welcome to the lead. how about this for question of the day? fani willis, what are you thinking? exactly parks trisha murphy. murphy is a top opinion writer for the atlanta journal constitution asking that of district attorney fani willis who has yesterday to deny that she has a special relationship with a special prosecutor she hired, the stunning scandal revealed in legal briefs in georgia. donald trump was at the first hearing today since the allegations were revealed. plus inside the iowa caucuses, exactly how does this very american, very bizarre process work and why does iowa opt for this versus the more popular and easy primary process where voters just line up and vote in the polls? leading this hour, what could be a worsening global crisis for president biden, iranian-backed houthi militants warning of retaliation against the u.s. and its allies for strikes against houthis in yemen last night. the white house insists these were self-defense strikes intended to
cars and factories but turns out the buildings we live and work in every day are a big contributor as well. the question now is how will this ruling impact other challenges around the country where cities are phasing out natural gas. mandating electrical appliances. in berkeley, the home builders and restaurants still have a choice. until there is something else that is not electric that could work, and that is efficient and is not costly, and so forth, i would say that they have to allow it. once the most liberal appeals court in the u.s., ninth circuit has 13 judges appointed by republicans, 16 by democrats, 11 sided about berkeley. could it end up in the supreme court, yes, if another court reaches a different conclusion but not likely any time soon. keep your gas stove. sandra: for now. william, thank you. all right, here we go, any moment now, the white house will hold its first briefing of the new year as we learn when we will see the first impeachment hearing f
really, really pores. the supreme court, they better find themselves a really big umbrella, tonight on laura coates live. so don t call a quite a throwback, but all of a sudden, it feels like y2k, when the new year hits in 11 days from now, the supreme court will be like, in sync, saying, bye-bye to their let s just say, the supreme court will be a little bit busy. the nine unelected men and women who set the bench and he has court and all the land, now has a power to decide an election, and i mean, again. let s all ravenous for a second, back in the days of the hanging chats in florida. they did it with bush v. gore, back in 2000. now, they may have the chance to do it all over again or that once in multiple cases involving donald trump. today, trump asked the high court to sit and think for a bit, before they answer whether he has absolute immunity. that is the jack smith case right here in washington d.c.. jack smith, he wanted a quick answer, why? maybe, he does
israel s mossad and qatar have taken place. as crowds demand the safe return of the those still held captive in gaza. heavy rain and strong winds currently battering the state of florida are making their way north. we ll have the east coast forecast. plus they re poisoning the blood of our country, that s what they ve done. donald trump s latest anti-immigrant remarks on the campaign trail and how the biden team was calling him out. we begin with the growing anger and political pushback in israel against benjamin netanyahu military strategy to bring hostages held in gaza back home. translator: without the military pressure, we would not have succeeded in creating an outline that led to the release of 102 hostages and only continue military pressure will lead to the release of all of our hostages. my directive to the negotiating team is based on this pressure, without which we would have nothing. mr. nanhu spoke afterdf troops mistakenly killed three israeli
midwest. i started watching more what they did during this legislative session. i thought, man, they ve done an awful lot. maybe it s that florida is the iowa of the southeast. i don t know. florida ron desantis laying it on thick with praise for iowa during a barnstorm trip over the weekend as he takes advantage of donald trump canceling a campaign event in that state, and that comes as there s new polling in several states with hypothetical matchups between president joe biden, trump, and desantis. we ll take a look at the latest numbers. we ll also have an update on the debt ceiling negotiations as the clock is ticking before president biden takes a trip to january for the g7 summit. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. the two front-runners for the 2024 republican nomination were both expected to be in iowa over the weekend, but concerns about extreme weather kept