one opportunity we have to fix it, and we say we d love to have fixed it but it was election season so i thought i d wait. that s republican senator kevin cramer of north dakota, one of the very few gop lawmakers to go on record in favor of passing the border deal despite donald trump s demands. we ll have more from capitol hill on those negotiations straight ahead. plus a potentially significant development in the hostage negotiations between israel and hamas with the cia director set to travel abroad in hopes of closing a deal. and also ahead, we ll go through donald trump s temper tantrum in court and get legal analysis on what s next in the defamation damages trial. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, january 26th. we made it to friday. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with this news from the middle east. cia director william burns expected to travel starting in europe in the coming days to help broke
legal system is off the rails when it comes to donald trump. do you have a response to president trump being found liable for sexual abuse? that s the reaction or lack thereof from a few republican lawmakers after a new york jury found donald trump liable for sexually abusing the writer e. jean carroll. we ll have legal analysis on the case and what it could mean for the former president s 2024 campaign just ahead. plus, we ll go through yesterday s high stakes debt ceiling meeting at the white house and what could be next in these contentious negotiations. and also ahead, proposals in the texas state legislature are pushing the legal limits of border enforcement as a pandemic-related immigration restriction expires tomorrow. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 10th. i m jonathan lemire and thanks for starting your day with us. it s a busy day, and we begin this morning with donald trump, now the first former president to be found liable f
plus, damning video from donald trump s deposition in the e. jean carroll case. an all in the family, clarence thomas s ethics scandals are growing by the minute, and now involve his wife, ginni thomas. surprise, i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. we start tonight with that breaking news, on the horrific mall shooting in allen, texas. according to two senior law enforcement officials, the suspected gunman, the suspected gunman, excuse me, interacted with neo-nazis and white supremacist content online. one of the officials said the suspect posted this kind of content himself. the other official said he consume such rhetoric online, and said that authorities found him with a patch with a right-wing acronym on his chest. we should note the official said it is too early an investigation to ascribe a motive, but here s what we do know. eight people, including a five year child, died in that shooting. of course, as we ve just said, the republican refrain after massacres
the lead starts right now. allen, texas, joining the ranks of columbine, aurora, parkland, new town, another town whose name is synonymous with a mass shooting. two young sisters were just identified as victims as we re learning more about the gunman s extremist background into which authorities are looking. and new video obtained exclutively by cnn. bystanders trying to hold down the man accused of plowing his range rovers into a group of migrants. plus, just in time for summer travel, the new proposed rule to give you a refund if you re bumped from your next flight. welcome to lead. i m jake tapper. another day. another deadly mass shooting in america. over the weekend a man gunned down several people at a mall in allen, texas. police are investigating whether a gunman killed by the cop at the scene was motivated by right wing extremism. this is not a monthly occurrence in the united states. it is not a weekly occurrence in the united states. this is now happening
in a statement carroll explains that she filed the suit to clear her name, adding this today the world finally knows the truth. this victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed. meanwhile, trump went on a tirade after the jury s verdict yesterday making a series of posts on truth social claiming he had never even met carroll. he also called the judge who presided over the case a, quote, terrible person who should have recused himself, and trump went onto vow to fight the verdict. i don t even know who this woman is. i have no idea who she is, where she came from. this is another scam, it s a political witch hunt, and somehow we re going to have to fight this stuff. we cannot let our country go into this abyss. this is disgraceful.