war against hamas as fears of a potential escalation in the region intensifies. plus, russia pounds ukraine s two biggest cities in a new wave of attacks. the assaults are likely to strain nuclear s defenses as the country continues to plead for more military assistance from the u.s. and donald trump is appealing the landmark ruling from maine that disqualified him from the state s primary ballot. later in the program, we ll be joined by maine s secretary of state to talk about her decision there and charlie sykes with his new piece that asks, is disqualifying trump anti-democratic? we ll get the answer along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent to bbc news, katty kay, and founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes is with us. willie, we are going to start with some political snapshots of where the race stands, and then we ll get to all the big major news breaking overnight. we have a lot to
have a lot of legal news surrounding the former president. first, a new york state appeals court has told donald trump it will not overrule judge engoron s limited gag order which said donald trump could not attack his judicial staff, a decision that is basically moot seance the civil fraud case has rested, leaving judge engoron to decide how much to fine donald trump and how to stop the former president and his family from doing business in new york. we re going to explain the stakes, they re big, and when to expect a decision. there s also news in the federal election interference trial in d.c. yesterday we told you judge tanya chutkan put that case on hold as both the supreme court and appellate court decide whether to expedite a ruling on trump s claims of presidential immunity. trump s team called it a big win, but for how long? just hours later, the d.c. circuit court said yes, they will expedite a ruling. fast tracking a decision that has huge consequences for whethe
don t have that determines by an appellate court or supreme court. do we get this done enabling the trial to go forward. i think it s certainly in danger. dave, charlie has been talking about the january the 6th case and the chances for that coming to trial and being resolved. can you give us some kind of crystal ball gaze forward where we re going to be on all of these legal cases november 5th, election day of 2024? do you think any of them will have will any of them have started, concluded, resulted in any kind of sentencing? what sort of stage do you think any of them will be at? katty, i think two of the criminal cases could go before the election. the stormy daniels hush money