There are also interesting developments at sea where since the collapse of a major agreement last month that allowed ukraine to export grain through an agreed route through the black see it then announces humanitarian corridor without any kind of acknowledgement from russia which has continued to target commercial vessels. Yet we have a cargo ship leave the port of edessa this morning. It had been trapped there since before the invasion, and it continues to make its way south towards turkiye. There are some in the insurance and Shipping Industry that are rightfully nervous about this because russia enjoys quite a lot of dominance on the southern ukrainian coast. It uses its vessels to blockade ukrainian ports. And yet this vessel seems to have made its way through. More could follow but there is a big if here on whether russia decides to leave the vessels alone and it is a big if because it continues to strike ukrainian ports with drone strikes. As the war in ukraine continues, a bbc i
Survival to take the precedence over the best interests of israel. He has been too willing to tolerate the civilian toll in gaza, which pushing support for israel worldwide to historic lows. Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah. The highest ranking jewish elected official in the United States calling for a Leadership Change in israel, now five months into its war with hamas. Well have more of Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumers important comments and the reaction to them straight ahead. Plus, an update on Donald Trumps efforts to get his classified documents case dismissed. Well have expert legal analysis for you on that in just a moment. And while trump was in a courtroom, President Biden was on the Campaign Trail in another key midwest battleground state. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, march 15th. Its friday. We made it. Barely. Im jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with a series of developments in D
Its been four weeks since he apparently evaded an order to fly back to the us, and made his way to the Demilitarised Zone which separates the two koreas before running to the northern side. Pyongyang has now claimed private king was driven to come to north korea because of inhuman maltreatment and Racial Discrimination while serving in the us army. And the State News Agency goes on to claim that private king has admitted to crossing illegally, and has asked for refuge in the north. It is the first time north korea has Knowledged Detaining the soldier. The claims have not been verified, and in a press briefing, the white house has urged people to be mindful of where the statement was made when considering its validity. We would caution everyone to consider the source here, that is incredibly important, as we are hearing the report. We cant verify the comments that are being attributed to private king, obviously. We remain focused on his safe return to him as we have been saying for thes
That would be fit for public release. That is nowhere in the rules. I was to prepare a confidential report that was comprehensive and thorough of what is in the rules, mr. Hur what is in the rules is you dont gratuitously do things to you dont add language you know would be useful in a political campaign. You werent born yesterday. You understood exactly what you were doing. Thats democratic congressman adam schiff pressing former Special Counsel robert hur on his choice of words in his report on President Bidens handling of classified documents. Well have much more on the political theater from that high stakes hearing in just a moment. Meanwhile, on capitol hill today, the house is set to vote on a bill that could ban one of the most popular apps in america. Plus, well have the latest on the ceasefire negotiations between israel and hamas, which appear to remain stalled now two days into ramadan. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, march 13th. Im jonathan lem
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