as well. marc thiessen, andy mccarthy, nicole parker and juan william following along as we watch this play out in real time live this afternoon as we wait for the president to finish and to come out. first to mark meredith live there outside the courthouse in miami. hello there. hi, mark. martha, hello to you. the story at this hour is two very different scenes. the former president with his legal team and across the aisle the special counsel and the justice department ready to begin this long and lengthy process following the indictment unsealed last week. shows the former president will face 37 different felony charges as a result of allegedly holding on to classified documents and not turning them back over to the government. that s what is happening inside. outside the federal courthouse in miami a different story. you have a media spectacle where you have trump supporters and trump critics out here ready to make their opinions very well-known. we ve seen a couple hund
battle over everything from immigration policy to inflation. before it all happens, republicans will first have to elect a new speaker. kevin mccarthy is having big problems with his bid for the position. minutes ago he said he won t drop out, and even though the house could go to a second vote for the first time in a hundred years. wow. on the senate side, mitch mcconnell is poised to make history. before a very different reason. hello. this is outnumbered. happy new year. i m harris faulkner here with my cohost, and a leg up on you. also joining us today, kennedy, dr. janette nesheiwat, and bill hemmer. watch out! at least 14 members of kevin mccarthy s own political party say they have doubts of whether they are going to support him for speaker. five of those are firm nos at this point. with the g.o.p. holding the slimmest of majorities already in the house, kevin mccarthy can only afford to lose four votes. so he s already upside down right now. if he can t marshal supp
Recuse himself from these cases now coming before the court that will determine whether or not trump is held accountable. Thats democratic senator Richard Blumenthal spnldsing to another rightwing flag that was flown at a home of Supreme Court Justice Alito. Well dig into that new reporting just ahead. Plus, Donald Trumps last challenger in the Republican Party caves and now says she will vote for him this fall. Well play for you nikki haleys comments on that. And then on capitol hill today Senate Republicans are expected to again block a bipartisan bill to address Border Security with one of the lead floegsers saying he will now vote against it. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, may 23rd. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us, and well begin this morning with an endorsement of donald trump from one of his most critical republican primary opponents. In her first public appearance since exiting the race back in march former u. N. Ambassador n
The president of the United States with nobody but the Special Prosecutor and perhaps the president of the United States knows what he has been up to. The way the media has been playing it up. Either the Obama Administration lost its Security Clearance or didnt get Security Clearance and that Wasnt Big News back then. I think we may see the end of jared and ivanka. This is not normal. Lets be clear. It is not normal to have a public spat with the Attorney General over his independence. I agree with what the president said. The president should be telling the Attorney General what he wants done. They tell me they are worried about it because they say this
has a different feel and hes spiraling, kind of lashing out, out of control. Howie is the press overdramatizing these developments . And why are the purpose dids slamming ivanka trump for challenging a question about her fathers accusers. The press remains sceptical over why so few journalists are giving this president credit for chall
center. some of these were from his senate days. you know, when you boil it down, which we just did, in terms of the trump documents, there s 71 documents that are secret or top secret according to the indictment. that s what they said. that fall in to those two highest categories. can we get a sense from mr. herr in terms of where this and how many documents we re dealing with on that side? it s a great point. when it comes to corruption in the federal government on both sides, sunlight is the best disinfectant. that s part of why i m in this race. it will take an outsider that doesn t take the status quo in washington, which is a big problem that we have in the police state and national security establishment. more broadly, trans in the administrative state, that s something that democrats and the republicans should want to rally behind. martha: it should scare a lot of people. it s something that is demanded. you really can t get away with political prosecutions in this