we must vote knowing what at stake and not just the policy of the moment. but institutions that have held us together as we saw a more perfect union are at stake. we must vote knowing who we have been, what we re risk of becoming. president biden laid ous the threats to democracy. ahead of an election that he says will be a defining moment for our country. we ll have much more on his speech straight ahead. meanwhile, there are new details in the plot by donald trump s attorneys to overturn the 2020 election. his lawyers had a specific judge in mind. we ll tell who you that is. and also ahead, the latest from a major meeting in germany. the united states and allies are outlining the next steps in support of ukraine. good morning. welcome to way too early. thank you for starting your day us with. we ll begin with president joe biden s speech on the midterm elections and the future of our nation s democracy. the president delivered the remarks last night from washington s
We are expecting to see them in the next few moments leave Buckingham Palace on this late summer evening and travel into Westminster Hall where those who are paying their respects in the hall at that time will see the four of them together at the side of the coffin. It looks like they are just about to leave Buckingham Palace. The outriders are out of the gates. The Queen Consort will be with the king. Itll be the four of them standing together as theyin four of them standing together as they in edinburgh at st giles cathedral. But in the setting of Westminster Hall, it is of course the most historic, most ancient part of the palace of westminster, a place with immense resonance in the history of our national story, the history of our national story, the history of our monarchy, and therefore a particularly resonant setting for them to stand vigil together as they are about to do. There they are now coming out of the palace gates and beginning that Shortjourney Palace Gates and beginni
Of one of the series of fact witnesses that took the stand before the judge dismissed the jury for the day early just a short time ago. Trumps onetime white house aide Madeleine Westerhout earlier testified about trumps reaction to the allegations callings entire situation, quote, very unpleasant. All this is setting the stage for a huge week starting monday with the last batch of witnesses for the prosecution. We now know according to multiple sources that Michael Cohen will be one of them, the man who once said hed take a bullet for donald trump with the critical task of tying all the pieces together before the defense gets its shot and answers the question could trump himself take the stand . Well dig into that coming up. I want to bring in nbcs Vaughn Hillyard outside the courthouse. Phil rucker, msnbc political analyst and coauthor of multiple books on donald trump, Chuck Rosenberg is a former u. S. Attorney, senior fbi official and msnbc contributor, and with me here in studio, j
before congress about antisemitism on congress. specifically calling for the genocide of jews, does that institute bullying harassment? if it is directed and severe, it is harassment. so the answer is yes. it is a dependent decision. that s your testimony today? calling for the genocide of jews is depending upon the context? that was tuesday. and there was the clean-up attempt by liz magill on wednesday. in that moment i was focused on our university s longstanding policies aligned with the u.s. constitution which say that speech alone is not punishable. these policies need to be clarified and evaluated. that obviously was not enough and of course, she is now stepped down. so has the chair of the board of trustees at the university of pennsylvania. and we have team coverage on all of this. what s the latest? the developments have been swift-moving with liz magill announcing that she will be stepping down amid that growing chorus of calls. in light of the tes
Its 7am in singapore, and midnight in london where the british Prime Minister theresa may says she intends to serve a full term as britains Prime Minister, and is getting on with the job. But her comments come just hours after one of her former colleagues, the uks ex finance minister, described her as a dead woman walking. Well, shes been been reshuffling her cabinet and insists its business as usual. Our political correspondent, vicki young, reports. Shes putting on a brave face, but theresa may knows she has thrown her party into turmoil. The shock of Election Night is still sinking in. After church this morning, the Prime Minister rang round colleagues whod been defeated on thursday. Shes in office for now, but for how much longer . I said during the Election Campaign that, if re elected, i would intend to serve a full term. But what i am doing now is actually getting on with the immediate job and i think thats whats important, i think thats what the public would expect. They want t