Alice lee, thank you, we appreciate it. That wraps it up. Im Yasmin Vossoughian on the back next saturday and sunday. Symone starts right now. Sunday. Good afternoon. Youre watching symone, im Melissa Murray in for Symone Sanders townsend. Tropical storm hilary makes landfall. Forecasters warn its packing a dangerous punch. Including catastrophic rainfall, flooding, and potential mudslides. Guad venegas is live in san diego where hilary is on track to hit max. And the first debate for republican president ial candidates is just a few days away. How the challengers could take advantage of the elephant that will not be in the room. Front runner donald trump escaping the debate stage this week. But his attendance is required in Fulton County. While his surrender to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Meanwhile, codefendant mark meadows is trying to avoid prosecution in the peach state altogether. Well have the latest on The Tangled Web the legal woes for all the former president s man.
A postelection trial in the Georgia Elections case, and that could actually happen. Well have expert legal analysis for you straight ahead. Meanwhile, a codefendant in that case is taking a different approach. Well explain the strategy for trumps former Chief Of Staff, mark meadows. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden was on the road yesterday talking about everything but the latest indictment for his predecessor. Well show you what he was focused on instead. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, august 16th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. The clock has begun on the tenday windowt that former President Trump and his 18 codefendants have to voluntarily turn themselves in. Fulton County District attorney fani willis announced a sweeping Election Interference indictment on monday night and gave everyone charged until august 25th to surrender to authorities. If and when they appear theyll do so at the Fulton County jail in atlanta for potential
Veteran Former Mueller prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, seem right there back at work Andrew Weissmann. We are teeing off his expertise and legal analysis in his msnbc podcast with mary mccord who is also with us tonight. That is right here on your screen prosecuting donald trump. Before we get in any further, i want to begin with an open question to you that i think is on a lot of peoples minds in all fairness, can defended trump get a fair trial with these primaries approaching . Great question. I would broaden that question out. I would say can the government and the defendant get a fair trial . The answer to that is yes, that is going to put a lot of pressure on the judge in the d. C. Case, in the florida case, in the manhattan case. Its remarkable that were talking about three separate criminal cases and maybe even another one. But its important to know that both sides are need her entitle to a fair trump affair trial. And ultimately what the judge needs to do make sure that a
Also hearing testimony on that case before a Second Grand Jury in d. C. And this hour in ohio, voters are voting on a state constitutional amendment that could make it harder to pass ballot issues including the right to an abortion. A big test in a critical election state. And its too darn hot for millions of americans continuing to feel the impact of blazing summer heat causing severe summer storms, storm damage. Flight cancellations across the midwest and again on the east coast. And good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where u. S. District judge Tanya Chutkan has ordered a hearing no later than this friday on what is usually a standard order in the d. C. Circuit against the exposure of Grand Jury Testimony once they receive it from prosecutors. In a filing monday afternoon, attorneys for mr. Trump objecting to what as i say is usually a standard usually agreed upon agreement in the circuit. Writing the government requests the court assume the role of censor and impos
Case against him. We are going indepth on the current state of trumps legal troubles. And, they are too raunchy. Between this and improve curriculum i want to know exactly what Will Kids Learning here in florida, when they go back to school. All of this and more is coming up. Another good saturday morning to, all im katie phang. Now a beautiful place most of paradise on earth, a town rich with a woman in history has been tragically reduced to ashes. As of this, morning some of the most horrific wildfires continue to tear through both western and southern regions of maui. The death will have snow climbed to 80 people, making this play is one of the deadliest ever in the United States history, and sadly, officials expect that number to continue to rise. So far, the fire and a Second Fire In have burned down many of the towns historic landmarks. Right now, Search And Rescue efforts continue, as an estimate of more than 1000 people remain missing. Then our griffin is there for us live in m