indictment, attorney general merrick garland is voicing support for special counsel jack smith. we ll show you his new remarks. plus new polling shows that trump s support among republicans is standing strong despite his mounting legal troubles. we ll break down those new numbers. and the judge handling trump s classified documents case, aileen canon, is coming under new scrutiny for having very little trial experience. that new reporting and so much more is straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment, we re now hearing from attorney general merrick garland. speaking to reporters yesterday, garland declined to answer questions about the case, but he defended special counsel jack smith, the man that he appointed to lead the investigation into the former president. so as you know i can t talk about particulars o
official comments from the judge overseeing the donald trump classified documents case. the lead starts right now. new today judge aileen cannon setting a new deadline for federal prosecutors and for trump s lawyers. why? these decisions could have a real impact on the timing of the case against donald trump. we are going to talk to former republican u.s. attorney general. then another republican candidate jumping into the presidential race. miami mayor francis suarez running for the gop nomination and his ad literally running. with an already crowded 2024 field, is he really running for vice president? plus, agencies of the u.s. government, victims of a global cyberattack. why this means your banking info, personal info, medical records and more may have been exposed. we start with law and justice. our lead as we hear for the first time from judge candl judge / aileen cannon. today judge cannon gave attorneys five days to notify her on the status on the necessary se
hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. there s brand new reporting that drives home the fact that donald trump is his own worst enemy when it comes to his many, many, many legal problems and when it comes to the indictment and the classified documents investigation turning him from a disgraced twice impeached once indicted ex-president. in that case he has no one to blame but himself. the washington post reports late last year team trump hit a fork in a road, a point in which trump could have chosen an option that very well may have avoided an indictment in the documents case. from that new reporting, quote, one of trump s new attorneys proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former president s team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. the attorney, chris kise, wanted to quietly approach justice to see if he could negotiate a settlement that could preclude charges hoping the department would want an exit ramp to avoid prosecuting a former pre
that s how one person familiar with the january 6th trial preparations described the strategy according to rolling stone magazine. in new reporting tonight, rolling stone cites several of trump s legal and political advisers who claim the former president is demanding they incorporate fringe conspiracies into his legal defense. quote, his list of ideas has included asserting that there s evidence of anti-trump elements in the fbi framed him and maga protesters by using undercover agents and informants to instigate the deadly january 6th riot. the anarchists and left wing anti-fascists played a role in attacking the capitol that day and they gathered real evidence showing, quote, massive amount of voter and election fraud, end quote, in 2020 in swing states and heavily democratic urban areas as he has long baselessly claimed, end quote. trump s team has even discussed calling witnesses like nancy pelosi and other political foes to the stand in an effort to paint them as the tr
and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave will: welcome to fox and friends this saturday morning, glad to have you with us on what feels like i don t know, roughly the beginning of summer. rachel: it feels like summer. pete: can finally bust out the light colored suits. will: the darkest suit i have ever worn was a texas flag suit. rachel: he is going to a funeral and you are going somewhere else. will: the jersey shore. pete: glad to have you but that s for the next four hours. president biden after tripping over a sandbag, today expected to sign the budget deal, the deficit, the debt ceiling deal. he used his first ever primetime oval office address to address what he is calling a victory and a moment or two to go after republicans. here s what he said in the first-ever oval offi