That, in fact, donald trump did attempt to hold up a constitutional proceeding. Yeah. He admitted that last week. Yesterday, he admitted that he violated the constitution of the United States. Just a technical violation of the United States constitution. Pretty bizarre. He violated the constitution. I mean, the admissions keep rolling. Yeah. Keep him was this a full ginsberg . He was on a lot of the sunday shows trying to own the narrative. Meanwhile, the former president himself spent the weekend raging on social media, and this could get interesting, with posts that could defy the judges orders. Remember the directions the judge gave him at his arraignment . Well get legal analysis on that new development. Also ahead, one of trumps allies in the senate makes light of the humiliating nature of his relationship with the former president. Plus, republican senator Tommy Tuberville has held up crucial Military Promotions since february over the pentagons abortion policy. His Unprecedented
Social media with posts that could defy the judges orders. Well get legal analysis on that new development. Also ahead, 9 latest warning from the pentagon about potential disruptions to Troop Readiness and military relations. Were learning about more provocative news from russia and chinas navys off the coast of alaska. Good morning. Welcome to Way Too Early on monday, august 8th. Im jonathan lemire. Thank you for starting your day and week with us. We begin with a flurry of action. Just days after being formally charged for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 Election Results, trump spent the weekend testing the limits of the judge assigned to that case. Now during thursdays arraignment the Magistrate Judge warned trump against interfering in the case telling him that his bond could be revoked if he tried to influence a juror, threaten or bribe a witness or if he retaliated. Despite telling the judge he understood her warning, just one day later the former president posted on his
decision to send troops of the us-mexico border. i didn t customs and border protection needs more on the ground to build the inspected influx. some migrant setting up tents in mexico on the other side of the border. they are just waiting for the policy to officially end, how to 42 ends on thursday. many residents of border cities are getting a test of what is to come they may say they re afraid of some local lawmakers may not be upfront completely about the expected surge. i think when the major issues are dealing with is a lack of transparency for local officials. our america leased a statement yesterday they are not staying here. but anyone who s driving around can see they are staying here. i m actually worried that brett even calls about the stores being burglarized. people being harassed, or panhandling. nash is going to happen we don t have a plan for people. expected to get worse. griff jenkins on the border in brownsville about is happening now. a graph looks good
simply saying we have no more shelters, spaces or resources. and new york city mayor eric adams blaming both sides in washington for the crisis. it is the irresponsibility of the republican party in washington for refusing to do the real immigration reform, and it s the irresponsibility of the white house for not addressing this problem. paul: let s bring in our panel, columnists dan dan henninger kim strassel and editorial board member kyle peterson. so, dan, what kind of a surge do we expect? is it going to be a big one? yeah, it will be a big one. and it s been big. might be who s been watching the people just streaming nonstop across the border, it s going to simply become larger. you know, basically the southern border has become a place where anybody who wants to get into the united states can walk across whether venezuelans or ukrainians for that matter. chinese nationals have been coming over paul: in big numbers. and the biden administration s policy so to th
the restrictions claiming rescue teams have been using twitter to communicate. our reporter is in turkey, as the golden period for finding survivors rapidly comes to a close. reporter: a 5-year-old emerges from underneath the rubble in turkey s hard hit city. one of hundreds of young lives saved. but for too many, it was too late. in this town, they mourned one of the many who did not make it out alive with. the death toll rising by the hour, this is a race against time. how many are buried in this massive quake zone, nobody really knows. estimates in the tens of thousands. here, search and rescue crews work tirelessly around the clock, digging through a 14-story residential building where families lay asleeve when the earthquake hit. survivors have gathered at the site of the rescue mission, and in the bitter cold, they huddle around these fires. everyone with the story of the horror they survived. the shock, the trauma, the pain visible on every face. parents doing what t