Good morning. It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern. 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin this busy hour with a 2024 race for the white house, with both candidates hitting the trail after tuesdays critical debate. Today, former President Trump is out west at his Golf Course in Los Angeles County to fundraise before hosting a rally in Las Vegas tonight. Hes also set to hold what his campaign is calling a Press Conference in the next hour. The Harris Walz Campaign is also stepping up its Ground Game with the Vice President back in Battleground Pennsylvania today. Her running mate, governor tim walz is making stops in michigan and wisconsin. It marks a major push by both campaigns after this Weeks Showdown on the Debate Stage. Vice president is already calling for another debate, while trump appears less inclined. I believe we owe it to another debate. Right . We owe it to the voters. Because heres the thing, in this election, whats at stake could not be more important. So because we have
Two developments in the last hour should be processed with that fact in mind. First, his sudden decision to cancel a Press Conference. Trump had promised a, quote, conclusive report and he would once and for all be proven right New York Times says its a document of more than 100 pages compiled, at least in part by liz harrington, a Trump Communications aide often described as among the True Believers in his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him through widespread fraud. At least on this one issue, trump appears to have listened to the advice of his lawyers. Abc news reported yesterday, trumps Legal Advisers have told him holding such a Press Conference with dubious claims would only complicate his legal problems. Which wrings us to the second development. An audacious request filed in Court Last Night to push back trumps trial in the federal case regarding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election to april of the year 2026. Yeah. Thats more than five years after the d
Night, stopping such a coward. As the indicted front runner backed down from the debate, guess which candidate has a bait plan to defend him onstage. California faces its first ever Tropical Storm watch in the history of the state, as a catastrophic effects of Climate Change range on. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. The Department Of Justice is requesting severe penalties for five members of the farright gang, the proud boys, convicted on some of the most serious charges weve seen in connection with the january 6th attack on the capitol. Not to be clear, this is the second group of Violent Conspirators in the Capitol Attack that the doj has successfully prosecuted. Over the past year, prosecutors secured convictions of six members of another group, the oath keepers. On the rare and serious crime of Seditious Conspiracy. The groups founder and leader, Elmer Stewart rhodes the third, the guy there, you see there. Hes now serving an 18year prison sente
Captions paid for by abc, inc. Man in the middle are exclusive abc reporting on what mark meadows told investigators in trumps classified documents case. Everything was declassified as donald trump faces a fourth indictment in georgia. The defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn georgias president ial election result facing historic legal peril. Trump plans to skip the first primary debate show up on wednesday night and stop being such a coward. I cant wait to get to that debate stage, and i hope everybody shows up this morning , our exclusive interview with former Vice President mike pence. Legal analysis from Preet Bharara and sarah ingar. Plus our powerhouse roundtable. Painstaking recovery. Its funny you came so fast. I dont know if you got away. 114 dead, hundreds unaccounted for. Mauis wildfire fire now the fifth deadliest in us history. Well be there in maui as long as it takes. Were on the scene this morning and well talk to fema jon Emmanuelle Sali
Wildfires. Hawaiian residents set their sights on the states Biggest Energy provider as Recovery Efforts continue in the deadliest whievildfire in moder American History what the trials and legal tribulations could mean for former President Trumps 2024 campaign the u. S. Soldier tee detaini north korea allege lid dly breag his silence for the first time why alec baldwin could face charges once again in the Fatal Shooting on set of the movie and why work from home when you can make the office your Home Developers find a blueprint to fill some empty buildings. Its wednesday, august 16th, early today starts right now good morning, im Jessica Layton and im frances rivera. We begin in hawaii where devastating confirmations are reaching desperate families. Officials have begun identifying the lost the death toll has climbed to 106. And the governor warned that teams could find as many as 20 bo bodies a day and while locals deal with this grief, some tell tom llamas that outsiders are now try