Staff member. Speaker kevin mccarthy. And the time to george santos. And pleaded not guilty, and the indictment says he asked for more than a dozen contributors to fund santoss campaign. He also got a 15 commission from it. Prosecutors allege hero a letter to santos back in 2022 saying quote, thinking my identity to big donor. You also wrote, highrisk reward. In everything i do. Something he said that in turn out to be true. Thank you so much for joining us tonight, cnn prime time with wolf blitzer starts right now. Excellent show, caitlin, thank you very much. To our viewers, good evening. Im wolf blitzer here in washington. We want to welcome you to cnn prime time. Theres Breaking News were following right now. A texas woman has been charged with threatening in a voice mail to kill the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former president donald trump. Over his attempts to try to overturn the 2020 president ial election. The suspect, allegedly called the chambers a fede
Plus, were learning more about the failed Plea Agreement for hunter biden and the questions raised by the judge in that case. And also ahead well bring you new reporting on a private meeting between President Biden and former president obama over concerns over the 2024 election. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, august 3rd. Im jonathan lemire. Weve got a big day ahead. Thanks for starting it with us. Well begin in the nations capitol where just down the street from where he was inaugurated back in 2017, the former President Donald Trump will be criminally charged today for allegedly trying to disrupt the same government he once swore an oath to protect. Around 4 00 this afternoon, trump will be arraigned in d. C. Federal court on four Felony Charges stemming from his alleged efforts to block the peaceful transition of power following his loss in the 2020 election. The charges are conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proce
Combat. we re striking close to nato, you better watch out. that s the message. these ports that, as you correctly point out, are incredibly close, these ukrainian port cities, close to the border with romania. which is a nato member. russia has also, as you know, been hitting western ukraine, not far from poland border. another nato member. if one of these strikes, general, were to end up hitting nato territory, whether romania or poland, or some other nato ally, how serious are the implications? well, i think the applications are, serious our european allies are looking for america to be more of a leader in this. we re leading in giving the support to ukraine, militarily. but we re not leaving politically. it was the east european nations like poland, estonia, that wanted ukraine to be brought into nato. it s the united states and maybe germany, maybe hiding
Jurors of the 11 lives violently stolen nearly five years ago, replaying chilling 911 calls from inside a synagogue that day, as he gunned down worshippers. the evidence in this trial proves that the defendant acted because of white supremacist, anti-semitic, and bigoted views. turning overseas now, ukraine says its capital of kyiv was targeted by drones for the eighth consecutive evening last night and that each drone was shot down without causing any real damage. meanwhile yesterday russia continued to target ukrainian port cities and vital infrastructure again striking the city of odesa. russia also shelled a ukrainian port on the river that borders romania. the ap reports there are three
The Ukraine-NATO Council held its second meeting on 26 July, condemning Russia's unilateral withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative and its recent missile strikes on Odesa, Mykolaiv and other Ukrainian port cities, including the Danube port of Reni.