Criticized former president Donald Trump about his Big Lie to win the election. Air strikes between Israeli And Gaza show no signs of slowing down. The u. S. Envoy warns the situation is escalating toward a fullscale war. What does it mean for President Bidens approach to the conflict . Also this morning, long lines at Gas Stations across the country. Drivers are racing to fuel up following that major Pipeline Hack over the weekend. Question is is there really cause for alarm . Its Way Too Early for this good Morning Welcome to Way Too Early. The show that fuels up with high octane caffeine, so we are go this morning. Im Kasie Hunt on this wednesday, may 12th. House republicans are expected to hold a vote this morning whether to remove Congresswoman Liz Cheney from her post as Conference Chair. Gop leaders will meet Behind Closed Doors at 9 00 a. M. Today and a member will need to bring up a vote of no confidence against cheney. Vote will be held by secret battle and a simple majority
continues with ac 360. for the first time in this country s history, a former president of the united states has been charged with felonies allegedly committed while he was president. i m anderson cooper here in new york along with jake tapper. anderson, the indictment charges former president trump with four things, one that is anti-t anti-thetical. despite having lost the defendant, donald trump, was determined to remain in power, unquote. we learned of the indictment in the 5:00 hour today. shortly after 6 special counsel jack smith made a statement. here it is in full. good evening. fod an indictment was unsealed charging donald j. trump with conspiring to defraud the united states, conspiring to disenfranchise voters and extending and from disrupting the scene. it sets forth the crimes charged in detail. i encourage everyone to read it in full. the attack on our nation s capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented situation. it was filed in the indictm
good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. a fresh start to your weekend. we thank you for starting with us. i m victor blackwell. i m amara walker. thank you for sharing a part of your morning with us. the fight between special counsel and donald trump is heating up. why they re calling on the judge to take action after a social media post by the former president. this was crazy in new york city. look at these pictures. there was some violence but a lot of chaos after a social media influencer posted about a give away and now that influencer is facing charges. and simone biles gets ready for a comeback after taking a break from the sport. we will have the latest on tonight s competition. we begin with this late-night court filing from special counsel jack smith. he is now asking a federal judge to quickly set disclosure rules in the january 6th case against former president donald trump. in the filing smith cited this social media post from trump earlier in the day t
thereafter, i saw either a correspondent or regular guest, i think on msnbc or cnn, she said to the host, that the constitution does not serve our purposes any more. it was written by a handful ofve white slave owners. this is what you get from the marxist left, the constitution. what is in thear constitution? n?due process. free speech, freedom ofly religion, right to bear arms. all kinds of protections for the individual, what else? limitations on government. limitations on congress. limitations on the presidency, limitations on the o courts. so we don t have a kind of totalitarian regime centralized in one place. which is who the founders fought against, we have all kinds of things in the constitution that promote what we call the civil society. law and order. protecting the individual. these people who wrote the constitution and adopted it were people of faith, and learned, most of them looked back on the various governments that had existed before ours and during their t
crime was committed. so, this is a very big deal. make no mistake about it. former president trump has already blasted the move, claiming, as he often does, political persecution and a witch hunt. in a statement released tonight, he says, quote, these are dark times for our nation, as my beautiful home, mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the united states before. after working and cooperating with the government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate. such an assault would only take place in broken third world countries. they even broke into my safe. cnn has learned donald trump was not in florida when the fbi closed in on his home. he was at trump tower here in new york city. i am joined now by cnn political analyst matt haberman, a cnn political correspondent for the new york times, and author of the up