Good morning. You were alive in the cnn newsroom for President Donald Trump, who says his people for quote, get extremely angry with whats happening thats ahead of fun day. When for the first time in history of former american president will stand Criminal Trials. Trump is accused of trying to buy the silence of a porn star, stormy daniels. He allegedly had an affair with trump denies the claims and has tried to delay the proceedings time and again just days left. That tried and true or somewhat true strategy is running out of runway earlier this week, his lastditch effort to delay failed for the third time in three days this morning, we should note the Us Secret Service says it is ready to go to provide protection for the former president , adding that it will quote, not seek any special accommodation outside of what would be required to ensure the continued safety of the former president. Meantime, trump is on a Truth Social Tirade Railing against the case. The judge and the entire system of justice in this country crying which on and spewing lies about President Bidens alleged involvement unproven involvement on involvement in the prosecution. Obviously, that is not true. Joining me now on all of this and legal analyst and former Obama White HouseEthics Czar Norm eyes and hes also the author of the new book you need to check it out, trying Trump A Guide to his first Election Interference, Criminal Trial and norm that sums up your feelings on this case . Created a handbook for this trial walk us through it because the canard that you hear out there is that well, this one is just not that important. Its not as important as january 6. And so this is an important trial and there could be very big consequences for the former president. That, thats true gym and thats why i wrote trying can trump to give both sides of the question, is this just a personal piccadilly as trump i think will argue his defense case just an affair and they wrote some wrong words down on some papers. They called it legal fees. Instead of repayment of funds to Michael Cohen or is this a case as judge martian is going to read to the jury when they come in this is new york law. He is going to say the allegations are that donald trump entered an agreement with others to quote, unlawfully influence the 2016 president ial elections. So the stakes in this debate, and i fully ventilate trump side of the story in the book and the trial will be about which of these two visions is right . But the stakes in this debate are was this pattern of actions where 130,000 benefited to Trump Campaign allegedly in an election that was decided by 80,000 votes across three states. Another sex scandal was hidden right after Access Hollywood swung that election. That pattern of deceiving voters to change an election outcome. Of course thats the same pattern as the jack smith case in 2020 is the fani willis case in 2020 thats alvin braggs view that this is an Important Campaign election and democracy case. And i do want to mentioned because trump, trump has been very vocal on the truth social platform. He has made some comments that i think are disturbing. Lets listen to what he had to say i was recently informed that another corrupt or new york judge juan merchan gagged me. Thats gagged. Like you cant talk these cases are all rig it sounds fair, doesnt it . To be gagged, but its not it virtually never happens. It only happens to me because im able so to tell people whats happening at those people get extremely angry with whats happening. This judge, should be recused and the case should be thrown out. Hes totally conflicted. Theres never been a judge more conflicted than this one. He keeps going after the judges calling them conflicted and so on. But theres that moment in that video that we play right there. We dont play all of his truth social tirades. But when he talks about his people getting extremely angry, yes. Sounds like a veiled threat once again, remember 2020 january 6, he tweeted will be wild and then the words on the ellipse that are charged as incitement in the er january 6 case, although in a different form, hes not charged with insurrection. Hes charged with again, just like the 206 2016 case, a conspiracy to unlawfully influence the election. And of course, innocent until proven guilty. But jim, in that context, with the repeated history of his work hordes leading to risk and danger and violence. Thats why this gag order is in place, contrary to what he said, its not unusual. And when he says is people get angry, that should be a flashing red light. Well, and thats why i wonder heading into monday, what is trump going to try to do to derail this . I mean i suppose the last one of the last things that he could possibly do is try to provoke the judge to the extent that he had the judge has to take action that could that potentially interfere with the proceedings . I dont think judge marcia is going to let it i counted and many of these are documented in expecting in trying trump. I counted his Delay Efforts 11 efforts to delay this trial, three more this week alone on venue on ciao suing the judge over the gag order suing the judge over for president ial immunity, which really makes no sense. It has no place in this case. Hes desperate hell try more, undoubtedly next week. I dont think its going to work. And the question we have to ask ourselves and again, the book is a deep dive in deep dive into this both sides of this question. Jim why is trump so frantically fighting this case . If it is as some say, the least important are