the republican side and democrats, of course, but also i think in the eyes of the public and he s still not going to get it? it was actually the core of gaetz s speech was that mccarthy had, what did he say selling shares of himself. and one of the people i assume he tried to sell shares of himself to was matt gaetz. yes, i mean, this group owns many of those shares and yet they are i think it s amazing to people who buy shares or willingly take shares he s giving up attack him for that very act. yes, but it does speak to this sense of not fearing mccarthy, a sense of lack of respect for mccarthy as a leader and i just don t see how he comes back from this. i think one of the things he s done is approach this with the air of inevitability, right? he goes foo the 11th hour and said i earned it. it s owed to him. that s not something they ve taken too kindly too. watch the moderates, this sort of only kevin-ish. at some point do they say this is dragging t
j . so i m just going to leave it there. want to be prudent there. this is under review by the justice department, i m not going to go beyond what the president shared yesterday what my colleagues at the white house council shared with all of you as well. not many answers there, but a lot of questions about classified documents and a lot of no comments from the white house. good morning, everyone. poppy is off today. it s kaitlan and i in new york city. but we have a lot to cover in washington. you could be in washington again today with all the news. we brought washington here basically. we re talking about president biden s legal team finding another batch of classified documents. the new revelation now intensifying the republicans attacks on the president. also congressman george santos is under pressure to resign from members of his own parties. and kevin mccarthy side deals going into effect, a handful of detractors now on top of committee assignments. we be
actor kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty to four charges of sexually protesters in sri lanka call an end to their occupation of government buildings as the country awaits the resignation of president rajapaksa. a bbc documentary reveals that hundreds of british dentists treat patients with serious complications after they travel abroad to get cut price crowns. voting in the second bone of the conservative leadership contest has endedin conservative leadership contest has ended in the past 30 minutes and we expect the result to be announced in one hour. six candidates at left today whoever finishes last will be knocked out. today one of the contenders, foreign secretary liz trust formally launched her campaign promising tax cuts and reversing the national insurance increase. yesterday she finished in third place behind former chancellor rishi sunak who won the first round of 88 votes and trade minister penny more than two at 67. liz truss was back about 50 mps of kemi badenoc
search of mar-a-lago. as the fbi continues to go through the documents and files taken from donald trump s home. and democrats seem to be building momentum ahead of the midterms. we ll have a look at the latest polling in key races, and a slight approval rating rebound for president biden. good morning. and welcome to way too early, on this thursday, august 18th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. a hearing on whether to unseal the search warrant affidavit from mar-a-lago is set for 1:00 p.m. eastern today, it comes ten days after the search of donald trump s home two. law enforcement officials tell the fbi is still sifting through the seized documents separated those to be covered by attorney-client privilege and those that are relevant to the case. meanwhile the justice department s probe into the january 6th attack on the capitol is picking up steam. the new york times is reporting that federal prosecutors issued a grand jury subpoena to the
hello and welcome. president macron of france has suffered a major political setback after his party failed to win a majority in the country s parliamentary elections. projections show that his ensemble coalition is set to win around 216 seats, well short of the 289 needed to control the national assembly. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has more. emmanuel macron s presidency just got tougher. early projections suggest his centrist coalition has lost a third of its seats tonight. it s now more than 50 seats short of majority. just look at the mood. translation: the situation is unprecedented. the national assembly has never seen a configuration of this type in the fifth republic. this situation constitutes a risk for our country, considering the challenges we have to face. this is president macron s main opposition, a new alliance of green and left wing parties dominated by far left mps. tonight, celebrating their new status as the first opposition party of france.