but are voters listening to a message the president has said is at the heart of the 2024 election? we ll take you to normandy, and i ll talk to mitch landrieu, co-chair of the biden re-election campaign. plus, new details about the drugs and the gun at the heart of the hunter biden trial coming from his late brother s widow. it s the stuff of sensational headlines and family turmoil, but what does it mean for the legal case itself? and donald trump adding new fuel to calls for retribution against his political enemies insisting he d have, quote, every right to do it. he also said the country doesn t want it, but would that stop him. but we begin against the backdrop against the beaches of normandy, that powerful evocative symbol of the fight for freedom. today it s where president biden on the 80th anniversary commemoration of d-day warned that in his words democracy is more at risk today than at any time since world war ii. the ceremonies were a moving mix of messaging
if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united states and the american rule of law. so kavanaugh is a graduate of yale law school and clerked for justice kennedy. in 1993 he met ken starr during a justice department fellowship and became a key staff member when starr was the independent counsel investigating the white water and clinton/lieu ensky scandals. kavanaugh helped write the final report to congress that laid out 11 possible grounds for impeaching president bill clinton. he served as george w. bush s white house counsel and staff secretary before he was nominated to be a federal judge in 2006. he was confirmed at that time by a vote of 57-36. now, brett kavanaugh s nomination sets up an extremely
consequential confirmation battle. within minutes of trump s announcement, several top democrats voicing their intention to vote against him. senate minority leader chuck schumer put out a sayi
you have been watching an extraordinary press briefing, i m brooke baldwin, you re watching cnn. that was a true show of force right before the president begins his ten day summer vacation. you have these different federal intelligence chiefs stand he at the podium warning of russian interference both about past and upcoming u.s. elections. to assure americans that the trump administration is actively confronting those cyber security threats. we have subsequently made the determination to make this a top priority that it doesn t happen again. we re throwing everything at it and we will have and will be discussing that here today. relative to my discussions with the president on whatever issue it is, those i do noted go public with that. i don t think that s the right,
proper thing to do. our focus here today is to tell the american people we acknowledge the threat. it is real. it is continuing. and we re doing everything we can to have a legitimate election that the american peopl
A recap of the day s news.
A recap of the day s news.
a stay will be lifted in a civil case ear you will have the right to depose trump. so why do think you ll be able to depose and what you think you re going to get. stkpwhrrs the entire purpose of the stay was, as argued by michael cohen s attorneys too, see what s going to hap in in the government s investigation. it it s basically over because he skwrusz pled out two days ago. as it relates to the deposition, we ve laid out our rational and i think we re on better footing now, first of michael cohen, of tkaopb don. what the president knew, what the communications burr tween him and michael cohen.
what they did to cover up the existence of the nba, the flow of money. there s a host of issues that go to the heart of our case. and i also believe there s a significant likelihood we re going to follow that up with the president. when we come back another big legal issue for the president. one that. my name is jeff sheldon,
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ami or at his direction. this is not a positive development by any stretch of the imagination for donald trump. it s obvious to me that these documents that are being referenced would already be in the hands of government prosecutors and investigators, and, again you think only a matter of time. there s a concern that, well, they re been moved and they may never be heard from or seen again. you think they already have? well, i think they absolutely already have them unless they were destroyed before mr. pecker was granted immunity but when the government grants immunity to someone, that s a big deal. the government just doesn t hand out immunity that easily and they would have required any such documents at that time to be turned over. so, i want to play something for you, this is what president trump told fox news about the crimes michael cohen pleaded guilty to. listen to this, michael. what he did and they weren t taken out of campaign finance.
that s a big thing.