Were committed beyond a reasonable doubt. That was arizonas Attorney General announcing grand jury charges against 11 Fake Electors including seven of Donald Trumps key allies in their attempt to keep trump in power after the 2020 election. Well go over what the sweeping indictment reveals, plus hours from now the former president will be in New York City for his Hush Money Trial just as the Supreme Court in washington, d. C. Hears his immunity case. Our legal expert joins us on what to expect. Also ahead, after months of negotiations on capitol hill, President Biden signed the foreign aid bill into law, clearing the way for crucial assistance to ukraine. So how soon will americas ally get their much needed weapons . Hey, good morning. Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, april 25th. I am sam stein in for jonathan lemire. Whens he coming back . We begin with the latest out of arizona where a State Grand Jury has indicted 11 socalled Fake Electors along with several other allies o
Are the calls for his resignation . I will speak live with congresswoman some lee. Then the gops broken priorities, instead of focusing on the looming Government Shutdown, the erosion of our democracy, talking about John Fetterman in shorts, seriously. And two of the worlds most influential men are pushing the world on this good evening, im mehdi hasan. One of the main reasons americans are so fed up with washington d. C. , so distrustful about, government so angry about the state of our public life, is because so many of our politicians on both sides of the political divide seek to be bought and paid for by billionaires, and by big corporations, and by dark money groups. This winter Robert Menendez democrat of new jersey was accused of being bought and paid for by the Egyptian Government who was indicted by the doj on friday, on corruption and bribery charges that he denies. Now lets be clear, corruption is a huge issue for the voters. It is a cancer in our system of government. What
Matter with their refusal to even consider a short term funding bill known as a continuing resolution. Its a measure which could realistically be brought to the floor of congress over the past few days before funding runs out next saturday at midnight. Instead, republican holdouts want to consider each appropriations bill separately which is a time consuming and extensive process that would take more than a week. Ahead of the call with republicans yesterday afternoon, speaker Kevin Mccarthy expressed a bit of hope, telling reporters he things when it gets down to crunch time the holdouts will, quote, hopefully move off. A few hours later, however, this meant, delusion a congressman garrett grace, a mccarthy ally, you will remember him, he was instrumental in the Debt Ceiling Negotiations of few months back. He had tougher words. He compared the holdouts to arsonists who burned their own houses down than want credit for putting the fire out, he added, quote, anyone who says we are going
Predicting the inability of House Republicans to simply do their jobs, the Biden Administration is now threatening Government Agencies to review their shut down plants. Make no mistake, the Government Shutdown is going to result in real consequences for millions of americans, and it will hurt our economy. Heres a snapshot of the last Government Shutdown. This occurred between the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019 on trumps watch. A stretched on for 34 days, 300,000 Government Workers were furloughed and. It costs our economy 11 billion dollars. Its not Monopoly Money, folks. Its not Monopoly Money to republicans who think that we have too much debt in the country, 11 Trillion Dollars for no particular reason, seems foolhardy. I should not be complicated. Funding the government is a basic power given to congress in the constitution. Its one of the few things that the United States constitution actually says that congress has to do it, its not optional. They have what you commonly he
Speaker Kevin Mccarthy trying to appear unfazed by the latest failure in the house to avoid a Government Shutdown. Well go through the rebellion from the farright thats raising concerns about whether a deal can get done. Plus defense secretary lloyd austin confronts republican senator Tommy Tuberville over his blockade of Military Promotions a day after the senator claimed that his stunt is not causing any harm to National Security. And also ahead well have a recap of the Ukrainian President s return to washington where he pressed lawmakers for more military aid. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, september 22nd. We made it. Im jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. Well begin this morning with what appears to be a stunning rebuke to House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy. For the second time just this week alone, House Republicans defeated a procedural vote on a key Military Funding Bill preventing the legislation from moving forward in the house. Hard