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
Two sides cant agree on how it all unraveled. Who was at fault or whether any part of the deal is still in force or what it means Going Forward . A lot of questions there. Now his primary lawyer is stepping aside while another highpowered attorney joins team hunter. Dana david spunt with the details live at the Justice Department. I need to be caught up. Go. Its remarkable how things have changed and seems to change on a daily basis. The latest news here the government weiss and Hunter Bidens legal team couldnt be further apart. Three weeks ago today on wednesday, july 26th, david weiss, the Special Counsel was sitting inside a federal courtroom in Delaware Feet away from hunter biden. Both prepared to enter into this Plea Agreement as we know it never happened. The judge chastised both parties in public. Yesterday the government writing, responding to Hunter Bidens attorneys saying the government did not quote renege on the previously agreed upon Plea Agreement as the Defendant Inaccu
test for republican candidates to begin a march toward the gop nomination for the white house. you re in the faulkner focus. the action starts at 7:00 p.m. central. 8:00 p.m. eastern. iowans will gather in community centers, churches and school auditoriums. 1600 locations across the state. top republican candidates with event after event today crisscrossing the state in the lead-up to tonight and some have been to all 99 counties, vivek ramaswamy went twice 99 times two. going by recent polling former president donald trump could come away with a record breaking victory. former u.n. ambassador nikki haley is hoping all the recent attention plays out for her today. florida governor ron desantis is in a battle with her for second place now. it s not over, of course. there is that line about the fat lady singing. it is not over until it s over. the candidates with last-minute jabs over the weekend. we re already moving up in the polls. everybody else is moving down. we see t
on a singular message that this election will decide whether american democracies survives. will those words move voters? plus, the u.s. scrambling today to find partners for peace in the middle east, even as the israel-hamas war threatens to spin out of control. will secretary of state antony blinken s fourth trip overseas break new ground. and a new front in the war of transgender rights. the stakes are high whether trans americans can run for office using the names they choose. i ll talk to vanessa joy who says she was kis disqualified from her race in ohio because of a law she believes could put other trans candidates at risk. we start with the president s massive political gamble, betting that voters will rally around him as the defender of democracy and reject donald trump s dystopian vision of america. that message is at the heart of a big speech he ll give near valley forge this afternoon and is expected to be the framework for his campaign going forward. they d