Ainsley good morning, its 7 00 a. M. On the east coast. Its wednesday, august 28th. This is Fox Friends. Kamala harris finally agrees to her first formal interview since taking over as democratic nominee, but she wont be alone. She is doing it with her running mate. Does she need backup for moments like these . You need to get to go and need to be able to get where you need to go. The significance of the passage of time. So, when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time. Ainsley John Roberts and Sarah Huckabee Sanders gave us their take. Steve we know what your take is, viewers. Meanwhile, inflation killing The American Dream, and The American Dream of retirement. Were going to give you the outrageous amount it is now costing your family to live comfortably as more americans are forced to work later in life and not retire. Brian plus, talk about a comeback, oak students wave the stars and stripes after their Class Mate was banned from flying the truck will
Results of the president ial election. Coming up, well dig deeper into the indictment and the former president s defense. Can trump be charged with lying if he believes what he said was true . The answer may hinge, at least in part, at least on district judge Tanya Chutkan, a vet ran on cases involving january 6th defendants. What members of congress are claiming and will it be a jury of his peers or the electorate who render the final verdict . We begin with tomorrows arraignment in a d. C. Federal court where donald trump will be formally charged for repeatedly spreading lies as part of an elaborate criminal scheme with the ultimate goal to hang on to power by any means necessary. In fact, trump is raising four federal counts including three conspiracy, to defraud the United States, to obstruct an official proceeding and to impede the peoples right to vote. Ever since the news broke, the former president , his allies and attorneys have been working furiously to smear jack smith and t
it through enforcement, professor american history at yale university, and steven levitskiy is a professor of history at harvard university. two days before judge michael luttig got a phone call that may have changed the course of history for this nation. then, a capitol police officer who risked his life on january six is hoping to serve his country to different way, this time as an elected official. plus i will talk to california colorado secretary of state janet griswold on the heels of the decision to see whether trump is eligible to be on the stage primary ballot. another hour of velshi starts right now. good morning, it s saturday december the six. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since that mob attacked the united states capitol as part of donald trump s desperate attempt to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of the violent insurrection continues to loom large over american dem
jack smith to accelerate a decision on donald trump s claim of presidential immunity in his federal election criminal interference case. now, the one sentence reply the order from the supreme court reads, quote, the petition for writ of serzh yry is denied. in other words we re going not going to the appeals process could give donald trump ample time to further delay this case, which is of course supposed to go to trial just a few months from now, the first week of march. trump may now try to delay the start of the trial until the calender begins to encroach on next november s election. in which if he s the nominee the next court could ask to put the case on pause until the next presidential contest is decide. and should trump win that election the case will go away entirely which is to be clear and we all understand including the people on the supreme court exactly what he wants. although i have to say it is stel unknown if trump will be allowed to meaningfully delay thi
the jailed russian opposition leader has been missing for two weeks and suddenly turns up. what his legal team is saying this morning. new video this morning of thousands of migrants starting their trek from southern mexico to the u.s. border. secretary of state tony blinken is headed to mexico city this week to address the crisis. a ground breaking surgery helping a young girl find her voice for the first time and opening up a whole new world to this 9-year-old and her family. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner, john berman is off today. this is a very christmas cnn news central. new this morning, russian opposition critic alexei navalny has been found. the head of his russian foundation says navalny is in a penal colony in the far reaches of northwestern siberia. his team has been trying to locate him for at least two weeks after he was suddenly and without warning moved from detention near moscow. cnn s nada bashir is following all the developments for us. what ar