Labor day weekend is upon us. With it, the next chapter in the roller coaster 2024 presidential race. Many voters will soon be taking a closer look at the candidates as the weeks countdown to election day. Vice president kamala harris has a light schedule this weekend, as she gears up for battleground states appearances next week in concealing and michigan. And, prepares for the presidential debate september 10th. Meanwhile, former president trump is cleaning up several critical masses of his own making, including a controversial visit to arlington cemetery that has some veterans outraged. And, a shifting message on reproductive rights that has even some members of his base scratching their heads. Before we start, some breaking news out of the middle east. The israeli defense force says they have found a number of bodies during fighting operations in the gaza strip. The idf says troops are still in that area and they are working on identifying the remains. We will bring you more inform
This weekend marks our celebration of labor day, and the unofficial end to what has been a historic and sometimes unbelievable summer. And now, comes the race to november with both kamala harris and donald trump each making their sprint toward election day. The 66 days to go, vice president harris has been busy on social media challenging trump on a host of issues as she looks to capitalize on a successful week including her bus tour through south georgia. On thursday around 7500 supporters packed and arena in savannah to hear vice president harris speak. It was the maxim capacity of the venue according to her campaign. And that momentum seems to be translating to the polls. A new fox news poll shows harris has put four sunbelt states back in place and she entered the race. Now she merrily leads trump within the margin of error in georgia, arizona and nevada, while trump is barely clinging to a one point lead in north carolina. The poll also shows the vice president has improved on bid
Special counsels classified documents case is out on bail this morning. Maralago Property Manager Carlos De Oliveira made his appearance in a miami courtroom on monday. He didnt enter a plea including conspiracy to obstruct justice and lying to the fbi. More now from cnns jessica schneider. Justice department is unfortunately decided to bring these charges against mr. De oliveira. Now its time for them to put their money where their mouth is. Reporter carlos deal vary ra leaving the federal courthouse on monday escorted by his lawyer and federal agents. 20 year employee at maralago, he walked out on 100,000 bond after being charged along with former donald trump and trumps aide walt gnat ta. De oliveira telling the director at i. T. At miami, the boss, an apparent reference to donald trump, wanted to delete the server where Security Footage was stored. Cnn reporting that another maralago employee received a Target Letter from federal prosecutor. Over sees the Property Surveillance Came
Second not guilty plea in a matter of two days. These are based on the additional charges wrought by the Special Counsel in the superseding indictment we saw in florida in the classified documents case last week. With the filing beans, this not guilty plea on paper, it means trump likely will not be in court for what will be an arraignment date next week in florida. He can submit this plea on the papers. These were charges, specifically one count of willful retention of National Defense documents. Also two additional Obstruction Counts in that is related to the alleged attempts to destroy the Surveillance Footage at mar alago. They added the Additional Defendant as well. Trump will not be in Court Next Week in florida. This is coming at the same time the former resident isg out about all of this on his ueocial page. Saying my political opponent has hit meh a barrage of weak lawsuits including da, ag and others which require massive amounts of time and money to adjudicate. It is Electio
This time than what we might have otherwise been expecting. If the allegations in this indictment are proven Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and a jury convicts some of these crimes, history will not ask, wow, how did america get to the point where they indicted a former president . History instead is going to ask, how did america get to the point where such a person could be elected to the presidency of the United States. Were actions such as these could be carried out from the oval office directed by a person who was elected president by the American People, along with his advisers. This is a grave day and a serious one for our country. Thank you for being with us here tonight. We know you had every choice in the world. But we are happy to have you here on what will go down in u. S. History as a black letter, bold faced date, August 1st 2023 is the date on which a former president and the leading president ial candidate of the Republican Party was indicted in Federal Court, accused of lead