It is a great place to start. Especially given the Vice President ial debate that we all watched. It is entitled, this is why maga loves j. D. Vance. And you wrote in part quote, weve seen all this before. In 2016 and 2020, Mike Pence was the gentleman debater. He was less polished and less effective than vance, but he had a similar, softening effect on the ticket. In 2016, his Earnest Faith and apparent kindness might have reassured voters that Trump Couldnt be that bad, not if he had chosen pence. We know exactly how that turned out. In choosing advanced and discarding pence, trump traded actual decency for a man who could simulate decency, and thats exactly what advanced did on tuesday night. But he couldnt keep it together for the entire evening. At the very end, the mask slipped. On tuesday night, walters learned exactly why maga loves vance so much. Hes a talented communicator. He has a compelling life story. He can make the ideological and Policy Case for republican populism bet
Officials nationwide. As donald trump threatens to jail, many of them also, we need to get this deal done. Kamala harris avoids policy specifics before black journalists. But is that what liberals want? why, does not have to do it? and one of magas biggest fans is on track to become the world s first trillionaire. What that means for politics? and power live at the table. Scott jennings kara swisher, bryan lanza, and ashley allison welcome to a special special edition of newsnight state of the race phillip in new york. Let s get right to what america is talking about. The rhetoric, about the rhetoric tonight in michigan, after donald trump blamed democrats for the assassination attempts against him, he is making his first public appearance since that frightened thank incident this weekend a little while ago, i got a very nice call from kamala biden, i want to be nice. Yeah, he was so nice to me instead it but, you know, in one way, i sort of wish well, wasn t made because i do feel he
Tonight on the reidout and remember this, remember this, joe biden is a great threat to our democracy. Hes a tremendous threat to our democracy. Trump over the weekend doing his best George Orwell trying to turn the tables on his own autocratic plans by claiming joe biden is a threat to democracy. Meanwhile, the selfprofessed billionaire apparently doesnt have enough cash to secure a bond in his civil fraud case. Also tonight, the family of a liberal icon was furious that an award given in her name is be handed to the likes of elon musk and Rupert Murdoch, and tonight theres an update on this story. Plus, Nikole Hannahjones at the table tonight on how the right has hijacked the term color blindedness, not to advance racial progress but rather to reverse it. But we begin tonight with a sad and terrifying reality that we face in america. Namely that a mad man is running for president. And too many people are pretending that that is not the case. Americans seem to be numb to the ramblings
The ex president s of free speech is not absolute in his upcoming Election Interference Case. Plus, unethical and possibly eagle. Clarence thomass acceptance of luxury gifts and travel might finally force the court to take action. And breaking developments in the Georgia Election probe, excuse me. Strongest indication yet that a grand jury could indict donald trump in a matter of days. Im ayman mohyeldin, lets get started. We begin with that Breaking News out of georgia. Fulton County District attorney, fani willis, will be presenting her Election Interference Case against donald trump and his allies to a grand jury early next week. The atlanta general constitution is reporting that the timeline came into sharper focus when former georgia Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan independent journalist, george deede, separately confirmed that they can receive notifications that they will testify on tuesday. This means the public might know by tuesday whether jurors indict the ex president and ot
Im Bianca Nobilo live from london. Max foster has the day off but hell be back monday. Just ahead former President Trump reacting to his georgia indictment for the first time on camera and calling for his party to come to his defense. President biden prepares to host the leaders of japan and south korea on friday at camp david. China and north korea high on the agenda. Emergency alert. To you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. That is what he said before suddenly resigning a day later. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and Bianca Nobilo. It is friday, august 18, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington, d. C. Where Donald Trumps legal team is proposing a new date for the trial in his federal election sub version case. The date . April 2026. Which is years away. Of course special counsel jack smith is pushing for the trial to start in the january of 1202. This comes on the heels of Trump Calling off the News Conference where he was going to provid