review the evidence provided by the prosecutors asking for a start date in 2026. plus trump has three other trials looking for space on his calendar. >> these trial dates are going to move. it is unrealistic, it's the attics and no judge is going to say that you can be on two trials at once in two different states. a lot of these overlap. they look at the start date of the trial but these are 4 to 6 week trials at the least. so there is no way they aren't going to overlap. they will have to go into october, november of next year. again, by design. >> dana: a court hearing about to get underway in georgia. lots of focus on this because former white house chief of staff mark meadows and fulton county district attorney will lay out her case against trump and 18 other co-defendants. david spunt is live outside the federal court in washington. >> good morning to you both. a busy day in two courthouses,

one in atlanta and one here in the district of columbia. the federal judge taking a bench a couple of minutes ago behind me getting underway now. in a few hours we may find out when this thing will actually go to trial. we are talking about former president's trumps alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. the government as you just said in the intro wants this to happen in january, meaning january of 2024 in a few months. trump's team wants it to happen in april of 2026. we'll see what the judge does. that's 2 1/2 years from now. the decision ultimately rests with the judge. we're told she will likely set the trial date today. unlikely she will allow the trial to take place 2 1/2 years from now in april 2026 but may also make the government wait a few more months and push it back into the spring or possibly the summer. you have to remember donald trump's schedule as you heard his attorney say is getting full when it comes to court appearances. also we learned in this case

that the government has some 11 million pages of discovery to share with trump's attorneys. discovery just means evidence that they are using and the defendant's right is to see that discovery. donald trump could not post or make public comments about the evidence. also today as you mentioned former trump chief of staff mark meadows will be in atlanta with the goal of moving his trial to federal court. his legal team argues he was the chief of staff to the president of the united states and this should be a federal case because it's a federal job. dana and sandra. if it is moved to federal court it will expand the jury pool and keep the trial off cameras. in the state court where donald trump's case currently it, it is lights, camera, action. in federal court and all federal courts in the united states no cameras in the courtroom. we'll follow all the developments today. back to you. >> sandra: david spunt, thank you. >> dana: the other republican candidates campaigns are continuing across the country. florida governor ron desantis is

off the trail for the week due to an incoming hurricane that is expected to hit his state. nikki haley and tim scott have events scheduled later today in south carolina. it all rolls along. mark meredith is live in washington with the latest to get us caught up. >> in the wake of the first debate we're watching candidates to boost fundraising and name recognition. florida governor ron desantis campaigning is stopping for a few days. today the governor was scheduled to be in south carolina for an event in the upstate. with the potential hurricane heading towards florida the governor says his trip is postponed. >> we'll get the job done and this is important. i'm here, i'm here. >> today nikki haley will be campaigning in south carolina. her campaign saw its best fundraising yet after last week's first gop debate. she is eager to reach out to trump supporters who may be

questioning his path back to the white house. >> it was an honor to work in the administration and i agree with a lot of his policies. but the fact is i don't know if it's 4, 5, 6, how many indictments but he will spend a lot of time in a courtroom and not on a campaign trail. >> for voters who may be unsatisfied with either party's eventual nominees the centrist group no labels is taking steps now to potentially launch a third party presidential bid. while no ticket has been set the group told shannon bream it will announce its intentions by spring. left wing groups who criticized no labels saying they could spoil president biden's chances for re-election but voters are thirsty for alternatives. >> dana: thank you for the catch-up. a lot going on. >> sandra: an overwhelming majority of americans, 77% say president biden is too old to be effective in a second term.

