Good morning, everyone. Its friday. Were glad youre with us. Its been quite a week for this country. Quite a week. Its framing what is going to be ab intense consequential months ahead. Lets get started with five things to know for this friday, august 4th. Sour, defiant, we have new reporting this morning about Donald Trumps State Of Mind after he was indicted for the third time in four months. The former president proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. Also new overnight, democratic lawmakers want to watch the trial. They want a judge to allow cameras in a federal courtroom. The July Jobs Report will come out. A key number for the fed. Also this morning a reenactment of the Parkland High School shooting. As part of a lawsuit against the officer who failed to enter the build whg a gunman killed 17 people. Two sailors under arrest and have been indicted for allegedly sending sensitive Military Information to chinese Intelligence Of
arctic blast paralyzed iowa. we have record cold weather, snowfall, record everything. nobody can forecast what the turnout is going to be. are we in for an iowa surprise? plus, mike in the middle. this place is a joke. republ republican threaten to shut down the government. we ve wasted an entire week. if he doesn t show up, i guess we ll just have to wrap it up without him and assume that these were bribes. plus, replacing george santos. people are concerned about safety, about the economy. how much are biden and trump shaping races where they re not on the ballot? inside politics reporting from inside the corridor of power starts now. good morning. i m manu raju. it is finally here. after months of rallies, handshakes and photo ones, the presidential candidates will face off tomorrow in the first contest of 2024. the stage has been set in the hawk eye state and now the political world is reacting to a major new poll from the des moines register and nbc ne
billion with a b, we ve got this honore got this high for sola alvarez at the white house, and this is cnn welcome, till the interject after this hour, some eye-popping numbers from a watchdog group keeping tabs on the us supreme court, suggesting justice clarence thomas received $2 million in gifts for more than 100 entities, 2 million. justice thomas, not the only one racking up the numbers in this study plus the biden-harris campaign, making a play for anti-trump republicans such as the ones who keep turning out for nikki haley and republican primaries. republican governor glenn youngkin s, virginia will be here on the lead and we ll talk about that in much more. plus new murder charges for the man accused of being the gilgo beach serial killer. the new evidence on a laptop that prosecutors say was his blueprint for serial killing. we start this hour with the 2024. 2024 leave. let s play the music election dam up. one we could go today. donald trump was convicted of 34 f
People. Inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to inside politics. Im john king. To our viewers around the United States and the world, thank you for sharing your sunday. President trumps inner circle under scrutiny by the feds. The longtime aide who knows the most about the money and the longtime fixer no longer willing to take a bullet for the boss. This man has come to a moment in his life and i wont talk about what he did in the past for donald trump other than being a loyal defender as an attorney, but i will tell you my own personal view. This man has turned a corner in his life, has hit a reset button and hes now dedicated to telling the truth. Plus new evidence the American Economy is booming, low unemployment, high growth. Is the timing just right or will the president s trade war stall
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The federal mandates and a federal guidelines on emissions virginia plus 37 other states are now subjected to the federal guidelines. and we made a decision that one, having california with unelected bureaucrat crafts mandate, which car people can buy was wrong, but we also made a decision to protect people s pocketbooks and to give them the benefit of choosing which car they think is best for their needs. and jake, the math here is really straightforward. it s really straightforward. evs cost anywhere between 10,000 and $50,000 more than the comparison internal gas combustion engine. and to force people. and that s what the california standards would do. 35% of cars would have to be electric vehicles. and in virginia right now, it s about 9% of cars are being purchased. that s, that s upwards of 1.2 billion of economic penalty being placed on virginians. and