People behind including racine. On my watch we make promises and we keep promises and we leave no one behind. That was President Joe Biden in the Battleground State Of Wisconsin yesterday announcing a Major Economic investment while highlighting his predecessors failed deal in that exact same town. Well have more of his comments straight ahead. Meanwhile, the president is also drawing a hard line on Military Support for israels impending invasion of rafah. That decision is now drawing some sharp criticism from lawmakers on capitol hill. And also ahead well get a preview of what to expect today in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial with Stormy Daniels set to take the Witness Stand yet again. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, may 9th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin with President Bidens visit yesterday to wisconsin, a key swing state in novembers election. The president was there to announce a 3. 3 billion investment by microsoft to build an Artificial Intelligence data center in the town of racine. Itll be on the exact same site as a Foxconn Facility Who donald trump claimed during his administration would be the eighth wonder of the world. But the facility never materialized and the Taiwanese Company drastically scaled back plans for the factory reducing the number of new jobs from 13,000 to the roughly 1,000 spots that are now filled. Thats according to the milwaukee journal sentinel. President biden drew that contrast and highlighted all of that in this speech yesterday. In fact six years ago when my predecessor came here with the promise of, quote, reclaiming our countrys proud manufacturing legacy, we had infrastructure day every week for four years and didnt build a damn thing. His administration promised a 10 billion investment by foxconn to Build New Manufacturing Complex and create 13,000 new jobs. National he came here with your senator, ron johnson, literally holding a goldsen shovel promising to build the eighth wonder of the world. Are you kidding me . Look what happened. They dug a hole with those golden shovels and then they fell into it. Look, they didnt shovel other dirt. They did shovel some dirt. 100 homes were bulldozed. They raised hundreds and millions of dollars of your state and local tax dollars in promise of a project that would never happen. Foxconn turned out to be just that, a con. Go figure. The president clearly reveling in that contrast. Meanwhile, there are four new polls that show biden and donald trump neck and neck in the Battleground States of wisconsin as well as pennsylvania. In the badgeritate the latest Quinnipiac Survey finds biden leading by a single point. Meanwhile Third Party Candidates combine to receive 17 of the vote. Thats pretty substantial in that poll. Separate polling from Marquette University conducted last month also shows the wisconsin race within a single point among likely voters but this time its trump ahead 4241. In pennsylvania now an aarp poll shows trump leading by 5 points among likely voters 4641 . Another poll from the Keystone State Has Trump and biden tied at 35 each with robert f. Kennedy jr. Netting 18 of the vote. All four of these fall from the margin of error and connected before the revelation of the worm that died. Meanwhile, President Biden says he believes donald trump will not accept the results of the 2024 election. He made those comments on cnn last night while adding that his rival is a fundamental threat to democracy. Biden was responding to trumps claim that you have to fight for the right of the country if the Election Results are not, quote, honest. How seriously do you take that threat . Seariatesly just like i do january 6th. The guy is not a democrat with a small d. I mean he is the idea that you cant only love your country when you win, number one. How many court cases they had, Supreme Court cases. They all said it was determined a legitimate election. This is trump. I mean its and he may not accept the outcome of the election . I promise you he wont. Promise that he wont. He wont. Which is dangerous. In a split screen that defines the 2024 election at the moment while President Biden returns from the Battleground State of wic, now in just hours Stormy Daniels is set to return to the Witness Stand for more questioning in the donald trump hush money criminal trial. The court was off yesterday, so the defense will continue its crossexamination of the Adult Film Actress in a New York City courtroom later this morning. On tuesday daniels described the Sexual Encounter she says she had with trump back in 2006. The trump denied a Defense Motion for a mistrial after trumps attorneys called daniels testimony unnecessary and prejudicial towards trump. Prosecutors have indicated they plan to redirect or ask some followup up questions. Trump defies falsifying Business Records. The former president also denies having any Sexual Encounter with daniels. Joining us now nbc news and msnbc legal analyst glenn kirschner. Hes a former u. S. Attorney for the district of columbia. Were always grateful when he can join us. On tuesday the defense tried to paint daniels as a liar and extortionist. What more do you expect to see from the defense today . Jonathan, i