year, as georgia s republican governor rejects demands from his own party to punish the prosecutor in that case, blaming it all as political theater. plus two former leaders of the proud boys were just given some of the longest sentences yet over the capitol attack. also clarence thomas making an admission about a glaring omission. but some say it s too little, too late. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. you can see it for yourself tonight here in black and white, donald trump in his own words, quote, i do hereby waive formal arraignment and enter my plea of not guilty. i fully understand the nature of the offenses charged. and with those words, donald trump avoided what could have been a historic show next week. the judge overseeing his case in fulton county has now given the green light for all proceedings in his courtroom related to this election interference case to be live streamed and televised. yes, it is all going to be on camera. so far, four of
and happening right now at a d.c. court, a member of the proud boys facing sentencing for his role on january 6th, how long he could face behind bars. good day to you, it s 10:00 this friday morning eastern time. i m peter alexander reporting from washington, we are going to begin with that breaking economic news, the u.s. economy adding 187,000 jobs in the last month, in the month of august, nearly 20,000 more than what the analysts have been predicting. the unemployment rate, as you note, it went up about, well, 0.3% to 3.8%. the highest place it s been since february of last year. we want to get to nbc news business and data reporter brian cheung. he is at the big board with the very latest on all of this. brian, walk us through these numbers and what you find significant. yeah, good morning, peter. there s a lot of numbers in here. let s add a little bit of context to help us understand exactly what it is we re looking at. as you mentioned, 187,000 jobs. that s how
across large sections. right now idalia is a tropical storm after making landfall as a hurricane. the rain is covering four straits, stretching 600 miles from florida all the way up to north carolina, and that wind is now impacting half of that area. now, the danger remain as idalia continues to move north into the carolinas this hour. and the record storm surge threatens communities in those areas. now, homes are still under water, and some of the damage is catastrophic. cnn is live across the southeast, including in charleston where there are reports tonight of flooding right in the city center. we ll go right there in a moment. but i want to start first with our meteorologist chad myers in the cnn weather center. chad, what is the condition right now of this storm, and where is it headed? reporter: well, we re losing some wind speed, and that s the good news, and it s headed to the northeast. that s the second answer toward the north carolina coast. what i don t like on
donald trump pleads not guilty and elects to skip a hearing next week in the georgia election interference case, while his attorneys also look to sever his case from those of his co-defendants. details on that and the looming decision on whether his former chief of staff s case gets bumped to federal court. on capitol hill, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is telling allies and donors that he can still do his job. some colleagues are questioning whether that is the case after he appeared to freeze at a news conference for the second time this summer. we re following those developing stories and more coming in right here to cnn news central. it has been a jam-packed day for donald trump s defense team. first the former president entered a not guilty plea to 13 charges in the georgia election subversion case. this was an expected plea from trump. he has already pleaded not guilty in three other cases in recent months, and he and his lawyers have been very clear that
which will get him in serious trouble in court if he tries the same thing on the witness stand. and we will bring you the rest of the major legal developments of the day, including federal judges officially finding that rudolph giuliani did lie about two election workers in georgia, an innocent mother and daughter, who were attacked by not just giuliani but the then president of the united states, donald trump. and there is more we have to get to tonight, because it happened again. in tennessee. you would think that the republican legislature learned their lesson when they suffered worldwide condemnation for expelling representative justin jones and representative justin pearson, who were then immediately reappointed to their positions by local officials, and then went on to win their reelection s to the legislature. but this week, the tennessee speaker of the house, formally ordered the silencing of representative justin jones. and once again, the republicans in the tennesse