privilege, i think as we talk about what these conversations could be between pat cipollone s attorneys and the doj, that grand jury, i should say, what is covered by executive privilege? just remind us here. what conversations could potentially be covered. what we know is that pat cipollone and others have claimed executive privilege to allow them basically to avoid answering questions about conver conversations, private conversations they claim they had with donald trump leading up to and including on january 6. we know with respect to the january 6 committee that pat cipollone, although he appeared before that committee, that he used executive privilege oftentimes to avoid answering specific questions. and this is going to test, quite frankly, whether that privilege holds now that we know that there is a grand jury, a criminal investigation taking place with respect to donald trump. these conversations that pat cipollone s attorneys are having with the doj presumably des
in fact taiwan is having to negotiate current routes with japan and the philippines because of china s military exercises. despite warnings from the white house and in defiance of china, speaker of the house nancy pelosi did arrive in taiwan late last night and once on the ground the speaker and her delegation issued a statement saying that america s solidarity with the people of taiwan is now more important today than ever as the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy. and after staying the night, pelosi met with senior government officials and taiwan s president who thanked the speaker for being one of the island s most devoted supports and gave her their highest civilian honor. and she visited the national human rights museum in parliament where she met with the deputy speaker of taiwan s legislature praising taiwan as one of the freest societies in
good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, may 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. house speaker nancy pelosi visited ukraine over the weekend, becoming the highest-ranking u.s. official to do so since russia invaded more than two months ago. leading a congressional delegation, pelosi met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in kyiv on saturday. her visit came weeks after russian forces reportedly withdrew from the city, following a failed attempt to capture the ukrainian capital. after departing for neighboring poland, poland discussed with zelenskyy, and talked about the united states response to russia s aggression. do not be bullied by bullies. if they re making threats, you cannot back down. that s my view of it. that you were there for the,
time for you to stop talking. okay. nancy pelosi visited ukraine, becoming the highest ranking u.s. official to do so since russia invaded more than two months ago. leading a congressional delegation, pelosi met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in kyiv on saturday, to reaffirm washington s support for ukraine against russia. we believe that we are visiting you to say thank you for your fight for freedom, that your fight is a fight for everyone. and so our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done. after departing for neighboring poland, pelosi discussed her meeting with ukraine s president and the united states response to russia s aggression. do not be bullied by bullies. if they re making threats, you
we are, what, a century later with the same argument? where you are aggressively seeing people doing what they can to limit our vote and to make the impediments that would make it more difficult for us to vote put in place, and there doesn t seem to be the aggressive portion on the other side, the executive orders and other things the justice department ought to be dramatically doing. reverend al sharpton, thank you so much. let s get to our headlines this morning. house speaker nancy pelosi visited ukraine over the weekend, becoming the highest ranking u.s. official to do so since russia invaded more than two months ago. leading a congressional delegation, pelosi met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in kyiv on saturday. there they are on the streets of kyiv. to reaffirm washington s support for ukraine against russia.