think they are far from done from attacking Stormy Daniels, and i think they need to be careful. You know, if Defense Attorneys go too hard after a witness, it can tend to backfire. You know, its interesting because neither Stormy Daniels nor Karen Mcdougal have anything that is directly relevant to the falsifying of Business Records. Now, they have relevant testimony because what theyre providing is evidence of Sexual Encounters or relationships that they had with donald trump that donald trump through his council maintained never happened. So in a very real sense, this pits Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal directly against donald trump. And once the jurors make the all important determination about whether Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal are telling the truth, if they conclude, yes, theyre telling the truth about these encounters and relationships, that will really damage donald trump, and it will potentially damage the balance of his defense like the jurors might say to themselves, look, if he cant even tell the truth about these dalliances, do we really believe that he knew nothing about falsifying Business Records to cover up these relationships to gain unfair advantage in the 2016 president ial election . So, you know, this is a tactical minefield for the Defense Attorneys, but i do anticipate they will continue to go right at Stormy Daniels as they continue their crossexamination of her. So we just said the Prosecution Plans to redirect. To your point there if the defense is attacking daniels credibility and maybe doing so relentlessly, how does the prosecutor counter that . They will probably go back into details that really sort of rang true. She had some pretty excruciating detail about the setting, the circumstances, the things donald trump said. And, you know, when you think about the fact she was a 27yearold young woman who was invited to dinner by donald trump, he was a 60yearold man, and when she showed up for dinner he is in his silk pajamas, i think that paints a particular picture. And even she said, you know, i felt the imbalance of power under those circumstances. It is not hard to see how there would be an imbalance of power. So i think the prosecution will try to rebuild her credibility to the extent they think its been damaged on crossexamination and it would be up to the jurors. One interesting thing the Defense Attorneys argued vigorously about how damaging and how bad and how prejudicial this testimony was in seeking a mistrial. Of course the judge promptly denied a motion for mistrial, but the Defense Attorneys were kind of proving a point. This is precisely why donald trump wanted to pay to cover it up and falsify Business Records to that end. Lastly and briefly just give us your overall impression so far of daniels testimony. Has she been effective for the prosecution . She has. You know, people expect people expect witnesses to sort of come right out of central casting and deliver all lines perfectly and flawlessly. That is not the reality of prosecuting cases. You know, people are flawed. People are human. People make mistakes. People can overstate or understate. They can exaggerate. She is who she is, but, you know, by all accounts too bad we dont have cameras in the courtroom, but by all reports coming out of the courtroom, shes holding her own. And, you know, she is the flawed person she is as we are all flawed. And i always told my jurors dont expect these witnesses to perform as if theyre in a movie. Theyre flawed. They make mistakes. They have imperfect memories, but theyve sworn to tell you the truth, and we believe theyre going to do that. Nbc news and msnbc legal analyst, glenn kirschner. Thank you. We hope youll come back soon. Well have complete coverage of the trial all day long on msnbc. Still ahead on Way Too Early, House Speaker mike johnson survives an attempt to oust him from leadership. Well break down what happened on capitol hill. Plus what were learning about Top Democrats possibly planning to revive the failed bipartisan border deal. Theyll try to do that later this month. 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The vote on greenes motion to vacate just ten republicans sided with greene. Thanking his colleagues for defeating the effort to push him out. I want to say that i appreciate the show of confidence from by colleagues to defeat this misguided effort. That is certainly what it was. Hopefully this is the end of the personality politic and the frivolous Character Assassination that has defined the 118th congress. Its regrettable. Its not who we are as americans and were better than this. In this moment the congress definitely needs a functioning congress. And thats what the overwhelming majority of the members of this body demonstrated today. Donald trump the leader in the Republican Party suggested he was opposed to the ouster though he still has his criticisms of the speaker. Elsewhere on capitol hill axios is reporting Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer may try to bring the bipartisan Border Bill Back for a vote later this month. Thats according to multiple Senate Democratic aids. The bill was blocked by republicans back in february following months of