just merely a personal dello. He knows that these are serious felonies. He knows if he is convicted, if alvin bragg makes the case to the jury, but to the court of public companion, if hes convicted of Election Interference here, bragg proves that case. Hes facing not only the harm of a conviction, but a possible sentence of jail time that would be devastating. Thats why hes trying to delay the polls have shown if there is a conviction, it could really have an impact on this ridge normal hi, isnt as always, thanks so much. Make sure to check out north book really appreciate it also happening today. House Speaker Mike Johnson will join donald trump for a joint News Conference at maralago later today about the upcoming president ial election. The two Republican Leaders are set to talk about, quote, Election Integrity. Despite the fact that trumps own Administration Officials will remind you the previous president ial election was the most secure in American History and to add some context, johnson was a key congressional figure in trumps failed effort to overturn President Bidens victory in 2020. Cnns Kristen Holmes joins us now from west palm beach, florida, this should be quite a show. Kristen, what do we know about this News Conference . Well, i were heard those are going to talk about two things. One thing is that they are expected to relitigate the 2020 election, which isnt that surprising since both of them tried to overturn that election, johnson was actually key behind the scenes, trying to get these congressional signatures on a lawsuit and texas that would have tried to overturn the election in various the a but the other big thing that theyre going to be talking about is this idea of noncitizens voting. Theres been a conversation about whether theyre going to present some kind of bill, but we know that theyre going to put unquote draw attention to this issue. Now, i want to be very clear. Gym. There is currently a federal ban on noncitizens since voting in federal elections. So that is a nonissue, but well see republicans really use this as a rallying cry starting with the former president himself. Hes actually gone as far to say that democrats want undocumented citizens coming across the border to help them in the 2024 election. Obviously, there is no evidence since of that at all. Now, one thing i do want to make clear here is that there are some states in which various cities have moved forward on passing legislation that would allow noncitizens to vote. In particular, local elections, again, not federal elections, which is what these two men deal with. But in local elections, like a school board election. But now what youre saying is various states coming forward and putting forward these laws that say noncitizens can vote, cannot vote in elections. So this again has become a rallying cry, particularly as immigration has risen to a top concern of voters in 2024 and christian sources say that this event was johnsons idea. I mean, i suppose it comes at a time when there are all these questions about whether he can hang on to the speakers gavel and one of the things to keep in mind here is donald trump has not come out to support dodson, but hes also knocking out to support Marjorie Taylor bleed his motion to vacate. It seems unlikely that he wants to get involved on either side because im told by sources he doesnt want another speakers fight, but he also was very close to Marjorie Taylor greene. So this is an opportunity for johnson to stand alongside donald trump at his home at maralago talking about something the donald trump wants to talk about, which is elections. This is giving him a boost at a time where he really needs it. All right. Kristen holmes, thank you very much to the question. One of the Big Questions this morning, hangover. Whats gonna be happening at maralago is how far will speaker johnson push election missing or misinformation at that appearance with the forefront president , this afternoon, a reminder back in 2020, then Congressman Johnson sent an email to every House Republican pushing them to support a sham lawsuit that sought to invalidate electoral votes in key Battleground States and in the runup to the insurrection on january 6, he spewed misinformation about the election time and time again, telling an astonishing number of lives that have been repeatedly, then debunked the allegations about these Voting Machines and some of them being rigueur with this software by dominion. But theres a lot of merit to that. When the president says the election is rigged, thats what please talking about, did it with the fix was in when you have a Software System that is used all around the country that is suspect because it came from hugo chavez has been azuela fit in georgia. It really was rig it was set up for the biden team to win. The system is set up for massive fraud of course the hugo chavez that all of that that he just said, none of that is true. Lets discuss with cnn political commentator Scott Jennings and larry saboteur, the director of the Center For Politics at the university of virginia, is also author of the book return to normalcy, the 2020 election that almost broke america larry, i mean, its kind of remarkable to go back and listen to that audio and contemplate the fact that mike johnson is now the speaker of the house of representatives. What do you make of this event thats taking place at maralago later today and it sounds as though both trump and johnson will continue to push these election lies yes, theyll continue to push them because theyve