Fake electors plot before the 2020 election was even decided. Well have more on that video which appears to undermine some claims from the former president s legal team also ahead, the latest developments in the Georgia Election case including the proposed trial date from Fulton County District Attorney fani willis. Plus an update on the Recovery Efforts in maui amid increasing scrutiny for hawaiis electricity provider. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, august 17th. Im johnnen lemere. Thanks for starting your day with us. Well begin this morning with a disturbing situation out of texas where a woman was arrested and charged with threatening the federal judge who is presiding over former president Donald Trumps federal election interference case here in washington, d. C. The 43yearold who was denied bail allegedly threatened to kill judge tanya chutkan. We want to warn you some of these details are down right disturbing. According to an affidavit filed last wee
ac 360 meantime starts now. and good evening. it is another night of drama and uncertainty in washington tonight. in a little less than two hours the house will reconvene and test congressman s kevin mccarthy confidence he can win the remaining hold outs he need to become speaker elect and avoid this fate for a 14th straight time. a majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. after that losing effort which saw him flip 15 no votes over to his side, the house adjourned to allow time to deal with the rest. what exactly got him this far is unclear. we know some of the proposed concessions or at least one he made has many democrats concerned it could lead to a government default. we re in territory unchartered since the 1850s. this is also taking place on the second anniversary of the attack on congress. president biden honoring defenders of democracy in both parties and law enforcement heroes of that day, and remembering those whose lives were lost. at th
to be increased without any ties to it. so those are negotiations that will have to happen over the course of a year. if mccarthy were to stray for that that could also potentially put his speakership in jeopardy, so those issues will be significant. also they looked at ways to cut overall domestic discretionary spending. watch for that to be an issue especially this could affect some defense programs. already some on the right are concerned about that. also give more members on that forright freedom caucus say on key committees which sets the parameters before debate on legislation. all those issues mccarthy has to debate to get to where he is today, pairly getting the votes on the speaker of the house on the 14 ballots which they believe they ll get to tonight. we ll be checking in with you over the next two hours. coming up next right now let s go to cnn s melanie zunona also on capitol hill. mccarthy s strategy is to get