I came to office determined with the duty to care and get us through one of our toughest periods in history. And we have. President joe biden continues to hit the former president on the Campaign Trail as the former president yesterday appeared to float cutting Social Security and medicare. Meanwhile, trump is also now flipflopping on tiktok, the platform he pushed to ban when he was in office. It comes as the house is set to vote tomorrow. Plus, theres more fallout from alabama senator katie britts state of the Union Rebuttal and how her speech highlights republicans fears of losing women voters this election. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, march 12th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. Former President Donald Trump is vowing to release Hundreds Of January 6th defendants currently behind bars if he were to be releected this november. On truth social last night trump explained that one of his first acts as president would be to, quote,
And defended the words he used to explain that decision in the report he sent to merrick garland, the attorney general. I said President Biden was old and he had a poor memory because thats what i saw when i interviewed him, hur keeps on saying. Anticipating that testimony, the white house released a transcript of that interview between President Biden and Special Counsel hur hoping to refute those findings. So lets get into it. Find out exactly what that transcript says. Also what democrats and republicans got out of todays testimony. Joining us now, nbc News White House correspondent, mike memoli and lisa rubin. First off to you, mike. You read the whole transcript. I tried to get you on the show yesterday, you couldnt come on. You said you were doing Something Special in secret. Now we know what it was. You were reading the transcript. Does it line up with the way hur described the interview . Certainly in the mind of democrats, no. Thats part of what the reaction was and what we sa
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
Bring the country together. Im going to bring it together. We all know donald trump sees a different america. An america story of resentment, advantage and retribution. Thats not me. Thats not you. Everything that Joe Biden Touches turns to [ bleep ]. Celebrating the constitution, our country, our economy and our communities. Donald trump is vermin, poison, poison in the blood of america. It sounds a lot lik 2020 you could say it sounds like 2016 as well. While the contours of the campaign feel like deja vu, they already do. Whats happening behind the rallies is noticeably and notably different. President biden is outraising former President Trump which could be especially significant when donald trump is in a personally precarious financial position, which he is. Well explain what that means in a moment. It could also have bearing on what trump expects or demands of the rnc which he now functionally controls through his daughterinlaw and handpicked successor. On the other side of the
Court. His team is making highstakes arguments trying to get the documents case thrown out. The change in the plans for the judge and what clues it may give us. The highest ranking official in the senate, Chuck Schumer calling for elections in israel to replace the Prime Minister. What it could mean for u. S. Israeli Relations and the war in gaza. And a small city in oklahoma elected a White Nationalist into office. Now, it faces the question of whether it will be able to vote him out. This hour well take you inside that recall effort. We start in a florida courtroom, where judge Aileen Cannon has heard arguments to get the case dismissed. They cited no precedent for a former president. The Special Counsels response, quote theres never been a situation remotely close to this one. A second motion will be argued today, that the president has virtually unreviewable authority to designate president atrecords as personal, and stash them in unlocked rooms at maralago. I took them very legall