Anytime up here to new central least always great to see you the lead with jake tapper starts now isnt there some kind of famous quote about elections in the economy . The lead starts right now were just 70 days until the president ial election in both campaigns are putting your wallet front and center today, trying to make the case that only they can lower costs and make living more affordable. Its something theyll surely debate in their first face off, which we just learned new details about plus reber friendship bracelets. And you are thats concert fits. Swifties are finding a way to make their voices heard in this Election Justice the Harris Campaign announces a new plan to target young voters and colleges across the country. And finally, free three Israeli Forces rescue a hostage in gaza after more than 325 days in captivity. The latest on his condition and what this could mean for the more than 100 others hell being held by the Terror Group Hamas welcome to lead. Im Phil Mattingl
parents and children. three months after an 18-year-old killer gunned down two teachers at robb elementary school. no teachers or staff are returning to robb this more than. they re absorbed in other schools. at least 15 schools showing support by wearing uvalde s maroon colors. beefed up protection at several uvalde schools including fences and comfort dogs on hand and parents on hand as well. some say the district says has not been enough. cnn s shimon prokupecz is live. for now, shimon, parents and kids will take that walk or drive to school for the first time. reporter: and as you guys point out, certainly a different kind of anxiety and anticipation for the first day of school here in at uvalde. school delayed here for several weeks as the school district work to implement new security measures. you can see this fence behind me. this was not here from the massacre at robb elementary. it s something new that the school put in place to give a feeling of safety to the
plus, a florida federal judge has thrown a wrench into the doj s investigation of the documents, many of them classified, seized from the former president s home at mar-a-lago. granting trump s request for a so-called special master to review the evidence. this temporarily prevents the justice dedepartment s investigative team from accessing thousands of documents taken from mar-a-lago. we ll have more on that in a moment. first, drew griffin joins us with the details of this newly obtained video from georgia county. we should note, taken the same day a voting machine was breached in that office. what do we know? breaches, jim, of these voting machines in swing states are under investigation across the country. this one happened in coffee county, georgia. cnn obtained surveillance video at one of the offices where these machines were breached. and this was all done at the behest of one of donald trump s attorneys. i want to show you the video now. it s cathy lathem, the w
plus, living at the extreme. major flooding on the east coast, explosive wildfires out west, and fears of blackouts due to record heat and stress on the power grids. and companies call on employees to return to the office after labor day, but that s not what many workers want. might their push to work from home motivate your own conversation with your boss? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin this hour on democracy watch in our politics lead. monitoring the latest evidence of the pernicious and growing threat against the american experiment itself. former president trump continuing to endorse and help election liars win. republican primaries for offices that are relevant to your vote s integrity. trump s pick for the republican primary in massachusetts today is someone who falsely said that the 2020 election was, quote, rigged. and who will, trump says, quote, rule with an iron fist. trump is also talking about pardoning those who violently attacked the cap
Be back on the stand and we have the dramatic highlights from Keith Davidsons testimony so far. Plus, Breaking News and traumatic images on the campus of ucla as police move in to disband a Protest Encampment. Well take you there live. It is 10 00 eastern, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. Lets get right to that Breaking News at a courthouse in manhattan, Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial resuming just minutes ago and up first this morning, a hearing on four new alleged Gag Order Violations by the former president , and soon were expecting Keith Davidson, former lawyer for Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal to return to the stand. Our Yasmin Vossoughian is outside the courthouse and here with me, msnbcs katie phang, Criminal Defense Attorney and former manhattan prosecutor jeremy salan and former Assistant Attorney General for new york, tristan snell, the author of the book taking down trump. Yasmin, whats happening so far with this Gag Order Hearing . Reporter so were looking at fou