89% of republicans and 74% of independents. 69% of democrats. marc thiessen, a former speech writer for george w. bush and fox news contributor. thank you for kicking off a new week with us. you know who is coming to the president's defense on age is bernie sanders? listen to this. >> i met with the president 5 or 6 weeks ago. we had a great discussion. he seemed fine to me. but i think at the end of the day what we have got to ask ourselves is what do people -- do you believe women have a right to control their own bodies? the president has been strong on that. age is an issue, chuck, but there are a lot of broader issues than just that. >> the 81-year-old sanders coming to the 80-year-old biden defense. >> a year older than joe biden. if joe biden could have an interview like that no one would be talking about whether he is too old to be president. bernie sanders is a young 81. joe biden is an old 80.

an old 80. you look at how he has declined over the last 15 months. the stiffness in his gait. inability to answer simple questions when are you going to maui? what is your message to the people of hawaii? we can't answer these things. imagine how he will be 15 months from now. when you start declining like this the decline accelerates. he could have a stroke, he could fall. there are so many things that could happen. it's entirely possible by the time voting day comes around he won't be the nominee. >> dana: nikki haley has been saying the campaign the republicans are running is really against kamala harris. >> we can't have kamala harris as president. we need a new generational leader that will bring in not only republicans but we'll pull back the independents and the suburban women and bring in hispanics and asian community.

we have to make sure we win this because the thought of kamala harris being president should send a chill up every american's spine. >> dana: what do you think about that strategy? >> it's a really smart message. think about this. i looked at the social security administration tables. the average american has a 42% chance of making it to the age of 85. average american male. joe biden would be 86 at the end of his second term. the odds are something like 60% that kamala harris will be president of the united states if he gets a second term. you are running against kamala harris as much as you are running against joe biden. joe biden is the least popular president in the history of polling going all the way back to world war ii except for jimmy carter. she is less popular than he is. they need a plan b. it is not kamala. >> sandra: there are questions about gavin newsom's attempted move into the spotlight as one headline reads in nbc biden

advisors are bristling at his plan to debate desantis. apparently harris allies are taking particular umbrage of what they see as newsom's -- at the expense of the vice president. it's disrespectful said one outside advisor to harris. joe biden is running with kamala harris. that's the democratic ticket. what's going on here, marc? >> first of all gavin newsom sees the same decline of joe biden the rest of the country does. second of all he knows even the democratic party doesn't want her to be the presidential nominee. he is positioning himself to be there to pick up the pieces if something happens between now and election day 2024. quite frankly debating ron desantis is smart both for desantis and him because seven in ten americans don't want a trump/biden rematch. so putting the two of them on

the stage together to debate shows people what the alternative universe, what could be if they didn't -- if they weren't forced into that choice and had a choice they liked more. >> dana: one alternative universe is the no labels group saying they won't be a spoiler in the election but they think americans want another choice and looking to next april, perhaps a convention in dallas to try to get somebody on the ballot. >> it's too early to talk about the third party yet. we had the first debate in the republican party for people who don't want trump to be the nominee this is a safety valve issue. a unique situation where a third party could win. i will tell you why. as i said seven in ten people -- americans don't want a trump-biden rematch but forced to have that choice they don't have a safe harbor. a democrat who doesn't want biden isn't going to vote for trump and some people are not

going to vote for biden. you have no safe harbor. no labels ticket especially like joe manchin and somebody serious, a serious republican. that could provide that safe harbor for people who want a different choice and keep telling the pollsters and country want a different choice and nobody is listening. it may be the american middle that rises up and demands a third option. >> dana: so much to this by on this monday with marc. good to see you. three u.s. marines were killed in an aircraft crash in australia over the weekend. 20 other service members on board were injured when the osprey crashed yesterday. they were conducting a joint training exercise with the australian military. this was the sixth crash involving a marine osprey aircraft in the last 11 years. those incidents have killed 19 of our servicemen. >> sandra: breaking news out of

florida. we're now getting new video of that crash, a rescue helicopter crashed into a building. three people were on board. they have been taken to the hospital. this is obviously the brand-new video coming into us right now. the condition of those people are not yet known. this happened just a few blocks away from a school we're also told. thankfully the school building was not hit. first responders are on the scene there and we'll have more on this breaking news as we get it. >> if she wants to talk about business interests, there should be a pre-condition to say china will stop intellectual property theft. if you don't do that pre-conditioning, then you are essentially going to be subservient to china. >> sandra: an urgent call to -- what kind of message is she sending with her visit and is there any up side as relations

