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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...

night in a stunning rebuke. >> it was a mess what happened here, but were cleaning it up. the chasm between the two parties is wider than its ever been. >> where does washington go now on issues millions of americans care about? plus, can donald trump be kept off the colorados primary ballot for his role leading up to the january 6th attack on the capitol. thats the high-stakes question that will be argued before the supreme court tomorrow. what to expect in court and the critical im...

electors that have immunity, there is also apparently a ninth elector whose identity remains unknown that has a plea deal, or an immunity deal. and the identity of that person is going to be, i think, of great interest to all of us. there are a limited numbers of suspects, but we are going to be talking about who it could be, what the implications could be. for not just the other electors, who dont have deals. but also for people in trumps orbit including rudy giuliani and lindsey grah...

that the republican party in georgia paid more than $200,000 in legal fees to lawyers defending the fake republican electors, the trump supporters who cost played as electoral college electors and the 2020 election. well, tonight, we got news that the 200 grand does not seem like money well spent. tonights new started with the washington post reporting that at least a pick trump electors have accepted immunity deals. the new york times then advance that reporting that at least one othe...

that has a plea deal or enemy to deal. the identity of that person is going to be i think of great interest to all of us. there are a limited number of suspects, but we are going to be talking about who it could be, what the implications could be for not just the other electors who dont have deals but also people in trumps orbit, including rudy giuliani and lindsey graham. >> a little classic who done it. i will watch. >> a little whodunnit, yes, have a great weekend, my friend. thank ...

it is a done deal, billionaire elon musk completing his $44 billion takeover of twitter. im brianna keilar with alex marquardt this morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. john berman is off. and according to sources, musk immediately fired twitters ceo, the chief financial officer and the companys top lawyer. musk first agreed to buy the company in april, then he spent months trying to get out of the deal, which was finalized just before todays deadline. >> musk attempted to reassu...

this hour in our countrys history stands in contrast to a republican party devoid of an agenda, other than serving a disgraced twice impeached ex-president who tried to overturn and steal the results of the 2020 election. president biden described the 2022 election has a, quote, defining moment for the country, denouncing the gops embrace of rhetoric that all too often has resulted in or coincided with violence, most recently with the attack on speaker pelosis husband paul pelosi and h...

dividing line. >> when police officers dont show up to work, they get fired. thats how it should be for senators, too. as chief, i showed up every day and rereduced violent crime by 40%. marco rubio is one of the worst at showing up. and when he does, he hurts florida. >> instead of voting to condemn radicals who want to abolish police, demings refused. >> thats not just wrong. its dangerous. >> maybe she used to be a cop, but in washington val demings is just another radical rubber st...

subpoenaed the secret service over there missing text messages from january 6th and the day before. and today, all nine january six committee members met with the dhs inspector general. their focus, trying to retrieve that missing information. >> its obviously an alarming thing to learn that there were secret service text messages from january 6th itself and the day before that were deleted as part of a device replacement program. we dont know what the facts are and we are going to get...

stephanie ruhle. and we have breaking news from the january 6th committee this evening. just moments ago, the house analysts subpoenaed the secret service over there missing text messages from january 6th and the day before. and today, all nine january six committee members met with the dhs inspector general. their focus, trying to retrieve that missing information. >> its obviously an alarming thing to learn that there were secret service text messages from january 6th itself and the ...