The tale of two courtrooms

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Trump‘s trial date for his federal election subversion trail is set by the judge, as the hearing on Mark Meadow’s bid to move the Georgia election case to federal court ends without a ruling. Laura Coates breaks down how all of Trump’s trial dates could affect his political calendar. Plus, on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, CNN learns new details about the latest racially motivated shootings in Jacksonville, Florida. Professor Michael Eric Dyson joins to give his take on the context. And, the very latest and tropical storms threatening the Florida coast. Also, Olympic gold medalist Domnique Dawes joins to discuss Simone Biles becoming the most decorated gymnast in history following her record-breaking win at the U.S. Gymnastics Nationals.

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0:00.0	Good evening everyone. I am Mara Post and look there's frankly there's one big
0:11.7	headline after another tonight. We got the tale of two courtrooms one's in
0:16.3	Fulton County Georgia the other Washington DC and here we are on the 60th
0:21.6	anniversary of the March on Washington learning new details about the latest
0:26.0	racially motivated shootings in Jacksonville. We're gonna step back tonight. We're
0:31.1	gonna examine all the professor Michael Eric Dyson and get his take on the
0:35.2	context. Puzzle bring you the very latest on tropical storm frightening the
0:38.9	Florida coast as well. We're also gonna talk with Olympic gold medalist Dominique
0:43.3	Dawes about one Simone Biles. There she is right there. Now the most decorated
0:48.4	gymnast in history but first I want to introduce two things. January 6th
0:54.0	well meet March the 4th because that's the trial date now set by federal
0:58.8	judge Tanya Chetkin right here in Washington DC. Now Trump's attempts to kick
1:04.0	the can all the way down the road to 2026 everyone. Well it failed today. The
1:11.1	judge fighting there was no reason they could not be ready within really a
1:14.6	year and neither his personal nor his professional life should impact that
1:19.9	even if he is trying to be the head of a separate but co-equal branch of
1:24.0	government. Now that date is interesting for a number of reasons you history
1:28.5	buffs out there 234 years ago that same day with the day of the
1:33.0	Constitution went into effect and now it's the date when a former president of
1:37.7	the United States will go on trial for trying to subvert that Constitution. It
1:42.2	also happens to be the day before Super Tuesday when about 12 states will vote on
1:47.0	who should be the Republican nominee. Going forward it's also exactly about
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