he s actually before the election is called. yeah. mapping it out. he s mapping out the entire conspiracy. the enterprise. that they followed to undermine the election and to take votes away from the voters and have republican trump friendly state legislators steal states for donald trump, and they follow that road map. what s fascinating, again, he did this before before. the election was called. we ll have that videotape. a significant show of solidarity from allies in the pacific. we ll explain the major meeting happening tomorrow at camp david. with us we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico and author of the big lie, jonathan lemire, president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politics nation, reverend al sharpton, and founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes is with us this morning. new polling on how americans view the serious legal issues surrounding donald trump. and t
end with a possible threesome. sorry to the people who are watching this morning. i didn t know what was happening. the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, august 20th. i m victor blackwell. i m amaral walker. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. we re keeping a close eye on hurricane hilary right now as it closes in on the southwestern u.s. this is a very, very dangerous and significant storm. people there are filling up sandbags as forecasters warn of catastrophic flooding and officials are telling people to stay inside. allison chinchar is standing by with the timing and ill pact we ll see from the storm. republican presidential candidates are sharpening attacks ahead of this week s gop debate. who we will see on stage and their message to voters ahead of the debate. president biden is heading to hawaii tomorrow to see the damage firsthand left by the maui wildfires. it
for next week s debate, his super pac has advised him to take a hammer to vivek ramaswamy but defend trump if trump is attacked by chris christie. here was some reaction after fulton county d.a. fani willis indicted trump and 18 codefendants for state rico violations. south carolina senator tim scott said this. we see the legal system being weaponized against political opponents. that is un-american and unacceptable. vivek ramaswamy said that should he become president, he would pardon trump. the reality is this, these are politicized persecutions through prosecution. trump s former vice president mike pence, who has criticized trump for putting himself above the constitution, says he prefers that trump s fate be decided, quote, by voters, not criminal courts. ron desantis said i think it s an example of the criminalization of politics. i don t think this is good for the country. even chris christie, who has been consistently critical of trump s underlying conduct tol
he faces legal peril from prosecutors, the stronger his standing among republicans, which is no doubt why his gop rivals largely avoid confronting him for the 91 felony counts he faces. it s why in ron desantis s prep for next week s debate, his super pac has advised him to take a hammer to vivek ramaswamy but defend trump if trump is attacked by chris christie. here was some reaction after fulton county d.a. fani willis indicted trump and 18 codefendants for state rico violations. south carolina senator tim scott said this. we see the legal system being weaponized against political opponents. that is un-american and unacceptable. vivek ramaswamy said that should he become president, he would pardon trump. and he said this. the reality is this, these are politicized persecutions through prosecution. trump s former vice president mike pence, who has criticized trump for putting himself above the constitution, says he prefers that trump s fate be decided, quote, by vote
i m alycia menendez in for nicolle wallace. from the president, a reminder of the stakes in the next election and an existential question, the president asking all americans, who are we? cited valley forge and on the each of the third anniversary of the january 6th attack, the president describing democracy as a sacred cause and the central issue of the 2024 election. this is not rhetorical, ak dem academic, or hypothetical, but the democracy s question is the most urgent question of our time. the choice is clear. donald trump s campaign is about him, not america, not you. donald trump s campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. he s willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power. our campaign is different. for me and kamala, our campaign is about america. it s about you. it s about every age and background that occupy this country. the speech today another episode in what has become one of the biggest themes in the biden presidency. president biden ha