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>> in is going to be a major hurricane. this is going to be a powerful hurricane and this is absolutely going to impact the state of florida. and many, many different ways. so please, please heed your -- the directives from your local officials. please make the appropriate

accommodations and take the appropriate precautions. >> sandra: former governor ron desantis sounding the alarm about the tropical storm idalia getting stronger. president biden spoke with the governor this morning and approved a disaster declaration. forecasters saying it is expected to become a category 3 hurricane before making landfall in florida. most of florida's west coast could be affected. a nascar driver is out of the hospital after a horrifying crash at daytona over the weekend. >> a big push coming now for harvick. a, upside down and barrel rolling through the grass. >> dana: i heard the morning he rolled 17 time. he managed to climb out of his car after the wreck. first responders immediately took him to the hospital after the scary scene the 32-year-old

vowed to be back on the racetrack tweeting this. if you want to be a race car driver, you better be tough. >> sandra: they sign up for that but when it happens it is shocking to see and thank goodness they're wearing hi-tech gear to is meant to protect them. to get up and walk away from that is something else. republicans demanding answers over reports that the i.r.s. lost millions of taxpayer records. the commissioner pressed on their lax security practices leaving americans' data vulnerable. >> when you file your taxes you assume your personal information is in good hands. that may not be the case. the inspector general found for millions of americans, some of their tax records have been lost. the watchdog says the i.r.s. lost cartridges containing

millions of tax records at one of their storage facilities saying this. our physical inspection found empty boxes including micro film, backup cartridges with no explanation as to the location of the missing cartridges. i.r.s. cannot account for thousands of micro film cartridges containing business and individual tax account records. millions of missing records just one problem in this report that was detailed. the i.r.s. commissioner responding saying the safekeeping of these records was not the top priority for them as they face under staffing saying the report highlights the impact of challenges the i.r.s. has experienced over the course of the last decade from the attrition of experienced staff due to reduced funding and the effects of the recent pandemic as the ranks of experience staff are reduced, redirection of those employees to higher ranking priorities affected our ability to maintain desired standards of control for lower-risk programs. republicans are not only

outraged with losing files but not happy with the response. the i.r.s.'s lax response is appalling. the american people deserve better. we don't really know if these records were just misplaced, lost or fell into the wrong hands. the information in the cartridges is like a treasure trove for identity fraudsters. >> sandra: one can only imagine. thank you, hillary. >> dana: u.s. commerce secretary meeting today in beijing attempting to improve communication on business and trade between the two super powers. the host of making money on fox business charles payne. let's play a little bit what she said. this is her today. >> we are not compromising or negotiating in matters of

national security period. but this is meant to be a dialogue where we increase transparency and when we are clear about what we're doing as it relates to export control enforcement. >> dana: what is your take? >> it's ironic, since the balloon incident we've gone over the third high ranking official to go over there groveling. she is in china, china is not here. it's amazing because one of the biggest news announcements bass weeks didn't get enough coverage in my mind. the nations of china, south africa held a summit and invited seven other nations who have since said they want to be part of it. if they all join, these 11 will have 3.5 billion people control 80% of the world's oil.

is strait of hormuz and so while china is dealing with some short term economic issues, they are still going about leading and trying to displace the world order with their own world order. >> sandra: does the discussion need to be aimed more here at home? avoiding our reliance on china? is there a big enough discussion being had about that. look what happened with the lockdowns and -- huge disruptions in shipments for apple, right, as a result of the lockdowns in china. so can we take that on? a lot of these companies say we would love to manufacture more fear at home but we don't have a skilled labor. >> that's an issue in some cases. taiwan semi conductor building a massive plant in america and couldn't find workers but had to bring 5,000 workers from taiwan. the biggest thing before this

