from virtually behind bars before a trial on conspiracy charges. what investigators want to know and the chances they ll get it. just in in the last couple of minutes, what mitch mcconnell is now saying about former president trump s suggestions of pardons for capitol rioters. what he s saying now and why that s not the only headline involving the former president. plus at the white house what amounts to the official start to the scotus season with two key senators just wrapping up a meeting with president biden over his upcoming supreme court pick. and some brand-new reporting just in to nbc news on the name you may recognize who is expected to help sherpa whoever the nominee is around capitol hill. we also have live on the show a member of the senate judiciary committee, california senator alex padilla. plus an exclusive nbc report, books flying off the shelves across texas but not for reasons you might think. parents and leaders in the community moving to ban cer
of people are under a flood threat across the west, with california feeling the brunt of mother nature s fury. we re talking about heavy rains, severe wind, even an earthquake, and cnn is on the ground. plus, we re live outside fulton county jail in georgia where any day now, donald trump or any of his 18 accused co-conspirators could surrender on criminal charges. that s coming at a critical time in the race for the white house as trump s competition gathers for the first presidential debate without the former president and frontrunner on stage. face to face with tragedy. right now, president biden is traveling to hawaii to see firsthand the devastation left behind by the wildfires there more than 800 people are still unaccounted for, while the island is facing a new threat. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. from southern california to idaho, 16 million people are under flood watches this hour,
wavering on him ahead of next year s elections. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, august 1st. we are in august already. i am jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this new month with a possible new indictment against former president donald trump for his alleged efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election. the grand jury hearing testimony in special counsel jack smith s investigation is expected to be back in session in washington today. now it s been two weeks since trump announced on social media that he received a target letter, which is an indication that charges could be brought in the very near future. that letter suggested that the former president could face charges of conspiracy to defraud the united states, depriving voters of their rights, and witness tampering. trump seems prepared to be preparing for another federal indictment against him, posting yesterday on truth social that he
charges in that any day now. former president biden and former president trump could be tied in a rematch. we will talk to the women world s cup and olympian champion, brandy chastain about the nail-biter of a game. we begin with the very latest on the investigation surrounding former president donald trump. members of the grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election have arrived right here at the federal courthouse in washington, d.c. the former president predicting on his social media site the panel could indict him, quote, any day now. he received a letter saying he was a target in the special counsel interference investigation. with us now to talk more about all of this, nbc news justice reporter, riley outside the court, and katie, a msnbc contributor, and charles. ryan, you are at the courthouse. what is going on there as of right now? reporter: well, we know the grand jury is meeting today and you can see behind me there are vehicle
40 million ways that his base may help keep him out of prison. plus, trump s newest codefendant and mar-a-lago manager emerges from obscurity to the center of the storm, swarmed today by cameras at his first court appearance but not his last. could his indictment end up helping his boss delay that trial until after the election? and as president biden reverses a trump decision to move u.s. space command to alabama, some politicians are blasting the politics behind the no-go. we ll speak to one of them next. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. tonight, trump is predicting that his next indictment is imminent. any day now, is the way he worded it in a new post on social media. and of course as with other target letters and other indictments, he has been the one to tell us about them.though hi to be growing and mounting exponentially, his political rtes are growing and growing as well. it s coming into clear vw today just how much he is dominating the nomination