allen is joining us from washington. we heard? >> we did just get comment from the lead defense counsel for the president in fulton county, and steve sadow says, quote, while respecting the court's decision we believe that the court did not afford appropriate significance to the prosecutorial misconduct of willis and wade, including the financial benefits testifying untruthfully about their personal relationship about when their personal relationship began, he also mentions willis's speech in church, and says we will use all legal options available as we continue to fight to end this case, which should never have been brought in the first place. now, this is the legal response, we're still waiting for the campaign and also to hear from the former president himself, but what this says, and what we can expect, based on sort of the pattern of response and behavior that we've seen, this is not over. it's not over for fani willis, and it's not over for the former president and his team, ana. >> this case is far from over, for

let's bring in one of the authors of that nbc news report, jonathan allen. also along with sam stein, politico deputy managing editor for politics. also with us white house chief of staff under president obama. thank you all for joining us this afternoon. so sam, give me your assessment of how this fulton county decision affects the 2024 race. trump obviously spent a lot of time attacking fani willis. what does it mean for him politically? >> they obviously wanted the case dismissed. they didn't get that. probably muddied the waters enough that they will go to their corners and believe what they want to believe. but in the aggregate, their preferences don't have any of this going on at all. that is no longer likely to be the case. we most likely will still have a trial in new york. and yes, these were advantageous for trump in a primary campaign. it rallied the base and helped him statistically with fundraising. you saw a massive spike in fundraising for his political committees. but we haven't tested that proposition in the general election. and i think for

jonathan: and you get paid more than academics.nking about woody allen in sleeper and you have a machine putting in your data points and spitting out buy, buy, buy. jonathan: we will leave it there and it's great to catch up. >> it's great to see you. jonathan: let's get to an update on other stories. sonali: good morning. the reserve bank of australia has signaled its finished hiking rates. the central bank kept its policy on hold for a third straight meeting and made no reference to further in races to rates that already sit at the 12 year. reserve bank governor michelle bullock says they need more of a trajectory and inflation before more cuts. they want to return to target in late 2025. antony blinken will make his sixth visit to the middle east since the israel-hamas war broke out making stops in saudi arabia and egypt. this comes at a time of increased tension between the u.s. and israel over the situation in gaza. cinema will test chuck schumer and benjamin netanyahu exchanged verbal blows in recent days. hong kong is fast-t

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thank you so much to my steve n and scott my guest steve n allen and scott capurro.ners with josh hot seat, nick josh howie in the hot seat, nick dixon jonathan kogan. and if dixon and jonathan kogan. and if you're watching the 5 am. repeat of headliners right now, please do stay tuned because it's please do stay tuned because wsfime please do stay tuned because it's time for breakfast. >> with a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> good evening. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news tomorrow. most of us will see some rain. it's going to be another very mild day, particularly across parts of england wales. parts of england and wales. today this weather today we've had this weather front straddling country. front straddling the country. it's providing and it's been providing cloud and outbreaks of rain, very outbreaks of rain, some very windy across northern windy conditions across northern scotland. ease scotland. they'll slowly ease through the night, as will the showers. this zone of damp