Welcome everyone to viewers in the United States and around the world. Yes, it is friday, so happy friday. Im amara walker. Former President Trump is set to speak at an Alabama Party dinner in montgomery. He will likely have more to say about his arrest and arraignment on four charges stemming from his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump carefully enunciated his plea of not guilty before a Magistrate Judge. After the Hearing Sources tell cnn that trump was, quote, pissed off. Chris wynn has more on thursdays historic events. Reporter in an historic move, donald trump was charged with conspiring to overturn the results of a 2020 election which prosecutors say fueled the violence riots on our Nations Capital on january 6, 2021. This is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. Reporter trump appeared before a Magistrate Judge thursday. He is charged with Conspiracy To Defraud the United States, conspiring to obstruct an official proceed
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
johnson s team focusing this past year. advocating for increased taxes and social programs to combat that crime. here is what he had to say in his victory speech tuesday night. tonight is just the beginning, with our voices and votes we ve ushered in a new chapter in the history of our city. to chicagoans who did not vote for me, i care about you. i value you. and i want to hear from you. moderate democrat valpaul vallas gained endorsement of the police union. i ran to bring this city together and it is clear based on the results tonight that the city is deeply divided. tonight we believe every vote should be counted, i called brandon johnson and told him i expect him to be the next mayor of chicago. former mayor lori lightfoot applauding johnson s win saying, i congratulate brandon johnson on his hard-fought runoff victory. i will continue to root for the city i call home and work toward more equity and fairness. johnson will focus on issues like defunding the po
charges against him impact the 2024 race. he said he will plead and he pled not guilty to charges and came only hours after she was indicted. take a listen. donald trump: the only crime i ve commit side to fearlessly deupon fended our nation. radical left lunatics want to interfere by using law enforcement. we can t let that happen. this is a persecution, not an investigation. the 34-count indictment released late yesterday accuses trump of falsifying document to hide hush money payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign. it is alleged from august 2016 to 2017, trump organized catch and kill through false business entries. one instance $30,000 was paid to a dar doorman. alvin bragg spoke with the media detailing his case and told reporters he is keved in what they have found as previous das and previous prosecutors declined to go after the charges. i m doing this for 24 years and i m no stranger to rigorous, complex investigations. i bring cases when they re re
of falsifying business records, typically just a misdemeanor, and district attorney s alvin bragg s strategy for elevating the charges is on shaky legal ground. here s the new york post, calling the case trumped up. the paper writes, is that it? bragg s historic cases versus don falls flat. meanwhile the da defending his controversial decision to bring a case against a former u.s. president. your predecessor took a hard look at this case and decided not to charge it. federal prosecutors took a hard look at this case and decided not to charge it. do you believe you have new evidence that led you to decide to charge this, or why now? we ve had additional evidence. this is the business capital of the world. we regularly do cases involving false business statements. the bedrock, in fact the basis for business integrity at a well-functioning business marketplace is true and accurate record-keeping. that s the charge that s brought here. falsifying new york state busine