But i feel that the large venue is just its a very exciting night, and when you dont have that, it takes a lot of it takes a lot of energy out. Thats donald trump pushing for a crowd at the president ial debates, which is not currently part of the terms he agreed to yesterday. Well go through all the debate drama in just a moment. Also ahead well bring in expert legal analysis on the former president s criminal trial in new york as his former fixer, Michael Cohen, is expected to return to the stand later this morning. Plus, the latest out of china on russian president Vladimir Putins state visit to beijing, which comes amid his arms escalating offensive in North Eastern ukraine. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, may 16th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin today with some major, major news on the 2024 campaign. After uncertainty about whether the two leading candidates would ever debate each other this year, President Joe
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Ari melber is here now. What a season of gratitude. Get some rest because well be seeing a lot of you and everyone soon. Have a good show. Thanks, niccole. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber, and with all the trial news, and more that have late they are house, the top story is political news that will help decide the election because it usually does. Today President Biden and donald trump both agreed to do two new president ial debates, the first coming next month capping weeks of posturing and negotiation that. Breakthrough came today as the Biden Campaign took control of things with a plan that was months in the making, biden using this video here to publicly challenge trump to two debates on the biden schedule with two ready partners on board, abc and cnn. If a debate starting next month sounds different than usual, earlier than usual, it is. This will now be the earliest general Election Campaign debate ever, and that actually matters not only for people tuning in and paying attent
A officer that protected the building and a Convicted Rioter are both on the ballot. The 11th hour gets underway tonight. Good evening once again, we are live from dc and we are now 175 days away from the election. Today trumps criminal trial in new york, Defense Attorneys got their chance to go after Michael Cohen. The defense taught portray him as obsessed with a desire for revenge against trump himself. Here is my colleague with more. Tonight trumps defense team tearing into the star witness. Trumps selfdescribed fixer turned critic is out for revenge on his former boss. Do you want trump to get convicted in this case the Defense Attorney asked, sure cohen acknowledged. Confirming he recently said the former president belongs in a cage like a animal. The defense trying to paint him as motivated to lie. That now his financial livelihood including Media Appearances and podcasts centers on trashing trump. Cohen acknowledging he has made more than 300 million on his book disloyal to and
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