Theres lot of news to get to. Good morning. Very big day in washington and aross the country. Yes, very big day for washington. Former President Donald Trump set to appear in a washington, d. C. , courtroom on charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election and hang on to power, this is his third arraignment in four months. New overnight, barricades going up outside the Federal Courthouse, the Secret Service has done a walk through and Law Enforcement is monitoring potential threats. Trumps former Attorney General tells cnn that he believes his odd boss, quote, knew well that he lost the election. 2024 candidate mike pence, former Vice President mike pence said his former boss was, quote, surrounded by a group of crackpot lawyers kept telling him what he wanted to hear. You hear this is a lot. Todays a monumental day, the third time President Trump is going to be arraigned in formouse. And in washington, d. C. The same courthouse where dozens upon dozens of rioters of the January 6th Insurrection on the capitol have been tried and charged. Mow the former president heading back to washington, d. C. On the actions that led to january 6th. Lets walk through with whats about to happen. Donald trump will return to epicenter of his alleged pt to overturn the election, hell appear d. C. Courtroom. Hes expected to plead not guilty. His fingerprints will be digitally taken. A mugshot will not be take zmrn a preview of what trumps lawyers will be argued. His claim of Election Fraud will be protected by free speech. Following the advice of his lawyers. Our Caitlin Collins asked about three of those potential arguments. All conspiracies involve speech and all fraud involves speech. Free speech doesnt give you the right to engage in fraudulent conspiracy. I dont think defensive advice of counsel is going to go forward because i think the president would have to get on the stand and subject himself to crossexamination in order to raise that and waive Attorney Client privilege. What would happen if he got on the stand . I think it would not come out very well for him. I have come to believe he knew well that he had lost the election. We have Team Coverage for trumps bedminster, new jersey, home. Walk us through whats actually going to happen on the ground there in d. C. Today. Reporter phil and poppy, donald trump wont be expecting to be stepping foot outside of the courthouse on these grounds that are so close to the u. S. Capitol where he had that riot after the election, the rally after the election that turned into a riot. Hell be coming into d. C. There will be some minor or at least shortterm traffic disruptions. Not a lot of parking here. Barriers up. So its going to be quite a fortreslike situation down here at the courthouse. At the time of this arraignment which is scheduled for 4 00 p. M. In the afternoon. When this happens, donald trump will be brought into the courthouse and hell be taken up into the very areas where hell be arrested and then where hell be presented before the Magistrate Judge to face these charges for the first time related to january 6th. Its very likely many members of the special counsels office will be in the courtroom with him. Jack smith Special Council himself he was in the courthouse with donald trump and his lawyers sitting opposite of him when he was arraigned in florida in the separate case related to the documents. Its quite possible that we see jack smith and donald trump in the same room again today. Donald trump is very likely to be sitting at a defense table. He may not address the court at all himself, but his lawyers will and hell be in that court, we wont have any photos or video of anything that happens inside the courthouse thats how Federal Court works. However, there are Sketch Artists that can observe it as well as members of the public and the members of press. Expected to be very short but an important hearing because it kicks us off into the road toward a trial after donald trump is arrested facing those charges. Lot to look forward to here today. Thanks very much for the reporting if washington. Lets go to bedminster where donald trump is waking up ahead of his third arraignment. What are you hearing from Behind The Scenes about what theyre doing to prepare for this moment. Reporter im here, just outside the president s former golf club, hell be passing right near here later today as he heads to washington, did. C. , for his court appearance. This is his third arraignment in a matter of months. They know what theyre walking into. You can expect Donald Trumps mood today to be quite somber in d. C. Hes very clearly unhappy with these charges and frustrated that he has to go through this process im told. Now i want to point out some things that have been happening Behind The Scenes here, In Bedminster Tuesday Night shortly after trump learned that he indicted he dined with fox news executives. Fox news president wallace sat down with him and encouraged him to participa in their republican primary debate being held later this month in milwaukee. We have some reporting he was no committal about his coappearanc. Hes pointed to his commanding lead in the polls as well as his frontrunner status for not wanting to share the stage with some of his rivals. All right, thank you. So this is trumps third arrest in four months, the two previous indictmented related to Fals Falsifying hes facing charges in three Different Cases right now as a gop frontrunner. Good morning, everyone. Were so glad youre here. Lets start on the law of it all. Bill barr sort of knocking down one by one what the Defense Counsel for trump seems to be putting out there. He really does. You know in particular its the speech point. The Free Speech Point that the president was entitled to speak as candidate for office and certainly candidates for office are entitled to have some of the greatest protections for speech but the simple fact is some simple statements can be criminal act, threatening someone else is a great example. Attorney general barr said all statements involve speech. This relying on the advice of counsel defense is really going to bite the president , hell have to be cross examined and every statement hes made to his attorneys is fair game for prosecutors. That can be devastating. As a defendant hes entitled to make the case he wishes. These are all sort of risky. Thats an important point, were seeing the federal government side of this case up to this point, we havent seen a defense other than what we have seen on television. What was interesting when i was listening to the interview with former Attorney General bill barr. It was all interesting to some degree. He was talking about the idea of evidence of fraud and there have had been 2 1 2 years no evidence