Good morning, everyone. Poppy is off. Sara sidner is here. Lets get started with five things to know. This morning, a highstakes hearing in georgia, fani willis is set to lay out details of her case against former president donald trump, part of his former Chief Of Staff mark meadows bid to get it moved to Federal Court. Trumps legal team will appear in court in washington, d. C. As part of his other federal election interference indication, watching to see if the judge sets a trial date for that case, which could happen as early as today. In florida, the Justice Department is now investigating whether the deadly shooting in jacksonville was, indeed, a hate crime. The twisted writings of the suspect make clear he did hate black people and when he opened fire at a Dollar General, that is exactly who he targeted and killed. People in floridas gulf coast are bracing for a possible hurricane. Forecasters are warning idalia is picking up strength and could hit the panhandle as soon as tomor
Ahead on cnn newsroom. Evgeni prigozhin is presumed dead outside of moscow. And questions are swirling whether the crash was an accident. In the coming hours, donald trump is expected to be booked and released from Fulton County jail. Well break down this unprecedented arrest. And treated waste water from the Fukushima Nuclear plant is being released into the pacific ocean. Well have the latest on this controversial move. Its 10 00 a. M. In moscow, where russian Authorities Say theyve opened a criminal investigation into the plane crash that may have killed Evgeni Prigozhin. The controversial leader of the wagner group is said to be onboard a private jet that went down wednesday evening. No one survived the fiery crash. Officials said eight bodies have been recovered so far. Prigozhins body hasnt been a video posted on telegram appears to show the jet plunging from the sky with one of its wings missing. Flight data shows it stopped transmitting around 6 00 p. M. Local time. Prigozhin w
Mistakes this country ever made. I thought the election was a rigged election, stolen election. My question to the republicans who are willing to vote for this guy, would you hire someone with a mugshot . I am angry at donald trump for putting us in this position. This is ridiculous. We are going to do our duty to get the answers the American People deserve for this ridiculous indictment thats taking place in georgia. This morning america is waking up to former President Trumps historic mugshot and truly unprecedented. He was arrested, booked, and photographed at the Fulton County jail as inpate p 01135809. He was at the jail for 20 minutes. He turned himself in on 13 Felony Charges for trying to overturn his Election Loss in georgia. This is trumps fourth arrest in five months but the first time he had his mugshot taken and this morning the photo is on the front page of newspapers and tabloids across the nation and around the world. Sources tell cnn trump made the intentional decision
His death comes two months to the day since the failed rebellion against Vladimir Putin. Dana our Wisconsin Voter panel is back with what they thought about last nights debate. More on those stories throughout the hour. First lets get to this. We need to send joe biden back to his basement and reverse american decline. We also need to understand joe bidens bidenomics has led to the loss of 10,000 of Spending Power for the average family. Dana President Biden far and away the top target of attacks during last nights republican primary debate. As the candidates took turns explaining to voters why they deserve to get this job. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Bill hello there. Bill hemmer in the flesh. How did you score it last night . Dana i thought it was great. Bill maybe at the end of the hour well go ahead and put up our cards. We had eight on the line Last Night Running to be leader of the free world facing pointed questions on a wide range of hotbutton to
Any current or former president of the United States. Good morning, everyone. Were glad youre with us on this friday, august 25th. New, overnight, there are several fastmoving developments tied to Donald Trumps case in georgia, the Trump Campaign already raising money off this mug shot and sources tell cnn that trump made the decision to intentionally look defiant in that photo. Also new overnight, three more of his codefendants have turned themselves in over the last few hours including Jeffrey Clark, hes the former doj official accused of playing a key role in the effort to overturn the election. Were now awaiting two more of those codefendants to surrender. The deadline is just six hours away. The first trial in the case is now set for october 23rd. One of the defendants, Kenneth Chesebro, asked for a speedy trial and d. A. Fani willis said lets go. She also wants to try all the defendants beginning that day. Georgias Secretary Of State has been subpoenaed to testify against mark me