Politics the former president s pardon play. Donald trumps lawyers make a hail mary request for an april 2026 start to the 2020 Election Trial and try to make sure the case never sees the inside of a courtroom. Plus a game of risk. New reporting outlines how republicans plan to conquer a trumpless debate. How another republican warns his party appears poised to fulfill the textbook definition of insanity. President biden invokes the whole enemy of my enemy is a Friend Theory of Foreign Policy today pushing two neighbors to put aside a generation of bad blood and send a message to the country a couple blocks away, china. Im Phil Mattingly in for dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Were going to start with this up first. Two questions. Do you know what youre doing on monday . Do you know what youre doing in april, 2026 . The answer is no for me on both of them. Donald trump, though, has plans for both. More specifically mr. Trump knows where he wont be on monday
Case against him. We are going indepth on the current state of trumps legal troubles. And, they are too raunchy. Between this and improve curriculum i want to know exactly what Will Kids Learning here in florida, when they go back to school. All of this and more is coming up. Another good saturday morning to, all im katie phang. Now a beautiful place most of paradise on earth, a town rich with a woman in history has been tragically reduced to ashes. As of this, morning some of the most horrific wildfires continue to tear through both western and southern regions of maui. The death will have snow climbed to 80 people, making this play is one of the deadliest ever in the United States history, and sadly, officials expect that number to continue to rise. So far, the fire and a Second Fire In have burned down many of the towns historic landmarks. Right now, Search And Rescue efforts continue, as an estimate of more than 1000 people remain missing. Then our griffin is there for us live in m
Twisties, simone biles is back where she belongs on the mat. It is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. Right now the clock is ticking for former President Donald Trump and his legal team. They have until 5 00 p. M. Eastern today to respond to a motion from the Special Counsels Office Asking for a privilege order. Jack smiths team wants the judge to forbid trump from making public the evidence they are turning over to his defense. They point to a series of alarming posts made by the former president over the last few days including one which said if you go after me, im coming after you. Lets get the latest on this and more from nbcs vaughn hillyard. Blayne alexander is standing by in atlanta where were expecting developments in the Georgia Election probe. Vaughn, tell us more about why the Special Counsel is asking for this protective order and how trump world is reacting. They submitted the file on friday. In the filing they made it clear theyre looking for this prot
In his third indictment. Then Police Identify another Murder Victim 27 years later in the Gilgo Beach Killings so why wasnt the Serial Killer charged in connection with her death. Plus back on the mat. Samone biles returns since the First Time Since the toke olympics. Could she be eyeing a comeback at next years games in paris . Welcome to the lead. Im Bianna Golodryga in for jake tapper. We start with the Law And Justice lead and the aftershocks of Donald Trumps third arraignment. Today the former president called on the Supreme Court to get involved in the case. It is not clear exactly what mr. Trump is asking the high court to do. But the former president claims that the charges against him are, quote, election interference. Trump pleading not guilty yesterday inside of a washington, d. C. Courtroom. And his next hearing is scheduled for august 28th. Lets get straight to cnn just justice correspondent Jessica Schneider with more on this. Lets start with the new trump request. Is thi
it s good to be back with you on this second hour. at this hour, president biden s critical next move. he says he has decided on the u.s. response to the drone attack that killed three u.s. soldiers in jordan but what it is, where, and when, he isn t revealing. plus, cori bush confirming she is the target of a justice department probe over her campaign spending. what we know this hour live from washington. plus, homeland security secretary under the microscope as house republicans hold another meeting moving closer to impeachment. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. let s start with keir simons now. president biden has made his decision clear. at least that he s made the decision clear, but what he s going to do against iran is an ongoing question. what s the latest, keir? secretary of state blinken not saying when the response from the u.s. might come, but saying it would likely be sustained over time, multilevel and could come in stages. as quest