Donald trump rejects democrats requests for him to testify at his Impeachment Trial. The question is, will the senate issue a subpoena . And Johnson Johnson asks the fda to okay its singleshot Covid Vaccine. With demand high and supply still short, the question is, how long will it take to get this third u. S. Vaccine on the market . Its Way Too Early for this. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early, the show that has had plenty of practice factchecking false claims. I am kasie hunt on this friday, february 5th. Well start with the news. Well begin with the unprecedented move by House Democrats to strip congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene from her committees and her pretty unprecedented comments as a congresswoman. It came after house gop leadership failed to take action in response to her inflammatory social media posts and sprea ing violent Conspiracy Theories. 11 republicans joined democrats in backing greenes removal from her committees. 199 republican lawmakers voted no. Speak
the gentleman from the state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel after 15 rounds of voting. it was the longest speaker contest in 164 years. despite sometimes contentions and negotiations with the narrow faction of his conference, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. i make this promise i ll never give up for you, the american people. and i will never give up on keeping our commitment to america. our nation is worth fighting for. our rights are worth fighting for. our dreams are worth fighting for. cnn s eva mckend is live on capitol hill. eva, what finally pushed mccarthy over the edge for these republican holdouts? reporter: well, he was able to convince those never-kevin lawmakers ultimately vote present and that is how he secured this victory on the 15th try, fred, but also by making some key concessions. so, for instance, those
the highest concentration of the disease. the top three counties, miami-dade county, baltimore, and the bronx. in those three areas, about one in six seniors have the disease. some other interesting findings here, the report noted that rates among black seniors are more than double those of white seniors. and when you break it down by gender, the rates are 13% higher among senior women than among men. all this new information coming as we also learn a second alzheimer s drug could soon be approved in the united states. eli lilly releasing phase three clinical trial results for its drug today. it found patients taking the drug in the early stages of alzheimer s have 35% slower disease progression than those that took the placebo. researchers point out they re hesitant about how long that benefit may last. still important information. thanks so much for joining us. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. burnett. ac 360 starts now.
issues they re going to talk about tomorrow is a possible trial date. and this is a great example of how important judge cannon is in deciding the outcome really of this case. we know there s a tentative date on the calendar for next month for this trial. that s not realistic. but the special counsel has said they could be ready to go to trial in december. but defense attorneys for former president trump say it s too early to even put a date on the calendar. and they want to push this until after the 2024 election. but the special counsel is keen to proceed with what they describe as a, quote, speedy trial. so all eyes are going to be on judge cannon to see which way she appears to be leaning, as this is going to be one of dozens and dozens of decisions that she makes that will ultimately have a big impact on how this case turns out. a lot, lot of eyes will be on that. paula, appreciate, thank you. outfront now, ryan goodman, co-editor in chief of just security and former special
whether she would rather potentially rule in his favor. take a listen to his response. i don t know. i know it s a very highly respected judge, a very smart judge and a very strong judge. but you appointed her. i did. and i m very proud to have appointed her. but she s very smart and very strong. and loves our country, loves our country. we need judges that love our country so they do the right thing. so they do the right thing. he s being specifically asked about whether she would perhaps delay the trial as he wanted. those comments, how damaging are they? they re self-destructive. let s put it that way. i don t think he helps his case. it puts the judge in any normal situation, the judge in an awkward position. that s not the appearance that the judge wants for him to be saying oh, i appointed her and she ll do the right thing and she loves our country, and doing it on fox news it just not the right kind of a setup for him to be speaking that way.