deadly when the crowd surged toward the stage. we re learning more about safety concerns that were raised just ahead of the disaster. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the breaking news. these new subpoenas from the house select january 6 committee targeting former president trump s inner, inner circumstance. so what are you learning about these new subpoenas? it s clear the committee is targeting top advisers from the former president s re-election campaign who helped push the big lie. let s take a look at this list. the first one is bill stepian. trump 2020 campaign manager. also jason miller, former senior campaign adviser. john eastman, he was actually an attorney who helped craft trump s argument that the election was stolen. also mike flynn, a former trump administration official who was also involved in a meeting about how the trump campaign wanted to
i think they have more evidence as to president trump s state of mind. donald trump s former attorney general with an ominous prediction for the former president in the 2020 election case. it comes as trump faces arraignment today in federal court in washington. we ll get a live report from washington, d.c., and legal analyst on what we can expect from today s hearing. meanwhile, former vice president mike pence just gave his most direct criticism of his former boss. we ll play those comments for you. also ahead, new reporting on a private meeting between president biden and former president obama over concerns about the 2024 election. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 3rd. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. senior attorney and fbi official, chuck rosenberg. reporter for the washington post, jackie alemany. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and a
investigation. also tonight, dramatic video captures a brazen ukraine drone attack on a major russian naval base leaving a kremlin warship badly damaged as it was towed from the black sea. and olympic gold medallist simone biles returns to the spotlight. the gymnastics star attempting to make a comeback this weekend, two years after taking a mental health break. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with donald trump entering two not guilty pleas within 24 hours. the former president of the united states just filed his response to additional charges in the classified documents case aday after historic spectacle of his january 6 arraignment here in washington. cnn s senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz is following this for us. remind us what the additional mar-a-lago charges are all about. well, those are charges we do know about because donald trump was hit w
the terrifying shooting spree, but the gun violence this weekend was not limited to philadelphia. three people were killed in fort worth, texas, another lost their lives in shreveport, louisiana, and nine were injured in a drive-by shooting in our nation s capital. we re live from philadelphia. this country needs to re-examine its conscience and find out how to get guns out of dangerous peoples hands. also this hour, a scorching day for most of the country after the world marked the unofficial hottest day on record yesterday. and later, suspected cocaine in the white house, the new steps in the investigation on how exactly the illegal drug ended up inside the west wing. we re going to begin this morning with the devastating outbreak of gun violence and the frantic search for answers in multiple communities including philadelphia, where the suspected philadelphia mass shooter appeared in court for the first time since five people were gunned down. no cameras or phones wer
the democrats first primary state to talk bidenomics and american manufacturing on an official trip the white house says is not about politics. democratic congressman jim clyburn joining me with a preview, just as the secret service is investigating that extraordinary discovery of confirmed cocaine in the west wing. and israel is calling the deadly two-day raid inside of palestinian refugee camp in the occupied west bank a success. but hamas says a rare terror attack in tel aviv that is claiming responsibility for is just the start of its response. i ll speak with the spokesperson for the israel embassy here coming up. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington for a special two-hour edition of andrea mitchell reports today. the july 4th holiday marking another day of deadly mass shootings across our country. five people were shot in boston with nonlife threatening injuries. in shreveport, louisiana, three people were killed and six others were injured last