Weekend and its the worst of all networks. When i look adat the hostility of that, i said lets do it with another network. I want to do it, so were thinking about it. They also want to change the rules. The deal is we keep the same rules and they want to change the rules because she cant answer questions. As donald trump casting doubt about whether hell participate in the president ial debate scheduled from two weeks from today, well have the latest on the rift over the rules from the two campaigns. Also ahead, an update on the classified documents case against former President Trump as jack smith works to reverse judge Aileen Cannons dismissal. And well go through the growing list of republicans who are now supporting Vice President Harris Campaign. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, august 27th. Im ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. We begin with the fight between the harris and Trump Campaigns over the rules for the president ial debate. The main issue is whether microphones should be muted when the other candidate is speaking. The Harris Campaign now wants microphones to be live all the time, which would be different from the june debate between President Biden and donald trump. But Trumps Campaign says it wants the same rules as that june debate. The former president was actually asked about this preference during a Campaign Stop yesterday in virginia. We agreed to the same rules. I dont know, doesnt matter to me, but the agreement was that it would be the same as it was last time. In that case, it was muted. I didnt like it the last time, but it worked out fine. Ask biden how it worked out. It was fine. And i think it should be the same. We agreed to the same rules, same rules and same specifications. And i think thats probably what it should be. But theyre trying to change it. The truth is theyre trying to get out of it because she doesnt want a debate. Shes not a good debater. Shes not a smart person. She doesnt want a debate. Doesnt sound like theyre trying to get out of it, at least the Harris Campaign is not. During a rally the former president suggested the debate might not happen, telling the crowd, quote, if there is a debate. This follows his post on social media where he criticized abc whos hosting the event and questioned whether he should participate at all. Yesterday marked three years since a deadly terror attack during the final days of the u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan. On august 26, 2021, 13 American Service members and more than 100 afghans were killed by isis suicide bombers. In separate statements both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris paid tribute to the lives lost. Today and every day, they wrote, i mourn and honor them, harris said in part. She added, quote, on this solemn day let us come together as one nation to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice three years ago on behalf of the United States and our cherished freedoms. Former president donald trump, meanwhile, mixed commemoration with criticism yesterday after participating in a Wreath Laying Ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier, trump then took part in a photoop in front of some of the Service Members graves at Arlington National cemetery. Later on an at a National Guard conference in detroit he criticized biden and harris for the chaotic withdrawal, as he often does on the Campaign Trail. Caused by Kamala Harris, joe biden, the humiliation in Afghanistan Setoff the collapse of american credibility and respect all around the world. You have to fire people when they do a bad job. You have to fire anybody youve got to fire them like on the apprentice. Youre fired, you did a lousy job. Elsewhere in his speech in detroit yesterday, trump continued to lob accusations and personal insults at the democratic president ial ticket. He also suggested once again that he may back out of next months debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, again, to which he had previously agreed. You know, i always look for good words. Highly sophisticated. And im highly educated. I like sophisticated words, but theres only one word theyre stupid. Theyre stupid people. Kamalas running mate, his nickname is tampon tim, but i wouldnt say that because this group is a little lowkey than the ones im used to speaking before. Tampon tim walz, think of this. He signed a bill mandating that every boys bathroom has tampons in it. We found out that they flew almost a Million People over the border. They flew. That stops all of their i should say this because if theres a debate it would be a nasty surprise with that one. They flew theyll have an answer to everything. Meanwhile, special counsel jack smiths office has asked an Appeals Court to restore the classified documents case against former President Trump. Youll remember u. S. District judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the indictment last month claiming smiths appointment as special counsel violated the constitution. But an 81page brief filed yesterday the special counsels office argues Attorney General Merrick Garland had Clear Authority to appoint smith to lead the prosecution and that cannon ignored decades of pres dependent when she decided to toss out the case. Trump has been charged with 40 Felony Counts pertaping to allegations he willfully detained initial Defense Information at his palm beach estate after he left office. He has pleaded not guilty. Amid trumps legal troubles and his Vice President s campaign for the white house, President Biden has largely stayed behind the scenes in recent weeks. But as he outlined in this address last month, there is still plenty left on his agenda from the oval office to the Campaign Trail. For the next six months ill be focused on doing my job as president. That means ill continue to lower costs for hardworking families, grow our economy. Ill keep defending our personal freedoms and our civil rights from the right to vote to the right to choose. Joining us now former Press Secretary to thenVice President joe biden kendra barkof lammy. I think this is a period before the official kick off to press pause and sort of think about what weve seen over the last month, which has been insanely tumultuous. You know the president so well. How do you think hell toggle between this official capacity very much the president with an official agenda he wants to enact and ensure and supporting the Vice President. His legacy is very important to him. There are still some issues he wants to work on. The gaza situation, whaez going on in the