Saying that he will talk about the criminal charges he faces just as the judge in the January 6th Case sets a new date for his lawyers and the Special Counsel to appear in court. Plus, a big win in ohio. Voters overwhelmingly reject efforts to make it harder to change the states constitution. What this now means for the upcoming November Ballot measure on abortion. And a major Leadership Shakeup in the president ial campaign of Florida Governor ron desantis. Well tell you who he just replaced as he tries to reboot his struggling 2024 bid. Good morning. Welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 9th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And weve got a busy show of news. Lets get right to it. Donald trumps lawyers have been called to appear in court later this week after a judge rejected their apparent attempt to delay what is normally a routine procedure in the 2020 elections case against their client. After days of back and forth regarding a protective orde
Meeting in new york. Live now to my colleague Caitriona Perry in new york. We arejust we are just awaiting the arrival of President Joe Biden and if you hear a loud noise coming past me it is his motorcade. World leaders have been arriving in the General Assembly got under way an hour ago. Weve heard from the Secretary General and the first world leader, the brazilian president , is addressing the semi. Oncejoe biden has arrived he will take the stage and we will bring that life to you on bbc news. I am joined by our correspondent. Very interesting speech earlier today from the un Secretary General and antonio cattell as saying its reform or rupture, the world has changed and our institution has not. Very strong words from him. Words from him. Thats right and i think he wanted words from him. Thats right and i think he wanted to words from him. Thats right and i think he wanted to start words from him. Thats right and i think he wanted to start very words from him. Thats right and i th
be displayed prominently in all public classrooms. and seven days left. we are one week away from the first presidential debate of 2024 amid brand new polling that shows president biden is gaining. let s begin, though, with that weather. in texas, heavy rain and storm surge from tropical storm alberto has caused serious flooding, as you can see right here with coastal areas underwater from 5 to 10 inches of rain, along with that storm surge. new mexico is also dealing with what the national weather service says is extremely dangerous flooding, but look at this. the wildfires are what s really causing problems in new mexico. the state is reeling. hundreds of structures are gone. and at least two people are dead. locals say they had never seen anything like this before. it s been nonstop planes, nonstop sirens and almost felt like being in the war zone with all the smoke surrounding the area here in the middle. back east, temperatures are reaching 100 degrees in place
vietnam soon. he made that somewhat surprising announcement during a fund-raiser in new mexico yesterday. now, last month, biden said the vietnamese leader told him he wants to meet during the g-20 summit, which is being held in india next month. the two spoke over the phone in march. the white house said the leaders discussed expanding the two countries relationship while also discussing regional issues. the move is likely to be seen as a show of some power and influence as the united states tries to counter china s reach in that region. president trump, while in office, went to vietnam twice. no official dates have been set for that trip. as of this morning, it s unclear when it would take place. but certainly, vietnam on the mind of this administration. joining us now, former supreme allied commander of nato, retired four-star navy admiral, james stavridis. he is, of course, chief international analyst for nbc news. we re so delighted he s with us
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 22 sent his sympathies to Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping over a plane crash a day earlier.