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Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us. It is a tuesday, full of news. Victor blackwell by my side. Good morning. Good to be back. Good to have you. Here all week. Five things to know for this tuesday, august 8th. New this morning, the east coast cleaning up after deadly storms, trees are down, roads are blocked. Hundreds of thousands of people without power. Already more than 300 flights cancelled. Happening today, the police chief in montgomery, alabama, is expected to reveal more information about that brawl that broke out on the citys river front. It started after a black dock worker was attacked by a group of white people. So far no arrests. But four warrants have been issued. Right now, Los Angeles City workers are on a 24hour strike. 11,000 workers including Sanitation Workers, engineers, life guards, all headed for the picket lines. They say its a fight f ....
Opposition leader. Hello, im wolf blitzer in washington and youre in the cnn newsroom right now, donald trump is inside a florida courtroom for a crucial hearing. It could decide when the criminal case over his handling of classified documents goes to trial. The judge is set to determine whether it will move forward as planned. In may or be delayed. Trumps lawyers now say they would accept the trial in august. Thats three months before election day here in the united states. Cnns chief Legal Affairs correspondent, paula reid is outside the courthouse in fort pierce, florida for us. Paula, have you heard anything yet from inside the court . Yes. Well, if we just got our first update, a handwritten note from inside the courthouse, were learning from our colleagues who are inside watching these proceedings. Its so far the Special Counsel and trumps lawyers, they have been discus ....
first, i m still filling in for my friend velshi. good man, roughly one year after roe v. wade was overturned, supreme court issued another ruling that said two up and another aspect of american life. on thursday, the supreme court ruled that commissions programs at harvard and university of north carolina violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. it effectively puts an end to affirmative action, a decision that will back decades of progress and president and in fact colleges, universities, and younger generations of students around the country. the 237 includes a dissent written by justice ketanji joao brown jackson the first black woman to be appointed to the supreme court. she wrote quote, with let them eat cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the record and announces colin finest for all by legal fiat. but deeming race relevant law does not make it so in life. during his remarks on thursday, biden echoed those sentiments. today, the co ....
and the issue of abortion is front and center as president biden and his republican rivals pulled doing events. we re getting a new snapshot of the 2024 election landscape one year after the supreme court overturned roe v wade. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. our top story at this hour, cnn has learned that some key witnesses in the january 6 investigation have been given limited immunity by special counsel jack smith. they are two of the fake electors for donald trump in the state of nevada. our senior legal of failed corresponding, paula reid, has more on her exclusive reporting. paula, what is the significance of the special counsel giving these fake electors this partial immunity? well, it suggests that this part of the january 6 investigation, the focus on these fake slates of electors who tried to overturn the result of the 2020 election, this comes before a friend once again for this part ....
café, and the process repeated itself as the trump caravan drove are from newark, airport, to his bedminster airport. there s just one reason these channels plowed pd through so many hours, the ratings are always good when trump is on center stage. but when the former president gave a prime time speech to supporters at his new jersey club denouncing the indictment and the biden administration, only fox news carried it live. msnbc ask cnn, which had spent a very long day analyzing and criticizing the republican presidential front-runner, refused to air the speech. are they protecting their viewers from what he has to say? and some folkses wonder why the media seem biased. i m howard kurtz and it is this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, a sit-down with jason miller, a top adviser to the former president. and attorney alan dershowitz on the strengths and weaknesses of the case. donald trump s scripted and somewhat subdued speech hit many targets, and there was, not surp ....