negotiations, and it never made it out of the senate. According to Axios Democrats discuss the border situation during a caucus lunch meeting yesterday. Heres what schumer said afterwards. Democrats are going to make it clear which party is working to fix our broken border and which party is conspiring to make it worse. Our republican colleagues may have given up on acting on the border, but democrats have not. Next up here well turn to sports and bring you the latest Playoff Action in both the nhl and nba including a dramatic second half of the garden led by knicks star guard Jalen Brunson. It wasnt enough to lead new york to a come back win over the pacers. Those highlight and a check on the forecast when we come right back. The forecast when we come right back what . The dodge hornet r t. The totally torquedout crossover. man mm, hey, honey. Looks like my todo list grew. 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Brunson had left the game in the opening minutes with a foot injury and the Indiana Pacers mounted a 17point lead and up by ten at the break. But brunsons report sparked the knicks in the second half where he scored 24 of the team high 29 points and led the knicks 130121 victory in game two of the playoff series. New york now holds a 20 series lead when they go on the road to indianapolis for game three tomorrow night. Pacers have to be kicking themselves. Theyve blown leads in both games so far this series. Meanwhile Denver Nuggets star nikola jokic The Most Valuable Player to become just the ninth threetime mvp in legal history. He finished regular season in points, rebounds and assists and led the nuggets to a tie in the western conference. But denver currently trailing the Minnesota Timberwolves in their second round playoff series. Game three tomorrow night in indianapolis. We turn now to the nhl Stanley Cup Playoffs and start with the second round series opener up in vancouver. 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Time now for the weather and lets bring in meteorologist Angie Lassman for the forecast. Hows it looking out there . Spri has led up to the hype. A couple of Tornado Warnings happening in kentucky and tennessee at this time. On top of the stronger storms weve also got some heavy rain associated with those. 8 Million People included in this. Notice the Flash Flood Warning from nashville to basically chattanooga, weve got heavy rain going to continue for the next couple of hours and turn to storm centered from texas to basically southern new jersey in the afternoon hours. This is the area were watching. Notice the enhanced risk does include dallas, shreveport, major cities like montgomery, savannah as well. Were going to mostly watch for the strong winds and hail to be the biggest threat but cant rule out a couple of isolated tornados. That Tornado Threat is lower than we were yesterday. Wave got the potential to see 75plus mile per hour winds in some of these spots again dalilous the way to montgomery, stretching into parts of georgia as well. So well be concerned about that in the afternoon hours. The system will be on the move through tomorrow and that steady rain will work into parts of the north east. This is where well be watching for the Severe Threat as we get into your friday, finishing the workweek with 4 Million People at risk. A smaller area and damage winds, so were making minor improvements as far as the forecast is concerned the next couple of days but still not Out Of The Woods yet. Still ahead here on Way Too Early, President Biden sends a new warning to israel that the United States will stop supplying some weapons if israel goes in to invade rafah. Well take a look at how lawmakers are reacting to that when we come right back. Akers at when we come right back. Restaurant Noise [announcer] introducing allisons plaque psoriasis. 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I made it clear if they go into rafah they havent gone into rafah yet. If they go into rafah im not supplying the weapons historically that have been used to deal with rafah, deal with that problem. Were going to continue to make sure its secure in term of the iron dome and respond to attacks that came out of The Middle East recently. Bidens interview aired just hours after defense secretary lloyd austin publicly acknowledged the u. S. Paused the delivery of thousands of bombs last week. That decision is now sparking outrage among republicans. In a rare joint letter Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell demanded an explanation from the president saying Security Assistance to israel is an urgent priority. At an appropriations hearing yesterday senator Lindsey Graham also grilled austin about the delay. Okay, so israels been hit in the last few weeks by iran, hezbollah, and hamas dedicated to their destruction. And youre telling me youre going to tell them how to fight the war and what they can and cant use when everybody around them wants to kill all the jews . And youre telling me that if we with hold weapons in this fight the existential fight for the life of the jewish state it wont send the wrong signal . Do you still think it was a good idea, general austin, to get out of afghanistan . I support the president i think you do. I think it