The sun coming up 6 00 a. M. Its wednesday, august 28th. And we have a lot to get to this morning. Including special counsel jack smith trying to salvage the federal Election Interference case against donald trump. Filing a formal indictment against the former president. Were going to bring you excellent analysis in just a moment. Meanwhile, donald trump now says that he will debate Vice President Kamala Harris in two weeks, but the Harris Campaign still needs to be resolved. And well have more details about that the operation that rescued an israeli man who was held hostage by hamas for more than 300 days. That comes as israel launches a broad operation in the west bank with raids and air strikes in that territory. Im Jonathan Lemire along with u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news katty kay in this morning for joe, mika and willie. Well be joined by Symone Sanderstownsend, and mike barnicle, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, you just saw her on way too early, ali vitali. Lo
Thats to be expected. The alternative, however, is simply untenable. At home, another four years of Donald Trumps chaotic leadership, this time focused on advancing the dangerous goals of project 2025 will hurt real, everyday people and waken our sacred institutions. Richard, which are the reasons who have not stood up yet, who served in the Trump Administration, who could actually make a difference in terms of persuading those very few, unpersuadable voters who are left . And do you expect any more of them to stand up between now and november . I mean, theres the former Vice President who has, shall we say, a certain physical and political incentive to stand up, given how he was do you think hes going to do it . No. Look, i think if people were going to stand up, theyve had now, shall we say, several years to do it. Several people simply have not. Disagree with me or not, but how much of a difference will it make . Its certainly not going to shake trumps base. Im not sure many of thes
The cost already off the charts. More than the gdp of some entire countries. And the dramatic rescue of a 52yearold israeli hostage grabbed from a tunnel in southern gaza, raising new hopes for the 108 people still being held by hamas. What were learning about how the idf pulled it off. So much to get to but we start in georgia where democrats are suing the State Election Board over new rules they say will sow chaos and uncertainty election day. The rules allow Election Boards in 159 counties to make what they call reasonable inquiries about the vote count before certifying the results, but the rules dont explain what reasonable actually means. The lawsuit alleges that even individual Board Members can have the power to delay certification while they hunt for Election Irregularities and then a Battleground State like georgia that could mean holding up not just the state results, but potentially, then, National Results as well. All of it coming as trump keeps fueling the idea that the o
Donald trump and Kamala Harris a lot of signs it is barrelling forward, it is on and that is the trumpian way it has been publically debated. Yes, they debate the debates these days. But trump did post online he will debate harris. That reflects a further reiteration of what he expected. He claimed he will do and wants to do the debate but theres been squabbling over the details. But tonight we have public statements from both sides and the moderators, abc hosts, that this is still on in philadelphia september 10th. Trump was threatening to skip the debate and the Microphone System whether it was being held over or not. Reports that team trump wanted to stay with the muted microphones used in the biden debate but not the way it was done in past cycles. Harris wanted them open, and discussions are ongoing in those details. Kamala harris has not had as many events in the public spotlight which is understandable as we reported. They beat the rnc in terms of Television Ratings narrowly, th
Donald trump and Kamala Harris a lot of signs it is barrelling forward, it is on and that is the trumpian way it has been publically debated. Yes, they debate the debates these days. But trump did post online he will debate harris. That reflects a further reiteration of what he expected. He claimed he will do and wants to do the debate but theres been squabbling over the details. But tonight we have public statements from both sides and the moderators, abc hosts, that this is still on in philadelphia september 10th. Trump was threatening to skip the debate and the Microphone System whether it was being held over or not. Reports that team trump wanted to stay with the muted microphones used in the biden debate but not the way it was done in past cycles. Harris wanted them open, and discussions are ongoing in those details. Kamala harris has not had as many events in the public spotlight which is understandable as we reported. They beat the rnc in terms of Television Ratings narrowly, th