COMING UP —

THE GEORGIA SPECIAL GRAND JURY THAT SPENT SEVEN MONTHS INVESTIGATING THE 2020 ELECTION —

WILL HAVE THEIR FINDINGS RELEASED TODAY.

AND —

A VIRAL INTERNET CHALLENGE — TURNS DEADLY.

THE MORNING RUNDOWN STARTS NOW.

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TODAY IS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER EIGHTH.

THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M KARAH RUCKER.

TODAY WE WILL LEARN THE DETAILS INSIDE THE SPECIAL GRAND JURY REPORT IN GEORGIA THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S INDICTMENT.

THE SPECIAL GRAND JURY SPENT SEVEN MONTHS, HEARD FROM 75 WITNESSES AND CLOSED THEIR INVESTIGATION IN DECEMBER.

THEIR JOB — COMPILING ANY **RECOMMENDATIONS OF CHARGES AND GIVE THOSE TO GEORGIA PROSECUTORS.

FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY FANI WILLIS WOULD THEN USE THEIR REPORT TO INDICT TRUMP AND 18 OTHERS ON CHARGES RELATED TO THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE STATE.

TODAY’S REPORT RELEASE SHOULD GIVE THE PUBLIC INSIGHT ON HOW CLOSELY THE INDICTMENTS ALIGN WITH THE GRAND JURY’S RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE FULL REPORT WILL BECOME PUBLIC LATER THIS MORNING.

NORTH KOREA ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING IT HAS LAUNCHED ITS FIRST “TACTICAL NUCLEAR ATTACK SUBMARINE.”

LEADER KIM JONG UN SAID THE SUB WILL BE ONE OF THE MAIN “UNDERWATER OFFENSIVE MEANS” OF THE NORTH’S NAVY — ASSIGNED TO THE FLEET THAT PATROLS THE WATERS BETWEEN THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND JAPAN.

WHILE THE SUB DOES HAVE  10 launch tube hatches — most likely armed with ballistic and cruise missiles — A FORMER U-S GOVERNMENT WEAPONS EXPERT TOLD REUTERS THE SUB WON’T ADD MUCH VALUE TO NORTH KOREA’S MORE ROBUST — LAND-BASED NUCLEAR FORCES.

HE SAID THE SUB IS BASED ON AN AGING SUBMARINE MODEL THAT IS RELATIVELY NOISY — SLOW — AND HAS LIMITED RANGE.

IN ADDITION — DESPITE THE NORTH’S CLAIMS — SOUTH KOREA’S MILITARY SAID THE SUB DID NOT APPEAR TO BE READY FOR NORMAL OPERATIONS.

THE SOUTH SAID THERE WERE SIGNS NORTH KOREA WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXAGGERATE THE SUB’S CAPABILITIES.

IN AN UPDATE TO A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU EARLIER THIS WEEK HERE AT S-A-N — CUBAN AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED 17 PEOPLE IN CONNECTION TO AN ALLEGED HUMAN TRAFFICKING RING.

THE GOAL OF THE RING — TO LURE YOUNG CUBAN MEN TO FIGHT FOR RUSSIA IN THE WAR IN UKRAINE.

ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES — THE GROUP’S “INTERNAL ORGANIZER” WAS ONE OF THE 17 ARRESTED.

THE LEADER RELIED ON TWO PEOPLE LIVING IN CUBA TO HANDLE THE RECRUITING.

CHARGES THE GROUP MEMBERS ARE FACING RANGE FROM — HUMAN TRAFFICKING — TO FIGHTING AS A MERCENARY — TO HOSTILE ACTION AGAINST A FOREIGN STATE.

POTENTIAL SENTENCES FROM THESE CHARGES COULD BE ANYTHING FROM UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON TO THE DEATH PENALTY.

DESPITE ITS CLOSE TIES TO RUSSIA — CUBA MAINTAINS THAT IT HAS NO PART IN THE WAR IN UKRAINE.

CUBA SAID IT REJECTS THE USE OF ITS CITIZENS AS MERCENARIES.

BACK HERE IN THE STATES — THE C-I-A IS MAKING ANOTHER PUSH TO RECRUIT RUSSIANS TO BECOME SPIES AGAINST THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT.

THE AGENCY POSTED A VIDEO IN RUSSIAN ON ITS SOCIAL MEDIA THURSDAY.

IN THE VIDEO — AN APPEAL TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT A SYSTEM THE C-I-A SAYS IS RIDDLED WITH LYING SYCOPHANTS.

BACK IN JULY — C-I-A DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS SAID DISSATISFACTION FROM SOME RUSSIANS OVER THE WAR HAD CREATED A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO RECRUIT SPIES — AND THE C-I-A WAS NOT LETTING THAT OPPORTUNITY PASS.

PAQUI IS PULLING ITS “ONE CHIP CHALLENGE” SPICY TORTILLA CHIP FROM STORE SHELVES.

ONE WEEK AGO — 14-YEAR-OLD “HARRIS WOLOBAH” OF MASSACHUSETTS DIED AFTER TAKING THE CHALLENGE —

HE ATE THE CHIP AT SCHOOL, WENT TO THE NURSE OVER A STOMACH-ACHE, AND THEN PASSED OUT AT HOME BEFORE BEING PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL.

A REPORT IS PENDING ON THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH.

THE PAQUI CHIPS ARE PACKAGED IN A COFFIN-SHAPED CONTAINER.

IN A STATEMENT, THE COMPANY SAID THE CHIP IS INTENDED FOR ADULTS ONLY AND “NOT FOR CHILDREN OR ANYONE SENSITIVE TO SPICY FOODS OR WHO HAS FOOD ALLERGIES, IS PREGNANT OR OTHER UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.”

FINALLY THIS MORNING —

IT’S BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND DIED —

BRITAIN — ALONG WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY — IS HONORING THE LATE QUEEN AND HER **SEVENTY YEAR REIGN.

KING CHARLES THE THIRD RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING HE IS REMEMBERING HIS MOTHER’S “LONG LIFE, DEVOTED TO SERVICE.”

HE THANKED THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

CHARLES AND CAMILLA WILL MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE QUEEN’S DEATH PRIVATELY AT BALMORAL CASTLE.

THE QUEEN WAS 96 YEARS OLD.

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UNTIL THEN I’M KARAH RUCKER. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!