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5 PM ET: Mark Meadows' hearing, Idalia evacuation orders, Dollar General shooting & more

CNN 5 Things

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Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Former President Donald Trump’s infamous call with Georgia officials has been a key part of his former White House chief of staff’s hearing today. Several counties are under evacuation orders ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia. Plus, we’ll tell you about a fiery helicopter crash that killed at least two people. New details are emerging about a racist shooting rampage at a store in Jacksonville, Florida. And, Spain’s soccer chief could face charges for kissing a Women’s World cup player without her consent – we have the latest. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello from Siena I'm a Falma Dikai with the five things you need to know for Monday, August 28th.

0:35.9

We begin with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who testified today in a hearing

0:40.4

to move his Georgia election subversion case to federal court.

0:44.4

Meadows argued to have his case moved from states of federal court because his actions after

0:48.8

the 2020 election were part of his job as a White House official and the prosecution pressed medals on that.

0:54.9

They asked him about a phone call he had with former President Donald Trump and Georgia's

0:58.8

Secretary of State Brad Raffinsberger in January 2021. On that call, Trump asked Raffinsberger to quote,

1:05.3

find enough votes to win Georgia. Prosecutors have repeatedly highlighted that Meadows

1:09.7

included pro-Trump lawyers on that call who were not federal employees.

1:14.0

Meadows said multiple times that he could not recall who he reached out to set up the call.

1:19.0

Meadows also got somewhat frustrated when prosecutors asked why his role would include

1:23.9

setting up a call to settle a private lawsuit. Tropical Storm Edalia is

1:29.0

prompting evacuations along Florida's Gulf Coast ahead of its expected landfall as a category 3 Hurricane

1:34.8

Wednesday. The storm could also move inland, bringing damaging winds and heavy rain to Georgia

1:40.0

and the Carolinas. Storm surge, wind and rain will affect much of the Florida

1:44.5

Gulf Coast. Here's CNN meteorologist Chad Myers. There will be hundreds of

1:49.3

thousands of pine trees that will fall on roads that will make evacuation impossible

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