United states and all around the world. Im rosemary church. Just ahead on cnn newsroom, former u. S. President donald trump says he wont stop talking about criminal cases against him as the judge in one of those cases sets a date to determine how evidence will be handled. Abortion rights advocates win a victory in ohio as voters say no to a republicanbacked measure to make it harder to amend the states constitution. And a 103yearold migrant arrives at the u. S. Border seeking asylum. Why she says she came. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. Good to have you with us. Well, donald trump is vowing he wont remain silent about the charges against him for trying to overturn the 2020 election. Campaigning in new hampshire, the former president called the case ridiculous and an attempt to take away his right to free speech. The u. S. District judge overseeing the case may have different ideas. Cnns Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid begins our coverage.
Social media with posts that could defy the judges orders. Well get legal analysis on that new development. Also ahead, 9 latest warning from the pentagon about potential disruptions to Troop Readiness and military relations. Were learning about more provocative news from russia and chinas navys off the coast of alaska. Good morning. Welcome to Way Too Early on monday, august 8th. Im jonathan lemire. Thank you for starting your day and week with us. We begin with a flurry of action. Just days after being formally charged for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 Election Results, trump spent the weekend testing the limits of the judge assigned to that case. Now during thursdays arraignment the Magistrate Judge warned trump against interfering in the case telling him that his bond could be revoked if he tried to influence a juror, threaten or bribe a witness or if he retaliated. Despite telling the judge he understood her warning, just one day later the former president posted on his
today on inside politics, we re not going anywhere. you re struck with us. those promises to ukraine came directly from the president of the united states today. that as the west outlines that country s path toward nato membership. but exactly when ukraine can walk down that road remains a life or death decision. i m dana bash in washington. and i m wolf blitzer reporting live from lithuania, where this hour we expect to hear directly from the president of the united states joe biden. his speech will follow a rather contentious few days. ukraine has publicly questioned why its allies are waiting to formally admit the countries into nato. ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy struck very different tones. he says he s grateful for the great unity and for long lasting american security garn tees, but he also used stark terms to describe the costs of nato s decision to keep ukraine at arm s length. we are over at the university where the president is getting ready to speak
heavy rain coming yet again. trevor ault in the storm zone. rob marciano timing all of this out. the potentially record-breaking heat across multiple states, and it s not just the u.s. across europe, too. in the u.s., from houston to miami to phoenix. las vegas now expected to set a high temperature never seen before there, and just a short time ago, phoenix now marking its 14th straight day of 110 degrees or higher. matt rivers in phoenix on climate and this heat, and a remarkable note tonight, the temperature of the asphalt there. tonight, the breaking news from hollywood at this hour. actors voting to go on strike tonight. writers already on strike. the first time this has happened in more than 60 years. abc news confirming tonight jared kushner has now testified before the january 6th federal grand jury investigating former president trump, and new reporting here tonight on the line of questioning for kushner. jon karl is here. the young new york city attorney acc
back their debt? president biden tweeting moments ago this, unthinkable. this fight isn t over. i ll have more to announce when i address the nation this afternoon. and on the final day of pride, the court backed a web designer opposed to same-sex marriage saying the business owner has a free speech right under the constitution s first amendment to refuse to endorse messages she disagrees with. lorie smith the graphic designer just celebrated her win in our last hour. this is a victory not just for me but for all of us. whether you share my beliefs or completely disagree with them, free speech is for everyone. but justice sotomayor in her dissent calls this ruling profoundly wrong and that today is a sad day in the lives of lgbt people. we re going to break down the massive legal and the political implications as well, by the way, for the court, congress, and the 2024 race for the presidency. we want to begin with the specifics of those two historic supreme court decisi