in a defamation suit brought by two georgia election workers. political advisers saying giuliani was wrongly accused in the matter. up next, though, a civil trial that could see trump s former personal attorney held financially liable. joining me now from fulton county is blayne alexander. what more can you tell us about the upcoming arraignments and what this separate motion means for the trial as trump s attorneys, they re seeking to completely sever his case from the other codefendants. well, alex, let s start with the arraignments. we know that september 6th, next wednesday at 9:30 a.m., the former president will not be appearing before a fulton county judge. he s waived that arraignment appearance as is his right, and he s entered a not guilty plea, so that certainly answers a lot of questions we had as to whether or not we would see the same kind of extraordinary show of him coming down to georgia, going instead inside a courthouse, and facing a judge we will not see.
one every couple of weeks, and fema s primary disaster fund is nearly out of money. and a nightmare in south africa, a fire ripping through a building full of homeless men, women, and children, some literally throwing babies out of windows in a desperate attempt to save their lives. the death toll 74 with potentially more to come. but we start with the former president, opting out of his first chance to respond to the charges against him in open court in georgia. trump s decision to plead not guilty and waive his arraignment means no televised court appearance, yet another example of an event that would have been the first of its kind. at least four of the 19 defendants have now waived their right to appear, trump joining ray smith, sidney powell, and trevian coo tee, that includes rudy giuliani the subject of a blistering decision from a d.c. judge finding him liable for defaming two georgia election workers and accusing him of intentionally ignoring basic rules of evide
he is so well-dressed. he makes salads jealous. social scientist and to post [indistinct] jesus. [applause] he is so hot, he could be my twin brother. cohost of fox & friends weekend, pete. she is like an earthworm, small, slender, and thrives in good. contributor kat timpf. and finally, when he sneezes, more states issue tornado warnings. my massive psychic, tyrus. [cheers and applause] all right. before we get to the some new stories and we have some new ones, some blockbusters if you will. let s do this. greg s leftovers. greg: i wish i had a virtually that. it is leftovers, where i read the jokes we did not use this week and it is my first time reading these so if they suck, it is on you. that does not make any sense, but who cares? hershey s is facing a boycott after putting a trans person s face on a wrapper. the company agreed to only use the photo on mr. goodbar s. [laughter] i would have said, they would only put it on candy bars with nuts. that is better, huh?
sheriff s homicide. rachel: the shooting reported to authorities just before 10:30 p.m. local time. those were injured are in conditions ranging from stable all the way to critical. pete: police say they re search fog are a male suspect. a motive for the shooting isn t clear at this time. local officials are working with federal authorities as an investigation into the case remains underway. as we get more information we will bring it to you. they don t know what kind of firearm was used at this point. motive, relationship to victims, we don t know. will: in that press briefing there were questions for local law enforcement apparently a separate incident in los angeles. questions whether or not they are connected. there was a question about civilians possibly apprehending or taking down an individual. was that connected? law enforcement gave a very, very brief press briefing a moment ago with not a lot of new details but said, in coming hours they will tell us more. hopefu
white house press secretary under president obama and msnbc political analyst. adam pollock, and charles coleman, an msnbc legal analyst. vaughn, i want to start with you. you have kind of lived all of this from the beginning to the end. as you watched what unfolded today, help us understand it, but also put all of that testimony by hope hicks which was pretty dramatic in the context of what we knew at the time. reporter: exactly, it s dramatic because hope hicks was somebody who testified today that she was intimately involved with donald trump in what was a very small campaign brass that included keith shiler and corey lewandowski and michael cohen, the outside personal lawyer voice who maintained a quasi role with the campaign, representing donald trump. in this, for hope hicks and for the jury here, is a key, crucial witness that knows donald trump so well, but also was a trusted adviser and aide, somebody whose words were never really highly scrutinized, somebody who d