Thank you so much for joining us tonight. Cnn prime time with laura coates starts right now. Hey caitlin, im telling you, if you thought august was winding down. This is heating up. Until your vacations, anyone watching. Did you have a vacation plan, kaitlyn . What is the thing called vacation . Do you go someplace . You dont work . I wonder how that goes . One to answer that one i would think. We are not, i will do a staycation right here. Im laura coates, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. Listen, tonight, donald trump is bracing for two more indictments. You heard that right. One potential counsel, jack smith, for efforts to overturn the election. Another in hot lana, for trying to overturn the results in georgia. And yet, that phrase teflon don . It continues to be one of the oddest juxtapositions in all of politics. As his legal problems start to pile up, guess what, so does his poll numbers. Take a look while it is still early of course. He is crushing the field. Look at
Something that has been of interest to the special counsel, jack smith. I should know this was first reported by the journal institution. Cnn confronted. As you heard earlier, the District Attorney in the state says that he and her fellow prosecutors would have years into the prosecutors in the state of georgia are, quote, ready to go. Thank you for joining us, cnn primetime at laura coates starts now. Hey kaitlyn, im telling you, if you thought august was winding down, this is heating up. Cancel your vacation to anyone whos watching. Did you have vacation plans, kaitlyn . What assisting called vacation . Does that mean you go someplace and you dont work . I dont know how that goes. Neither of us can answer that question, i think. Nope, we are not, but ill do a sticky shunted. Here i am laura coats everyone, and thank you so much for joining me. Donald trump is bracing for two more indictments. You heard that right . One for special counsel jack smith for efforts to overturn the electi
on the very notion. but let me ask you, given the odds, four out of 44 former cabinet members supporting him? what should americans take away from that fact? this is stunning in modern, or really any american history, what do you take away from the fact that it s four out of 44? i do not know exactly who the 44 were who were surveyed, but i would say this, i think in private, on this conversations. almost all of trump s cabinet members and other senior advisers would say that their conclusion after watching him during their time in office is that trump is not fit to be notn of the drama, or his personality, or something like that, it s a question of his basic lack of confidence to do the job. and i think people really do not want to be out front endorsing somebody that they know can t do the job. why do you think it is? it s one thing to talk about
should be saying that, if the candidates haven t shown a chance to defeat trump, they ought to seriously consider getting out at that point. and maybe other people who have not entered the race should consider coming in. we should look to hear from you in august, perhaps. they get after askew, given the odds, four out of 44 cabinet members supporting him. what should americans take away from that fact? this is stunning in modern, or really any american history. what do you take away from the fact that it is four out of 44? well, i don t know exactly who the 44 were you surveyed but i would say this. in private, honest conversations almost all of trump s cabinet members and senior advisers would say that their conclusion after watching him in their time in office that trump is not fit to be president. it is not a question of the
case any more. he is trailing obama by about five points. rick santorum is also trailing obama by about five points and there is actually a poll out that shows rick santorum beating obama in a head-to-head matchup in november. even ron paul is only trailing obama by 6.5 points. newt gingrich is the only one trailing by double digits. this that sense the race has shifted a little bit in that three of the four republican candidates are running equally against obama in november. shannon: tom bevan, always appreciate your expertise. thank you so much. you you bet. shannon: ten states on tuesday and campaign carl is covering all of them. he talked with us about the battle for ohio and told us it will be close there. carl, where else could it be close and important on tuesday? particularly for rick santorum, tennessee and oklahoma. he has a lead in the polls and as tom was just saying there is evidence that suggests it is getting a a little tighter in the volunteer state. in tennesse