still wrong. that is former vice president mike pence in iowa yesterday defending himself after a woman falsely claimed he had the constitutional power to block the certification of the 2020 election results. a calm takedown of that conspiracy theory. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 6th. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. professor at princeton university, eddie glaude jr. and legal analyst danny. mike pence, for all the criticisms we ve rightly levied upon him over the last eight years or so, seven or eight years, it was sort of a measured takedown and a point by point rebuttal of something that really is prominent, really did take hold, as you write about in your book, the big lie. mike pence had the power to, quote, send it back to the states and give the election to donald trump. yeah, mike pence ruz right was right t
glimpse of what s happening behind the scenes in the documents investigation. prosecutors are reportedly laser focused on a witness that could lead them directly to the impeached disgraced president himself. and witness for prosecutors is walt nata who worked as a valet and cook when trump was president and him later personally in mar-a-lago. the president s private residence in florida. prosecutors have indicated they re skeptical of an initial account he gave investigators. that s according to two people briefed on the matter. and here is what prosecutors hope to learn from nauta from the timers reporting, quote, security camera footage obtained by investigators showed mr. nauta moving boxes out of the storage area at mar-a-lago. raising the questions about whether they were moved at trump s behest, to conceal them from the authorities. or trump s own lawyers who were dealing with demands that he return the documents. both the justice department and the attorney for walt na
Separate the cases of Sidney Powell and ken i. Neth cheseboro. Also tonight, Breaking News. A new court filing reveals that the Special Counsel investigating hunter biden intends to indict the president s son on at least one gun charge within a matter of weeks. A Pennsylvania Prison just released video showing a killers brazen escape climbing up a wall. Were tracking the week long manhunt for a dangerous murderer. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with an early and important new ruling by the judge presiding over the Georgia Election subversion case, playing out on live television, offering clues about critical decisions ahead, including when donald trump might stand trial. We have a team of legal and political experts ready to break it down for us. First, lets go to cnns Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reed. Tell our viewers all that we learned from this very important and historic hea
These decisions should not be between a person who needs health care and the government and politicians. It should be between a woman and her doctor, that is the ultimate goal right there. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs yesterday highlighting her Executive Orders to prevent abortionrelated prosecutions as her state is now at the center of the fight for reproductive care. Well have the latest on efforts to repeal that states controversial abortion ban in just a moment. Also ahead, Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial is still on track to start on monday, and now were learning who may take the witness stand. And well look back on the life of o. J. Simpson, one of the most divisive figures in modern american history. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, april 12th. Im jonathan lemire. We made it to friday. Thanks for starting your day with us. We will begin here with this headline. The first criminal trial of a former american president is set to get under way on monday. This
donald trump and walt nata to prepare for filing. donald trump versus joe biden even though there special counsel in this case. proceeding to trial during the pendency of a presidential election cycle where opposing candidates are effectively if not literally directly averse to one other in this action will create extraordinary challenges in the jury selection process and limit the defendant s ability to secure a fair and impartial adjudication. it will be hard to get a fair trial the middle of a presidential election. look, there s a lot of evidence we have to go through, including so far at least nine months of security footage. it s not a surprise that they re asking for this trial. i mean, you know, and also there s the question hypothetically if he did become president, does he will he really get a fair trial then? and there s the doj memo saying that it s unconstitutional to criminally prosecute a sitting president. so there s all kinds of yeah. i think if you are a very