Im Bianca Nobilo live from london. Max foster has the day off but hell be back monday. Just ahead former President Trump reacting to his georgia indictment for the first time on camera and calling for his party to come to his defense. President biden prepares to host the leaders of japan and south korea on friday at camp david. China and north korea high on the agenda. Emergency alert. To you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. That is what he said before suddenly resigning a day later. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and Bianca Nobilo. It is friday, august 18, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington, d. C. Where Donald Trumps legal team is proposing a new date for the trial in his federal election sub version case. The date . April 2026. Which is years away. Of course special counsel jack smith is pushing for the trial to start in the january of 1202. This comes on the heels of Trump Calling off the News Conference where he was going to provid
ukrainian offensive through this area. where they don t. i think they needed them. donald trump, the campaign trail, amidst new reporting today on classified documents and potential pressure campaign involving the irs to let his freedom caucus fracture is, the latest on an inept effort to oust marjorie taylor greene from the gop organization. plus, you are following some extreme heat that continues to stifle parts of the country as well as a threat of severe storms and others. an alarming health development, cases of malaria, cropping up in the u.s. from the first time in decades. all of that and a troubling new trend in the wake of anti-trans legislation around the country. people forced to go to the black market to get medication they desperately need. that story is ahead this hour as well. you don t miss that conversation. we begin though with ukraine. now, 500 days into its fight for survival after the russian invasion. the president just signed off on what may be his
and say that skin color determined. turn hard not to do that. the answer to that has official backtracking today. i will speak to the reverend, al sharpton, about the controversy coming up. we also continue to follow the dangerously putting millions risk this weekend across the country. a billion dollars up for grabs in the next few days as jackpots for the two biggest lottery is in the country reach stratospheric heights. more on the head, as well. more on that and the new york times we ve been talking about back in 2018. former president trump inquiring about pursuing an irs investigation into two fbi officials, lisa stroke and page this is coming from a sworn statement from trump s former chief of staff, john kelly. joining me now the reporter that broke that story new york times washington correspondent and msnbc washington correspondent, michael schmidt. michael, always great to talk to you. thank you for joining us on a saturday afternoon. give us a sense of more of
cnn this morning continues right now. deep uncertainty on capitol hill over kevin mccarthy s plan to lock down the votes to get this passed. when you maxed out your credit cards, it s a pretty good time to evaluate your spending habits. no one in this country can afford the risk of default which is why republicans should take it off the table. e. jean carroll expected to take the stand today. they say donald trump raped carroll in a dressing room. trump s lawyers say she schemed. and two other women will testify who allege that trump forced himself on them can also take the stand. mastermind of the 2021 suicide bombing at kabul airport has been killed by the taliban. the white house hasn t said when he was killed or how. the chairman of the house foreign relations committee said, quote, any time a terrorist is taken off of the board is a good day. but this does not diminish the biden administration s call pablt. culpability. incompetence, that s how
institution. he s not alone. kevin mccarthy is now agreeing to major concessions overnight as he tries to appease the group of gop hard liners who are standing between kevin mccarthy and the speakers gavel. we have an update this morning on damar hamlin still in critical condition but showing signs of improvement. we ll talk to his close friend, indianapolis colts safety rookie robby tomlin who just visited him. first to the speaker drama on capitol hill set to continue for day three as republican leader kevin mccarthy is seeking the job but apparently no closer to it after two days, six votes in which he has failed to secure the 218 votes needed to become sp speaker. the stalemate has rendered the house of representatives useless. no business can be conducted until a speaker is elected. mccarthy insists he is making progress, giving concessions to the 20 hard liners. the question is will it be enough. right now mccarthy does not appear anywhere ready to give up the fi