The next hour of cnn this morning starts now. Good friday morning. We are watching Hurricane Hilary this morning, a powerful category 4 storm as it barrels towards the west coast. It is supposed to weaken. Thats good news, by the time it reaches the u. S. It is expected to bring heavy rain and maybe flooding to the southwest over the weekend, as we learn fema is running out of money for Disaster Relief after an historic year of disasters. One of Donald Trumps close allies and codefendants was at the Capitol On January 6th with Conspiracisy Theorist alex jones. President biden about to hold summit at camp david to figure out how to counter the looming threat from china and north korea. National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby will join us live to preview this highstakes meeting. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Developing this morning, Hurricane Hilary a category 4 storm rapidly intensifying and on its way to the west coast. It is expected to weaken by the time it r
American hostages being held in gaza. That the president or any other leaders would refer to people that are moving through our Justice System as hostages. Its just unacceptable. I was there on january 6th. I have no doubt in my mind, margaret, that some people were caught up in the moment and entered the capitol, and theyre entitled to Due Process Of Law for any nonviolent activities that day. But the assaults on Police Officers, ultimately an environment that claimed lives, is something that i think was tragic that day. Ill never diminish it. Mike pence once again taking a stand against his former boss. He also refused to endorse trump for president. Those comments from donald trump came during a stump speech for a Senate Candidate in ohio. Trump was more focused on his personal grievances, giving more incendiary remarks. Meanwhile, the former president has so far refused to condemn Vladimir Putin for the death of Alexei Navalny. But for the first time publicly, putin addressed the d
There was also a lot of news, as there has been all week. Theres more today. Lets get started this friday, august 18. This breaking overnight, Hurricane Hillary Intensifying in the pacific. It is now a major category 4 hurricane thats expected to bring flooding and rain to california and the southwest over the weekend. More Breaking News, mauis Emergency Management administrator quit abruptly a day after he defended not sounding the islands sirens as Deadly Wildfires tore through la hadhaina citing health reasons. And also this just in, femas Disaster Fund is slipping into the red and Hurricane Season hasnt even peaked yet. Now pressure is on for congress to pass a spending bill. Former President Trump wants to push back the trial date in the federal election subversion case by a lot. The Special Counsel wants january, months from now. Trumps team wants april of 2026, about three years from now. And federal prosecutors are recommending the toughest january 6 sentence yet for two leader
Second, but he was in a thing called the civil war. You can understand that. Andrew jackson was really, really treated badly. In fact, his wife died during the process. A lot of people said she died because of the way they were treated. I mean, she was heartbroken and broken in so many other ways. I heard that for years. And i look now, even last night i was saying it. I said, Andrew Jackson or anybody else, when you think of the fake things, nobody has been treated like trump in terms of badly. No, thats true. Thats true. Thats definitely true. There is some truth to that, willie geist. Its hard for me not to also look at the person asking the questions. I mean, are you kidding me . These networks floating trumps lies. Im not going to make fun of it or anything, but it is creating a whole level of lies that people are swallowing whole because they think thats news. They think those are facts. Thats the part thats sad. I mean, its pathetic that donald trump parallels himself to Abraham
Its opening up pandoras pox. The bill seriously undermines Civil Liberties by essentially banning a platform that 150 million americans use to engage in free speech and expression. Thats just some of the debate over tiktok yesterday taking place On The House Floor before lawmakers voted by a massive margin to pass a bill that could potentially ban the popular app. Well go through where the legislation will stand in the senate. Plus, donald trump is expected to be in court today for a hearing in the classified documents case. Well have legal analysis for you on that and on the charges against the former president that were just dismissed in georgia. And well show you President Bidens message to voters as he looks to secure more support in key Midwest Swing states. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, march 14th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. The house has overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill that could ban tiktok here in the United State