defamation, claiming the network pushed a, quote, fantastical story about him. well, they did day after day after day. how many lawsuits? ray epps and his wife have had to move to an undisclosed location because their life has been threatened so many times because of the lies that a former fox news host told about them. new this morning, hollywood actors are swapping scripts for picket signs as failed negotiations late last night set the stage for another strike in the entertainment industry. this is a big one. it is a big one, willie. i mean, got a lot to talk about today. obviously, the strike. also, ray epps, that s incredible, what s happened to him. tragic what s happened to him and his wife. but also, the christopher wray testimony yesterday, if you want to look at how perverse trumpism is and what it s done to my former party, look no further than the disrespect they show to the fbi, talking about defunding the fbi, lying about the fbi, making up conspiracy t
Vice president Kamala Harris of asserts the theory behind new Education Standards in florida. Specifically about teaching that some enslaved people actually benefited from their bondage. She says that replacing black history with lies. We will unpack the settling unsettling response from desantis. I am symone sanderstownsend, i know you missed me and i have something to say. History moves fast, just 109 days, ago a u. S. President current or former had never been indicted. Now, we may see it happen for a third time to the same person. Former president donald trump. And that has unprecedented implications for the 2024 president ial election. On sunday, the former president received a matter from national jacks mitt. Informing trump that he is the target of the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Nbc news reports that the letter mentioned three statutes related to the defamation of rights. Conspiracy to defraud the United States, and tampering with a witness
to celebrate july 4th in several key battleground states. we ll show you how the presidential contenders marked the holiday. plus a federal judge orders the biden administration to stop talking with social media companies. what it means for the effort to tamp down misinformation about covid and so much more. and later which of these things is not like the other? looks like the gop needs to brush up on its social studies. how its twitter page mixed up the american flag. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 5th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we certainly hope you had a happy and safe july 4th. the white house celebrated america s independence yesterday with a barbecue, a concert, and of course plenty of fireworks. we re turning from a weekend at camp david, president joe biden addressed military members in the crowd who he called the protectors of democracy. you are the backbone, the reality of why we are
we have an important program for you today with the president of the united states, joseph r. biden. i sat down with the president in the roosevelt room of the white house on friday for an exclusive president biden is headed to europe for a trip that will take him to lithuania for nato s summit. holding nato together is really critical. it has been 500 days since russia invaded ukraine. is there any sign of an end to this war? and will nato offer ukraine membership? also, is there a thaw in relations with china or are we going to see an even more intense rivalry? and when can bibi netanyahu expect an invitation to the white house? all this in a special interview with america s 46th president. i think we have enormous opportunities, and i just want to finish the job. i ll bring you my take later in the show, but first, president biden is headed to europe today for a five-day, three-country tour. the main focus of which will be a stock in lithuania for n
sensible to benefit trump, even he is shooting it down. and how far, how a far-right tiktok influencer with zero back on an education got a job overseeing which books can sit on library shelves of oklahoma. i am let s do. it s do it > $83 million, that s how much a new york jury ordered donald trump to pay e. jean carroll for repeatedly defaming her after the writercused the ex president of sexual assault back in the1990 carol s attorney, roberta kaplan, celebrated the decision marking it as a major moment for countability and claiming it, quote, proves that the law applies to everyone in our couny, even the rich, even the famous, even former presidents. friday verdict followed a dramatic week in court with trump taking this stand to testify in his own defense. that testimony, the first from the former president and the presence of a jury lasted all but three minutes. the drama did not and there, though. on friday, closing arguments, trump apparently, unhappy with remark