assange to sign a blockbuster plea deal. another big hearing in donald trump s classified documents case. how his lawyers are trying to get a raft of damning evidence thrown out. and a new view inside president biden s strategy for this week s debate against former president trump. how he s preparing to take on two trumps. we re also tracking deadly flooding in the midwest, straining dams and levees and causing thousands of evacuations with more rain on the way. good morning, thank you for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. right now, wikileaks founder julian assange is on his way to a remote u.s.-controlled island in the pacific where he ll plead guilty to a conspiracy charge as part of a deal with the u.s. justice department. now, under this deal, as we understand it, assange will become a free man, ending a 14-year legal odyssey sparked when his organization posted nearly half a million classified military documents, one of th
step up and say, this is not the way to do things. there are a few of us who have been talking about this. let me tell you why i m concerned about in. i went to the national press club last week to talk about the fraying alliance. we ve kept the peace for 70 years, the united states and our allies after world war ii. and whether it s a trade dispute, which i ve heard muted voices on, or whether it s the unilateral actions that the united states has taken and as to that these summits, it s we need more people to just not say a few things or put out a few tweets, but they need to take an aggressive position. but this was different. we haven t seen it. this was different, though, governor. i want to talk to you about what that position might be. i thought charlottesville was different. so, you know, the question is charlottesville was different in its own way, but that was different. that was different too in its own way, but this was on a world stage, and it didn t