gotten away with them for years now. Its really is a big lie and its not surprising at all that donald trump would continue to do this. What is at least mildly surprising is that mike johnson, who wasnt speaker and he pushed this hard in November Of 2020 and beyond. Now, is speaker. Hes actually in line to be president after the vicepresident. And i have a hard time even uttering the words, Election Integrity without laughing derisively because it is a made up joke. Thats all it is. The degree of fron and us elections is infinitesimal what johnson and trump and all their allies have done is to dramatically increase cynicism in the electorate especially the republican electorate that is to be deplored by everybody i think i would hope yeah, scott, what do you think well, obviously the things that were said about dominion are not true and thats being litigated in civil cases the dominions great benefit. I might add, theyve obviously ive gotten satisfaction, pay off yeah yeah. Absolutely. I mean, really look at the political question of all this is whats this election going to be about . And when you think about what is on the minds of the American People versus whats on Donald Trumps mine 80 of the time. Thats the question he has to answer through here. Are we going to talk about the things like inflation and immigration and crime, et cetera. Are we going to relitigate these 2020 claims . Is that going to be the centerpiece of a platform for president or are we going to talk about the broader issues that really hes on pretty firm ground in doing. So. I think thats really the push and pull that thats going on here as a political matter. What are the American People need to hear to return you to the white house when youve got a pretty weak incumbent, youre running against yeah. I mean, i do think its a challenge for trump politically speaking, if hes just going to sound like a windup election dall election lied Dog Action Figure i mean, i just again, i know weve talked about this so many times. How does this help him in the suburbs of philadelphia . How does this help him in the suburbs of atlanta and phoenix and detroit . Larry to me, i just dont understand how the Election Math adds up for donald trump. If he continues to do this. Well, hes stirring up, his base. Hes trying to get a maximum turnout from them. But your point is well taken and what scott just said is absolutely correct. If trump is going to be reelected, its going to be on Inflation Chun and the border and some other issues although i think inflation and the border are the two key ones. But he spends his time and energy talking about a justification for what hes already done, deep down, or maybe right on the surface, he knows hes lied all along there is nothing there, but he refuses to admit that he lost he lost by over 7 million votes. And so the republicans have saddled themselves with a nominee who cant distinguish between the issues that could win him another term and issues that will have no impact whatsoever beyond his base, who are already for him yeah. And scott, i mean, Vice PresidentKamala Harris is an arizona today to campaign on womens Reproductive Rights. Shes expected to blame trump for that neartotal ban in arizona that dates back to before arizona was even a state how. Big of a moment is this for the Vice President does sound it. I mean, she is sort of the Dobbs Point Person now for all, there has been criticism for Kamala Harris on the republican side, obviously, even inside the democratic party, when is she going to be more . Sorted out in force for the democratic ticket . And it sounds like theyve found the issue for her to campaign on be out in front on well, i mean, i expect all democrats, harris, senate candidates, even joe biden to be spending most of their time on this topic, they need this election to be about something other than inflation. And the border. So theyre going to pick a topic on which they think they have more credibility with the American People. Youve seen the Arizona Supreme Court give them an opening to do that. So its not surprising to see them take advantage of that and i suspect theyre gonna do it for the rest of the year. If this if the number one issue on the minds of the American People is inflation and food prices on election day theyre in real trouble if they can muddy those waters and get them thinking about other issues such as abortion. And they have a Fighting Chance here. But thats the gambit for them is to try to stave off these tier one concerns and elevate things like abortion to top of the National Conversation yeah. And larry, i know youve looked at this is part of what you do at uva. You you put out the crystal ball, you look at the election map, not just for the president ial race for senate races, congressional races, gubernatorial races, how much has dobbs . And it almost seems like every week theres another state that has a very draconian abortion law that is coming to the fold because of the way roe came crashing down. For example, kari lake i dont know if youve seen this is lobbying arizona lawmakers to overturn that abortion ban in that state where she wants called a quote, great law heres how she is echoed. Trumps abortion rhetoric in recent days, which trump of course has been all over the place on it. Lets listen in to this total ban on abortion that the Arizona Supreme Court just ruled on, is out of line. You must follow you the heart of this issue. I agree with president trump. This is such a personal and private issue, but im strongly in favor of except