ceasefire, trying to bring all those hostages home is extremely important to him. At the same time the reason he dropped out of being president is because he wanted to put his country first, and he knew that he wanted to unify the party and move forward. And so i think hes going to do everything he possibly can to get vp harris elected, and that i think that means going to Battleground States. I think that means looking at where the polling is and where he can do best. I think it means hitting certain places like union halls, which we all know are sort of his specialty, to get out there and talk about the bidenharris policies that he implemented and she will continue to put in place. I think another place well probably see him icecream cone in hand. We all know his love of dairy queens. Im sure hell do a lot of otr where is, which means offtherecord stops because he loves people and thrives in the same way. One of the things ive been thinking about the ways in theres power in having both your former running mate and current running mate on the Campaign Trail while youre in the white house and could present awkwardness potentially when you think about harris having to speak for gaza and israel more than the president does. Do you think well see moments of daylight between them . It feelinize evitable in some ways. I think in some points, yes. But what shes touting lowering health care costs, Prescription Drug pricing, dproesryes for american families, housing costs, those are all things that he has worked on his presidency as well. Shes obviously going to be taking about them in a different way than he has been, but i do think there are some policies shes going to continue talking about in the same way he will, but inevitably i do think at some point there will be a split. When hes thinking about his legacy, how much of that legacy do you think is tied to whether or not trump makes it back to this white house . I think about that 2020 campaign, and everything was battle for the soul of the nation. Here is the second battle, if you want to carry his metaphor. The role of 2024 hes not on the ballot, but it plays so huge in the way we will remember him. It does. And i think the timing, too, is inevitable. I think when you look at when he got out, i think history will judge the pieces. At the end of day he did everything he can to get her elected going to these Battleground States because he knows that a big piece of his legacy. Kendra, thank you for waking up with us, bringing your deep knowledge of this man as we try to chart what his legacy will look like. Thank you for joining us. Still ahead a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers visits the site of the attempted assassination against donald trump. What leaders are saying about that trip. Plus democrats in Battleground Georgia are suing the state over controversial new Election Rules. We take a look at the legal challenge and why its significant ahead of november. Those stories and a check on sports and the weather when we come right back. Heres to Getting Better with age. Heres to beating these two every thursday. Help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need, and the flavor you love. So, heres to now. Now available boost max ok yall we got ten orders coming in. Big orders starting a business is never easy, but starting it eight months pregnant. Thats a different story. I couldnt slow down. We were starting a business from the ground up. People were showing up left and right. And so did our business needs. The chase ink card made it easy. When you go for Something Big like this, your kids see that. And they believe they can do the same. 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Also yesterday a group including democratic lawmakers call on Governor Brian Kemp to remove three republican members of States Election board. The group says the members acted illegally when they voted to approve this new Election Rules because the vote was outside of their authority. But kemps office has confirmed hes reached out to the states Attorney General forrance on whether he even has the power to remove those members at all. The three Board Members in question are the same three that were praised by name by donald trump at his rally in atlanta earlier this month. Now we have two things we have to do. We have to vote, and we have to make sure that we stop them from cheating because they cheat like dogs. I dont know if youve heard, but the Georgia State Election Board is in a very positive way this is a very positive thing, marjory. Theyre on fire. Theyre doing a great job. Three members. Janice johnson, rick jeffries, and janelle king. Three people are pit bulls fighting for honestly and transparency. Theyre fight. Lets remember those same three Board Members trump just called out, theyre also responsible for stripping Secretary Of State Brad Raffenberingering of his power to chair the elections board. Raffensperger, youll remember rejected trumps efforts to overturn georgias election in 2020. He is, again, openly critical of the new elections rules changes. In arizona at least a dozen defendants in the arizona fake electors case are pushing to get their charges dismished. A hearing on the issue continues today as lawyers for the accused claims the charge should be dropped citing arizona law that uses baseless action in a bid to silence critics. They claim chris mays is trying to use the charges to, quote, silence their constitutionally protected speech about the 2020 election. The prosecutors say they crossed the line from speech to fraud that when they claimed falsely trump won the election. In all 18 electors were initially charged. Jenna ellis signed a Cooperation Agreement resulting in her charges being dropped while republican activist Loreen Pelegrino pleaded guilty. Lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman Kaurged their case in the first day of the hearing. While the judge did not make any decisions monday, he did set a trial date. Buckle in its going to be a long one, january 6, 2026. And the newly formed congressional Bipartisan Task force investigating the attempted assassination of former President Trump toured the location of the shooting yesterday. The group walked the rally site and climbed onto the roof where the shooter was. It was led by the chairman congressman mike kelly of pennsylvania and Ranking Member democrat jason crow of colorado. Crow, a veteran of the wars in iraq and afghanistan, said this of the gunmans location. Before congress i was an army ranger. 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