inflation thing hit companies are doing as much as they can. also getting out of china. mexico has been the biggest beneficiary and vietnam. there has been a ton of reshoring and onshoring going on. it can be done. president trump said let's do this. the economist said it would wreck the economy. it is happening. more people are willing to live with higher prices for the economic security and job creation for doing it here at home. >> dana: one of the things about china's economy. what's worse a big, booming chinese economy or one that is failing? this is something that the communist party, the "wall street journal" is saying the communist party prioritizes basically with xi resisting hand-outs because they don't want to lead to welfareism yet their economy needs a boost. >> if they really needed it, he could do it. what he is doing with president xi is doing remember, we talk

about how china plays the long game. they are doing something of a reset and their property values have gotten so way out of whack. his thing has been counter prosperity. you have a country with young adults who want a piece of the action. this fast graduation seasonal you saw were photographs of grad graduates lying flat as a protest. president xi said i will deliberately slow it down and trying to get away from debt. he inherited a debt-driven economy and like to get away terre that. we know it's a ticking time bomb. maybe slowing your economy down a little bit as an economic reset. >> sandra: what about the political conversation around china now? some of the gop contenders including ramaswamy said we should stop doing business all together with china until they commit to certain things with our country. does some of it go too far? >> it's a little too late, i think, not too far.

there is such an integral part of our economic global system. we should, i think, bring vital things home. to your point we don't need to worry about where computer chips or medicines are coming from and things like that. but there is no doubt a lot of american companies look the other way for that action to 1.4 billion customers look the other way and let themselves be ripped off. in america also, at one point china had 1.5 trillion of our debt. they are selling our debt like crazy and down to 800 billion. if we server or limit the ties now is the time to do it. >> what about india? a great market for us. >> huge. tim cook has spent so much time there. a good example. elon musk has spent a lot of time there. everyone sees we have a young, educated, hungry, smart workforce. india could --

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>> sandra: two major hearings on the criminal cases against former president donald trump. a federal judge in the january 6th case pouring cold water on trial dates from both sides. that just happening. in georgia da willis is expected to unveil new details on her

case against the former president in response to a motion by former white house chief of staff mark meadows. a former u.s. attorney and former counsel for the judiciary committee. brett, there is so much to keep track of. take everybody through what's happening here. we just got this news on the judge putting a kibosh on the request for these days. what's happening? >> this may be just as simple as schedules and how do you handle, you know, difficult, complex cases on a judge's docket? so we'll see. both sides not getting their way is probably going to happen quite a bit on these procedural matters as a judge tries to navigate these as impartially as possible. >> sandra: can i get your reaction to a few other things we're learning here? this number stands out 12.8 million. that's the number of discovery

material pages in the d.c. trump case, 12.8 million pages, okay? if it makes you feel any better the key documents are approximately 47,000 pages. transcripts of witnesses, it is a roadmap to the case. what is your reaction to that? what do you do with that? >> you spend a lot of time reviewing documents and you ask for -- look, a defendant in a criminal case is supposed to be tried within 70 days. on these complex white collar cases it is not uncommon for it to take years. i have one case that is a criminal, very complex criminal fraud case in its ninth year. so depending on the resources, depending on how large and substantial the evidence is, it can take years, sandra. >> sandra: that in itself is news. let's play this sound out of

victor shokin, a huge interview over the weekend with brian kilmeade on his saturday show where shokin said he believed the bidens did indeed get bribes. listen. >> i do not want to deal in unproven facts but my firm personal conviction is that yes, this was the case. they were being bribed. the fact that joe biden gave away $1 billion dollars in u.s. money in exchange for my dismissal, my firing, isn't that alone a case of corruption? >> sandra: so he is very clearly publicly come out swinging against hunter and joe biden. where does that take all of this? >> it's very powerful testimony when you have someone on the inside who is credible, who is also reluctantly acknowledging that what they believe the payments to be utilized for were

actually corrupt and that i think about this, sandra, i think about the rico cases that i've brought in my career, and ironically you see what's happening in georgia, but rico would be one of the first statutes that we would be analyzing the conspiracy among the bidens. if, in fact, this is their scheme that they would utilize access to joe biden, that hunter biden and his colleagues in the businesses would ingratiate themselves to leaders of other countries, demand money, use that money to pay joe biden and others in the family, that's classic conspiracy to commit fraud and corruption that is the heart of many rico cases that we've brought. ironically nobody seems to be analyzing that as the case in d.o.j. >> sandra: interesting analysis. brett, thank you for taking us through it. appreciate your time.