was a disastrous decision. If we stop weapons necessary to destroy the enemies of the state of israel in a time of great peril, we will pay a price. This is obscene. It is absurd. Give israel what they need to fight the war they cant afford to lose. This is Hir Hiroshima And Nagasaki on steroids. The president made clear defensive weapons will still be sent. Its more of the Offensive Weapons that will be used in rafah. Joining us now congressional reporter for the Washington Post jackie almeny. He made clear this is real break with israel,one that republicans are already blasting. Take us onto the hill here in terms of the republicans see this as beyond any good faith beliefs. They see this as a winning political issue, and are democrats nervous theyre going to be painted as abandoning their ally . It certainly elisitted mixed reviews on capitol hill. You had democrats who looked at whats been going on with a lot of alarm. But republicans, on the other hand, as we just saw Lindsey Graham and a slate of other republicans were outraged at the news and feel like this was a breach of assurances and bipartisan work that the administration had promised republican lawmakers when they approved of the Emergency Supplemental assistance that was passed. Although we should clarify this is an important detail that those appropriations that were passed a few weeks ago in that Emergency Supplemental are not going to be affected by this pause, that just relates to certain types of variety of weapons that could be used on guided missiles to potentially kill civilians in rafah, but republicans nevertheless were deeply troubled by this and feel like it flies in the face of the bipartisan work theyve done in the past few weeks. The president also acknowledged the first time theres been some American Made weapons that have killed civilians in gaza being used by the israeli military. Theres obviously been a lot of outrage on the left including College Campuses about the plight. Are some democrats relieved the president at least took a moment to moderate his support for israel . Absolutely. There have been a lot of democrats who have been increasingly critical of the Administration Policy over the past few months that have just gotten louder. We know the administration is supposed to deliver a report this week delivering an assessment of what it who exactly has been hurt by u. S. Assisted weapons in israel. That is something that members are really looking out for to sort of support this moderation and this pause that biden is taking. Of course they feel like its important and a very fine political line theyre dancing here to make sure theyre combating, you know, this rise of antisemitism that were seeing across College Campuses but also supporting the protesters who are, you know, calling out israelis for committing what they believe amounts to genocide. So its a really fine political line, but democrats are trying to walk it right now and are in favor and behind biden for what he did. And the president this week at his speech at the Holocaust Memorial made clear hes standing with israel but you can disagree with a friend. Lets go back to the motion to vacate and give us the lay of the land of the aftermath as this goes down in defeat. Tell us what standing mike johnson has with his colleagues and also tell us where does mtg stand . In the middle of all this especially with the biden administrations announcement of a potential pause and conditioning of aid, republican tensions and frustration with johnson has been simmering. Marjorie Taylor Greene obviously is the loudest voice, and there wasnt enough frustration to tip johnson Over The Edge when 11 republicans ultimately voted to continue to oust johnson, whos a very far cry from what we saw with former House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy where democrats stepped in and help him out as part of this bargain he made to get republicans behind the Emergency Supplemental funding. But republicans are angry. And as you i were just talk about donald trump released a Statement Last night. Hes been behind johnson really up until this moment and has asked Marjorie Taylor greene to sort of take it notch back ahead of the election, but that statement yesterday was lukewarm and milktoast than his usual statements. Well see if johnson is able to remain in leadership. I think that really is contingent whether or not republicans can maintain a majority. Theres cleary calculus here republican need to stop the infighting in order to keep the majority and make it through november elections, and at that point i think therell be yet another republican Civil War In The House to duke it out and see whos going to take the mantle. A lot of republicans believe republicans are in danger of losing the house this fall. Well see you later on morning joe. Next up here well go live to cnbc for an early look whats driving the day on wall street as the dow extends its winning streak. Plus ftx customers are set to get their money back. 