thets big barr laying out a flaw in the main defense that donald trump s lawyers using in the federal election case. we ll have much more from the former attorney general on trump s many, many legal issues in just a moment. meanwhile a key conspirator in the riot at the capitol could receive the longest sentence yet for the january 6th attack. and a very significant summit at camp david for president biden. we ll explain the stakes at today s meeting. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, august 18th. we made it to friday, folks. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with the trial date proposed by donald trump s legal team that is way, way, way in the future. in a court filing late yesterday the attorneys representing the former president in the federal election interference case against him that s the one out of washington requested that that trial begin in april of 2026. that is 2 1/2 years late
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Welcome back. president joe biden will host the first camp david summit of his presidency today bringing together the leaders of south korea and japan to announce new steps forward in defense cooperation. the meeting reportedly will not end with a nato-style defensive pact, but all three nations are expected to publicly affirm for the first time that their security is linked. it s a historic measure. the summit comes as the threat of china and north korea are top of mind in that region. and while japan and south korea have to say the least historically struggled to maintain a relationship, the changing geopolitical landscape appears to have brought them together closer than ever before. joining us now white house principal deputy press secretary
In kharkv and that could be a blow to the area. there could be sanctions again individual russian officials. sanctions would include the freezing of assets and travel bans. this announcement coming after he arrived in the philippines in the last stop of his four-country asian tour. the u.s. and philippines just signed a ten-year defensive pact. those are your headlines at this hour. chris. all right. talking about sanctions they play into the next story as well. it s being called a defining moment for the nba. leaked audio recording set to be the clippers owner donald sterling making racist comments. sparking a new discussion about race. let s bring in greg anthony, and turner sports nba analyst. hey, greshgs good to see you. sorry about this. boy, oh, boy, social media has