brawl at a riverfront started by a group of white men shoving a black dockworker. right now in ohio, a high stakes special election for a proposal to make it harder to change the states constitution. how that could have implications beyond the buckeye state. we begin this hour with the very latest on former president trump s legal troubles. trump s legal team and jack smith s office is locked in a battle over a protective order in the election interference case. that order is aimed at protecting the government s evidence before trial, and trump wants something much narrower. the judge over seeing the case is ordering both sides to come together for a hearing together. with us, msnbc legal analyst, lisa ruben. lisa, let s start off by defining what a protective order is in this case. a protective order, josé, is something that governs discovery in a civil or criminal case. discovery is essentially the evidence that the government would be relying on whether that is sta
possible tornado forming in central new york. this hour, the cleanup and where a threat of severe weather still lingers this week. also ahead, the indictment of donald trump, the judge ordering a new hearing as lawyers spar over evidence in the election interference case. when we can see them back in court. and later, the high stakes special election today that could determine the fate of abortion rights in ohio. what ohio republicans are trying to do in a rare august vote. good morning. it is great to have you with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with some breaking news. deadly weather causing chaos, pouring rain, high winds, even tornadoes batter, the mid-atlantic and southeast, canceling thousands of flights and leaving close to a million people without electricity. check out this scary scene that played out in maryland. people were trapped in their cars after intense wind took down an entire line of power poles. nbc s kathy
Oh, my goodness. i am not ready to go there yet. i guess we should be saying cheers to those who are ready. thank you. we got to go. that s going to do it for us today. thanks for being here. josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning. it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, and 8:00 a.m. pacific. the judge in the 2020 election interference trial orders trump s lawyers and prosecutors back to court to hash out what the former president can publicly say about the case during the trial. across the nation, more than 1,000 flights are canceled or delayed after a deadly round of storms with the ongoing oppressive heat. we will hear from the leader in the fbi supervising the investigation of a case of an alleged serial rapist that may have victims in ten states. alabama outrage growing
I am not ready to go there yet. i guess we should be saying cheers to those who are ready. thank you. we got to go. that s going to do it for us today. thanks for being here. josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning. it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, and 8:00 a.m. pacific. the judge in the 2020 election interference trial orders trump s lawyers and prosecutors back to court to hash out what the former president can publicly say about the case during the trial. across the nation, more than 1,000 flights are canceled or delayed after a deadly round of storms with the ongoing oppressive heat. we will hear from the leader in the fbi supervising the investigation of a case of an alleged serial rapist that may have victims in ten states. alabama outrage growing after viral video show a violent