And around the world. Max foster has the week off. Just ahead on cnn newsroom trumps lawyers arguing that they shouldnt be restricted from talking publicly about some evidence in the election interference probe. The American People have a right to know what the evidence is in this case. Severe thunderstorms with strong winds and heavy rains causing damage across the country. The rain was literally sideways, one of the worst ive seen. Ukraines Intelligence Service says it foiled a russian plot to assassination zelenskyy. No secret that he is al likey a russian target. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with hmax foster and bianca nobilo. It is tuesday, august 8, 9 00 a. M. In london, 4 00 a. M. In washington where the judge in Donald Trumps Election Sub Version Case seems committed to moving forward with a speedy trial. She wants to hold a hearing this week about the handling of evidence and potential restrictions on what trump can say about the case in public. Prosecutors and trump
damming assessment of the police response to the uvalde school shooting, what a newly released report reveals about cascading failures of leadership and decision making as 21 students and teachers were murdered. breaking news in donald trump s georgia election case. the hearing just scheduled on the misconduct allegations involving fulton county d.a. fani willis, and the special prosecutor she hired. also breaking news on the crisis in the red sea, we have just learned that the u.s. has launched a fifth round of strikes on the houthis as tensions rise in the region. and ready for launch, we are live at kennedy space center as four astronauts prepare to blast off. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we begin on the ground in uvalde with nbc justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. i want to get into this extensive report from the justice department about the failures inside the walls of robb elementary. what more can you tel
biden unveiling his new budget that includes $2 trillion in tax hikes. the president laying out his plan and of course, picking a fight with those evil republicans. the maga republicans want to take away the laws, what they want to do away with the inflation reduction act, maga republicans all voted to get rid of the affordable care act, they voted to get rid of it over 50 times since barack passed it. maga republicans calling for defunding the police department. maga republicans, you know, they don t want things that particularly are going to help oregon families like health care, education, public safety, which can erase cost on folks. look, maga republicans also refused to raise a single penny in new taxes on the wealthiest people. jeanine: but republicans may be the least of his problems. progressives in the democratic party are becoming a major thorn in joe s side. they are slamming the president on crime and immigration. first, biden sided with republicans to block
cnn s jamie gangel, who broke the story, joins us in the moment. first, though, the irony of classified documents ending up where they did, of all places. did you take any classified documents with you from the white house? i did not. do you see any reason for anyone to take classified documents with them leaving the white house? well, there would be no reason to have classified documents, particularly if they were in an unprotected area. so that was the former vice president in november talking about the former president, saying there is no reason for anyone to take classified documents with them after leaving office. here he is three days after the first batch of biden documents was reported suggesting that he knew how to handle such things. and then vice president did not. the handling of classified materials and the nation s secret is a very serious matter, and as a former vice president of the united states, i can speak from personal experience about the atte
there are the military costs, the billions of dollars spent, the cities destroyed and the territories seized. the military, the lives lost, the refugees forced from their homes, the disruption to daily lives for ukrainians living in the shadow of putin s war, not to mention the spike in food and and energy costs beyond the theater of war, and these costs all continue to mount. this week, the u.s. pledged nearly $3 billion in additional security aid to ukraine. this comes as putin decreed in the size of the military as well. after half a year of war, what would it bring to bring this conflict to a close? i want to speak to john kirby now. admiral kirby, thank you for taking the time to be with us this morning. great to be with you, jim. first let s begin with the state of the war a half year in. the u.s. has given its biggest military package so far, and you increasingly hear from ukrainians not just about defending ground or defending territory, but we re seeing them atta