, in particular, will not comply? joining me now, cnn senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, state and federal, he s done it all, elie honig. big, controversial names in this new batch of six people who have received subpoenas. first of all, michael flynn. yes, that michael flynn. he was one of the biggest proponents of the big lie, and he was part of one of the craziest meetings of this whole thing in december 2020 when he met in the oval office with donald trump and others. they talk about seizing election machines, imposing martial law. speaking of crazy ....
good morning, everyone. it s wednesday, august 2nd. a historic morning in u.s. former president trump is due in court tomorrow after a federal grand jury indicted him on four counts. this morning, city and federal law enforcement agencies are gearing up for that appearance. also new this morning, a sense of trump s defense. his attorney tells cnn his clint is protected fully by the first amendment. he was acting on the advice of counsel. we just heard from rudy ju giuliani. new details about the judge who will preside over this case. the judge has been randomly assigned. he s overseen january 6th s defendants. the form e president trump s 2024 rivals are weighing in on the charges. their reactions ranging from condemning trump to condemning the justice department. georgia, fulton county sheriff said trump won t receive special treatment. quote, it doesn t matter your status, we ll have mug shots ready for you, all of that this hour of cnn this morning starts right n ....
hutchinson, one of the few republican candidates who has been critical of trump s legal problems despite the fact the former president seems to be gaining, not losing political strength with each and every indictment. we re keeping also a close eye on the security situation surrounding the courthouse as a mix of federal and city law enforcement blanket the area ahead of trump s rapidly approaching arrival. we re also learning new details about the latest indictment that appears to rely on testimony from high level trump administration officials including former attorney general bill barr and of course former vice president mike pence. so let s start the hour with nbc s aaron gilchrist outside the court, peter alexander and kristen welker, the cohosts of weekend today, former fbi general counsel, andrew weissmann, kristy greenberg, and former u.s. attorney chuck rosenberg on set with us. so aaron, kick us off from outside the courthouse. what s the atmosphere out there ....
hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the un secretary general has said nothing justified what he called the collective punishment of the palestinian people in gaza. speaking at the un s human rights council in geneva, antonio guterres accused member states of turning a blind eye to international law, the geneva conventions and even the united nations charter. his comments came hours after israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said a ground invasion of rafah where 1.5 million palestinians are sheltering would go ahead, whatever happens in hostage negotiations. the israeli military has now presented the war cabinet with a plan for the evacuation of palestinian civilians from rafah. the us has previously warned israel that an offensive, without proper planning, would be a disaster . the palestinian government, which administers parts of the israeli occupied west bank, h ....
release. welcome to the world today. we start here in the uk, and rishi sunak has denied accusations of islamophobia within the conservative party. mr sunak was responding for the first time to comments last week by the former deputy party chairman about the mayor of london. lee anderson claimed sadiq khan, who is muslim, was under the control of islamists . the prime minister told the bbc the comments were unacceptable and wrong , but insisted the conservatives did not have a problem with islamophobia. here s our political editor chris mason. mr anderson. hang on, we have spotted lee anderson, he is on quite a walk. the former labour councillor became a conservative mp, and then conservative deputy chairman. very quickly, a few words. last month he lost one of those titles, deputy chairman, now he has lost the other, they conservative suspending him the conservatives suspending him from the parliamentary party he said this. i do not believe that these islamists have g ....