Its all so new and exciting. Its all so exciting. Scramble the circuits. Youll have msnbc punched up but youll be seeing abc. A nice thing. A nice way to let everybody see it. Yeah, im only lightly joking, but youre doing a Public Service announcement, reminding everyone while yes, there are all these companies and competitors this is one night where all of the usual competitors agree to simulcast the same thing because its for civics. In service of our democracy and i think a nod to how important this election is. Amen. Well put. Thank you. Have a great show. See you soon. Our thanks to Nicolle Wallace for the handoff. Welcome to The Beat. Our top story is the Harris Campaign on offense with this new ad Hammering Trump for project 2025. Well show you some of that ad in a moment. It reenforced the attack the Campaign Hit nightly at the convention which is trying to take what is now politically seen as widely a very toxic project 2025 and tie it to trump. Brand him with it. Link him to
Next in the case. Plus, officers who put their lives on the line on january 6th were at the Courthouse Yesterday for that hearing. Well bring you their reaction. And theres still one more major legal issue on the horizon for donald trump. What the georgia prosecutor is saying about that case. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, august 4th. Its friday, folks. We made it. Im jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. History was made in the nations capitol again yesterday where for the First Time Ever a former president of the United States was arraigned for his alleged efforts to subvert american democracy. Just a few blocks away from where he took the Oath Of Office and from where his supporters carried out an unprecedented act of violence just a few years later, donald j. Trump pleaded not guilty to four Felony Charges yesterday stemming from his actions after the 2020 election. The charges were conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to o
he s a tough man, strong man, very respected. i happen to think he is a good man. the press goes crazy when i say it. we can t have a weak president. we have a weak man who cheats like hell. they cheat at elections like nobody has ever cheated before. i saw shots you wouldn t believe. missile launch, and you hear a bell go. i see this. it s so incredible. they calmly walk to a seat, ding, ding, ding, ding. they have 17 seconds to figure this whole thing out, right? okay, missile launch, boom. and we don t have it here. i really take back i don t know where to begin. i take everything back that i said about elvis in 1977. i apologize to the ghost of fat elvis right here and now. he looked better then joe, we re supposed to talk about how he was talking about orban. i mean, i m just saying i m so distracted. first of all, we go back to what was said over the weekend on x. if he keeps putting i can t unsee that. the bronzer on at this level, white sup
i m jim acosta in washington will be in this hour of americans caught up in the escalating crisis in sudan. just minutes ago, the u. s state department announced it will carry out a military assisted evacuation of government personnel if the crisis worsens . in the past week, more than 400 people have died since two rival generals first lead their forces into a battle for control of the country. that death toll includes at least one american. both sudan s army and its paramilitary rival. the rsf say they will help evacuate for nationals. the u. s is making preparations to get diplomatic personnel right out right now. but the white house says private citizens should not expect and evacuation. we have correspondents in the military expert here to help us tackle all of the angles of the story. let s begin with cnn s larry meadow, a live in nairobi, kenya. larry. i know things are very fluid at the moment. but what s the latest on these evacuations? jim right now there s evacuati
About a Serious Health issue here that almost ended his career. Plus the Big New Project he has out now leading this, our Breaking News moments ago, the Arizona State senate voted to repeal that states civil war era abortion ban, a law that was first introduced in 18 64 before women had the right to vote. And when the age of consent in arizona, according to some historians, was ten, the law bans abortion at all stages of pregnancy except to save the life of the mother. Lets get straight to cnns natasha. Natasha, What Happens Next . And what does this mean for the ability to get an abortion . In arizona jake, theres a lot of whiplash for arizonans. What were expecting now is for the house to receive what the senate just repealed and send it onto the governors desk where she is expected to sign it, but the repeal wouldnt take effect until 90 days after the legislative session ends. So right now, the earliest this could go into effect is june 20 the Attorney General of arizona has, howeve