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
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Donald trump and Kamala Harris a lot of signs it is barrelling forward, it is on and that is the trumpian way it has been publically debated. Yes, they debate the debates these days. But trump did post online he will debate harris. That reflects a further reiteration of what he expected. He claimed he will do and wants to do the debate but theres been squabbling over the details. But tonight we have public statements from both sides and the moderators, abc hosts, that this is still on in philadelphia september 10th. Trump was threatening to skip the debate and the Microphone System whether it was being held over or not. Reports that team trump wanted to stay with the muted microphones used in the biden debate but not the way it was done in past cycles. Harris wanted them open, and discussions are ongoing in those details. Kamala harris has not had as many events in the public spotlight which is understandable as we reported. They beat the rnc in terms of Television Ratings narrowly, th
Donald trump and Kamala Harris a lot of signs it is barrelling forward, it is on and that is the trumpian way it has been publically debated. Yes, they debate the debates these days. But trump did post online he will debate harris. That reflects a further reiteration of what he expected. He claimed he will do and wants to do the debate but theres been squabbling over the details. But tonight we have public statements from both sides and the moderators, abc hosts, that this is still on in philadelphia september 10th. Trump was threatening to skip the debate and the Microphone System whether it was being held over or not. Reports that team trump wanted to stay with the muted microphones used in the biden debate but not the way it was done in past cycles. Harris wanted them open, and discussions are ongoing in those details. Kamala harris has not had as many events in the public spotlight which is understandable as we reported. They beat the rnc in terms of Television Ratings narrowly, th
Donald trump and Kamala Harris a lot of signs it is barrelling forward, it is on and that is the trumpian way it has been publically debated. Yes, they debate the debates these days. But trump did post online he will debate harris. That reflects a further reiteration of what he expected. He claimed he will do and wants to do the debate but theres been squabbling over the details. But tonight we have public statements from both sides and the moderators, abc hosts, that this is still on in philadelphia september 10th. Trump was threatening to skip the debate and the Microphone System whether it was being held over or not. Reports that team trump wanted to stay with the muted microphones used in the biden debate but not the way it was done in past cycles. Harris wanted them open, and discussions are ongoing in those details. Kamala harris has not had as many events in the public spotlight which is understandable as we reported. They beat the rnc in terms of Television Ratings narrowly, th