through these early states, we were in iowa, now we re in new hampshire, jake, and what we re seeing emerge is when he s on the stump he s talking indirectly about former president trump. he s never naming him. it s when he gets off the stump and talks to media that we get those more direct hits that he s taking at him. and that seems to be kind of the needle he s trying to thread right now because remember, a lot of these voters he s talking to may have potentially voted, or most likely voted for former president trump in the past. so he has to kind of walk a fine line here. and what we re also seeing is how he is pitching himself to voters. and that s really starting to come into focus. and what we re seeing, the lane they re really carving out for him and that he s carving out for himself is that of a sitting executive. he s not a former anything. he is a sitting governor in florida. and when he talks to voters he s really going through and outlining what he and his team h
that elected us. and thes bing i can say or that i think can be said about the current deal on the debt ceiling is that it could have been much worse. that was republican senator mike lee and then independent senator bernie sanders sharing their pretty negative opinions on that debt ceiling deal, which is now headed to their chamber. we ll go through the tight time line the senate now has to get this bill to president biden s desk ahead of default. meanwhile, florida governor ron desantis is ramping up up his criticism of donald trump after taking heat from the former president for months, and that comes as two more prominent republicans are ready to jump into the 2024 race. we ll look at the impact chris christie and mike pence may have on the growing field. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 1st. we are in june. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with a big deal on capitol hill. the house
gop race for the white house, what he says about governor rhonda sanchez and former president trump. but first the marine that charged with the choke hold death of a black homeless man on new york city subway he has broken his silence. telling the new york post the killing of jordan he said and nothing to do with race but everything to do with the broken healthcare and criminal justice system. nate foy live with more on what he had to say. practice first interview since his may 12 arrest daniel penny told the new york post quote i judge a person based on their character. i am not a white supremacist. describing himself as a normal guy. he said of the men he killed while trying to protect others on the subway, that quote it s tragic what happened to him. hopefully we can change the system that so desperately failed us. he was on his way to the gym when he encountered jordan neely the marine vet did not go into specifics about what happened before he put neely in a choke ho
off-campus house near that university in a case that gripped the nation and terrorized a small idaho town. was arrested in december at his parents house in pennsylvania. he faces four counts of first-degree murder is expected to enter his appeal plea in court tomorrow let s go to christina coleman live in los angeles. what can we expect in this hearing do we know? quick tight arthel demented 28-year-old bryant kohberger is expected to enter a plea deal tomorrow morning at his arraignment in idaho. the grand jury indictment means kohberger s attorneys will not prosecute that evidence cross-examine any witnesses including two surviving roommates and the preliminary hearing that was scheduled to start on june 26 years legal expert lexi reagan s take on the matter. i think it s a really good idea they did it this way. one of the bruises they might at that at this way is a prosecution has actually asked the names of the witnesses who testified be sealed because apparently they a
congressman james comer says we need to confront the terror group head on. we can t continue to turn a blind eye to what is going on, they are in the transportation business. every person that enters the border pays a toll. the biden administration is making the drug cartel more powerful. todd: jackie ibanez has the latest. the u.s. is offering $50,000 reward for information leading to their safe return. there is video showing the moment the three men and one woman were kidnapped. they drug the people into the back of a pickup truck after entering the city. authorities believe it was a case of mistaken identity and the victims were wrongful ly targeted. the victims were from south carolina. according to a family member, they were heading to mexico for a medical procedure. she says this is like a bad dream you wish you could wake up from. to see them thrown in the back of the truck and drug is unbelievable. the president of mexico is assuring the families the mexican gov