Speakers role, and does that mean again youre going to file the motion at some point . Its coming depending on what mike johnson decides do. We have three joining us for your the elections coming up very soon. People need to know this can happen. Marjorie Taylor Greene telling fox news shes going to try to remove mike johnson. If mtg makes a move, johnson appears to have the support from some democrats, yes. Well go through all the chaos on capitol hill in just a moment. Plus, well get you caught up on Donald TrumpsHush Money Trial and the legal arguments, which are set for later this morning. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, april 22nd. Im ali vitali in forthan lemaire. Jury selection wrapped up more quickly than we thought it would on friday. Its made up of seven men and five women along with six alternates. According to the New York Times, the Prosecution Plans to frame trumps actions quiet about an alleged affair. Thats going to be election interference. The defense, meanwhile, will seize on three apparent weak points, witness credibility, the president s culpability, and the cases legal complexity. One of the potential first witnesses expected to testify is david pecker who bought and buried damaging stories about trump. Hes alleged to have worked with trump and his former Attorney Michael Cohen to bury the Stormy Daniels story. Other witnesses expected to testify include a whos who in Donald Trumps world. Karen mcdougal also alleged a sexual relationship with trump. As trump left the courthouse on friday, he continued to insist he plans to testify in his own defense. Back here in washington after months of delay, house lawmakers have approved a 95 billion foreign aid package. In four backtoback votes on saturday, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle overwhelmingly voted to approve the new funding package. A fourth bill would force tiktoks Parent Company based in china to sell the platform. President biden put out a statement saying members of both parties in the house voted to advance our National Security interests and send a clear message about the powerful leadership on the world stage. Its expected to pass legislation and be sent to the president s desk. Speaker mike johnson is facing backlash after bringing the critical aid vote to the floor. Take a look at what ro khanna said. He did the right thing here and he deserves to keep his job until the end of this term. I think you ive got a few Progressive Democrats and ive spoken to a few moderate democrats who say the same thing. Meanwhile Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted, speaking to our own Kristen Welker on meet the press. El with, president zelenskyy, it is a historic morning. I want to get your reaction to this major news, the house approving 61 billion to ukraine. Will you get this aid in time to make a difference . Translator its been so important. First of all, i would like to say thanks to the congress for the bipartisan support, and id like to say thanks to Speaker Johnson and President Biden. Can ukraine now win this war, or is the United States merely giving you enough aid to prolong this war . Translator thank you. I think this support will really strengthen the armed forces of ukraine, and we will have a chance for victory if ukraine really gets the weapon system, which we need so much. Joining us now, capitol Hill Reporter juliegrace roughky. Im so glad youre with us. One thing that wasnt in this package is border security. What happened here . So far right republicans are furious about this right now and threatening johnsons gavel over it. Now, they brought up another bill that was lesser than h. R. 2. The gopled bill that was passed earlier this year that biden had completely written off, arguing they should have come up with a weaker bill, republicans ultimately voting against it. I talked to a lot of republicans who said there were certain conservatives that if any ukraine funding came to floor, they would tank the rule. These are folks who would never be voting for it anyway, right . I feel like thats the opening secret on capitol hill. You were never going to get bob good on board or the freedom caucus. Weve heard some say this is jons third strike. Theyre upset about how he handled appropriations and fisa. Theyre kind of arguing the last straw. That being said, that i didnt pull the trigger to try to out him. Thats the question. When does that happen and when does the threat expire . At what point do you call their bluff . I think to some extent hes in a position where he has to call their bluff. Marjorie Taylor Greene, we heard her say yesterday shes not backing down from this. Mike massey said this is like a john boehner thing where he gets powered out. I talked to andy biggs on saturday. He said, i dont really see the point of this, hopping on board. We have only a couple of major priorities for the rest of the year. I think there are some conservatives who will probably see a challenge next year, but i think a lot of people are worried about u how its going to impact them in november. I also think for music josh shapiro, he has problems in november, he doesnt have problems now. My problem is when he came to the speakership, we were reminded he was one of the architects of the way trump could have tried to overturn the election for congress. Hes now the speaker of the house. He will have a prominent role in certifying the election results. How are democrats going to feel comfortable potentially saving his job come february if President Biden were to lose . They think hes more of a straight broker. S hes very religious and believes in what he says. Maybe marjorie Taylor Greene waits until june, which may have set a lot of her pragmatic voters in congress. Its kind of where things stand right now. It might end up being something that angers the former president. Certainly he does not want the Chaos Investigation of congress to bleed into him. Absolutely. I think when i talked to people in that orbit worry, he worries about how it it was like a side hug. It was not like a full embrace. Its more than he gave Kevin Mccarthy when he was virtually in the same spot. He said, i stand with him. I believe marjorie Taylor Greene respects him. And now she came out i have a different view on how marjorie Taylor Greene feels about the speaker. You kind of tamper down his rhetoric a couple of days after that, questions were asked outside of his trial, well see what happens. I think even within the conservative world theres been backlash and theres some fears with the oneseat majority right now, some moderates are fed up with the chaos and might just leave. Might just leave. I think thats definitely an Open Question too. Ive had some very unhappy Text Messages from republican lawmakers who do not want to go back. CapitolHill Reporter juliegrace brufke. Over the weekend President Trump canceled a rally due to severe weather. He called by phone announcing over the Speaker System he needed to postpone because of thunder and lightning. He told supporters he has to reschedule due to a literal rain check. This was before the start of his trial in new york city. New york news polling shows trump ahead of biden by two points, 46 over 44 . When the field expands to include third party candidates, biden takes the lead over trump, 39 to 37 . Thats because 15 of voters Whoous Wheevously voted for trump would now vote for kennedy. Fascinating. Still ahead, what were hearing about the u. S. Sanctioning a combat unit. Plus columbia Univerity Rabbi over a protest on campus. Those stories when we come right back. N campus those stories when we come right back Type 2 Diabetes . Discover the ozempic® trizone. 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Columbia university is Holding Classes virtually following the demonstrations over the war in gaza on campus. The universitys president made the announcement earlier this morning, but it comes a day after a wellknown raby at the school urged students to leave campus as soon as possible. In an online post, he called the recent demonstrations terrible and tragic saying the University Police and staff cannot guarantee the safety of students. A Group Representing jewish campus life, however, say they do not believe students should leave columbia and are calling on the university and city to do more to ensure students safety. Last week more than 100 people were arrested on campus. The propalestinian protest continued throughout the weekend. Some jewish students say theyve been threatened with heat speech and calls for violence. Columbia universitys president says appropriate action will be taken. 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