Also ahead, Donald Trumps hush money trial resumes today in new york city. Well have a preview of what could be the final week in court. Plus, well have some of the highlights from president bidens Commencement Speech at Morehouse College where he attempted to thread the needle on several issues connected to his reelection campaign. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, may 20th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us, and we will begin with significant breaking news. Iran state media is reporting that the nations president and Foreign Minister have died in a Helicopter Crash. Search teams arrived at the site of what was originally called a hard landing, and they found no sign of life. According to a news outlet affiliated with the iranian government, seven other officials were on board the aircraft at the time of the accident. The Associated Press cites Iranian State tv is giving no immediate cause for the crash, although, weather could b
Will. My commitment to the safety of the jewish people, security of israel and its right to exist as an independent jewish state is iron clad even when we disagree. That was part of president joe bidens speech yesterday at a Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony at the u. S. Capitol. He condemned a rise in antisemitism and violent protests over the war in gaza. We bring you more of his comments just ahead. Meanwhile, quite the split screen as former President Trump was in court yesterday facetoface with Stormy Daniels. Well go through her testimony and bring you expert legal analysis on the key moments. And also ahead an update from capitol hill where Speaker Mike Johnson continues to talk with the farright lawmakers who are threatening to remove him from leadership. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, may 8th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We have a busy morning, and we begin with the donald trump criminal trial. Stormy daniels is schedule
Northern area, sunny skies in aberdeen but temperatures right now round 12 degrees, further south, some warmth holding on. 21 in norfolk but with more in the way of cloud. Dividing the weather we have this band of rain, Heavy Rain Falling in parts of west wales, into north west england, to the north of that, some beautiful sunny skies, scattering of showers in the north west of scotland. Windy in the far north no. The south of the rain band any brighter spells will lift temperatures to 22, maybe 23, further north we have seen that 12 for aberdeen, same goes for glasgow, 13 in belfast and the Dividing Line between the cool air in the north, the warm and muggy air in the south is this Weather Front and this is going to move a bit further southwards as we go through tonight. Really stalling across southern england, parts of south wales and the midland, so more rain to come. Temperatures in the south west overnight, 16 degrees, compare that with, well, just one in the scottish highlands, c
Good morning and thanks so much for joining us at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. Reporting from new york, im ana cabrera. Beginning overnight on the Virginia Tech campus as colleges and universities are following a weekend of propalestinian protests and counter demonstrations across the country. Our Antonia Hylton is on the campus as well as a new report there . We have a new report from the Columbia University who says that they are not going to divest from the businesses who do business with israel, and they have no plans from the students who are going to walk away from the encampment, and the students are inspired from the encampments from across the United States from of course, here in new york, and tennessee and all of the way to california. The students have taken as a message of strength in the movement, and they are clearly sending a message and not just to their respective administrations, but really across the country now. We are seeing the schools handling this very differently, and
matthew perry, one of the stars of the hit tv show friends, has died at the age of 5a. hello and welcome. i m maryam moshiri. international agencies have expressed concern about reports of an israeli evacuation order for the al-quds hospital. hundreds of patients are receiving treatment at the hospital, with a reported 14,000 gazans sheltering there. both the world health organisation and international federation of the red cross have raised deep alarm over the evacuation order, saying hospitals in gaza must be protected. the al-quds hospital is in northern gaza, the focus of the israeli military s operation against hamas. israel has not confirmed the evacuation order. the palestine red crescent says it s urgently seeking clarification. jordan s foreign minister has told the bbc that israel must respect the international rule of law. these images show smoke rising from what appears to be an israeli strike close to the al-quds hospital, where health workers these are the lates