hospital in the nursing home. we heard from her grieving family today. we re not just hurting, we re angry, we re mad. this should. have happened. he took away my mother and my best friend. how dare you! how dare you! this needs to be fixed. incredibly emotional testimony there. we ll have more live from buffalo coming up this hour. also this hour, the last hours of campaigning in a super important primary race. you know the one we re talking about in pennsylvania, where voters are getting ready to pick their general election candidates, with not one be two late in the game surprises for virtual front-runners, although that word may be overstated. one candidate answering questions about his health, another facing questions about her participation in a d.c. rally on january 6th. plus, formula fallout. the head of the fda saying the empty shefls are because of a contribution problem, not a lack of supplies. and what is the white house doing to make sure this doesn t happe
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
Reporters that this is about accountability, plain and simple. New York Attorney general Letitia James is seeking a fine of 250 million and a ban on Mrtrump Doing Business in his home state, claiming he misrepresented his wealth by hundreds of millions of dollars. The investigation began after mr cohen gave congressional testimony in 2019, saying mr trump had inflated his property values. Meanwhile, another of Donald Trumps former lawyers has struck a deal with prosecutors in the us state of georgia, where the former president and others have been charged with trying to overturn the 2020 election. Jenna ellis pleaded guilty to one count of Aiding And Abetting false statements. She has agreed to cooperate with local prosecutors. 0ur North America Correspondent Nomia iqbal gave me this update. This nomia iqbal gave me this update. Is a real showd honest. This is a real showdown, to be honest. ~. ,. , ~ this is a real showdown, to be honest. A. ,. , . , honest. Michael cohen and donald tr
Brandnew information breaking out of the criminal trial. Day two of testimony from Michael Cohen. His witness resume as you would know would lead most people to begin with one single fact, he lies as he breathes. Cohen has been convicted of lying to congress and even admits he is a liar. He is forced to untangle now some of those lies after admitting he submitted false invoices. When your Testimony Stabs even yourself. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Who knows if thats true . Who knows if anything he says is true . Yesterday cohen testified about his close Working Relationship with the former president. He says trump knew the reimbursement for a payment to the Sex Film Worker Stormy Daniels, ahead of the 2016 election, would be labeled as legal services. But some Big Questions over whether the jury will believe cohen, an admitted and convicted liar. Right now he is still under the prosecutions direct questioning. That has been many hours. One headline on whats to
As well as harry lipman who in court todays in la times Legal Affairs columnist, host of the Talking Feds Podcast and former Deputy Assistant attorney general im wondering what you observed as judge merchan worn trump about potential jail time. It was really sort of jaw dropping. Weve been having different judges and different courts kind of wag their finger theres but he looked directly at trump, softspoken, but very firm. Mr. Trump you are out of rope and it was really the sort of statement weve been waiting for, for a year next time. Youre done and its sensible in a way because with only 1,000 to work with for other violations, why . I should he did all around, but he said next time thats it. And he really means that his credibility would be on the line as well as the integrity of the judicial system. It was a dramatic moment for jeremie, the point of the last hour, which i think is very correct that trump actually has been abiding by the gag orders since the violations, which has n