the next two days will be critical for former president trump with major developments expected in three of his legal cases. overseas, palestinians are fleeing ahead of an expected ground invasion in the city of rafah, home to more than a million people, many of them refugees from other parts of gaza. and back at home, the amount of migrant encounters dropped from the record numbers in december. we re live at the southern border with the very latest on this humanitarian crisis. and we begin this very busy hour with two major stories we re following on capitol hill. the republican majority in the house is tightening after democrats flipped a key swing seat. nbc news projects democrat tom suozzi is the winner of the special election in new york to replace ousted republican congressman george santos. this race was centered on immigration and the economy, much like the issues all across our country. we won this race, we, you, won this race. because we addressed the issues
49ers in a tense overtime thriller. we ll show you the emotional celebrations, yes, taylor swift, and just how the chiefs cemented their dynasty status. plus, the white house and global leaders are blasting donald trump after he warned nato allies, pay your bills or he ll urge russian aggression. we ll break down trump s stunning rhetoric and the potential ine path of the international order if he s reelected this fall. also u.s. officials believe major progress on hostages in gaza could come as soon as this week. what they conclude and how israel is reacting straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 12th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we were up too late last night watching the ipd of the game to see. the kansas city chiefs are now back-to-back super bowl champions, beating the san francisco 49ers in a rematch of the big game held four years ago. quarterback patrick mahomes led the chie
a fiery response yesterday from fulton county district attorney fani willis. her surprise testimony came in a hearing connect today the georgia election interference case. meanwhile, another ruling against donald trump is expected later today. this one could have him on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars and even end his business empire in the state of new york. we ll get expert legal analysis on both of those cases, plus a key source for house republicans in their investigation into president biden and his family is now charged with lying to the fbi. we ll go through that bombshell development straight ahead. good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday, february 16th. we made it to friday. frankly, just barely. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and it looks to be an extremely busy day particularly for donald trump s legal calender. today in new york we expect to see a consequential ruling in the former president s civil frau
affair. d.a. s father john floyd called by fani willis s side to corroborate her testimony. but as far as the key question of when she started dating her colleague nathan wade, he said this. when did you learn that your daughter had a romantic personal relationship with mr. wade? about seven weeks ago. i just found out when other folks found out. we are keeping our eyes on the courtroom where any moment now that hearing is scheduled to resume. plus, devastating consequences. that s what president biden promised in 2021 for russia, if vladimir putin s staunchest critic alexei navalny died in prison. now that it s happened, the president didn t waste any time blaming putin. while insisting russia has been paying a price ever since navalny was arrested he also said the u.s. is figuring out what else can be done. it s not every day someone faces the possibility of losing $370 million. that s exactly what donald trump is facing as we wait for the huge decision from ha ne
about tom suozzi being the godfather of the migrant crisis, about sanctuary suozzi, despite the dirty tricks, despite the vaunted nassau county republican machine, we won! that s new york congressman-elect tom suozzi celebrating his special election victory as democrats flip the seat that was held by the disgraced george santos. and they now cut into the republicans already razor thin majority. the house gop tackle the not so pressing of impeaching the house secretary. a move being called a waste of time both member of both sides of the aisle. that comes as president biden pushes to pass a foreign aid package and slams donald trump for his un-american comments on nato. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, february 14th. happy valentine s day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with democrats celebrating this morning after former congressman tom suozzi s special election win in new york s third district. t