Good morning, everyone. Its friday. Were glad youre with us. Its been quite a week for this country. Quite a week. Its framing what is going to be ab intense consequential months ahead. Lets get started with five things to know for this friday, august 4th. Sour, defiant, we have new reporting this morning about Donald Trumps State Of Mind after he was indicted for the third time in four months. The former president proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. Also new overnight, democratic lawmakers want to watch the trial. They want a judge to allow cameras in a federal courtroom. The July Jobs Report will come out. A key number for the fed. Also this morning a reenactment of the Parkland High School shooting. As part of a lawsuit against the officer who failed to enter the build whg a gunman killed 17 people. Two sailors under arrest and have been indicted for allegedly sending sensitive Military Information to chinese Intelligence Of
United states has been arraigned on fell analyst charges. This time for alleged crimes against democracy itself. After pleading not guilty, im told he was in a sour and dejected mood. This is a very sad day for america. This is the biden plolitical law fair. This is election interference at its finest. It feels like a great vindication of the rule of law. They turn. Very concerned about the charges and privately hes been really frustrated. What it means for his legacy. This is going to be a threat to public trust in the Justice System going forward. Theres no question that donald trump. Absolutely laughable. Whats the fraud . Tell me what the fraud is. Youre entitled to raise a question. Thats the uniqueness of the first amendment. Thats the uniqueness of america. Were going to have to lose another psych toll figure you we have to pick somebody else other than donald trump. This could be an inflection point. Demonstrating our commitment to the rule of law. This is a huge case. They are
Ability to hold Public Office ever again based on a reading of the insurrection cause of the 14th Amendment. It appears likely that trump will probably be allowed to remain on the ballot but we just dont know exactly how the justices will rule or what kind of implications that may have on both the primary and on trumps legal cases. Speaking of which, the federal election interference trial in d. C. Was supposed to start tomorrow we had it not been paused due to trumps appeal of the decisions against his ridiculous absolute president ial immunity claim. A Supreme Court hearing on that claim has just been added to trumps calendar for april. Even though that trial has been delayed, trump will still find himself a criminal defendant this month. Beginning on march 25th, manhattan District Attorney, alvin bragg, will be the first to bring his case to court against the former president. Trumps former personal attorney, michael cohen, and the adult film actress, stormy daniels, are among the w
the same robot that found the titanic sub is back at the wreckage site, the lead starts right now. what went so tragically wrong? causing the implosion that killed five people on that v voyage. first on cnn, a new mission today for that remote vehicle that discovered the sub debris. plus, a cnn exclusive. fake electors compelled to testify. as a special counsel investigation looking in efforts to over turn the 2020 election heats up. and in the shadow of trump, 2024 republican hopefuls converge on a conservative conference and try to separate themselves on one of the most divisive issues of this election cycle. welcome to the lead, i m abby phillip in for jake tapper here in washington. and i m anderson cooper in saint john, newfoundland, where the sub started one week ago today. this afternoon the canadian government is announcing it is launching an investigation into the implosion of the sub which killed all five people on board. mothership is set to arrive in
the united states of america. norah: former vice president mike pence jumps into the republican race for the white house, taking aim at his former boss, donald trump. i believe that anyone who put themselves the constitution should never be president of the united states. a florida woman is facing manslaughter at assault charges after a very disturbing shooting that is leading to new questions about the state stand your ground law. she had no weapon. she posed no imminent threat to anyone. the fight over transgender rights, meet 18 activist pushing back against a growing bounds on transgender care. what are you fighting for? the right to exist. speak of the vatican says pope francis is expected to be hospitalized for several days after undergoing abdominal surgery. norah: and rap icon tupac get some. usable musical we probably we hollywood walk of fame, the legendary tupac shakur. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this we