thanks so much. >>> former federal prosecutor michael weiss -- sorry about that, michael zeldin, i'mabout the case. back with me now, to discuss the developments. now the special counsel weiss has been investigating hunter biden since the beginning of 2019, after being appointed u.s. attorney for delaware by then president trump. so what is the significance of weiss now given special counsel status? >> well, it does a couple of things. one is it insulates him a little bit more from the allegation that this is being weaponized, the d.o.j., headed by merrick garland, blah-blah-blah. it also helps him in his attempts to hold back the congressional enquirers who have wanted him to testify on the hill, and have requested whether or not he has the authority to do the whole investigation, questioned whether or not he has the authority to do the whole investigation, you have the whistle-blower accusing him of bad faith, so all of these things are the extraordinary types of circumstances that the special counsel regulations contemplate and i think merrick garland did the safe thing in elevati

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and michael zeldin, thank you all for joining us. what more are we learning about the potential time line here? >> well, ana, this filing from the fulton county d.a.'s office yesterday lays out a very ambitious time line that has an arraignment the week of september 5th, basically right after labor day and a trial starting march 4th. if you overlay that with the political calendar, you'll see that's the day before super tuesday, one of the biggest days on the primary calendar every year. so politically very problematic time line for the former president and one that his team is almost certain to fight. and for folks who have been watching all these cases play out over the last couple of months, remember that here in fulton county, the process is different than what we've seen in the past. this surrender is still expected to be by the end of next week. that's separate from the gap b. again, this is the proposal from the fulton county d.a.'s office, which doesn't take into account the trump team's response. which if we know anything ab

michael zeldin, thank you. >>> there are so many coastal towns in florida having a difficult times to get back on their team after idalia struck, and in an area that has not seen direct hit like this in 125 years. t this hour, the storm is going back out to see, and with the threat diminishing the long road to recovery for many is just beginning. >> i am trying not to get emotional, but, you know, this is a beautiful town. the people are wonderful, and i hate to seeing my people go through something like this. >> we will take you live to horseshoe beach now which is north of cedar key. and our affiliate wtvj is there, and vic, what are you seeing and hearing from the residents there? >> boris, if you go around the region and they will say it could have been worse, and don't tell anybody from horseshoe beach, because this is their worst case, the storm of the century. this is the area behind us, because there used to be a home here and a beautiful home built in 1955, and it is just gone. where is it, you may ask? well, it is over here. a couple of dozen yards away. we went inside of th

we want to continue this discussion with former federal prosecutor michael zeldin, who served as a special assistant to robert mueller at the justice department. great to see you. zach just went over these details that he and his colleagues broke about these text messages, these emails. is this a smoking gun for prosecutors? >> it makes their case much easier. if the trump defense is, my call to after -- to brad a >> this is an illegal action. you can't argue first amendment defense to illegal actions. so they can make their case much more action based and they have a way of proceeding. >> that's worth reminding everyone, we believe the reporting is that fani willis wants to go after conspiracy charges, racketeering charges, not just for trump, but for his allies as well, tying them together, the so-called rico cases, which i'm sure you're familiar with. how does this fit into that, and what will make that unique about how she's put thing case together? >> under the georgia rico statute, which is conspiracy plus, it allows you to bring in related criminal actions into one sort of overarchi