From Donald Trumps legal team. Well get expert legal analysis on that and what we can expect in court today. Meanwhile, the former president in his campaign seem to be growing concerned about robert f. Kennedy jr. Based on Donald Trumps new rant about the Third Party Candidate on his social media site. Plus well have more reaction from capitol hill on President Bidens decision to with hold some weapons shipments to israel over a possible invasion of rafah. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, may 10th. We made it to friday. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We have a lot to get to this morning, and well begin with the donald trump hush money criminal trial, which picks back up later this morning, a day after Stormy Daniels finished taking the stand, testifying more than seven hours over a twoday period. Yesterday the defense aggressively tried to poke holes in daniels credibility, accusing her of extortion, rehearsing her testimony, and chan
Hello, everyone, thank you for joining me this sunday. Im fredricka whitfield. And we begin with a National Crisis averted. At least for the next 45 days. Just a few hours before midnight, the deadline to shut down the government, the u. S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill to keep the nations government open until midnovember. The breakthrough came after House Speaker mccarthy surprised everyone by pushing a shortterm Spending Bill through the house with democratic help. It is a deal that may cost mccarthy his speakership. Republican hardliners are vowing to bring a motion to the floor to oust the leader for ignoring the Spending Cuts they were demanding in a package. I do intend to file a motion to vacate against Speaker Mccarthy this week. I think we need to rip off the band aid and move on with new leadership that could be trustworthy. Look, the one thing that everybody has in common is that nobody trusts Kevin Mccarthy. He lied to biden and house conservatives. The on
Acosta right now. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. Up on capitol hill, a shutdown is averted but a showdown is looming. While there was a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, Republican Dysfunction In The House is ramping up this week. Maga hardliners there are expected to try to oust House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy and outraged over his deal with the democrats to keep the government funded and from capitol hill to the wouse were following all of the fallout from yesterdays dramatic turn of events melanie zanona, on set here with me in washington and Arlette Saenz is over at the white house. Let me go to you first. President biden spoke on this deal today and commented on the ugly politics of it all. Sensing that there is a large measure of disgust across the country on the part of the American People after all of this. What was his message. Reporter well, jim, President Biden said it is good news that a Government Shutdown was averted but said it
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the United States and around the world. The u. S. Government less than 19 hours away from shutting down. Ahead, well look at the republican infighting thats making a deal nearly impossible. Plus, the first one flips. One of Donald Trumps first codefedefendants in the sprawl 2020 election case sfroo strikes a deal with prosecutors. Highways, subways and laguardia is flooded. The u. S. Government is down to its final day of operation before it must shut down beginning at midnight, sunday, eastern time. On friday republicans roundly rejected u. S. House speaker Kevin Mccarthys latest attempt to gain their support. Unless theres a breakthrough this weekend, active duty troop etc. And Border Agents may have to work without pay. Food assistance for millions could be at risk. Government loans to farmers, students and Small Businesses wouldnt be processed. And air travel could be disrupted if unpaid tsa workers dont show up, as has happened befo
Welcoming ukrainian president zelenskyy. Well look ahead to zelenskyys high stakes meeting with President Biden in a couple of hours. Overnight, the Biden Administration gives protections to almost a half million venezuelan migrants who recently came to our country. On capitol hill, with just nine days until the u. S. Government runs out of money, House Republicans may have struck a deal to avert a shutdown well tell you what is being voted on today and breaking just a short time ago, media mogul Rupert Murdoch set to step down as chairman of fox and news corp. Who will he name as his successor next we begin this hour in washington, d. C. Where right now ukrainian president zelenskyy is meeting with lawmakers Behind Closed Doors on capitol hill after meeting with members of the house. It marks zelenskyys second trip to washington since russias invasion of ukraine as he renews calls of more assistance from the u. S. And its allies. His visit comess at a time when some are growing skepti