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Just to give you an idea 7 out of the 11 sectors ended the session in the red, and real estate actually led those losses. However, looking at the latest rating investors will be awaiting key economic data. Were getting weekly jobless claims today, and on top of that the earnings season is still under way. Were going to hear from warner bros today and lets see what they have to say. Nonetheless a very busy day. So the failed Crypto Currency Exchange ftx now says its can customers will be able to get their money back. Tell us how. So theres some relief here for ftx customers. According to a court filing almost all of them will be able to get their money back. Ftx has said that it estimates it owes 11. 2 billion to creditors, and at the same time the company said it has between 14. 5 and 16. 3 billion u. S. Dollars to distribute to creditors. So this is an Important Development because we know ftx customers they have seen their money locked up since november 2022, so its been a long time since they have been unable really to use this cash. And lastly, two media giants are teaming up to say theyre going to offer a new streaming bundle to customers. Tell us the details, please. So we heard from disney and warner bros. That they are preparing a bundle for streaming. We could see disney plus, hulu and bunding this summer. Pricing has not been disclosed, but a person familiar with the matter told cnbc this option will be offered at a discount. This is important because it comes at a time customers have complained theres too many streaming platforms and that having several subscriptions is expensive. So this could be a solution for some customers out there. And of course everyone was quick to race to make the jokes these bundles, well, sound a lot like cable. Cnbcs silvia amaro live from london, thank you as always. 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Joining us now Moynihan Public Scholar Fellow at the city college of new york, professor christina greer. Professor, good to see you this morning. Of course it is hypocrisy these Election Deniers are calling for Election Integrity. But lets talk about these efforts, and are they should we be worried about their mechanics to prevent voters from voting but also what it says big picture about how a significant portion of one party views the democratic process in america and their efforts to undercut it. Yeah, jonathan, we should always be worried when people move the goal posts. But if we zoom out, we can look at republicans and recognize the vast majority of their policies just arent in lock step with what americans want, and thats why its more difficult for americans to have access to the ballot. We have seen this time and time again theyre trying to decrease mailin voting or whether its trying to make it much more difficult for young people to vote or older people to vote. This is going at the heart of their foundation where only certain people are the real americans. When you look at the issue whether its Lgbtq Plus Rights where more and more americans are becoming inclusive and accepted, when you look at abortion which is huge issue not just in states like ohio but michigan and wisconsin where they definitely need votes, they know theyre just not on the right side of history and theyre not on the right side of the ballot box, so they have to make it much more difficult for people to have access. President biden was in wisconsin yesterday mostly on economic issues, which polls suggest hes struggling to win over voters with. But afterwards he gave that interview and he did talk about donald trump and the next election and more or less guaranteed he wont accept the result were he to lose. How would you council the president to speak about this. Because on one hand polls suggest its the Kitchen Table issues going to decide this election like you mentions abortion, but democracy the president believes is at stake. How does he balance that in his messaging . Its really hard, jonathan, because so Many Americans are really worried about the bottom line. When you think about what joe biden is trying to lay out, if you have someone who believes in dictatorship, if you have someone who believes in grifting, have someone who believes in giving parts of americas economy to the highest bidder especially to our adversaries, that is a possible issue. What will happen to labor in this country, what will happen to jobs . What will happen to our Educational System for people to have prospects for jobs . Joe biden is asking people to have a shortterm and longterm conversation. The longterm conversation is not something weve been great as a nation. Weve got a very shortterm memory when we go to the ballot box, but were literally looking at a republican candidate whos saying hell not respect the rule of law, hell enrich himself and his friends. Hes say lg the things hes going to do to immigrants, marginalized communities, and unfortunately theres a large swath of americans who dont believe him and a large swath of americans who support him. In the show, showing basically a dead heat between biden and trump in a couple key Battleground States. Also, robert f. Kennedy jr. , a thirdparty candidate, was in the double digits, 12 , 13 . Is that real . Is he actually going to pick up the votes, or is that an anger people are expressing now because theyre not happy with the choices . Who do you think he would hurt most . Yeah, you know, jonathan, its hard to