trump and the other 17 co-defendants. in washington, d.c. the judge there set a trial date of march 4th, 2024 for the special counsel s investigation into the alleged plot to overturn the 2020 election nationwide. that trial date is one day before super tuesday, the height of the 2024 presidential campaign theoretically. our reporters and legal experts are here to break down every single detail of today s developments. we ll start with more breaking news. just moments ago we got an update on idalia, the tropical storm currently building in the gulf of mexico and barreling towards florida. evacuation orders have already been issued along florida s west coast. idalia is on track to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall. let s get right to cnn s meteorologist chad myers. chad, what is in the latest forecast? a top speed of 130 miles per hour now, up from 125 at the 11:00 a.m. advisory. more time in the water, very, very warm water and an awful lot of watches and warnings
we ll have much more on the heartbreaking deadly attack in just a moment. also ahead, the mugshot that s worth millions of dollars. we ll have the latest from the trump fund-raising campaign. and the latest out of the suspected death of a meshsnary group leader who was once a close ally to vladimir putin. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, august 28th. i m jonathan lemire. nice to be back. thanks to you for starting your day and week with us. we begin this morning with a shooting in jacksonville, florida, where three people were killed and what police are calling a racially motivated attack. on saturday, a shoppers and an employee were shot at a dollar general store near a historically black college. all victims were black. authorities say the 21-year-old gunman who was white died of a self-inflicted gun schott wound there at the scene. they described him as a, quote, maniac who wanted to kill black people. they say they found more than 20 pages
telling msnbc he s absolutely believes in trump s big lie. i promise if you just stay here and just be patient the great pumpkin will rise behind us from the pumpkin patch. they re all fascists. go ahead. rudy giuliani has a big issue to resolve. we ll explain that situation. there s a deadline they all have to turn themselves in. how house speaker mccarthy floats an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. kev, that will really help with the swing voters that you re doing so well already. why don t you go ahead and buy gold watches for all the members who won joe biden s districts kevin mccarthy s confusing comments on why it should happen and more on the president s visit to hawaii and the video that the far-right is obsessed with. this is crazy. willie, we re looking at the headlines from the local papers. now, if you were following right-wing media yesterday, and even if you weren t, a lot of it was reaching out and pulling you into your smartphone, you
have missed. january 6th was a disgrace. american citizens attacked their own government. they used terrorism to try and stop us, specific piece of domestic business they did not like. fellow americans beat and bloodied our own police. they stormed the center floor. they tried to hunt down the speaker of the house. they built a gallows and chanted about murdering the vice president. they did this because they had been fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth. because he was angry and lost an election. former president trump s actions preceded the riot for a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. therefore, i am endorsing donald j. trump. the one thing we cut off there, maybe it s not fair is right after that, he broke into a rousing tune. happy days are here again. it was like the 32 convention. i couldn t believe it. but yeah. a little discordant, song didn t go with the message. but you know, that s mitch. mitch mcconnell there, that was in 2021. i
acknowledging biden s bank records, suspicious act ativity reports or witness testimony all alleging potential bribery. here s new york representative dan goldman this week on why then-vice president joe biden called in to hunter s business meetings 20 times. watch. but the witness was unequivocal and stated very clearly that they never discussed any business on that phone conversations. there were niceties, there was a hello and there were, we talked about the weather or whatever it was the, but it was never any business. maria: democrats playing politics as national security worries deepen for america and american citizens. just within the last few days china with russia conducting a naval patrol the near alaska with 111 naval ships 11 naval ships steaming close to u.s. territory forcing america to respond with 4 u.s. destroyers shadowing the flotilla away from u.s. territory in alaska. no wonder the aggression is getting worse given the u.s. weak response to communist