Good morning, everyone. Its friday. Were glad youre with us. Its been quite a week for this country. Quite a week. Its framing what is going to be ab intense consequential months ahead. Lets get started with five things to know for this friday, august 4th. Sour, defiant, we have new reporting this morning about Donald Trumps State Of Mind after he was indicted for the third time in four months. The former president proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. Also new overnight, democratic lawmakers want to watch the trial. They want a judge to allow cameras in a federal courtroom. The July Jobs Report will come out. A key number for the fed. Also this morning a reenactment of the Parkland High School shooting. As part of a lawsuit against the officer who failed to enter the build whg a gunman killed 17 people. Two sailors under arrest and have been indicted for allegedly sending sensitive Military Information to chinese Intelligence Of
Today on inside politics, a burden of proof and politics. The trial against donald trump takes shape as a federal judge sets a date to decide when prosecutors will present their case. A timeline careening into a campaign. Now the former president issued a plea to the Supreme Court. Plus Kevin Mccarthy a auditions for supporting role in the trump defense. The House Speaker unloads an angry tirade over the special counsel indictment, Sidestepping The Former president ials election lies that led to a deadly attack on the capitol where Kevin Mccarthy serves. And made by bidenomics, new cnn reporting spotlights the strategy to make sure americans know their roads, dams and ports and jobs attached to them are thanks to joe biden. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Up first, Donald Trumps anger and anxiety triggered by a looming trial for alleged election crimes. The former president s public posture is defiance. Today donald trump made a demand that the Supreme C
Weeks from now when a trial date will be set. lawyers indicate they will attempt to delay the trial, push it out so this sets the stage for a chaotic campaign season disrupted by court dates. we have on how trump is feeling and his plolitical positioning. sources tell kaitlan collins the former president was irked that the judge referred to him as mr. president trump rather than his presidential title and he s preparing to use the charges to revisit his election fight. we will relitigate every single issue in the 2020 election in the context of this litigation. new overnight, kevin mccarthy with a few in defense of trump equating this actions to those f al gore after their election losses. you are entitled to raise a question. you are sbielted to raise a question whether it was honest or not. that s the unique nness of the
The california republican falsely equated donald trump s 2020 election conspiracies, which led to his supporters ransack ing the capitol to actions taken by hillary clinton and al gore. i would say the same thing hillary clinton says about her election she lost. i can say the same thing about the 2016 race. i can say the same thing about those in the democratic party from the leadership on down about george bush not winning that al gore did. but were any of them prosecuted? were any of them put in jail? were any of them held with no response? the answer is no. so yeah, you can raise that that someone raised a question. in america you are entitled to raise a question. you re entitled to question whether it was honest or not. that s the unique nness of the first amendment. that s the uniqueness of america. put you know what? you shouldn t be prosecuted for your thoughts. he is right.