Does donald trump have that kind of money sitting around . Of course he has money. Hes a billionaire. We know that. Well, it turns out he actually doesnt have that money sitting around. Donald trumps attorneys are now saying he cannot secure the roughly half A Billion Dollar bond for his Civil Fraud Judgment. That means the former president could be days away from having some of his assets seized by new yorks attorney general. That comes as the trump appointed judge in the classified documents case issues a controversial ruling that once again seems to benefit the former president. Well get expert legal analysis on both of those developments straight ahead. Plus, well go through what President Biden and israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed yesterday in the first phone call between the two leaders in more than a month. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, march 19th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this mornin
Same day that trump was in court in florida trying to get another one of those cases thrown out and failing also, Kamala Harris becoming the first sitting Vice President to visit an Abortion Clinic. Democrats are keeping this does issue front and center and trying to get republicans on their heels a postroe reversal. But the question is, will it drive enough democratic turnout come november and striking revelations are in a new book from one of the best source board reporters on those affairs. What former top trump aides are warning that a second term of his could look like including us withdrawal from nato and abandoning taiwan if china invades im Kaitlan Collins, and this is the source they say the timing is everything and for donald trump, that might as well be his Campaign Slogan right now, hes been a daytoday combat and core to keep pushing his criminal cases until after the 2024 election. And there are Significant Developments tonight concerning the timing three of those cases in
In moments, what to make of trumps and some migrants are not people and for the bloodbath for the Auto Industry if he loses. Our political contributors will join me straight ahead. Ht ahea good day to all of you here from nbc in los angeles. Lets go to decision 2024. Two big headlines at this hour. The Reelection Campaign announcing more than 53 million raised in february. The president is holding st. Patricks day events in the white house today. This while donald trump ramping up dark red or at a rally for a Republican Senate candidate in ohio yesterday making references to migrants, january 6th, quote, hostages and what might happen if he gets reelected. If this election is not won, i am not sure you will ever have another election in this country. Does that make ends . I dont think you will have another election in this country if we dont win this election. The reaction from republicans on the hill. His rhetoric casting january 6 defendants as hostages and patriots. He did not call
Trump in the four years. Thanks for taking that up to the end of the show. Appreciate it. Thank you. That does it for me today. Deadline white house, thankfully, starts right now. Hi, there, everyone. 4 00 in new york. Kicking, claim p xleeming, crying, whining, donald trump and his legal team back dwhoog they do today. Seeking to delay, delay, delay, delay justice. Todays effort at that in the federal criminal case brought by special counsel jack smith for illegally hoarding classified documents at his private club in maralago. The disgraced president watching on with no obligation to do so set to convince district judge cannon to dismiss some or all charges against trump. Did so through various after neuers. First a Motion Wiping away the first 32 counts on the theory the main statute used against trump is unconstitutionally vague. The second even more audacious, a Motion Dismissing the indictment entirely on the grounds of the president s records act completely bars prosecution. The
Results of what amounts to a side show. A legal circus, a spectacle and a deliberate diversion but here we are. But first we should make clear that todays ruling from john mcafee was actually a victory for the rule of law and for fani willis herself. In matter of the d. A. s relationship where naman wade, the judges ultimatum amounted to this. Leave wade behind or halt prosecution of this case. It turns out to be a easy choice for d. A. Willis to make. Remember what she said when she announced the indictment. The states roll in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia, like every state, has laws that allow those that believe that results of an election are wrong, whether, because of intentional wrongdoing, or unintentional error, to challenge those results in our state courts. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a Criminal Racketeering Enterprise to over turn georgias pr