Threatening the judge in the 2020 federal elections subversion case. Also, georgia d a fani willis, as a trial date for donald trump, it is alleged coconspirators. How will it fit with the other three criminal trials hes facing in the middle of a president ial campaign . Plus, a live report from maui, where the governor says the death toll has risen in probably over 1000 people could still be missing. Good evening, thanks for joining us. We begin with two pieces of Breaking News tonight. The first, weve just learned, of charges in texas connected with alleged threats against judge chutkan, obviously presiding over the 2020 Election Subversion Trial of the former president. According to the court filing, the woman who lives in alvin, texas left a threatening, racist, bigoted voice mail for judge chutkan on august 5th. Allegedly saying if trump doesnt get elected, quote, were coming to kill you, tread lightly. And then a curse. She allegedly continued, quote, youll be targeted personally
one person who used to work for donald trump and one person who is willing to speak out against them. spoiler alert, they re not the same person. plus, speaking as a current republican front one or, we have brand-new reporting on two separate investigations into the twice impeached ex president. and will head to florida, they that currently looks every bit the picture of a trumpian dystopia thanks to trump s own closest competitor, governor ron desantis. then i ll call to order today s meeting as a velshi banned book club, featuring a very important book by a very brave offer who s been targeted for his work. not just by a book banners, but by the taliban. velshi starts now. good morning, it is saturday during the third, i m ali velshi. if you can believe, if the iowa caucuses which kick off the republican primary season are only about seven months away. the candidates lining up to be the 2024 republican presidential nominees have been filling up for the past couple of mont
right now, i m in washington d.c., about to attend the annual white house correspondents dinner. tonight, much of washington will come together. but an epic political battle lies ahead. president joe biden officially launched his reelection campaign this week. asking americans for more time to finish the job he was elected to do in 2020. black voters were pivotal in sending biden to the white house. tonight, i ll ask georgia congresswoman, nikema williams, whether enthusiasm for the biden harris ticket remains high. in the meantime, donald trump is building his case to be the republican nominee, again. the former president is racking up endorsements, as his poll numbers rise. that s despite the escalating state, federal and local investigations into trump s conduct before and in the white house. his former vice president, mike pence, testified before federal grand jury, two days ago. about trump s conduct leading up to january 6th. also tonight, celebrating harry belafonte. t
we begin today with breaking. his new york times is reporting on what it says helped lead to the breaking point, quote, between fox news and tucker carlson, and according to the times it had to do with information that came to light in the dominion case and here s the headline. on the eve of trial discovery of carlson techs set off graces a top fox. according to new york times, quote, private messages sent by tucker carlson they have been redacted in legal filings showed him making highly offensive remarks that went beyond the comments of his primetime shell in. a moment the attorney that fired every grossberg ner get his take on this and other developments. and to lawsuits against the network she is alleging sexism, hostile work environment, and accuses the company of coercing her into giving misleading testimony in the devinney in case she. also said she has 90 recordings from her time at fox, there were never shared in the dominion case, an attorney said that the january 6
talking about 2024. first lady, jill biden, just give one of the clear signs yet that president biden will run for reelection giving the associated press, there s pretty much nothing less to do but figure at the time in place for the announcement. and for the president there actually maybe no better time than the president, a new and pr poll has biden with his highest travel rating it almost a year. 49% among registered voters. many have donald trump who is not tearing as well, according to the same poll. the majority of republicans, and right-leaning independents prefer someone other than trump at the top of the gop ticket. it is one of several recent indicators that trump s grip on the republican party might actually be slipping. in the report from the washington post plans that even some of the ex presidents most faithful supporters are now suffering from the dreaded trump fatigue. the post interviewed more than 150 trump supporters and they found that although he maintain