there s more to do, so let s finish the job president joe biden makes his 2024 re-election bid official, vowing to finish the job we ll take a look at how his campaign has already hit the ground running plus, the former fox news producer who s now suing the network weighs in on tucker carlson s ouster what she had to say about the hostile work environment that she faced at fox and during closing arguments in their seditious conspiracy trial yesterday, attorneys for members of the proud boys put the blame for the january 6th capitol attack squarely on donald trump we ll have the latest from the courtroom ahead of jury deliberations. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, april 26th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning in washington where just hours after announcing his re-election bid president joe biden gave his first campaign speech yesterday and was greeted with this warm reception. four more y
now. we will have the aclu on later on in our hour to talk about that and whether there might be a lawsuit coming for the biden administration. thank you, my friend. today has been a lesson in how every accusation from the republican party these days is actually a confession. are you weaponize thing the house the same way? no. you say democrats are weaponize in the doj to get what they want. are you doing it on a bigger platform in the entire house of representatives? no, there is a clear distinction between what we are doing and what they have done. they are undermining people s faith in our institutions, the system of justice itself. what we are doing is the opposite. we are trying to adhere to the rule of law. that was republican speaker of the house mike johnson this afternoon saying the republican party is just trying to adhere to the rule of law. a few hours before that interview, speaker johnson made a huge decision which shows that is plainly not the cas
right now on ana cabrera reports on capitol hill, facing a grilling on capitol hill, looking to faceback, he said the words, i will not be intimidated. and now, we have learned of a shake-up on the jury just literally minutes ago. and president biden is expected to take new direction on immigration. and a executive order he is expected to sign. and ratcheting up the 2024 race, and new words of president biden calling former president trump a felon who snapped. it is 10:00 eastern and i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and thank you for joining us. we are beginning the news on capitol hill where merrick garland is going to be testifying, and there is a house resolution of contempt against garland, and there is a historic verdict against trump, and there is expected to be a pushback of the doj in which garland is saying that he will not be intimidated. we are joined by our analysts. so, ali, set the stage for the hearing. what can we expect? well, buckle up, this is
have not really seen republicans and actively deny the charges against trump. you have not seen republicans try to speak to his good name. to say donald trump could never have done what he was charged with that the jury found him guilty of. to me that is a clear sign that republicans know this is not an ideal situation. you have an opinion piece i will read an excerpt of. the myth is that donald trump is immune to scandal and there is nothing that could undermine his political prospects. the truth is very far from the myth. yes he has shameless and surrounded by cult of personality, but neither makes him invulnerable to the blows of political combat. and then the polling you were talking about. this is the new york times polling. before the verdict trump was up by three points. after the verdict two years up by one point. i know that is not a sizable
i am talking about inflation, talking about prik frek and that is one from an and sglaun. some of the members that i have spoken to believe that the foundation of holding the attorney general in contempt in the first place is flimsy. you will hear from the committee chairman jim jordan as to why they are holding him in contempt, and the party s intention to do so, but this is one of the long strands toward the compatibility. and i want to read a little bit more from the excerpt of.