a deadly chokehold by a stranger on a new york city subway car. why this incident spaurrked a homicide investigation and important conversations about mental illness and vigilantism. and then the fight gets under way to overturn an abortion ban in one state, a ban dating back to 1849. you heard that right. years before the civil war. decades before women could even vote. we re talking to the attorney general who filed the lawsuit. welcome to the lead. we begin in our politics lead. a major milestone in the prosecution of the pro trump rioters who stormed the capitol on january 6, 2021. and an effort to in an effort to forcibly keep trump in power after his resounding and legitimate election defeat. today four members of the far right proud boys militia group were found guilty by a jury of seditious conspiracy in their roles in the teek. these are of course the same extremists donald trump declined to condemn during a presidential debate in september 2020. what do you
Im going to allow an opportunity for every Single Member of the house to vote their conscience and will on this. Im willing to take personal risk for that because we have to do the right thing and history will judge us. I do not spend time Walking Around thinking about the motion to vacate. I have a job to do here and im going to do the job. Regardless of personal consequences, thats what were supposed to do. Speaker mike johnson pushing forward with a series of aid bills despite push back in his party. The question is how much will he need to lean on democrats to get that funding passed . Plus the senate dismisses articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. And what to expect today when Jury Selection picks up again in former President Trumps hush money trial. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, april 18th. Im ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. And we begin this morning on capitol hill where House Speaker mike johnson is digg
last name is raskin. we ve sat with each other for more than a year, you don t have to add the s. you ve not identified a single crime. well, what is the crime you want to impeach joe biden for and keep this nonsense going? why? what is the crime? tell america right now. you re about to find out. what is the crime? you re about to find out. man, i can t wait to get back to the hill later today. still ahead the latest on the fight over abortion rights in arizona as republicans in the state once again block an effort to repeal a ban dating back to the civil war. plus, despite his past criticisms of donald trump, former attorney general bill barr now appears to be effectively endorsing him. those stories and a check on sports and the weather right when we come back. check on sports and the weather right when we come back.
a deadly chokehold by a stranger on a new york city subway car. why this incident spaurrked a homicide investigation and important conversations about mental illness and vigilantism. and then the fight gets under way to overturn an abortion ban in one state, a ban dating back to 1849. you heard that right. years before the civil war. decades before women could even vote. we re talking to the attorney general who filed the lawsuit. welcome to the lead. we begin in our politics lead. a major milestone in the prosecution of the pro trump rioters who stormed the capitol on january 6, 2021. and an effort to in an effort to forcibly keep trump in power after his resounding and legitimate election defeat. today four members of the far right proud boys militia group were found guilty by a jury of
ekg, check other things, any time somebody says something about shortness of breath. they would check it in the e.r. if the symptoms are progressing, then they work it up further. doctor, thanks so much, good to see you this morning. i ll take it from here, alisyn. let s look at the headlines, a federal judge in arizona has rejected a lawsuit attempting to block the president s executive order on immigration. the case was brought on by a police chief who called obama s reforms unconstitutional. but the judge ruled the sheriff couldn t prove it would harm the county. it s over attorneys general from 24 states that filed a suit with the hearing set for early 2015. the fda is proposing an end to a 30-year ban on gay men donating blood. right now a lifetime ban dating back to 1983 forbids any man who has had sex with another man from becoming a blood donor. the new measure being proposed would allow gay men to give blood if they haven t had section for one year.