Weekend and its the worst of all networks. When i look adat the hostility of that, i said lets do it with another network. I want to do it, so were thinking about it. They also want to change the rules. The deal is we keep the same rules and they want to change the rules because she cant answer questions. As donald trump casting doubt about whether hell participate in the president ial debate scheduled from two weeks from today, well have the latest on the rift over the rules from the two campaigns. Also ahead, an update on the classified documents case against former President Trump as jack smith works to reverse judge Aileen Cannons dismissal. And well go through the growing list of republicans who are now supporting Vice President Harris Campaign. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, august 27th. Im ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. We begin with the fight between the harris and Trump Campaigns over the rules for the president ial debate. The main issue is whe
The cost already off the charts. More than the gdp of some entire countries. And the dramatic rescue of a 52yearold israeli hostage grabbed from a tunnel in southern gaza, raising new hopes for the 108 people still being held by hamas. What were learning about how the idf pulled it off. So much to get to but we start in georgia where democrats are suing the State Election Board over new rules they say will sow chaos and uncertainty election day. The rules allow Election Boards in 159 counties to make what they call reasonable inquiries about the vote count before certifying the results, but the rules dont explain what reasonable actually means. The lawsuit alleges that even individual Board Members can have the power to delay certification while they hunt for Election Irregularities and then a Battleground State like georgia that could mean holding up not just the state results, but potentially, then, National Results as well. All of it coming as trump keeps fueling the idea that the o
Hernandez with simone thompson. Fresh off his interview with joe biden, our colleague Jonathan Capehart is here with more on the discussion from gaza. And donald trump may have done it again for everyone to see. The former white house Chief Of Staff is at the table of the Biden Campaigns upcoming swing state blitz. Grab your coffee and settle in. Welcome to the weekend. President biden is in full Campaign Mode taking his message to battleground states. He will make stops in wisconsin, new hampshire, and michigan. He called out Donald Trumps embrace of authoritarian leaders. The president also sat down with our own Jonathan Capehart for an exclusive interview. We will hear what he said about trumps romance with far right Prime Minister of hungary,f victor orban. Was that a mistake . He doesnt believe in democracy. The guys i host in nato have Great Respect for one another. Look, when you have a president who in the midst of a carnage going on as a consequence of russian attack on ukrain
july champion of the world, joey chestnut! how is that for an introduction of the all-time greatest joey jaws chestnut getting it done again on coney island winning the nathan s hot dog eating contest by putting down, ready for this, 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes. he s gross and he s a champion, jonathan lemire. john, there was a rain delay yesterday. you always wonder how s the rain delay going to affect the pitcher. yep. how does the rain delay affect a team? boy, he seemed to ride it out. keep that game face on and just again achieve disgusting, disgusting heights again yesterday with 62 hot dogs in ten minutes. his 16th nathan s hot dog eating contest. he s the greatest. he s the goat. i refuse to watch the footage of joey chestnut eating these hot dog. my eyes are closed. that right there, that introduction, that joey chestnut just received, he would like the same introduction. that s mike barnicle. congrats to joey chestnut. my god, let s stop watching this now.
good evening, everyone. thanks for tuning in i m alison camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. let s start with the culture wars. in the past 24 hours the battlefield has been noisy. more battles about books in the classroom, drama over drag shows, and gaslighting about gas stoves. here is florida governor ron desantis this morning surrounded by and taking urgent action to protect gas stoves. they are trying to take away your gas stove. they are coming for any little thing in your life that they can do, and i think what they want to be able to do is they ultimately want to control the amount of energy you consume. well, it turns 92% of floridians use electric stoves, but let s not let that get in the way. what is this really about? well, governor sarah huckabee sanders spelled it out. we are under attack in a left wing culture war we didn t start and never wanted to fight. sure seems like some people do want this fight. but what s the truth about culture war rhetoric? we