Youre watching cnn newsroom, im rosemary church. Former u. S. President donald trump staring down a deadline related to charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election. Well hear from one of his lawyers. President joe biden is set to hit the road to tout his economic achievements to voters. An amazing rescue at sea. The trials this man endured during the trip out, before the coast guard found him alive. Special counsel jack smith has requested limitations on evidence provided to trumps team, specifically, theyre asking the former president not to receive his own copies of sensitive material fearing he could use it to threaten witnesses. The deadline to respond is just hours away. Smith responded to trumps post on social media. Including this one, if you go after me, im coming after you. One of trumps attorneys says he will fight the protective order, clai claiming prosecutors want to hide information from the american people. The point is that we will not agree to keeping information th
London max foster has the week off. Were trading places. Just ahead on cnn newsroom what President Trump did not do is direct Vice President pence to do anything. He asked him. The president was talking about us rejecting votes, his lawyers suggested that we return votes to the states. They were asking to return the election. He said, daddy, is this heaven . I said no, its iowa. November 2024, thats not the end of the a campaign. Its the start line of a national revival. Yes it just shows how cool this day sometimes can be. The smaller details makes the difference between winning and losing. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and Bianca Nobilo. Its monday, august 7th, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington, where donald trump and his legal team are just hours away from another deadline in the case over his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 u. S. President ial election. Prosecutors have requested limitations on evidence provided to trumps team. Specif
Off the post. Sweden can win on this kick. Plus, oneonone with Donald Trumps lawyer who claims trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election were aspirational, not criminal. And lost at sea for two days in a boat only 12 feet long. Well show you the incredible rescue and youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining me this sunday. Im fredricka whitfield. Former president Donald Trumps lawyer speaking out this morning doubling down on his argument that trump was within his First Amendment rights when he asked former Vice President mike pence to overturn the election results. And that it all boils down to the way he asked. And all of this played out in the open. Its all free speech. There was a Supreme Court decision, which is right on point, that says when youre exercising free speech, youre not engaging in a fraud on the government. And thats what unfortunately, most people dont understand in this context. Thats just one example of the actions. Thats just one e
trump critic is booted in an overwhelming primary defeat, but congresswoman liz cheney says she will continue to challenge the former president s hold on republicans and may even face him in the next presidential election in 2024. and mike pence, is he a potential star witness? the former vice president says he would consider testifying in front of the january 6th committee if asked. take a listen. if there was an invitation to participate, i would consider it. any invitation that would be directed to me, i would have to reflect on the unique role that i was serving in as vice president. it would be unprecedented innist hadry for a vice president to be summoned to testify on. ka tol capitol hill. i don t want to prejudge. we begin with rudy giuliani s appearance before a grand jury in georgia. sara murray is outside that courthouse in atlanta. rudy giuliani is a target of this investigation. there has been speculation he could take the fifth amendment today. what do we
security peiter zatko, alleging the social media giant s leadership misled its own board, and government regulators about security vulnerabilities that could potentially open the door for foreign spying, hacking and disinformation campaigns. those are stunning, serious claims sent to congress and several federal agencies last month. our very own cnn correspondent donie o sullivan sat down with him to talk about this. here s the story. reporter: ready? yes. reporter: why are you coming forward? all my life i ve been about finding places where i can go, and make a difference. reporter: this is peiter zatko, until january of this year he was head of security at twitter, but now he s a whistle-blower, and he says twitter security problems are so grave, they are a risk to national security and democracy. twitter is a critical resource to the entire world. i think it is an extremely important platform. reporter: he handed over information about the company to various