illegally. he was here in my county. five people died in my county, and that s where my heart is, in my heart is. we protect our people to the best of our ability. a texas sheriff reacting to the latest deadly mass shooting in america. this time it s five people shot in their home by their neighbor. we ll have the latest on the manhunt for the gunman. plus, former president donald trump is making headlines for hugging a woman who served time in prison for taking part in the capitol insurrection and who has also called for the execution of members of congress. and we ll have an update on the efforts to evacuate americans out of sudan, now more than two weeks since the deadly violence broke out in that country. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 1st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin with breaking news. another american bank has failed. just this morning, financial regulators in california seize
wife s income, which is several 100,000 those dollars. and his book income. the book, and then there s the massive cash flows from a harlan crow in a fierce ways that should be considered taxable income. should be enough for some tires, lawrence. i know a lot of people who can buy their own tires and don t have billionaires support. or a book. or a lucrative side gig. paid for by leonard leo. but, you know, teaches out is this a. everybody bounces their own sheet. i m still waiting for someone to pay for my tires. never had the pleasure. dreams. set the bar high, lawrence. thank you, alex. have a great show. eat show tonight donald trump, who is a self confessed insomniac, even before he became a criminal defendant will be struggling to fall asleep with two frightening words stuck in what is left of his mind. insider witness. this is one of those nights when we have had to throw out and redone range much of what we were going to be presenting to you tonight beca
Tell it yourself. Im michael smerconish. The Crisis Manager wrote a whole book called truth to tell on how to handle a public crisis. Davis advice the exact opposite of the approach of the Biden White House to date around the discovery of the classified documents in its possession. They didnt tell it early. They waited nearly two months. They didnt tell it all, in fact, a Statement Released on monday, and the president s words on tuesday, were almost dishonest by omission. And as for tell it yourself, instead of the president telling the full story it has fallen to karine jeanpierre. Saying he takes it seriously doesnt make it so. It seems like a series of unforced errors turning what might be a benign situation into something that will surely be the focus of the Subpoena Power Republicans now possess after winning the house. Here is how we got here. On november 2, Biden Lawyers discovered classified documents in an office the former Vice President used in washington, d. C. , associate
criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote, at the request of the former president s lawyers providing testimony aimed at attacking the credibility of the prosecution style witness. that star witness is former trump lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. the times as that costello was once a legal adviser to cohen when he was facing a federal investigation into the hush money payment following his appearance. castilla s book about what he told of the grand jury. michael cohen told us that he was approached by stormy daniels lawyer. stormy daniels had negative information that she wanted to put in a lawsuit against trump. michael cohen decided, on his own, that s what he told us
politics. trump represents 74 million voters. what happens when you throw 74 million voters in jail? alvin bragg, the manhattan district attorney, is trying to pinch trump for some bad bookkeeping. bragg says trump put the payment to stormy daniels in the wrong column. at most that s a misdemeanor accounting charge, at most. but the statute of limitations ran out on that charge years ago. it s dead. bragg is trying to shock it back to life. he is going to splice the local misdemeanor with a federal charge, a campaign finance violation to make it a felony. this is a gain of function research prosecution. bragg thinks trump paid off stormy daniels to help his presidential campaign. trump would have paid off stormy even if he wasn t running for president to protect his marriage, his reputation, and i don t know what happened between the two of them, but he wanted it to go away and she wanted to get paid. who is hurt? women make stuff up all the time. kavanaugh accusers eventuall