>> dana: behind the glamour lies a darker reality in hollywood. the homeless crisis is escalating. tens of thousands of people are living on the streets in tinsel town and the city of los angeles. kelly o'grady with the very grim numbers this morning. hi, kelly. >> hi, dana. that's right. about a third of the u.s. homeless population lives here in los angeles. before i show you where i'm at today i want to jump into those numbers. at the last count that was released this summer 46,000 people were homeless in the city, 76,000 in the county on any given night. that's close to a 10% increase versus last year. admittedly the count was in february. residents are dealing with something like this for years. you can see the camp i'm at behind me. you don't see things like this just in bad areas.

this is in hollywood and near schools. legally they can't be forced to move. when they do move along they'll pop back up. i talked to a resident and local activist saying l.a.'s policies encourage people to come here. they are a magnet and the community paying the price. >> we're having people coming into your yard and using it as a toilet. car windows broken in. we had -- it's a burden upon the neighbors across the street. literally they are living across the street from people trying to live their lives and raise their kids and have to deal with all the crap. >> it's not for lack of money. this year mayor bass spends 1.3 billion after l.a. reportedly spent over 17 billion the last four years with nothing but negative progress to show. there has been a recent focus on mental health and addiction services. critics are even applauding that. they're between a rock and hard place when it comes to

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>> sandra: back to southeast florida. emergency responders answered the call this morning to this helicopter -- rescue helicopter that crashed into a building there. at least three people on board when it happened. they have been taken to the hospital and their condition is still listed as unknown at this hour. it happened just a few blocks away from a school there and

thankfully we have heard that building was not hit. first responders are on the scene. this is a brand-new video in. you can see how big this crash was. we'll continue to bring you breaking news from that scene as we get it. >> dana: extreme heat turning more deadly as dangerously high temperatures threaten millions of americans across the southwest. meanwhile that took the old texas power grid is struggling to meet record demand. not a new problem for them but a continuing one and maybe getting worse. casey stiegel is live in dallas with more. hi, casey. >> hi, dana. good morning. a lot of people are concerned about that. relentless, persistent, constant, incessant. a handful of words i picked to describe the summer that won't end in texas and the southwest. in austin, get this. just last week they finally broke a 45-consecutive day period where the mercury was 105

or more. that was past weekend. then the 63rd time this year the highs have reached triple digits. the dfw area had 44 days with temps above 100. 22 of those it was 105 degrees or higher. all of those records are putting strain on texas's power grid. yesterday was the fourth day in a row the company that oversees the grid issued a conservation alert or appeal for folks to voluntarily conserve to avoid black or brown-outs. >> this is not a bad thing but if you are trying to get people to help out at the time when the grid is getting close to the edge, to say it. in the mid afternoon 3-5 with all the solar power we have, it is not as much of an issue. >> now we also know the extreme heat has been deadly all across

the south and southwest. in arizona a woman died recently from heat stroke and exhaustion inside her mobile home that did not have air conditioning. so if you can, this is an excellent reminder for people to stay in the shade, stay indoors if you can, take frequent breaks and of course, dana, stay hydrated. back to you. >> dana: thank you. >> sandra: new york city is the place to be for tennis fans. u.s. open is underway today with the game's biggest stars showing off their swings in the last grand slam of the year. fans are keeping an eye on one of the game's hottest rivalries. here is hall of fame tennis coach rick macy. are you making predictions out of the gate here? >> i'll make a few. first after you have to go with djokovic. the fact he won in cincinnati, 23 grand slams, ten australian,

