newsroom tropical storm idalia is on its way to strengthening to major hurricane intensity bringing big impacts along the west coast of florida. floridians should expect that this storm will be a major cat 3 plus hurricane. he will be sitting in court during a time that you normally have candidates out on the campaign trail. mark meadows took the stand under oath. the women we saw, the images, i immediately thought about our bosses, our professors, our teachers in the schools. how difficult is it not to kiss somebody on the lips? live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, august 29, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in florida where millions are anxiously watching the track of idalia, a dangerous form that is forecast to rapidly testify before slamming into the state. it is moving north and expected to gain strength in the warm waters of the gulf of mexico before making landfall on wednesday. storm surge and hu
guard who chased down the shooter. plus the family of the fallen soldier whose fox news just apologized to over fall story. and a brim x candy will respond to vivek ramaswamy who called him the grand wizard of the modern. but first, mark meadows, he took a big risk today by taking the stand. thump trump s chief of staff overturn election results in georgia and he s arguing that his case should go over to federal thornton s former chief of now, he s arguing that his case should go over to federal court instead. today, there was a mini trial of sorts. one that many legal experts have said may have put him in deeper trouble. cnn s jessica schneider is here to tell us what s happened in that hearing today. jessica. abby, we are now waiting for the federal judge in georgia to decide if mark meadows case can be moved to federal court. meadows testified for several hours today. he tried to make the case that everything he did was within his official duties as chief of staff for
trump and the other 17 co-defendants. in washington, d.c. the judge there set a trial date of march 4th, 2024 for the special counsel s investigation into the alleged plot to overturn the 2020 election nationwide. that trial date is one day before super tuesday, the height of the 2024 presidential campaign theoretically. our reporters and legal experts are here to break down every single detail of today s developments. we ll start with more breaking news. just moments ago we got an update on idalia, the tropical storm currently building in the gulf of mexico and barreling towards florida. evacuation orders have already been issued along florida s west coast. idalia is on track to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall. let s get right to cnn s meteorologist chad myers. chad, what is in the latest forecast? a top speed of 130 miles per hour now, up from 125 at the 11:00 a.m. advisory. more time in the water, very, very warm water and an awful lot of watches and warnings
filling. up the trial data set in check smith select showcase as the former president continues his delay tactics. and mark meadows takes the stand in order to make his case federal. what went down in court today? then another community in america left grieving after a racist shooting leaves three black people dead. the fbi now investigating it as a hate crime. the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. back with you tonight from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. today was a very big day in court for the former president and his former chief of staff. the judge and donald trump s federal election case set the stage for trial next spring, right smack in the middle of presidential primaries. he came as mark meadows testified at a hearing to get his charges in the georgia election case moved to federal court. we will have more on meadows situation just ahead. but first, let s stick with trump because today judge
intensify into a major hurricane. it s 10:00 a.m. eastern. i m lindsey reiser in new york in for ana cabrera. it s going to be a busy hour with not just one, but two court hearings getting under way in legal cases against former president trump. in atlanta we re watching the first major hearing in the elections interference case brought by d.a. fani willis. mark meadows, one of the co-defendants, is trying to get his case moved to federal court. willis has called on multiple witnesses to testify in this morning s hearing including georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger who we know was on the line for that infamous phone call in which former president donald trump wanted to find around 11,000 votes. in washington lawyers have arrived for the federal case into trump s election interference case. prosecutors want to get started in january. trump s team wants it to begin in april, april of 2026. joining us right now is nbc s justice correspondent ken dilanian, blayne a