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Long have you been i dont know watchers dreaming August 30 exclusively on max good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta washington. We begin this morning with a defiant Special Counsel in a furious former president , in a reworked January 6 indictment, federal prosecutors are making clear they are not backing down despite last month Supreme Court ruling giving for president s immunity from prosecution for official actions we will dig into the differences between this indictme...

Taylor wrote its crazy to tie military aid to a political campaign. sondland wrote back i dont think thats whats going on here. what you wrote in your paper was that sondland plans to testify tomorrow that his source a guy whos told 13,000 lies so far, no other source, no other verification. donald trump told him to tell the diplomats on the ground no, thats crazy. is that right? >> yeah. i mean, when we saw that text after it was released after volkers appearance, it jumped out at everybody bec...

That you now have a three-star general, general buchanan who is going to be on the ground.no >> that was one of the best pieces of news. if you have somebody there, nobody does it better than the united states military in terms of organizing, getting supplies. they really need a general in there. it shows you how serious they are taking it. that commitment of troops, resources, is going to be pivotal to makett the change te and help the people that are suffering. >> dana: i appreciate spending m...

All. if you look at them on, say, cutting the federal budget it is a radical movement. the tea party move and now the mainstream of the republican party. the ryan plan is a -- >> but -- >> 5% there, 10% there. its 40 50 80% cuts. >> the -- flat -- after the big bush/obama spike it is specially flat. we can talk about this conservative. the lived on the ground no -- >> [ inaudible ]. >> -- >> but the debt is doubled -- >> okay. without getting into a debate over debt reduction. i do -- >> god for...

California, the security housing unit or shu hosts the worst inmates in pelican bay. >> everything is concrete. >> no ground no, no grass. its all cement. noisy, lights all the time. the yard, you look up at the roof, you dont see the sky. you still see bars. you know what i mean? >> can you drive yourself crazy, sitting somewhere for 23 hours a day. i wouldnt want to see my worst enemy go back there. its no place for any human being. in addition to containing inmates with a history of violence ...

Increasing nonlethal aid. theyre calling it humanitarian aid but it does logistical gear to the opposition, yet, were not becoming more involved in any way no, boots on the ground no, military support. whats the right balance given the continuing slaughter, despite the so the called cease fire? >> weve got to continue to do what secretary clinton is doing which is to try to find ways to get russia and china particularly to join the rest of the international community in putting some tough sancti...