president trump or if this was a democrat it should be equal justice in america. and stop going after people because you have political differences. house speaker kevin mccarthy pushing a popular defense within the gop when it comes to a possible indictment for donald trump. we ll have the latest on the former president s legal troubles in new york in just a moment. plus, chinese president xi jinping is in russia this morning meeting with vladimir putin for the first time since the invasion of ukraine. and also ahead, new investigations into tiktok amid allegations that former employees spied on journalists good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, march 20th i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us we ll begin this morning in new york where amid mounting legal trouble across multiple states, former president donald trump could be criminally charged for the first time, and that could happen as early as this week according
family whether we offer ourself as one of them i think different times call for different leadership. yeah, you know, he tried to kill my family and tried to kill me, but, you know, it remains to be seen, whether i may support him for the republican nomination there you go. scene. we re not here there you go that s he admitted last week, mika, that donald trump put his family in danger and his own life in danger mm-hmm. for i have to say, for me, for everybody that i know, that s the end in an attempt to subvert or democracy. there s that. but let s just keep with the family like, let s go a little john dutton here. you know, you protect your family he admitted last week that somebody tried to kill his family you know, don t go all john dutton on the revenge part, the other side of the boarder. at least you can say, i m not going to support him no, no, jonathan, you know, he tried to have me is and my family killed on january 6th while trying to subvert d
content that opposed inciting violence it could affect donald trump s accounts that had been frozen in the wake of the january 6th insurrection more access could have significant bearing on his reach. cnbc s julianna tatelbaum live from london thank you as always. still ahead here on way too early, we re going to move back to politics and look at the issue republicans really want to avoid at their retreat in orlando. the political fight between the former presidents and the florida governor that s straight ahead on way too early. a bunch of dead guys made up work, way back when. it s our turn now we ll make it up again. we ll build freelance teams with more agility. the old way of working is deader than me. we ll scale up, and we ll scale down
former president donald trump hurls insults at his likely main competitor ron desantis. the three-day retreat is being held in orlando and most republicans are working to stay out of the political fray. the gop is fighting to keep control of their razor-thin house majority and they re aware it could divide the 222-member conference and distract them from their goal, and, of course, this conference happens just as the world watches to see if an indictment is coming of the former president joining us now, senior legal affairs for politico, josh where do you think thinks stand in terms of the timeline of the case and assess to us its merits because there have been some legal analysts who say this one is a little bit weak.
matter facts and traditional rules of gravity, traditional codes within american politics don t apply here i was thinking this weekend about, there s a line in thomas payne. i can t remember if it is common sense or the american crisis, but both before yorktown in america, the law is king. the king is not the law. the law is king. that s true in that sphere politically, it s an unfolding and open question. so speaking to reporters in orlando yesterday, house speaker kevin mccarthy was asked about trump s calls for protests and urged americans to stay calm but he also gave a full-throated defense of the former president and condemned the manhattan d.a. s investigation take a look. i don t think people should protest this, no and i think president trump, if