5 things to know for Aug. 30: Harris-Walz interview, Elon Musk, Trump sentencing, West Nile virus, Boeing Starliner

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It’s Labor Day weekend and the 5 Things AM staff will be taking a break to celebrate summer’s last big hurrah! We’ll be back bright and early Tuesday — and the Sunday edition of 5 Things will be posted as scheduled. In the meantime, here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday offered her most expansive explanation to date on why she’s changed some of her positions, including on fracking and immigration. In an exclusive sit-down interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Harris said her values haven’t shifted but that her time as vice president provided new perspective on some of the country’s most pressing issues. Speaking alongside running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris also said she would name a Republican to serve in her Cabinet if elected. She also sought to frame the 2024 race as one that offers the American people “a new way forward” after a political decade in which Trump — in office or out — was a central figure. Elon Musk is stepping up his online attacks on a Brazilian Supreme Court judge threatening to suspend social media platform X, calling him “an evil dictator” in an ongoing feud between the two. Musk, who had previously called Justice Alexandre de Moraes “Darth Vader,” retweeted a statement from X’s Global Government Affairs team saying it would publish the judge’s “illegal demands and all related court filings” in the coming days. Brazil is a major market for social media platforms, including X, formerly known as Twitter. Former President Donald Trump ​​filed a petition Thursday seeking to move his New York state criminal case to a federal court in Manhattan and push off the upcoming sentencing for his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records. The petition asks the court to confirm Trump cannot be sentenced while the litigation over the removal to federal court is pending. Trump’s sentencing is currently scheduled for September 18, though Judge Juan Merchan is expected to rule in early September on a previously filed motion from Trump’s legal team — which the Manhattan district attorney’s office did not oppose — to delay it until after the election. Two deaths from West Nile virus have been reported in Wisconsin and one in Illinois — the first such deaths in those states this year, according to the state health departments. The CDC said Thursday that it has received reports of 18 deaths from West Nile across the country so far this year, according to preliminary data. Overall, the CDC has received 289 reports of West Nile cases in 33 states this year. Of those cases, 195 have been neuroinvasive, in which the virus invades the brain and nervous system. This can lead to complications such as brain swelling, brain damage or death. There is no vaccine or specific treatment for West Nile, which is spread through the bite of infected mosquitoes.