seven wimbledon, three french, three us open. 95 singles titles. 389 weeks at number one in 12 different years. he is the guy to beat. but there is a new sheriff in town. i've already talked about this many times. generational talent. something the world of tennis has never really seen. he is a combination in my opinion carlos all car yes, djokovic, federer. the wild card is he is a broadway performer, love pressure, lose a 20 ball rally and smile at you. >> dana: djokovic couldn't come the last couple years because of covid and the vaccine. does he have mentally that fully behind him? >> it's fully behind him. he could be here with 25 or 26 grand slams. he took a negative and turned it into a positive. instead of feeling sorry for

himself he got more determined and is so appreciative to play the u.s. open saying it is the best tournaments with the best crowds. he is on a mission. the mental strength from the serbian goat that he got from cincinnati went to another level. but alcarez will be a test. >> his game consisting of certain elements from roger and myself i would agree with a that. he has the best of all three worlds. >> they have their own strengths and weaknesses but carlos is very complete player. >> dana: quite a complement. >> sandra: and probably difficult for him to do. you can correct me if i'm wrong. you have the eye for tennis players like no one else. you saw something in serena and

venus that no one else could in that moment. you are doing the same watching the young stars come up. >> alcaraz even three years ago. a lot of humility. two best strengths might be his mom and dad the way this guy is wired. and he just loves to play. when you are all about the competition, you will perform better under pressure. so that's why i called it but djokovic is going to motivate him to try even harder. >> dana: what about the women's side? >> i think it's the u.s. wide open on the women's side. really become very fluid. think about this, 30 grand slams have went out the window. barti who retired with three. osaka had four and serena with 23. all of a sudden 30 grand slams went out the window. now there is a vacuum. the leader in the clubhouse now has proven herself. she won 35 in a row last year. you win 35 in a row at anything

you are pretty good, you know? listen, i love where cocoa is heading. she has a lot of confidence right now. that being said there is a dark horse. in my opinion the next on deck is a czech, she can dip it and flip it and rip it. she is 27 years old. ten in the world. injury free. remember the name. >> sandra: what does it mean to dip it? >> angle the ball off the court. want me to work on your game. >> dana: the most important thing is how much money i've spent to be told to keep my eye on the ball. something i have to -- i keep learning that lesson over and over and i would be honored and you would be embarrassed for me. >> sandra: dana and i think we're awesome and we probably have the same old bad habits club players have. >> i love challenges and we'll give it a shot. great seeing you guys. >> dana: thank you so much.

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>> sandra: a new connecticut law allowing residents to stand their ground against bears. the state's bear population is up and so are confrontations with pets and people. that prompting connecticut's governor to sign the bill into law earlier this summer. nate foye is live in -- >> they can shoot and kill bears if it is threatening a person or pet. two bear attacks this year according one in the spring on a 74-year-old woman who suffered injuries to her arm and leg. look at this video. the new law doesn't necessarily allow residents to shoot bears if they are just hanging out on

a trampoline like this video. if a bear is breaking into a home or business the new law could kick in. this bear is breaking into a bakery. last year bears broke into a record 67 homes in connecticut. state wildlife officials say the bear population has skyrocketed since the 1990s. right now it is estimated at 1200 throughout the state. >> for a lot of our neighboring states, they have had legislation that relates to their bear population, how they manage their black bears and how people interact with them on their books for a long time. we haven't. >> state wildfire officials say the new law doesn't go far enough because it doesn't include a bear hunt. they argue that a hunt would make bears more fearful of humans which would change their behavior. bear advocates promote other options like bear resistant trash cranes and criticize the new law.

difficult to determine if a bear was acting in a threatening way before it was killed. with this new law connecticut joins other states like vermont and massachusetts to allow people to shoot bears under certain circumstances. >> dana: sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands. great having you today. a big effort for you. another one filling in today and we're grateful is mike emanuel in for harris. >> mike: tropical storm idalia is getting stronger. i'm in for harris. it is forecast to become a category 3 hurricane. states of emergency and officials are telling floridians to complete hurricane preparations in the next 36 hours. >> we ha