Deadline White House starts right now. Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in New York. Again and again and again, its worth repeating, political violence, regardless of any motive, any method, or any target is antithetical to our democracy, to a healthy and vibrant democracy anywhere on the planet, full stop. Our system of government, our very way of life depends not on bullets, but on our political opinions being carried out and expressed at the Ballot Box and the Ballot Box exclusively. What happened yesterday is no exception to this simple truth. This Body Cam Footage shared exclusively with Nbc News shows the moment where police caught up with ryan Wesley Ruth in connection with what the fbi says appears to be an Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump at his Golf Course in West Palm Beach, florida. This morning, that suspect shackled, but according to reporters, calm and nonchalant appeared in federal court. The Secret Service along with the Palm Beach County Sheriff are expected to update the
Special counsel jack smith announcing the third indictment of donald j. Trump after months of investigating the former president and his allies and their efforts to overturn the 2020 president ial election. This hour well have indepth coverage of the accusations against trump and the new information were learning about his attempt to stay in power from that sweeping federal investigation. And well also look at how this latest legal issue could impact the president ial campaign as he has used previous indictments to boost fundraising. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, august 2nd, a historic day. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting it with us. And well begin this morning with history once again. Former President Donald Trump who took an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the United States constitution has been indicted for allegedly trying to subvert that very same document. In washington, d. C. Yesterday a federal grand jury of trumps own peers convene
weekend s deadly coup and why some are skeptical. it even was a coup attempt . well, both sides of thatis i debate. but first, this is what we cans tellwhat w you this monday night about your government today, your governmen gist corrupt. the doj is corrupt and it has been weaponized. your fbi hierarchy is corrupt and it has been. no one is above the law. unless, of course,s abov you re prominent democrat, especially with the last name clinton or bidenth. now, despite evidence of the, let s see, bribery, felony tax evasion, money laundering, racketeering, fara violations, ,use, felony gun violation and brandishing hundreds of w free man and will be and his father the bigil is facing no a consequences at all whatsoever. and now rubbing it all in night your faces because on friday night there s hunter s there celebrating a sweetheart plea deal. his little slap on the wrist ing style, attending a state dinner with his father and attorney general merrick garland. how convenien
from his own lawyers, and furthermore, there s evidence of him saying things that are completely incompatible that this was an idea. do you believe he lied to the justice department do i personally believe it? yes, i do. that s former attorney general bill barr, continuing his criticism of done in another sunday show interview. we ll have more of barr s damning comments about the president in just a moment. meanwhile, 2024 republican presidential candidate chris christie is mocking the rnc for its loyalty pledge we ll explain. and we ll have the very latest from beijing as u.s. secretary of state antony blinken meets with chinese president xi jinping amid heightened tensions between the world s two largest economies. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 19th, juneteen. i m job nathan lemire. thank you for starting your day and week with us. former attorney general bill barr is offering a scathing new case against former president donald
person. the supervisor ask to interview a girl named crystal. we didn t really have any idea who she was. blood all of the floor. i saw blood up the wall. she told us what you start cleaning up? i started picking things that were blood splattered. this woman knew about the murder, covered up. the things that were thrown into the fire by me or the belongings from kelsey s house. she could have stopped this from happening. he had a hold on her that he totally exploited. this whole thing is crazy. it took my breath away. was there any blood on the tv, do you remember? yes, there is blood on the tv. okay. there was blood on the chairs. there is blood on the table. there was bloody on the hobby lobby bag sitting there. reporter: you re witnessing something highly unusual. a woman at the center of a murder investigation reconstructing the scene of the gruesome crime. can you tell me what you saw in here and what you cleaned up? there was a lo