bannon s change of heart, his trial will go on. also late today, what we learned about tomorrow s january 6th hearing who will testify now? and the other key witness we re expected to hear from. rachel scott with new reporting. the war in ukraine. and tonight, the white house now warning it believes iran is getting ready to help russia. what they re expected to send to fight the ukrainians. james longman standing by, reporting from ukraine. japan in mourning over the assassination of former prime minister shinzo abe. and what we ve now learned tonight about the alleged gunman. bob wood. dick: is there. here at home tonight, the urgent manhunt under way for the armed suspect wanted for shootings at several 7-elevens today. elon musk terminating his deal to buy twitter. what musk said about it all. and american strong tonight. the plane stuck on the tarmac and the spontaneous performance. you have to see this. good evening and it s great to be back with all of you
heart, his trial will go on. also late today, what we learne hearing. who will testify now? and the other key witness we re. and tonight, the white house now warning it believes iran is getting ready to help russia. what they re expected to send to fight the ukrainians.from japan in mourning over the assassination of former prime minister shinzo abe. and what we ve now learned tonight about the alleged gunman. bob woodruff is there. here at home tonight, the urgent manhunt under way for the armed suspect wanted for shootings at several 7-elevens today. multiple people shot across several locations. elon musk terminating his plan to buy twitter. could twitter now sue him? and what musk said about it all, of course, on twitter. and america strong tonight. the plane stuck on the tarmac and the spontaneous performance. you have to see this. good evening and it s great to be back with all of you at home after the july 4th holiday. we do have a lot to get to tonight. what c
anniversary of the d-day landings in normandy. we re going to go live to france with the very latest as ceremonies on the sacred day are set to kick off any moment now. plus, we re learning more about the gop s playbook following donald trump s historic felony conviction. what republicans now say they are vowing to do as payback. and also ahead the white house is hitting back at the wall street journal over its piece about president biden s mental fitness during high pressure meetings. we ll dig into the growing backlash straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 6th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and today does indeed mark 80 years since allied forces stormed the beaches of normandy as they pushed to liberate france and then western europe from german forces during world war ii. the sun rose this morning at omaha beach shortly after 6:00 a.m. local time ahead of today s anniversary proceedings nearby.
president biden commemorating the d-day anniversary, the president and first lady jill biden meeting with some veterans on this, the 80th anniversary of the storming of the beaches that helped liberate france and then europe from nazi germany. we ll of course continue to keep an eye on the president and the ceremonies there in france. next up we ll also go live to cnbc for an early look what s driving wall street after the record close on the s&p. plus europe s central bank appears to slash interest rates for the first time in two years. we ll dig into whether the fed could follow suit back home. way too early will be right back. t back home. way too early will be right back
anytime soon or what the path will certainly look like. arabile, a quick last question. the european central bank expected to announce today its first interest rate cut in five years. give us a quick sense of the latest there. ultimately the most telegraphed move you could pretty much say from the european central bank to cut interest rates by 25 basis points, but the devil s in the detail, right? it will not just be about this movement but what happens in the future, and have they fought inflation sufficiently so and there s all meaning they ll have to cut continuously for the remainder of the year. our thanks to cnbc s arabile gumede who joins us live from london, and across the english channel we can take another live look at the ceremonies in normandy, president biden, first lady jill biden, standing with a world war ii veteran, a d-day veteran who stood up from his wheelchair to the pose for this