We must be prepared to lobby our Republican legislatures by personal contact,

and by demonstrating the overwhelming will of the people in their state, in each state, that this may need to happen.

That's new video of Trump ally Roger Stone outlining the fake electors plot before the 2020 election was even decided.

We'll have more on that video, which appears to undermine some claims from the former president's legal team.

Also ahead, the latest developments in the Georgia election case, including the proposed trial date from Fulton County District Attorney Fawney Willis.

Plus, an update on the recovery efforts in Maui, amid increasing scrutiny for Hawaii's electricity provider. Good morning and welcome to wait too early on this Thursday, August 17th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We'll begin this morning with a disturbing situation out of Texas, where a woman was arrested

in charge with threatening the federal judge who was presiding over former president

Donald Trump's federal election interference case here in Washington, D.C. The 43-year-old,

who was denied bail, allegedly threatened to kill Judge Tanya Chutkin.

We want to warn you, some of these details are downright disturbing.

According to an affidavit filed last week, the woman recently left a voicemail just

laden with racial slurs for Chutkin, where she told her, quote, you are in our sights.

We want to kill you.

If Trump doesn't get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you.

So tread lightly.

You will be targeted personally, publicly, your family, all of it.

Additionally, the woman is accused of threatening to kill Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson

Lee, who is, like the judge, also black, as well as other Democrats and members of the

LGBTQ community. NBC News has reached out to this woman's lawyer for comment.

We have not yet heard back.

We will bring you any developments as they occur.

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