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 thats not sensitive from the press. The press and the american people, in a campaign season, have a right to know what the evidence is in this case. Provided this evidence is not protected otherwise. Were going to oppose this. If lawyers on the prosecution people want to keep that from the press. Im shocked that the press is not lining up rejecting this order. Not only is trump being attacked for his First Amendment rights, now the prosecutors are trying to infringe on the freedom of the press. Trump said his legal team will be asking for the judge to be overseeing the case for a recruisal, on, quote, powerful grounds. His team may ask to move the case outside of washington, d. C. Consider this. We could see his former vmt and current opponent for the nomination be called to testify against him. Dana bash put that scenario to mike pence earlier. I have no plans to testify. We will always comply with the law. I want to tell you. I dont know what the path of this indictment will be. The president is entitled to his presumption of innocence. Theres profound issues around this, pertaining to the First Amendment, Freedom Of Speech and the rest. Im confident that he and his lawyers will litigate all those things. Over the weekend, some of trumps opponents for the republican nomination were stumping in iowa, at a barbecue event. While nailing home their own platforms, candidates did not miss an doesnt to acknowledge not only the lead donald trump holds, going into primary season, but also the division among americans. Take a listen. I know this is an uphill battle. We as republicans cannot be content with just managing this decline a little better. We have a country to save. Iowa is an important state. Not because of the caucuses. Thats an important thing. But for national security. Food security is national security. You see, for me, november 2024, thats not the finish line of a campaign. It is the start line of a national revival. Thats where this begins. Where i dont think about my inauguration speech. I think about my farewell speech. In january of 2033. Ron brownstein is Senior Editor with the atlantic. He joins me now. Good to have you with us. Donald trump and his lawyers have until 5 00 p. M. To respond to a legal filing related to his third indictment relating to his effort to overturn the 2020 election, after special counsel jack smith issued a protection order. He wants to limit trump and his team from discussing evidence. They will fight for the protective order and the recusal of the judge and seek a change of venue. Only a few of his gop rivals have dared to speak out about any of this, as the country faces a historic moment. What does it say about politics in this country right now . And American Democracy . Yeah. This is the culmination of what we watched for eight years, as trump has barreled through a process of norms about candidate behavior, about president ial behavior. Two impeachments, including instigating the january 6th riot. Weve seen time after time, of the vast majority of elected officials, all of them, refusing to draw any lines. And trump has taken back the lesson, that hes broken the party to his will. Theres no point he can do to where republicans will coalesce against him. And try the difficult task of convincing their voters this is unacceptable. When you add all of this up, you see what it creates for American Democracy. We see the vast majority of elected Officials Say they do not believe his conduct after the 2020 election or january 6th, is disqualifying him to be president again. And the legal system they have different judgments about what he did in that period. We see that reflect in the polls. The most recent poll shows 52 of Iowa Republicans back trump. And 47 are considerg the other gop candidates. It shows trump is 24 pnts ahead of his nearest rival ron desantis. The remaining hopefuls are far behind with singledigit support. While the poll was conducted before the third indictment, what do the numbers reveal to you ahead of the gop primaries . Trump is the dominant figure in the republican party. That means the largest faction in one of our parties, for the First Time Since the civil war, is signaling that it is okay with antidemocratic measures and means to pursue its end. The other candidates have chosen a strategy of what we saw in 2016. Avoiding direct confrontation with trump, in the hope that outside events, a Meteor Striking the earth, or all of the indictments will cause the support to crumble on its own. They will be there to pick up the base, as they are seen as someone who did not try to take him down. That didnt work in 2016 and its not working in 2024. If they want to beat him, they have to give Republican Voters a stronger reason to pass him over. Trump has been indicted three times with a fourth looming in georgia. What happens if trump wins the 2024 election but is convicted before his inaugurations . If trump wins the election, he will seek to dismiss the cases against him or pardon himself. I dont think thats available to him in new york and possibly georgia. Were already in a crisis of democracy. Weve not seen the dominant faction in a major party accept and tolerate and embrace antidemocratic measures to this extent, i think since before the civil war, when the Slave Holding South had a strategy of subverting Majority Rule to protect slavery. That alone is taking us into unchartered waters. If trump wins the election, while facing criminal convictions, we are way beyond the last buoy. Appreciate your analysis. Many thanks. Thank you. U. S. President joe biden will travel to arizona, new mexico and utah this week. To sell his economic policies ahead of the president ial election. His trip comes on the heels of a monthly report showing a gain of 187,000 jobs in july. Its an increase the president has doubted as bidennomics. Twothirds of those surveyed disapproved how mr. Biden is handling the economy. Reporter President Biden is heading west to sell voters on his climate agenda. This is part of an effort for the white house to take credit for accomplishments, including the inflation reduction act. That had 370 billion meant to combat Climate