world. it is tuesday, october 18th. i m christine romans. just three weeks to go until the mid-term elections. today president biden will zero in on abortion rights when he speaks at a speech in washington. the latest cnn poll finds it s the economy, inflation, voting rights, guns all ranked ahead of abortion in the minds of voters. cnn s jasmine wright is live for us bright and early in washington. jasmine, what do you expect the president s message on abortion to be? reporter: the president is going to talk about how he believes there is an assault on women s bodies and their right to choose. they can go with the republican party who wants to ban abortion, he s going to say, or go with democrats who don t, who want to codify abortion. the president has been trying to drum up the democratic base hoping they ll come out and support their base. control is on the ballot come november. now of course two things stand in contrast here. first, we talked about a majority of voters
Eight. But at the end of the day they had no plan. They had no plan, and larry, this could stretch out another two or three weeks. This is unfortunate, and, you know, im ashamed were in this position. Hopefully well find someone who can get 217 votes soon. Thats House Oversight Committee Chairman joemz comer with a candid assessment of his party and its dysfunctional search for a new speaker. Well get the latest from capitol hill just ahead. Plus, well go through all of the new developments out of the middle east including the negotiations to free more hostages after hamas released two elderly women yesterday. And also ahead, Donald Trumps latest down right deranged comments from the campaign trail, comparing himself to Nelson Mandela and fantasizing about punching President Biden in the face. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, october 24th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. Hamas has released two more civilians being held hostage in gaz
At least eight are dead, dozens injured. Now the truck driver accused of dui and facing charges. Just out, the First Ntsb Report on that baltimore bridge collapse. What happened on that ship before impact . President biden announcing sweeping new tariffs on chinas goods, including raising the tax on their electric cars to 100 . Nbc news investigates the battle between the church and a library in a place known as the hometown of superman. And superstar Caitlin Clark making her pro debut as the new wnba season tips off. Announcer this is ester h. Nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. The gloves came off today in the criminal trial of donald trump, as the defense got its chance to question former trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen. Trump attorney todd blanche confronting cohen with his history of lies, peppering him with questions designed to expose potential holes in his credibility, painting him as a disgruntled former Employee Bent on revenge. Cohen is a key wi
A officer that protected the building and a Convicted Rioter are both on the ballot. The 11th hour gets underway tonight. Good evening once again, we are live from dc and we are now 175 days away from the election. Today trumps criminal trial in new york, Defense Attorneys got their chance to go after Michael Cohen. The defense taught portray him as obsessed with a desire for revenge against trump himself. Here is my colleague with more. Tonight trumps defense team tearing into the star witness. Trumps selfdescribed fixer turned critic is out for revenge on his former boss. Do you want trump to get convicted in this case the Defense Attorney asked, sure cohen acknowledged. Confirming he recently said the former president belongs in a cage like a animal. The defense trying to paint him as motivated to lie. That now his financial livelihood including Media Appearances and podcasts centers on trashing trump. Cohen acknowledging he has made more than 300 million on his book disloyal to and
Confronting him about his own social media attacks on mr. Trump. The tense questions coming after cohen detailed a 2017 white house meeting when mr. Trump allegedly agreed to reimburse him for the Hush Money Payment to Stormy Daniels. The jury seeing the checks. Also, the Pressure Cohen says he felt from the former president not to flip on him, and how cohen says his family finally convinced him to turn on his old boss. Also tonight, the Horrifying Crash in florida. A Bus Carrying Farm workers colliding with a pickup. At least eight are dead, dozens injured. Now the truck driver accused of dui and facing charges. Just out, the First Ntsb Report on the baltimore bridge collapse. What happened on that ship before impact. President biden announcing sweeping new tariffs on chinas goods, including raising the tax on their electric cars to 100 . Nbc news investigates the battle between the church and a library in a place known as the hometown of superman. And superstar Caitlin Clark making h