more favorable if the justices start to fear that there will be wild chaos on january 6th unless they rule by then either way. this was about two weeks before january 6. the times says this raises questions about a possible link to the idea of the violence that ultimately took place. cnn s katelyn polantz live in washington. explain to us about these revelations involved in all of these emails. reporter: hi. so this new story from the new york times describes emails between two lawyers who were working with donald trump and the trump campaign after the election. they appear to reveal that one lawyer, john eastman, he is well connected among conservatives, former supreme court clerk, that east man had insight into the internal deliberations of the supreme court and another lawyer was using that information with him to look at ramping up their legal battle with an expectation of chaos on january 6. so in these emails the new york times says that eastman on christmas eve
jeff,je wit yeah, tammy, a very frustrated community and this v all goes back to a video that s been making its rounds for about the last 12 hours or so showing parents, you know, understandably frustrated standing outside the school at some point during the mass shootingng sutsi being held bacy police officers and then any parents wanting to go inside and do something and check on their kids and now texas dps is responding. they tell us really d righton nw they don t have too many i details, but they started filling in some of the blanks, m especially when it comes tot this timeline. now the one thing that stuck out is that it only took the shooter 12 minutes and the time he crashed his truck to get inside his school. and investigators sayey they believe the door on the west sidee where he entered was unlocked. investigators also say that it was att this point during the first few minutes that he was inside the school where most of the shots were fired. now texas dps also cl
lawmaker who gave a capital tour on the eve of the insurrection. plus, oklahoma lawmakers pass a bill banning almost all abortions if signed into law it would be the strictest anti-abortion law in the country. and testimony from johnny depp s former talent agent, former business manager and ex-girlfriend, what they had to say about his behavioral and challenges with working with him. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is friday, may 20th and a busy morning. just a short time ago president biden arrived in seoul, south korea, kicking off his first visit to asia since taking office. biden joined the new south korean president at a samsung semi-conductor plant, an immediate display of unity. the main goal of this trip is to reassure u.s./asian allies of the american commitment to counter and contain china. the president will also visit japan on this trip. meantime, growing concern over what north korea will do next. the u
Yes, yes. We all right. Well have a show then. Happy wednesday, everyone. Lets get started. Earlier this morning, President Biden agreed to pairbi of debates with former president trump. Biden has listed some demands, including no Live Audience, no Third Party Candidates and a group of visiting angelse th. Standby, but no live crowd. I guess joe wanted an audience of his peers. But trump not only agreed to the two debates, he offered a third one on fox news with Martha Maccallu M and brad beyer as hosts. But not to be outdone. Biden offered a fourth debate with Walter Cronkite and peter jennings. Oh, my god. Meanwhile, President Biden had an odd moment at a galaod in d. C. Last night where he acknowledged an attendee. Listen to thisnt in a. Wheres our version . Stand up, kid . I like that dress. I dont see your gow n. Let him see your gown. Well, turns out this is who he was talking to. [ la thought. And that wasnt even the weirdest thing joe said. Watch this. They want to undo what th
Gaza city and destroy the enclaves current leadership. Theyre also saying the idf will soon invade the gaza strip with Tens Of Thousands of soldiers. Secretary of state Anthony Blinken is now in cairo, egypt. He is expected to speak with the president of egypt later this hour. This comes as the rafah Crossing Point between egypt and gaza remains closed this morning as egyptian authorities continue their negotiations with israel and the United States over allowing u. S. Citizens safe passage into egypt. Meanwhile, the u. S. Embassy in israels Offer Americans and immediate relatives evacuation by sea from haifa to cyprus on monday at 8 am local time. It is on a Space Limited basis. The embassy says chartered flights are also being arranged. According to the Israeli Defense forces, over 1300 people have been killed in israel since the fighting began with the Gaza Health Minister reporting more than 2300 people have been killed in gaza. Joining me now, nbc news correspondent from the israe