Change. The president will visit arizona first. He is considering designating a new National Monument around the grand canyon. This is something the native tribes have been lobbying for for years. Hes trying to pollster his position ahead of the 2024 election. This is a chris cal issue for key members of the democratic coalition. Progressives, young voters, people who havent been satisfied with the president in this area so far. When it comes to drilling for fossil fuels, the president hoping to show voters he is serious about combatting Climate Change. This is part of a bigger effort by the Biden Administration to take more credit for the economic agenda in the month of august. Youll see the president , the Vice President , members of the cabinet, all out talking about their economic record. They have a good story to tell. Inflation is easing. Consumer sentiment is ticking up. There is a disconnect with voters. In a poll last week by cnn, 75 say they view Economic Conditions as poor. Thats translating into political headwinds for President Biden. The challenge for President Biden is to close that gap and remind voters of all hes accomplished when it comes to the economy. 80 Million People in the u. S. Will begin the workweek under heat alerts. The south and the southwest will be hardest hit. Tripledigit forecasts for much of the regions. The threat of Severe Weather increases monday, with the potential for hail and damaging winds. It could impact more than 100 Million People in the eastern u. S. The threat is highest in the southeast, from georgia to maryland. Were following new develop. One person has been killed after russian shelling targeted the Southern Region of kherson. Meantime, ukraines military is confirming strikes on two, key bridges between crimea and russianoccupied areas nearby. Ukraine says the two road bridges targeted on sunday, were the main Transportation Bridge for russia in those areas. A russianappointed official claims the bridges are used for civilian, not military traffic. And one bridge cut off supplies to 20,000 residents. Clare sebastian joins us from london with the latest. Help us understand the strategy behind the bridge attacks. Reporter i think its clear that ukraine is getting bolder. And we see a mix of strategy and symbolism. They want to show that crimea is not offlimits. That russia itself is not off limits. In terms of the bridges, were seeing Hard Military strategy. These are key bridges. Russia is emphasizing the civilian impacts of this. Saying the bridges were used by civilians. Crimea, we know, houses Ammunition Depots and bases. Its hard to imagine they are not Supply Routes. And we see that traffic is having to be rerouted between the thin strip of land. Theres disruption there. Yes, in some ways, this is part of the messaging from ukraine. They are conducting a concerted effort to disrupt behind the lines to ease the pressure on the forces fighting there. Whats the latest on the front line fighting . Reporter we are hearing from the Deputy Defense minister. He says over the past week, the Eastern Front has been the most active russia is pushing more hard up in the north. They have extended, she said, half a million munitions over the past week. Its a town they lost 11 months ago. They occupied and lost when ukraine carried out the counteroffensive in autumn. A back and forth. Theyre spending massive amounts to go over old ground and not achieve too much in the process. In the south, ukraine saying that russia is trying to take a village they took a week ago. Huge amounts of munitions and neither side is achieving very much. Civilians are being caught in the cross fire. Two were killed overnight. Another in kherson. Last hour, i spoke with the Research Director at the european expert association. And i asked her about ukraines increased targeting of russian infrastructure and territory. We look at the interests of kharkiv and corazon, thats ten miles from the russian border. We take kharkiv, where they launch from belgrade. The only way to stop this, because theres no way to intercept this missiles, is to attack the stations on the territory of russia. The other aim is to cut off the routes of supply. The Supply Routes and the russian warehouses. This is used for Russian Troops to reply on the attacks of ukraine. This is one thing. The other thing that russia is threatening, to do more, for ukrainian attacks. This is nonsense. Russia has used all kinds of weapons its has. And including on civilian population in ukraine. Weve seen awful, terrible images of residential buildings being hit by russian missiles. Houses being destroyed. Civilians hospitals, by russian missiles. This is all russia already is doing. And they cant do anything more. More terrible. As weve been reporting, ukraine just targeted two bridges between crimea and russianoccupied areas nearby. Weve seen this before, of course. What is the strategy here . Is it working . The strategy is to cut off the Supply Routes for the Russian Troops in zaporizhzhya and donesk. Its saturated with all kinds of weapons. This is the supply of Russian Troops. This is ukrainian tactics to cut the Supply Routes and also ukraine is using the high precise weapons. 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Id it heads the body of heads of state, the head of nigeria. And if theres military action, will commit the most number of troops, as the largest player in this region. Its unpopular. They have rejected the call for support to back military action. They have to go back to the Drawing Board and try to have more talks with the Military Junta in niger. This is against the backdrop of protesters in niger, saying they are ready. Ready for any intervention. We sea people ready to defend their country. People saying they dont want to go to war with their brothers. They are worried this will be a proxy war. Its already fighting all of the battles. Nobody wants to see this region plunged further into uncertainty. Many thanks. Israels Supreme Court has instructed the government to explain why it should not delay implementation of a controversial lawmaking it harder to declare the Prime Minister unfit for office. 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