say. This reminds me of 1992 with ross perot, almost 19 million votes, no Electoral College votes, but affected the race for george h. W. Bush. As we continue with our interventions abroad and people feel pocketbook issues at home, i think that conversation closer to october will be much more clear as to the effect of rfk jr. And the worm in his head. And the worm in his head. On that note, we will leave it. Public scholar fellow at the city college of new york, professor christina greer, thank you, as always. Up next, the house blocked Marjorie Taylor greenes attempt to oust speaker johnson. What her party is saying about the failure. Also, outside of the courthouse in lower manhattan, Stormy Daniels returned to the Witness Stand for a second day of testimony in Donald Trumps criminal Hush Money Trial. Plus, former Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton will be our guest, as womens reproductive rights Takes Center Stage ahead of the 2024 election. Also ahead, oscarwinning actor Eddie Redmayne will be live in studio to discuss his role in the Broadway Revival of cabaret. You wont want to miss all that. 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Joining us now, republican strategist and msnbc political analyst susan del percio. She has a new opinion piece, Marjorie Taylor greenes push to vacate the speaker didnt win her anything. Susan, good to see you this morning. Lets start there. What is mtgs future . I dont think it is bright. She makes it through the year. One of two things will happen. Either donald trump will win and shell be kicked out by the trumpsters because shes too much drama and chaos, or trump loses and shes regulated to the back bench. She wont shut up, but people wont be listening to her as much because she doesnt have influence over the conference. She doesnt carry the donald trump threat. She reminds me of a sibling saying, im going to tell mom if you dont do what i ask. That will be gone. Shell have no Trouble Raising Money in the Deep Red District but who knows what her future will be from there. Johnsons job is safe for now. 2024. Weve been talking about the threats to democracy, the 30,000 foot issues. Many pundits believe this election will be won over economic issues. The president drew a sharp contrast. Look, my administration will put this plant where donald trump failed to deliver his signature promise. Is this going to resonate with voters, particularly in the midwest. It will in those states. It was it is a great message. Whoever planned that event did a great job. Again, the president still has to recognize that he cant show his frustration that people arent accepting that we have a good economy. People are feeling things differently. Its not just the regular cost of inflation. It is home loans, car loans, all of that. It is costing the American People a lot. They arent comfortable, necessarily, saying, oh, well just go again with this guy. As far as the Democracy Threat goes, i think that joe biden did something very interesting yesterday. Saying donald trump will create havoc if he loses. I think he needs to kind of own that, like, dialogue, if you will, putting it square on donald trump, that, yeah, if something happens, its on him. You really want that to happen again . Do you really want to see a january 6th happen again . Because this is who you would be electing, this kind of person. We showed some polls earlier that show that robert f. Kennedy is pulling double digits in places like pennsylvania. For a while, he was a celebrated environmental activist. Oh, yeah. Hes had a transformation, lets say. Where do you think right now he is drawing most of his support . In other words, who does he pose a bigger threat to, trump or biden . Right now, it depends on where youre looking, frankly. Hes pulling a lot of support in swing states from younger voters. Thats where theyre turning their undecided to when you start asking them about thirdparty candidates versus the headtohead. At the same time, he could do a lot of damage to trump with older voters. In other states, they tend to poll him. Thats where i think he is picking up the National Dialogue of taking away from trump. But in the swing states right now, the danger is for biden. Lastly, very briefly, the president s message on israel yesterday, how do you think thatll play domestically . I dont think it matters that much domestically. I know its not a popular way of saying things. At the end of the day, people arent that focused on israel. At home, theyre focused on their own checkbooks. I think only in case something drastic happens again, another huge attack, will the focus be on israel. Bidens team has pointed, though were seeing visible signs of young people upset on campuses, gaza not that high of an issue for most. Well follow it in the weeks ahead. Political analyst susan del percio, thank you for being here this morning. Thanks to you for getting up Way Too Early with us on this thursday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Rfk jr. Said that, years ago, a doctor found a dead worm in his brain. This is strange. Instead of using dewormer, he injected himself with the covid vaccine. [ laughter ] hes got it all wrong. Wow. Got worms in the brain . That explains it