new york times reporters jonathan martin and alex burns, an excerpt shared with the washington post, mcconnell is described as exhilarated by trump s political implosion. the sick part is that it took mutilated capitol police officers and our own damaged democracy to get mcconnell that animated on the topic, but i digress. here s how the washington post describes the new reporting on mcconnell, quote, i feel exhilarated by the fact that this fellow finally totally discredited himself, mcconnell told jonathan martin, one of the authors of a new book called this will not pass when asked about his feelings on the violence and the rioters. trump, the kentucky republican said, was pretty thoroughly discredited by this, quote, he put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger, mcconnell said standing in a doorway of the capitol after midnight. quote, it couldn t have happened at a better time. well, not so fast. the disgraced ex-president and the big lie still loom large over
and bringing new promises of support. more on this extraordinary war-time visit, and the latest developments from the battlefield. plus, republican house leader kevin mccarthy does damage control, in the wake of the leaked audio of him expressing just how disgusted he was with donald trump in the wake of january 6th. how the i had north, did how the minority leader is trying to explain away those comments. and new talks from the cnbc that twitter may be more susceptible to an elon musk takeover than first thought. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, april 25th. i m jonathan lemire. new overnight, two top u.s. officials make an extraordinary and secretive war-time visit to ukraine. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin met with president zelenskyy in kyiv yesterday. it was the first high level visit by an american delegation since the start of the russian invasion. details of the trip were kept under wraps until it
nobody can defend that, and nobody should defend it. the former president says he s standing by mccar thy, but for how long. and the republican war on mickey mouse. why did governor desantis turn his state s most iconic company into a culture war villain. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. hello, and welcome to inside politics sunday, i m abbey philip. we begin this morning with a high stakes trip to ukraine. president volodymyr zelenskyy announced at a news conference he ll welcome lloyd austin, and ant anthony blinken in kyiv. there s been no confirmation, but zelenskyy he expects them to bring more than just words. they should not come here with empty hands now. we re not waiting just for presents and cakes, we re expecting especially big things, and especially big weapons. today marks two months since vladimir putin launched his invasion, and it s also the day of an orthodox christians in ukraine celebrate easter. in his n
with cnn, netflix, disney and twitter all left spinning with no stopping in sight. here at cnn, new ownership decided to shut down the cnn-plus streaming service less than a month after it was launched by the previous management team. the u-turn was front page news, stunning news and painful news for everyone involved. years of development possibly down the drain. some of the shows may never be seen. hundreds of staffers may be laid off, though the company is trying to place many of them in new jobs. amid these bruising headlines, folks are trying to make sense of it. some parts are believing the predictable points about talking points but the truth is, this was a corporate move. this cnn plus service was doomed because of the timing of the merger and clashing strategies. the new owner has plans to compline multiple streaming platform to make one big challenger for netflix. and speaking of which, this week netflix s earnings came out. incredible snag, subscriber numbers actua
i m mehdi hasan. welcome to the show. you could be thinking that republican leader kevin mccarthy adores donald trump. i mean he once said an aide to remove starbucks that he did not like. and these guards mortifying lengths to appease trump s most spoken out supporters today. but but what does the top house republican really think about donald j trump? after news broke of a russian hack on the dnc, mccarthy remark to fellow gop leaders that he believes that vladimir putin pays donald trump. when they laughed he said swear to god. the washington post contain audi of that meeting. he said at the time it was a joke. that s when cars the approaches donald trump. fawning in donald trump s presence. or on the news. as the right went on, mccarthy was furious with trump. telling him to call supportive off in a phone call. but hours later, once it was safe urged congress to return to work, some republicans backed away from trump s election lies. even the spinal caucus lindsey g