of fraud. Pretty much no way the president couldnt know based on everything laid out in the indictment. Take a listen here we are 2 1 2 years and still they havent come forward with any evidence. As the indictment comes forward you have giuliani saying we have a Loft Theories but not evidence. No evidence. They wanted to overturn the election and they had no evidence of outcome determ native fraud. Whats striking so much of what we heard from his Legal Defense team is state of mind, what he actually believed and what the prosecutors look at what hes been told over and over and there has been no evidence still to this moment. It goes to the question about competency. The track of i knew it was a lie but i said it anyway. Or hes going to say i truly believe it or all the evidence is the contrary. At the core of this donald trump decided to pursue his own passion and desire for power at the cost of our vote and not just my vote, your vote, the american peoples vote, that didnt matter to him. Him putting his own personal ambitions over our bed rook of our democracy is the core of it. And the civil rights component. The most fascinating part of all this. David . First of all, to this point about whether he knowingly was lying about this or whether he actually believed he lost it seems from the indictment that the prosecutors are going to attempt to make the case in court that he actually knew he lost because they laid out i forget what the total count was, maybe 11 different people went in and explained his Attorney General, joint chiefs of staff. Jason miller. They put this entire litany of people who explained to him that he lost it seems like theyre going to argue to a jury that he must have known he lost. But its interesting bill barr said and so much the lawyers, the more difficult part for prosecutors is to really, really get into the mind to prove intent in the moment. Listen to what he said kind of compared to what trumps lawyers said. Back to back. And what jack smith hasnt shown yet. Listen. I would like them to try to prove Beyond A Reasonable Doubt that donald trump believed that these allegations were false. The government in their indictment takes the position that he had actual knowledge that he had lost the loex and the election wasnt stolen through fraud. Theyll have to prove it through Beyond A Reasonable Doubt. Were only seeing the tip of the iceberg on this. This gets at what david was saying. But to that point, should there be a general assumption theres a lot more behind the 45page indictment in terms of what the special counsels office has right now. I think its probably likely. The Attorney Generals touching on a very important point here. What reasonable doubt means. The highest standard in our system, in our criminal Justice System and you really have to establish to almost near certainty that something is true. In the indictment they list one instance of the president acknowledging that he lost the election and a litany of points where people seem to put him on notice. That litany sort of establishes this idea that he was recklessly disregarding facts or reality in carrying out the act of fraud there. But that can be tough to prove. Again, its important to note that in order to establish conspiracy to defraud the government you have to have some act of dishonesty and thats why all this focus on whether the president lost the election. My father in law asked me this question, why did we care that he lied . In order to get to that first charge you have to prove some act of dishonesty. Your father in law wakes up very early in the morning. My father in law is hong kong. Thats cheating. 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We have brandnew cnn polling showing 41 of americans approve the way President Biden has handled his job. Cnn political director is back. Youve been combing through the number take a look at how low his Appral Rating has been over time. 41 in our brandnew poll. Hes been stuck there. Look in may, march, he was at 42 . In the aftermath where the Democrats Overperformed Expexations in the midterms. The indepe 36 job approval among independents. Again it there, thats constant. Independents were a critical part of joe bidens success in winninthwhite house. Take a look at where joe biden falls compared to his modernday edecessors at this point in their prcy. In june or july of the third year now, and you see that joe biden is down there with jimmy carter, donald trump, Ronald Reagan is the exceptional to the rule there. The other guys are oneterm presi president s. The Biden White House would like to follow that reagan model. Hes in a danger zone heading into reelection. Especially if its the economy, stupid. Especially that, right. What do the numbers show. Despite all these positive Economic Indicators,e a look about 25 say that Economic Conditions in ts country are very good or somewhat good. 75 say they poor. Take a look at that nuer about Economic Conditions being good over time and you see here its been a pretty down mood for americans foite some time during this biden administration. Nearly a small, slim majority 51 of americans tell us they think this economy is still in downturn. I showed his overa approval. Look at Approval Rating on y and inflation, its 37 approval on the economy, 30 approval on inflation. Thats lower than his overall job approval meaning the economy is a bit of a weak spot. Well get to the other really interesting point. Can you blame people when you go to Grocery Store still costs more. Its really hard to get a mortgage now. Two staple things for folks. No doubt about it. As we know, perception is reality. So you have the good Economic Indicators and this is what we learn from white house sources all the time, they want him out on bidenomics tour. Theyre convinced that if people just recognize whats happening they will understand and believe and its been a disconnect the last couple of years. Poppy mentioned theres another poll as ll, some other numbers that are fascinating. Asking if President Biden legitimately won the presidency. 61 say yes. Look at the breakdown. Near 7 in 10 repub said bilegitimately win. Thats jarring. It is jar. In fact that 69 number you se republicans saying that bide didnt legitimately win it ticked back up. This was taken in the month of july. This was context. Keep in mind that nearly 7 in 10 republicans say that joe biden didnt legitimately win the election, thats why donald trump believes hes created for himself politically a successful alternate universe from the facts laid out in the indictment. You worked with adam kinzinger, john boehner. Not reflective of where the republicans are writ large. Thats jarring to me. I think about the republicans i worked for you as you mentioned, the