The sun coming up 6 00 a. M. Its wednesday, august 28th. And we have a lot to get to this morning. Including special counsel jack smith trying to salvage the federal Election Interference case against donald trump. Filing a formal indictment against the former president. Were going to bring you excellent analysis in just a moment. Meanwhile, donald trump now says that he will debate Vice President Kamala Harris in two weeks, but the Harris Campaign still needs to be resolved. And well have more details about that the operation that rescued an israeli man who was held hostage by hamas for more than 300 days. That comes as israel launches a broad operation in the west bank with raids and air strikes in that territory. Im Jonathan Lemire along with u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news katty kay in this morning for joe, mika and willie. Well be joined by Symone Sanderstownsend, and mike barnicle, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, you just saw her on way too early, ali vitali. Lo
That is right, you cannot ignore those discussions. Thank you to you for putting them front and center, and to david for the good work he does it have a great evening and great weekend, guys. Thank you at home for joining us this evening. One of the most important criminal cases against donald trump has been on lifesupport for weeks now but as of today, it appears that the case will live. The former president will likely have to face trial. For the past two months, we have watched as the Georgia Election interference case against donald trump and 14 Co Defendants devolved into a high stakes sideshow. Several of the defendants in this case accused fani willis of having a relationship with the Special Prosecutor on her team, nathan wade. A relationship that created the Conflict Of Interest. They argued that because of that relationship, fani willis needed to be thrown off the case, a move that would effectively kill any chance of this case ever getting to trial. Last month, d. A. Willis
they re not gonna do him like. that it looks pretty and wrinkles. i m going to tell you, a close-up, there may have been lent. there is no crushing. hats off to you. it looks great. it looks great, he sounds great. have a good show. thank you. the breaking news of the night is that the very first significant filing in the case of the united states of america versus donald j trump and not a, the criminal defense lawyers case lied and there has been much suspense surrounding the first filings in that case. much of that spent has centered on judge aileen mercedes cannon, who was appointed by defendants trump to the federal court after joining the republican investigation. the society that grooms right-wing republican lawyers to become federal judges. judge cannon s ruling on the current dispute before her, which is when to set a trial date in the case, might tell us whether she is going to be as blindly devoted to donald trump s defense as she was when donald trump s cri
turkey dropped its year long objection. adding finland and sweden to nato is consequential. i still think that president putin thinks not going to do that. the question now facing nato leaders, should they welcome ukraine next even as russia wages war on that country. also ahead, historic flooding, vermont s capital surrounded by water. take a look at this. there is still danger this flooding could get even worse in the coming hours. and later details of the grand juries being seated today in georgia that could decide whether donald trump will be indicted over 2020 election interference in that state. so a lot to talk about. let s begin with the historic nato summit unfolding across the atlantic. next hour we are expecting a bilateral meeting with president biden and turkish president erdogan there in lithuania. this will be an important one to watch. after turkey dropped its objections allowing sweden to join this alliance. sweden s leader, part of this big group p
it s friday it s friday! that s all? you know what that means? let s welcome tonight s gasburg like his books people would love to see him leather bound. literary critic walter kerr. and win life gives you lemons, please squeeze it into his eyes. cohost of fox & friends , todd pyro. she defies conventions and wears extensions. best-selling author kat timpf. he has nightmares about chandeliers. new york times best-selling author comedian and former nwa wrestler titus. i need a break. before we get to some new stories let s do this. greg s leftovers. its leftovers where i read the jokes we didn t use this week. it s my first time reading them. if they suck, we will tied joe mackie s to the back of a truck and drive away. too bad he enjoys it. the first one. a diverse for in new hampshire is catering to adults where they role-play as babies in diapers. to show customers how it s done they brought in a professional. speaking of joe, he is finally headed to ohio and plans to