happens when there are too many passengers, not enough staff, not enough planes, and not enough air traffic controllers? add in some picket lines and you have the recipe for a holiday weekend travel nightmare. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. new insight into what the january 6th select committee believes is possible witness tampering by members of trump s orbit. sources telling cnn that cassidy hutchinson told the panel that she was contacted by someone attempting to influence her testimony before tuesday s hearing, and now the vice chair of the committee, congresswoman liz cheney, says the committee is considering making a criminal referral to the justice department. that s according to abc news. today, the committee is now trying to compel testimony from pat cipollone, issuing a subpoena to trump s former white house counsel. testimony revealed that cipollone expressed alarm leading up to and on january 6th about possible criminal behaviors by the presiden
because we don t have that sort of media system anymore. it s not that way. but i think people will watch, and i think some minds will be changed and others, it won t matter to them because they ve already made up their minds. but at least the information is out there, and we re going to get to hear from those who are involved. we ll see you tomorrow night, laura coates. looking forward to it. bye, don lemon. bye-bye. just in to cnn, federal prosecutors now have an email revealing the trump campaign told so-called fake electors in georgia to keep what they were doing a secret as they tried to overturn joe biden s win in the state. we re going to have much more on that in just a moment. this is just coming in to cnn. more about it in just moments. it comes during what just might be the week when we see whether we can come together as a country and still have a functioning government. can we do something finally to solve gun violence? it may come down to what four key s
i want to know what has taken so long. i want to know if they re going to be able to satisfy the american public s appetite for new information in light of books that have been put out, the impeachment hearing as well. there s a lot of things to talk about, and i am really eager to understand how they re going to have the legislative and oversight function, and really are people going to watch? that s the biggest question. are they going to watch with an eye towards validating this committee? yeah. i think people will watch. i don t think it s going to be, you know, watergate, right, because we don t have that sort of media system anymore. it s not that way. but i think people will watch, and i think some minds will be changed and others, it won t matter to them because they ve already made up their minds. but at least the information is out there, and we re going to get to hear from those who are involved. we ll see you tomorrow night, laura coates. looking forward to it
Best in history. Asian american the best in history. Hispanic the best in history. Women, people with a diploma, people without a diploma. Donald trump yesterday making false claims about his economic record and the Unemployment Rate during his administration. Well have more from his rally In The South Bronx in just a moment. Also ahead well explain why ohios republican governor is calling a special legislative session to make sure President Biden is on the ballot this fall. And louisiana will soon become the first state to classify Abortion Pills as controlled dangerous substances. Well go through that legislation and its possible impact in novembers elections. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, may 24th. Im elise jordan in for jonathan lemire. Well start this morning with the race for the white house and Donald Trumps rally in New York City last night. After spending weeks in Lower Manhattan for his criminal hush money trial, trump traveled uptown to the bronx
Speaker Kevin Mccarthy. The chaos on capitol hill following the republican rebellion including what led to mccarthys historic downfall. Ill talk to lawmakers from both sides of the aisle including a republican who voted mccarthy out. Well try to answer the question ricochetting around washington, who will take mccarthys place. Ahead this hour, donald trump back in the manhattan courthouse for a third day while a new gag order changed his very public facing approach in his Civil Fraud Trial . This morning the peoples house is in a state of cays you. Its work ground to a Screeching Halt with no House Speaker and a mad scramble, who will pick up the speakers gavel following the historic ouster of republican Kevin Mccarthy. He is the first House Speaker to be ousted ever in a rebellion orchestrated by members of his own party. Eight republicans voting for mccarthys removal in a revolt led by Florida Fire Brand matt gaetz. You all know matt gaetz. You know it was personal. It had nothing to