Good morning, everyone. Its wednesday, august 2nd. A historic morning in u. S. Former President Trump is due in Court Tomorrow after a federal grand jury indicted him on four counts. This morning, city and federal Law Enforcement agencies are gearing up for that appearance. Also new this morning, a sense of trumps defense. His attorney tells cnn his clint is protected fully by the First Amendment. He was acting on the advice of counsel. We just heard from rudy ju giuliani. New details about the judge who will preside over this case. The judge has been randomly assigned. Hes overseen january 6ths defendants. The form e President Trumps 2024 rivals are weighing in on the charges. Their reactions ranging from condemning trump to condemning the Justice Department. Georgia, Fulton County sheriff said trump wont receive special treatment. Quote, it doesnt matter your status, well have mug shots ready for you, all of that this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Third indictment. Fourt
over things like migrant flights and the threat to throw him in jail. desantis thinks it s time for gavin to man up and get into the race for the white house. you know what? stop pussyfooting around. are you going to throw your hat in the ring and challenge joe? are you going to get in and do it or sit on the sidelines and chirp into throw your hat in the ring and then we ll talk about what is happening. i guess gavin likes being on the sidelines. here he is repeatedly ruling out a white house run. are you considering running for president in 2024 or 2028? no. not at all. it s not my ambition. it s not the direction that i m leaning into. how many times does your phone ping a day of people saying you need to get in this race. i see where you re going. i m asking. i m not answering. that doesn t mean that newsome would not relish the chance to debate his faux. you would do a two hour debate with desantis? i would do three, on a day notice, with no notes.
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing the sad news day with us. a massive earthquake shakes turkey and syria leaving thousands dead, buildings toppled. fear now that more will die waiting for rescues that won t happen in time. plus, super power spy games, right now american investigators are searching for the records of that chinese balloon, the weekend shoot down off the carolina coast, punctuating a tense moment between washington and beijing. and president biden enters tomorrow s state of the union with plan to spotlight his accomplishments but does so with americans, in a sour mood about his leadership, his management of the economy and his plan to wrangle inflation. up first tragic deaths and devastation, an enormous earthquake changing the landscape in syria and turkey be neath the feet of millions. the number of dead stands at 2300. it is sadly rising every hour. now, pulling people out is a constant, critica
nashville and the vote to expel three democratic lawmakers from the state house when jose diaz-balart reports starts now. good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart right now unfolding in tennessee, demonstrators are flocking to the state capitol as republicans push to expel three democrats for participating in a gun safety protest inside the general assembly we ll take you live to nashville. in missouri, at least five people were killed after a massive tornado ripped through the southeastern region of that state as yet another string of wild weather tears through the country. we are following new developments in the special counsel s probe into former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election former vice president mike pence now one step closer to testifying before the grand jury this morning, u.s. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are in taiwan as beijing pushes back against the recent show of solidarity we ll take
security, he will urge members to vote no, potentially triggering a government shutdown. bill: mccarthy is upping the ante, a record two hill whereon apprehensions in a single year, including 80 suspected terrorists, three times as many as we ve seen in the past five years combined. dana: the surge putting strain on border communities, many are running out of resources and federal help is nowhere to be found. leaving a lot of trash. a lot of migrants are dying in the river. all those things are affecting the city. right now, it is not safe, especially for a lot of the ranchers. the situation, it is not under control. we don t know these people. dana: following this from capitol hill, good morning, we ve been watching this border crisis become major midterm issue and a bigger headache for democrats here on the hill as they just cannot seem to iran out details on immigration reform and just as you mentioned here, house leader kevin mccarthy tweeting if biden and